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Batman : the Jiro Kuwata Batmanga. volume 3

Kuwata, Jiro2015
Books, Manuscripts
In 1966, writer and illustrator Jiro Kuwata became famous for introducing the Dark Knight to a brand new audience in Japan. Almost 50 years later, Kuwata’s classic tales remain the quintessential Batmanga.
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Imprint:
New York : DC Comics, 2015.
Collation:
333 pages : colour illustrations, graphic novel
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Notes:
At the height the 1960's Batman television shows popularity, a shonen manga magazine in Japan serialized fifty-three chapters, starring The Dark Knight, which were all written by Jiro Kuwata. These rare Batman tales were known by relatively few outside of Japan until award-winning designer Chipp Kidd's 2008 book, Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan (Pantheon Books), introduced them to a whole new generation of Batman fans.Pages numbered from right to left.Batman created by Bob Kane
Audience:
Upper primary
Contents:
The crimes of the Planet KingRobot robbersClayface encounterThe robbery contestThe mysterious CatmanThe Phantom BatmanDuel in space.
ISBN:
9781401257569 (paperback)
Language:
English
BRN:
343063
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
PenrithJunior Fiction - Graphic NovelBATMANAvailable
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