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Description

Billy Bat is a comic-in-a-comic and the real protagonist is a Japanese-American artist named Kevin Yamagata who draws Billy Bat for "Marble Comics".
Shortly after they transition to the artist in his studio with his assistant, two actual detectives, who look like Laurel and Hardy in Dick Tracy era suits and trench coats, knock on the door and appropriate Kevin's room for the purpose of conducting surveillance on a room in an adjacent building. One of the detectives, the skinny “Laurel”, sees Kevin's work and it turns out he's a Billy Bat fan. The other chubby "Hardy" detective picks up a page and says that the characters look familiar and accuses Kevin of translating an old "Jap" comic.
As Hardy remembers the comic he thinks Kevin is ripping off, we make another Urasawaesque time jump to 1949 Tokyo.

Note: Won the 2012 Lucca Comics Award for Best Series and the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.


Type
Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
Билли Бэт
بيلي بات
บิลลี่ แบ็ท
ビリーバット
蝙蝠比利
빌리 배트

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Latest Release(s)
c.165 (end) by MangaStream 9 years ago
c.164 by MangaStream 9 years ago
c.162-163 by MangaStream 9 years ago
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Status in Country of Origin

20 Volumes (Complete)


Completely Scanlated?
Yes

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User Rating
Average: 8.4 / 10.0 (437 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.27 / 10.0
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Last Updated
September 7th, 2024 12:59pm PDT - 8 months ago

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Serialized In (magazine)
Morning (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)
No

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Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #778 increased(+21)
Monthly Pos #1585 decreased(-11)
3 Month Pos #2246 decreased(-521)
6 Month Pos #3789 decreased(-23)
Year Pos #4474 decreased(-124)

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On 1085 reading lists
On 1055 wish lists
On 552 completed lists
On 56 unfinished lists
On 349 custom lists

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