(September 2016)

Dark Horse, 2015 Series
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Volume
5
Price
19.99 USD
Pages
700 ?
On-sale Date
2016-10-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Brand
Dark Horse Manga [facing left]
ISBN
1-5067-0016-0; 978-1-5067-0016-8 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781506700168 51999
Editing
Chris Warner (editor); Jemiah Jefferson (assistant editor); Toren Smith (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

Indexed from a preview pdf.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Astro Boy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Colors
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Astro Boy
Reprints
No image yet

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka

Characters
Astro Boy

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Characters
Astro Boy

A Note to Readers (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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?
Letters
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Synopsis
Explaining that they have not altered the artwork and that some might feel the depictions of some groups might be offensive.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


The White-Hot Being (Table of Contents: 6)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Characters
Bron-X

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Astro Boy / comic story / 61 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lookit, Astro! They're making a robot more powerful than you!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Astro Boy; Cobalt; Professor Ochanomizu; Mr. Gaston; Bron-X; Mom; Dad; Inspector Tawashi; Inspector Nakamura; Shoichi; Lanky Noppo
Synopsis
Mr. Gaston has the Department of Precision Machinery build Bron-X, a robot more powerful than Astro Boy.
Reprints

Uran (Table of Contents: 8)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Characters
Uran

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Astro Boy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, Uran... when did you become Astro's baby sister, anyway?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Osamu Tezuka; Uran; Professor Ochanomizu; Mustachio
Synopsis
Osamu tries to remember Uran's origin.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Astro Boy / comic story / 45 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So how's Astro getting along with the brother 'n sister we made for him?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Professor Ochanomizu; Astro Boy; Mom; Dad; Uran; Cobalt; Shube No. 1; Genghis Khan Barbecue; Mustachio; Len Tan; Dr. Xcess; Sandwich; Gameran
Synopsis
Uran accidentally enters a robotting competition.
Reprints

Demon Bees (Table of Contents: 11)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Astro Boy / comic story / 42 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a mysterious underground empire
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Emperor of the Genghis Khan Empire; Robo-P; Robo-G; Astro Boy; Uran; Cobalt; Mustachio
Synopsis
Astro Boy is summoned to the underground Ultra Genghis Khan Empire to stop the emperor.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Fortress of the Centaurs (Table of Contents: 14)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Characters
Nuu

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Astro Boy / comic story / 51 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, guys! There's a monster on the way here!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Kuritaro Don [Acorn]; Tamao; Mustachio; Shib; Ken; Astro Boy; Professor Ochanomizu; Nuu; Akaboshi; Mikazuki; Mom; Dad; Inspector Nakamura
Synopsis
Astro Boy meets Nuu, a centaur from outer space.
Reprints

Gernica (Table of Contents: 16)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Astro Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Gernica have come within 30 miles of Tokyo! All citizens are advised to take shelter underground! Repeat: the Gernica are only 30 miles away!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Mustachio; Astro Boy
Synopsis
Astro has to stop giant, mutant snails.
Reprints

Astro Boy's Origins and History Part 2 (Table of Contents: 18)

Astro Boy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The series Ambassador Atom, in which Astro Boy first appeared, started out in a kind of contrived fashion...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Osamu Tezuka; Little Bibi; Kimba; Cactus Kid; Kanai; Astro Boy; Professor Ochanomizu
Synopsis
Osamu Tezuka telling of how his editor suggested making Atom (Astro Boy) less like a robot and more like a boy.
Reprints

Electro (Table of Contents: 19)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Shotaro Ishimori
Inks
Shotaro Ishimori
Letters
typeset

Characters
Electro

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once upon a time... actually around 1952 or '53...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Osamu Tezuka; Onodera [Shotaro Ishimori]
Synopsis
Osamu gets an assistant.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Astro Boy / comic story / 43 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Shotaro Ishimori
Inks
Shotaro Ishimori
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Robot Exhibition
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Electro; Professor Ochanomizu; Astro Boy; Mustachio; Skunk Kusai; Inspector Nakamura; Inspector Tawashi; Shibugaki; Kurobe
Synopsis
Skunk Kusai steals an invisible robot named Electro to help him commit crimes.
Reprints

Black Lux (Table of Contents: 22)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Characters
Astro Boy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Astro Boy / comic story / 61 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If there's a single reassuring time in the world, it's probably when we're being hugged by our mothers...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Ochanomizu; Astro Boy; Nakamura; Black Lux
Synopsis
Black Lux is destroying robots.
Reprints

Ambassador Atom (Table of Contents: 24)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I feel awfully nostalgic when I think of the title of this episode, Ambassador Atom...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Osamu Tezuka; Ken; Professor Ochanomizu
Synopsis
Osamu introduces the story with some pages of the original Ambassador Atom story where Astro first appeared.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Astro Boy / comic story / 65 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heh... heh... heh... heh...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Pigate; Tamao Ohme; Astro Boy; Dr. Tenma; Tobio Tenma; Mustachio; Professor Ochanomizu; Ken
Synopsis
Identical people from another, destroyed, Earth come to Earth.
Reprints

Gas People (Table of Contents: 27)

Astro Boy / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gas People, which you are about to read next, was actually created from two stories...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Osamu Tezuka; Mustachio; Astro Boy; Tamao
Synopsis
Osamu tells of trouble he had working on this story.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Astro Boy / comic story / 41 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here we are in the Department of Precision Machinery, at the Ministry of Science...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Astro Boy; Karaifurai; Mustachio; Ken; Tamao; Professor Ochanomizu; Tawashi
Synopsis
Astro's parents are built, and gas people from the stratosphere are possessing humans.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Red Cat (Table of Contents: 31)

