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Whoa . . . I never saw those!! They look as if they were drawn by the infamous Ken Stacey. I do remember the tatoos, and they NEVER really worked - I remember you had to wet your skin, then apply the tatoo. And because it NEVER worked, I tried it the other way (wet the tatoo and apply to dry skin) ...

Back in the sixties in the U.S. of A., when Astro Boy was making ratings records, NBC Enterprises was busily setting up merchandising for Astro Boy. One of the items they sold a license to was Topps, an American maker of trading cards, also known as bubblegum cards because they were sold in a packet...

Thank you, Jeffbert for another great posting of one of the "undubbed 89". Especially this one which features some well known members of "Tezuka's stock company". It is always great to see these postings because for most of us it's like uncovering an all new Astro Boy story. Now for the review! Yes ...

I'm still on a never endin' search for 'March of Comics' #285, but I also refuse to pay $100 US dollars for somethin' that they published and distributed for free :shifty: . One day I will find it cheap... one day.... :ninja: The Astro Boy March of Comics comes up on eBay once in a while, but I onl...

Yes in a matter of speaking. What Jeffbert has is the original manga reprinted as they were originally published. When Tezuka first starting drawing, his style had not yet evolved to what it would become. That is why when his work started to be reprinted, he made changes where he felt improvements o...

Thank you for sharing. It seems to me that now with this set of mangas as they were originally published in Japan, you now have enough material for several books on Astro Boy or even magazines. Get to self-publishing bro, I'm first in line to buy.

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Also just finished watching, "Mars Needs Women", "The Manster" and "the Cyclops"! "Mars Needs Women" is a really low budget made for TV syndication movie made in 1966. It stars Tommy Kirk who had been a star at Disney and Yvonne Craig just a little bit before she became Batgirl on the old Batman TV ...

Just finished viewing, "Frankenstein--1970"! Originally it was supposed to be titled, "Frankenstein--1960", but the producers thought it better to change the title and add ten years. (I don't know why they decided this!) The only thing is there is nothing futuristic about this film since it still lo...

I know Astro's spikes were an inspiration Dr. Tezuka got from his own curly hair in the morning (bed head!) . . . but I wonder about Astro's basic appearance (and NO not the speedoes) - has anyone ever read where he drew Astro's character based on a real child he knew? Many artists and cartoonists ...

Great find! I could not make out all the episodes which were highlighted, but still a very interesting piece of Astroboy history! Now if only someone could find such a commercial for the U.S.A. broadcast. I think that would be something!

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