Fifty years after his creation, Astro Boy continues to lead the manga and anime charge, his adventures still as fresh and exciting as when first crafted by master storyteller/cartoonist/animator Osamu Tezuka. Astro Boy is packed with action, laughs, and genuine emotion, interlacing fantastic situations with timeless themes and wry observances about technology, war, and the human condition.
In this volume: a master criminal uses a stolen invisible robot in a daring crime spree; Astro battles the robot-destroying Black Lux gang; the freedom of Mankind is threatened by body-snatching gas aliens; and a special, can't-miss feature - the 1952 first appearance of Astro Boy, "Ambassador Atom"!
Fifty years after his creation, Astro Boy continues to lead the manga and anime charge, his adventures still as fresh and exciting as when first crafted by master storyteller/cartoonist/animator Osamu Tezuka. Astro Boy is packed with action, laughs, and genuine emotion, interlacing fantastic situations with timeless themes and wry observances about technology, war, and the human condition.
In this volume: a master criminal uses a stolen invisible robot in a daring crime spree; Astro battles the robot-destroying Black Lux gang; the freedom of Mankind is threatened by body-snatching gas aliens; and a special, can't-miss feature - the 1952 first appearance of Astro Boy, "Ambassador Atom"!