Astro Boy / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! It's Tokyo in 2013!
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Osamu Tezuka; Mustachio; Tamao; Ken; Shibugaki
Synopsis
Osamu explains why he mixes futuristic and present day looks in his Astro Boy stories.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Astro Boy / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Most foreigners'd be embarrassed by the Tokyo of the year 2000...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Mustachio; Tamao; Chiri; Astro Boy; Ryotaro Felini; Tawashi; Condo; Shibugaki; Professor Ochanomizu; Nakamura
Synopsis
A red cat wants to stop development of Musashino forest.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


The Midoro Swamp (Table of Contents: 35)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Characters
Astro Boy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In 1933, a highway was constructed around Loch Ness, in Scotland.
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Osamu Tezuka
Synopsis
Osamu tells how the Loch Ness monster inspired the story.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Astro Boy / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka; Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Inks
Osamu Tezuka; Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hooo... hoooo... hoooo...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Mustachio; Tawashi; Astro Boy; Professor Ochanomizu; Cobalt; Shibugaki; Tamao; Nakamura
Synopsis
Lizards in Midoro Swamp seek to take over the world.
Reprints

Robio and Robiette (Table of Contents: 38)

Astro Boy / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Astro Boy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Astro Boy / comic story / 85 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Coming...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Professor Ochanomizu; Chibolt; Dr. Ohno Yani; Sagaru Yani; Robiette; Uran; Astro Boy; Robio; Dr. Ornery Ijio; Rod; Drill; Piro; Ox; Mosquito; Liver; Temjin; Nokks
Synopsis
Dr. Yani and Dr. Ijio hate each other and the robots they make fight each other.
Reprints

The Devil's Balloons (Table of Contents: 40)

Astro Boy / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Astro Boy / comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! It's Astro! Astro Boy!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Tawashi; Astro Boy; Uran; Nakamura; Professor Ochanomizu; Beancake Daifuku; Condo; Mustachio; Cobalt; Skunk Kusai
Synopsis
Balloons shaped like Astro Boy are sent over Tokyo and explode.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


The Frozen Human (Table of Contents: 43)

Astro Boy / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Lamp

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Sno Cone Studios

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Around 1955 in Japan...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Osamu Tezuka; Astro Boy
Synopsis
Osamu explains that when the story was originaly printed people were confused since they didn't know that there were pyramids in Mexico.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

Astro Boy / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Osamu Tezuka; Frederik L. Schodt (translation)
Pencils
Osamu Tezuka
Inks
Osamu Tezuka
Letters
Stan Schendel

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aieee!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Astro Boy; Sab; Sphinx; Ampere; Dr. Don Peres Prado; Lamp
Synopsis
Astro Boy is hired to help Ampere excavating a Mayan pyramid.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Astro Boy
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Table of Contents
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. A Note to Readers
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. The White-Hot Being
  8. 7. ["Lookit, Astro! They're making a robot more powerful than you!"]
    Astro Boy
  9. 8. Uran
  10. 9. ["Say, Uran... when did you become Astro's baby sister, anyway?"]
    Astro Boy
  11. 10. ["So how's Astro getting along with the brother 'n sister we made for him?"]
    Astro Boy
  12. 11. Demon Bees
  13. 12. ["In a mysterious underground empire"]
    Astro Boy
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
  15. 14. Fortress of the Centaurs
  16. 15. ["Hey, guys! There's a monster on the way here!"]
    Astro Boy
  17. 16. Gernica
  18. 17. ["The Gernica have come within 30 miles of Tokyo! All citizens are advised to take shelter underground! Repeat: the Gernica are only 30 miles away!"]
    Astro Boy
  19. 18. Astro Boy's Origins and History Part 2
    Astro Boy
  20. 19. Electro
  21. 20. ["Once upon a time... actually around 1952 or '53..."]
  22. 21. ["Robot Exhibition"]
    Astro Boy
  23. 22. Black Lux
  24. 23. ["If there's a single reassuring time in the world, it's probably when we're being hugged by our mothers..."]
    Astro Boy
  25. 24. Ambassador Atom
  26. 25. ["I feel awfully nostalgic when I think of the title of this episode, Ambassador Atom..."]
  27. 26. ["Heh... heh... heh... heh..."]
    Astro Boy
  28. 27. Gas People
    Astro Boy
  29. 28. ["Gas People, which you are about to read next, was actually created from two stories..."]
  30. 29. ["Here we are in the Department of Precision Machinery, at the Ministry of Science..."]
    Astro Boy
  31. 30. [no title indexed]
  32. 31. Red Cat
    Astro Boy
  33. 32. ["Look! It's Tokyo in 2013!"]
  34. 33. ["Most foreigners'd be embarrassed by the Tokyo of the year 2000..."]
    Astro Boy
  35. 34. [no title indexed]
  36. 35. The Midoro Swamp
  37. 36. ["In 1933, a highway was constructed around Loch Ness, in Scotland."]
  38. 37. ["Hooo... hoooo... hoooo..."]
    Astro Boy
  39. 38. Robio and Robiette
    Astro Boy
  40. 39. ["Coming..."]
    Astro Boy
  41. 40. The Devil's Balloons
    Astro Boy
  42. 41. ["Look! It's Astro! Astro Boy!"]
    Astro Boy
  43. 42. [no title indexed]
  44. 43. The Frozen Human
    Astro Boy
  45. 44. ["Around 1955 in Japan..."]
  46. 45. ["Aieee!"]
    Astro Boy
  47. 46. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Keith Alan Morgan