{"product_id":"9781419780080","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Billy Bat Volume 1 by Kristi Iwashiro","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 02\/06\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368844145013,"sku":"9781419780080","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781419780080.jpg?v=1763551081","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781419780080","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}