Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan de Kidd, Chip - 2008-10-28

Pantheon, 10/28/2008 12:00:01. paperback. Very Good. 1.1024 10.9449 8.4252.

Paperback. Very Good.

Pantheon, 2008. Large softcover in near fine condition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.

NY: Pantheon Books, 2008. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 352 pages. In 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys, Shonen King, licensed the rights to commission its own Batman and Robin stories. A year later, the stories stopped. They were never collected in Japan, and never translated into English. Now, in this gorgeously produced book, hundreds of pages of Batman-manga comics more than four decades old are translated for the first time, appearing alongside stunning photographs of the world’s most comprehensive collection of vintage Japanese Batman toys. This is The Dynamic Duo as you’ve never seen them: with a distinctly Japanese, atomic-age twist as they battle aliens, mutated dinosaurs, and villains who won’t stay dead. And as a bonus: Jiro Kuwata, the manga master who originally wrote and drew this material, has given an exclusive interview for our book. Clean copy. Record # 383275

Pantheon, 2008-10-28. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good.