The Bones Spoke Cover | Jiro Kuwata ('70) Western ) | Pencil & ink

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This complete set of 48 original drawings are playing cards used for a children's karuta (Japanese playing cards)

and he becomes celebrated as a hero and Toro becomes his loyal companion

especially the "Attack Action Series"

action-driven akahon manga that were soooooo very popular in the postwar years

The Bones Spoke Cover | Jiro Kuwata ('70) Western ) | Pencil & inkSize : 25 x 34. 5 cm Media : pencil & ink on paper Originally published in Weekly Playboy in a section called Mystery Comics (1970) reissued by Apple BOX in 1992 and more recently as an e book This short story one shot of just 20 pages breathes mystery ! It's original publication in Weekly Playboy Mystery Comics was well chosen