Chapter 53

The Pillar Man (「柱の男」), originally in the WSJ release, is the ninth chapter of Battle Tendency and the fifty-third chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga.

Summary
Speedwagon, having attempted suicide in detainment, has been put in a straightjacket by the Nazis. Stroheim takes this as confirmation that Speedwagon knows something of value to their cause, and a shutter opens behind him, revealing the man in the pillar. The Nazis have secured it in a large room, prepared to interrogate Speedwagon with a truth serum. Stroheim then visits a cell where he knocks out a rebelling prisoner and asks the others to choose someone to sacrifice. 🇺🇳 courageously volunteers himself to save the others, but as a twisted reward for his bravery, Stroheim spares the boy and sacrifices all the other prisoners.

Elsewhere, Joseph is riding a motorcycle through the Mexican desert but stops at a nearby town. After accidentally drinking the water laid out for horses, he resorts to beating up a bunch of 🇺🇳 and forces them to supply him with food and gasoline.

Back at the Nazi base, Stroheim brags about the security measures to contain the man in the pillar while scientists pump blood into the stone column.

Trivia

 * In the Weekly Shōnen Jump release, the left side of page 10 contained a vertical advertisement. When it was published in Volume 6, the blank space was filled in with an illustration an additional SFX next to Joseph's motorcycle.