The news of Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack finally coming to the States by virtue of Vertical, Inc. just got better.
Diamond Comic Distributors has commissioned Exclusive Hardcover Editions of the first three volumes of the series. Each hardcover volume sports a unique cover different from those of the regular paperback editions. The hardcover volumes also include an additional story that will not be included in the regular soft cover series. These stories have been locked away at Tezuka Productions for decades by request of Tezuka himself, and have only recently been re-released in Japan.
Most importantly, each Exclusive Hardcover Edition will be limited in number.
Volume 1: Limited to only 1,500 copies!
Volumes 2 and 3: Limited to a mere 1,200 copies each!
These special editions are only available through specialty comic shops.