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BEGINNING

OF THE

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THE BIRTH OF NEVR

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THE

ROBOT.

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ENERGY

TUBE

163

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upon

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ASTRO

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First

serialized

from

January

24th

to

December

23,

19B7

in

the

Sanhei

neujspaper.



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HE

DIE?

OR

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HE

LIVE

TO

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LIKE

LOCUSTS

ON

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S/IVED HIM.

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/WD

liESTOIZeD

HIM

TO

HIS

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of

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IT

UAS

A WAHH

SPKWS

e/EIIIIIS.

ROBOTS

OFTEN

HATE

THEIR

ELECTRO-BR/llllS

PROSR/WMEO

TO FEEL

PLE/tSURE

WHEN

IT'S

SOOD

WEATHER,

SO

ON THE

SPUR

OF

THE

MOMENT

(tSTRO

DECIDED

TO T/WE

/I

J/WNT

Oin-BCTHEH/IRBOR.

/(S HE

SORVEVEO

THE

H/IRBOR

HETHOUSHT,

'HMM,TH/1T'S0DD...'

THERE

WERE

AT

LE/IST

TEN

SHIPS-

PATgOL

WATS

Am

MINESWEEPERS--

AU

&ATHegm,

LOOKINS

FOR

SOMBTHINS,

THE

BE/IMS

FROM

THEIR

SE/ RCHLISHrS

CRISS-CROSSINfi

THE

SURF/ICE

OF

THE

W^TER.

•THERE

MUST BE

SOMETHING

INTHESE/I.''

HE

THOUlSHT,

IN A

SUR6E

OF EXCITEMENT.

Pl.UUi3INl3

INTO

THE

W/ITER,

HE

ENCOUNTERED

A HUSE

swia

OF

BUBBLES,

/IND

FELT

A

SURSE

OF

HADIAVOU.

SOMETHINS

VERV

STR/INSE

UAS

60m

OH.

Ci

,°Ci°

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fions

to the

suef«;e

of

THE

SE/I

Bf

THE FORCE

OF

/I HUSE BLAST.

BUT

SOMETHINS

ALSO

EMEUSEO

FROM

THE

EXPLOSION,

rr

W/15 /t

HUSE

BUBBte,

/INO

IT

COUT/IIIIED

A

mm.

16

THE

WOM/VI

W/IS

UNCONSCIOUS

/INO

NOT MOVINS,

m>

ASTHO

KNEW HE

H/IO

TO

HELP

HER,

BUT

HIS

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ASO

TOLD HIM

SHE

W/IS NOT

HUIMN.

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TO

T> KE

HEB

TO

MNO,

TO

A

DESERTED

PIER

NE/IRBV,

THERE,

HE TRIED

TO

RESUSCMTE

HER

UNCONSCIOUS

FORM

BV

fiENTLC

SH^CINS

HER.

AHO THEN

HE

NOTICED

SOMETHING

STR«ll5e.

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HE/IRT

WAS

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BEfflNS,

BUT SHE

W> S NOT

BRE/ITHINS.

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ms COINS IN

MD

OUT

OF

HER NOSTRILS

^T

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HAO

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KNOW?'

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/m MEEELV

5/IID,

'IF

yOU'UE

/I ROBOT,

VOUU

KEEP WH/IT

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PMIKT

H/ID

A

VERV

AWrtlCEO

cwuzm-ioH.

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PEOPLE

III

THE

CAPITAL

LOOKED

JUST LIKE

LOCUSTS,

BUT

THEV

WORE

BE/WTIFUL

CLOTHES

AS THEV

BUSILy

HOPPED

Alan.

WITH

THEIR

POWERFUL

HIHO

LESS,

THEV

COULD

TR/WEl

OVER

50

MROS

W

OUE LE/IP.

18

ONE

THINS

ODD

ABOUT

THEM,

THOUSH,

W/IS

TH/(T

THEV

HAD

FACiS

EX/ICTLV

LIKE

THOSE

OF

HUMflNS.

THEV

HAO

HAK

ON

THEIR

HE/IDS,

EVEBROWS,

^D

THE

M/ILES

im

BeAZDS,

TOO.

FROM

THE

PERSPECTIVE

OF muAUS

THEV

LOOKED

SHOCKING,

EVEN

HMRIOUS.

BUT

THE

LOCUST-PEOPLE

CONSIDERED

THEMSELVES

PERFECTLV

NORMA.

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IKS.

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WERE A

(leWLV M/IKRIED

COUPLE.

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HOIIB/MOOII,

THEf

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OFF OH

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SPACB

gOOCET,

VISrriNS

A

MBET/

OF

PUWETS.

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M/ILE

LOCOST-

w/is

bupwna

/is /i sciehtist,

/iho

rr

w/is

time

for

hih

to

return.

feLtl

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rau

W/INT

TO

SO TO

/I

HOT

SPRINS

SOMEWHERE?

20

THE

LOCUST

PEOPLE

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AHAZIUay

/IW/INCEO

TECHNOLOSy.

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A

FOURTH

DIMENSION/IL

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UNIVERSE

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ON

THE

PUNET.

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ITS

PEOPLE

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/IND /IS

SOME

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mo

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WILL

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TO THE

DE/ITH

OVER A

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OTHEI?

WORDS,

IN

OBOEI?

