Billy Bat
Volume 1
2 Jun 2026
Important English-edition milestone for a major Urasawa/Nagasaki series that remained unavailable officially in English for many years.
Read the catalogue note →- Series
- Billy Bat
- Volume
- 1
- Publisher
- Abrams ComicArts
- ISBN-13
- 9781419780080
- Edition
- First official English-language edition format
- Printing
- Unverified — indicia required
- Condition
- Near Fine- / Very Good+ (exterior photographs only)
- Completeness
- Exterior front/rear photographed. Full-colour insert and interior completeness unverified.
Catalogue note
Important English-edition milestone for a major Urasawa/Nagasaki series that remained unavailable officially in English for many years.
Legacy record ID: GN-010
Why this object matters
The publisher confirms Billy Bat's long-awaited official English debut, giving this volume a concrete translation/publication milestone. Retain strong importance while withholding any first-printing or verified-colour-insert claim pending physical evidence.
Evidence limits: Exterior front/rear photographed. Full-colour insert and interior completeness unverified.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8 / 10.
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