Bat-Manga!
Cover of softcover Bat-Manga!, early design.
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| Author | Jiro Kuwata (manga) |
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| Translator |
Manga: Anne Ishii Manhua: Lily Chow Lu Chen Xiaoru Chen |
| Illustrator |
Jiro Kuwata Toshio Okazaki Takashi Minaomuru |
| Cover artist |
Gojin Ishihara (softcover) Jiro Kuwata (hardcover) |
| Country | Japan, United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Bat-Manga! |
| Subject | Batman phenomena in Japan |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books |
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Publication date
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October 28, 2008 |
| Media type | graphic novel |
| Pages | 352 (softcover) 384 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 192080568 |
| LC Class | PN6790.J33 K8913 2008 |
| Followed by | Bat-Manga 2 |
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan is a 2008 book published by Pantheon Books, subsidiary of Random House, in the United States. The book was designed by Chip Kidd with the assistance of photographer Geoff Spear. It collects a Japanese shōnen manga adaptation of the American comic book series Batman by Jiro Kuwata simply entitled Batman (バットマン Battoman?) and also includes photographs of vintage Batman toys from Japan. The Batman manga included in Bat-Manga! was created during a Batman craze in Japan, being serialized from April 1966 to May 1967; the series ended when the craze ended. The manga was released in paperback and at the same time a limited hardcover was released on October 28, 2008, with an additional manhua bootleg and an extra Batman story by the creator. On October 28, 2013, the entire 53 chapter run of the series was released in Japan as a three volume-box set.
In July 2014, DC Comics started to release the entire Japanese Batman manga in English through ComiXology as a Digital First series The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga, with a new chapter going online each week. The digital run will be followed by a complete three-volume release in both print and digital form some time during or after the run.
In 1966, the Batman TV series starring Adam West prompted a Batman craze in Japan. In response to this, the shōnen magazine Shōnen King and its publisher Shōnen Gahōsha licensed the rights to make their own Batman stories, with the full consent of the original Batman publisher, DC Comics. In 1967, the stories stopped and were never compiled into volume format.
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