Manga-ka Jiro Kuwata passed away this morning. He was 85 years old.
Known to manga readers as the creator of 8 Man, considered the first cyborg superhero in manga history, Jiro was better known to us as the writer and artist of the “Batmanga” of the 1960s which brought Batman to international audiences — and even created an enduring enemy, Lord Death Man.
The entirety of his archived work on Batman can be found here on DC Universe.