{"product_id":"0426ab0493","title":"BILLY BAT TP VOL 01","description":"BILLY BAT TP VOL 01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriter:  Naoki Urasawa\u003cbr\u003eArtist:  Takashi Nagasaki\u003cbr\u003eCover Artist:  Takashi Nagasaki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA highly requested title from Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, the in-demand manga Billy Bat is a historical conspiracy-thriller meta-manga spanning multiple millennia following a Japanese American comic artist's search for the truth regarding the origins of his character \"Billy Bat.\"This is the first thrilling volume in the sci-fi mystery by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, beautifully packaged and available for the first time in English.It's 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat.Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized his beloved character from a drawing he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the news, Kevin returns to war-torn Japan to find the drawing's original artist . . . but the character's origins turn out to be far older and more perplexing than he had ever imagined.","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48595332497637,"sku":"0426AB0493","price":9.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0331\/5721\/8443\/files\/0426AB0493.jpg?v=1790821170","url":"https:\/\/hallofheroescollectibles.com\/products\/0426ab0493","provider":"Hall of Heroes Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}