{"product_id":"billy-bat-volume-1-volume-1-9781419780080","title":"Billy Bat Volume 1: Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419780080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Naoki Urasawa,Takashi Nagasaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418901115061,"sku":"9781419780080","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a3653ab7-eb44-4a7a-9dbf-1c49ff482529.jpg?v=1775570713","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/billy-bat-volume-1-volume-1-9781419780080","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}