Comics · Essential · Japan

Astro Boy (Mighty Atom)

Osamu Tezuka1952

Atompunk

Artificial minds
The atom
Engines and machines

The manga that started it all: a robot boy powered by a tiny nuclear reactor, serialised from 1952 to 1968. Tezuka's defining work, and the atom made lovable.

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