Chapter 53

'The Pillar Man'
Information
Volume	2 (6)
Chapter	9 (53)
Japanese Title	「柱の男」
Romanized Title	Hashira no Otoko
Total Pages	19
Cover Date	January 15, 1988
WSJ Issue	5, 1988
Episode(s)	Episode 11
Chapter Chronology
← Previous	Straizo VS Joseph (5)
Next →	'The Pillar Man: Santana' (1)

'The Pillar Man' (「柱の男」, 'Hashira no Otoko'), originally "The Pillar Man" Resurrection Project (”柱の男”蘇生実験, "Hashira no Otoko" Sosei Jikken) in the WSJ release, is the fifty-third chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the ninth chapter of Battle Tendency.

Summary

Speedwagon, having attempted suicide in detainment, has been put in a straitjacket 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, and are slowly pumping it with human blood from slaves in order to awaken it.

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 Mexican thugs and forces them to supply him with food and gasoline.

Back at the Nazi base, Speedwagon has been given a truth serum, and the Nazis learn about the stone masks and the physical enhancement they grant those who wear them.

Appearances

Erina Joestar (Flashback) Joseph Joestar Santana Robert E. O. Speedwagon Rudol von Stroheim Unnamed Courageous Mexican Child (1st appearance) Unnamed Mexican Thugs (1st appearance)