| International Standard Book Number |
9781419780080 (paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1419780085 (paperback)
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| Personal Name |
Urasawa, Naoki, 1960- author, illustrator.
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| Title Statement |
Billy Bat. Volume 1 / by Naiki Urasawa with co-author Takashi Nagasaki ; translator Kristi Iwashiro ; letterer Brendon Hull and Aidan Clarke.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Kana an imprint of Abrams, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
189 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
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| General Note |
Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A long-awaited English debut from Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, Billy Bat Volume 1 launches a sweeping conspiracy thriller that moves across decades and continents, pulling readers into a mystery that refuses to stay contained on the page! The story begins in 1949 Los Angeles. Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American cartoonist, has built his career on Billy Bat, a sharp, wisecracking detective beloved by readers. But everything shifts when Kevin realizes he may have unknowingly copied the character from an image he once saw in Japan. Determined to find the truth, Kevin returns to a devastated, postwar Japan. What he uncovers goes far beyond questions of inspiration or theft. The image of the bat is ancient, surfacing again and again across history, tied to moments of upheaval, power, and violence. As Kevin follows the trail, he is drawn into a far-reaching mystery that blurs fiction and reality, where a single drawing may hold the key to forces shaping human history."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Target Audience Note |
16 and up.
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| Language note |
In English, translated from the Japanese.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Conspiracies Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Cartoonists Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Japanese Americans Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Plagiarism Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Thriller comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Manga.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Nagasaki, Takashi, author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Iwashiro, Kristi, translator.
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