Black Jack #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis third volume of Vertical's English-language release of Osamu Tezuka's classic medical drama collects more standalone stories featuring the unlicensed surgeon Black Jack. The volume continues the series' blend of intricate surgical procedures, ethical dilemmas, and Tezuka's signature humanistic storytelling, with Black Jack navigating cases that challenge both his skills and his moral code.
In "Disowned Son," Osamu Tezuka's enduring medical marvel Black Jack returns in a poignant tale of gratitude and principle, saving a woman’s life with a simple request: a bowl of ramen. As her fortunes rise, she seeks to repay him with wealth, only for Black Jack to steadfastly insist on his humble, unchanging reward. The story, written by Tezuka and Camellia Nieh and illustrated by Tezuka in both interior and cover art, captures quiet humanity in a moment that lingers long after the final panel.
In "A Woman's Case," Black Jack performs a life-saving surgery on a destitute woman, asking only for a simple bowl of ramen as payment. Years later, now wealthy, she seeks to repay him in full—but Black Jack still insists on nothing more than that same humble meal.
In "The Residents," Black Jack is called upon by a group of surgical residents desperate to gain hands-on experience under a chief of surgery who refuses to let them operate. When he demands a steep fee they can’t afford, the young doctors must confront the cost of their ambition—and the true price of becoming a surgeon.
In "Baby Blues," a teenage hoodlum stumbles upon an abandoned infant in a forgotten locker and brings her to Black Jack, desperate for help. With no memory of where she came from and barely clinging to life, the girl’s fragile condition forces Black Jack to confront a mystery as urgent as it is unsettling.
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