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"Black Jack" Hospital

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At a prestigious teaching hospital ruled by cliquish graduates, the director orders a patient's arm amputated after a cursory exam—not realizing the patient is a pianist. His primary doctor covertly calls in Black Jack to save the hand and expose a system that puts hierarchy above competence.

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Start Issue

No. 51, 1976

Issues

5