"A Peerless medical drama"--from p. [4] of cover.

Reads from back-to-front and right-to-left in the traditional Japanese format.

"Originally published in Japanese as 'Burakku Jakku' 6 by Akita Shoten, Tokyo, 1987. Burakku Jakku first serialized in 'Shukan Shonen Champion,' Akita Shoten, 1973-83"--from t.p. verso.

Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community's hypocrisy and corruption. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations