Cover: Jiro Kuwata
Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga #1
“Lord Death Man Part 1”
This first chapter of Jiro Kuwata's celebrated *Batmanga* brings the Dark Knight's Japanese manga adventures to a new generation of readers, with Kuwata himself providing the cover art. Against a bold orange background, a confident Batman squares off against a white-clad, skull-faced figure — Lord Death Man — in a striking composition that blends manga energy with Silver Age superhero dynamism. Chapter 1 of 3 kicks off the "Lord Death Man" arc, and with Kuwata handling both writing and art alongside letterer Wes Abbott and co-writer Sheldon Drzka, this 2014 DC release is a genuinely thrilling collision of two great comics traditions.
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Full credits
writer, artist, inker Jiro Kuwata
writer Sheldon Drzka
letterer Wes Abbott
cover pencils, inks Jiro Kuwata