Cover of Astro Boy Vol 2

Astro Boy Vol 2

Astro Boy#2 in the reading pathVolume label “2”Dark Horse

From the Dark Horse edition

As Mickey Mouse is to American animation, so to anime and manga is Astro Boy, the quintessential creation of Osama Tezuka, one of the world's revered giants of comics and animation. Dark Horse brings the original Astro Boy manga to America for the first time in an English-language edition, translated by Frederick L. Schodt, renowned for his work on Ghost in the Shell and for his books on Japan, including Manga! Manga!. In this volume, Astro Boy comes to the aid of Gravia's robot president to prevent his overthrow at the hands of a secret anti-robot society; a robot magician is cloned as a setup to start a movement against intelligent robots, and only Astro Boy can expose the conspiracy; and Astro Boy defends a powerful

Source: Anime News Network Encyclopedia

Editions covering this volume

2 editions · 3 releases

Astro Boy Vol 2

Dark HorseCovers this volume completely
  • PhysicalpaperbackMay 7, 2002$9.95

    ISBN-139781569716779ISBN-101569716773

Astro Boy Omnibus

Dark HorseOmnibusCovers this volume completely
  • Digital · EPUBSep 9, 2008$7.99

    ISBN-139781621155683ISBN-101621155684

  • PhysicalSep 10, 2008$14.95

    ISBN-139781595821539ISBN-101595821538

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