Your welcome, Jeffbert!
Now to get back to the theme of this thread, we now know there was an Astro Boy manga in the Nov. 1966 issue of "Mighty Atom Club" magazine but it has not yet been identified. We also now know that the issues previously thought to have no Astro Boy manga have manga which are adaptations of previously aired anime episodes as opposed to manga stories which will be adapted into episodes for the anime.
For example the manga story in the March, April, May,1965 issues was a three part adaptation of one of the highest rated anime episodes of the series when it originally aired on Japanese television. It is also the only full color episode of the series. I speak of the episode invariably known as "The Earth Defense Squadron/the Moon Monsters!
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There were some differences from the anime version to the manga version.
First In the splash panel for the first manga part, Astro Boy wears a red uniform instead of the blue colored uniform he wears in the anime version. Also he does not wear this uniform in any other part of the rest of the manga version.
Also there is no rivalry between Ranger #5 & Ranger #7. [In the English dub Ranger #7 is known as "Philbert Capfield" and Ranger #5 is known as "Tex McCute".] (This a nod to the feuding families of the Old West--"The Hatfields and The McCoys".)
Also Ranger #5 does not wear a cowboy hat in the manga, The manga version also starts with Dr. Elefun already captured by the moon monsters.
In the Mighty Atom Club issues only the first two pages of each part is in color, while the rest is in black & white.
So there you have it one of the most popular episodes in manga form adapted from the anime.--Astrobuddy
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P.S. here is a link to a sort of sequel to the episode, "The Moon Monsters:
http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/v ... el#p161706