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“1966 Japan's Batman craze led Shounen King to create licensed Batman manga with DC Comics' approval.”
Bat-Manga!
バットマン
6.51
17,833 rank · 1,018 readers · 16 favorites
Shounen
Action
Comedy
Mystery
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Synopsis
1966 Japan's Batman craze led Shounen King to create licensed Batman manga with DC Comics' approval.
In 1966, the Batman TV series starring Adam West prompted a Batman craze in Japan. In response to this, the shounen magazine Shounen King and its publisher Shonen Gahosha licensed the rights to make their own Batman stories, with the full consent of the original Batman publisher, DC Comics. (Source: Wikipedia)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
4.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4.5
mode 3
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.50
Running avg · Aug 2021 → Jan 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 6 “I bought the three volumes of this at a shop for a total of $6. I think I got my money’s worth. I can’t say that Batmanga is good literature or deeply affecting, but it was better than expected and...”
- 3 “F*CK YOU, IT'S BATMANGA. ... ... ... Now that I have your attention, let me start this review with a disclaimer: while I obviously read this because I'm a fan of Batman, I'm still a pretty new fan....”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 0%
Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 53 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 04m approx
- Published Apr 1966 – Mar 1967
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M33563 catalog