TO

BE

WITH

THE

FEIMLE,

ONE

OF

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M/ILES

MUST

WE.

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SO

rr

w/is

OH

this

PLÊT

THERE

W/IS

NOTHINS

THE

POOR

SCIENTIST

COULD

DO

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WHEN

THE

8USINESSM/IN

TRIED

TOT/IKE

HIS

WIFE...

f

...TOTB/ICH

HER

AHD

PUTLER

A LESSON,

M/IVBE

I

COULD

TORN

HER

INTO

SOMETHINS

NEITHER

PUTLER

NOR

I

WOULD

EVENW/WT.

WHEN

HE

PLE/IDED,

'WON'T

VOU

CH/INSE

VOURMIND,

DE/IR?'

HIS

WIFE

MERELV

REPLIED,

•NO,

I

DONT

W/WT

TO.'

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HOW

'

UMevmAHo

J

PUTLER

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TRUE?

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TO

TH/IT,

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SUCH

A

soam

W/ISTEL/IIIO...

26

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t.MeT/iMogmaee.

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TIMES,

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FROM

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TO

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LOCUSTS,

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TO

CH/IIISE

OUR

SH/IPE

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PROCESS.

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ma

us

u}<x

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like

THE

residents

Op

THUT

PL/WET,

SO

WE COULD

LIVE

THERE WITHOUT

^ROUSWa

THE

SUSPICION

OF

THE

INH/IBIT/INTS.

IF

VOU

W/WT,

I

COULD

^

,

EVEN

MAKE

VOU

LOOK

LIKE

THEM...'

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SORE

/IRE IN

A HURRV,

SCA«A..

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VOU

INSIST...

SET IN

THE

C4SE

UNDER

THE

M/ICHINE.

I'LL BE IN

THE

UPPER

P/IRT,

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UP

SO

WE

C/IN

CHAHee

VOUR

SH/IPE.

BUT

VOU'LL

Kim

TO

ST/IV

STILL

FOR/ITLE/IST/IN

HOUR,

OR

VOU MISHT

TURN INTO

SOMETHINS

RE/laV

WEIRD...

27



THE

UETAHOUfHIZEH

UADe

A

SOUUD I.IKE

KAVm lUSECT

WItkSS,

/WO

THEN,

WITH

A HISS,

EMITTED

STSAM...

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/W

HOOK

rao'u

BE

TR/WSFORMED

lirro

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THESCIEHTISTSXIO..,

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HE

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TH^T

A

MEW D/IV

mi DAmm,

AHO THAT

PVTUe

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BE

coMiue

TO

KIU.

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URW MOeWUS

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HE

COUU>

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HIM.

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U0TIII6

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BtS

WE/IPON

HE

H/tD

BeoUSHT

WITH

HIM.

'/IS

PROMISED,

I'VE

COMB FOR

fOU,

OR

OHAgA,

JUST

LIKE

I

im I

WOUU>,'

PUTLER

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THIRTV

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UP,

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MV

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REVENiSEON

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you

SO,

I

HOPE

you

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33

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HISH-PITCHED

WHIIIE,

THE

SPACESHIP

LEFT

THEPUWETOF

THE

UJOISTS

mt>

mmeti into the

IMFIHrTE MSTtlESS

OF oaree

spta,

mo THE

Fooern

DIMENSIOU...

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SHIP

FIIMU.V

HeACMt)

enenr,

mi) rtm w

THE

WST/WCe

SPOTTED /I

HUSEOOSTER

OF

BRISHTl/

SHINIM^ IkSHTS.

rr UI/IS

THE

METROPOLIS

OF

mxro.

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34

THE

SPACESHIP

PUWaED WTO

THE

mrees

of

TOWO

MV,

BOT AS

rr

DID

so

IT

WAS

o/ui/ieeo

«i

THE

FOPCE

OF THE

IMPACT

AND

THE

WATER

PPESSURE.

SCARA,

OIILf

HALF-COHSCIOOS,

PRESSED

HER

BODf ASAIIIST

THE ESCAPE

MAire,

AND JUST

IN

TIME

MADE

IT

OUT

OF

THE

SHIP

INSIDE

A eiANT AIR

BUSBlf

IT

WAS

THEN

THAT

THE

HUSE EXPLOSION

DESCRIBED

AT THE

BEfilNNINS

OF

THE

STORV

TOOK

PLACE...

35



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60SH,')

A_//^

1

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—

='

i-»=^'fj'

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raO

ONE OF

THOSE

(W/WT

s/(iaie

/leriSTs

WHO iuaucs

AKOOIU)

TOWN

ll/KED

,

THESE

MfS?

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THESE

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MV

TO

VOUR y

\COMMUTe

ems?).

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39

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ASreO

TBEO

HfleO TO FiSORE

cm WH/IT

Wi4S

SOWfiOM.HE

KUCW HE H/ID BEEH

IN

2017

BEFOIZE

THE EXPUJSIOtl.

COUU) HE POSSIBLV

HWE8EEN

III

TIME

TO

W67

By

ITS

FORCE?

HE

OESPBR/ITEU

lU/WTED

SOMEOHE

TO

TEU. HIM

THE

MISWER.

T

/ISTRO

EHTERED

THE

HOUSE « IIWITED

BV

THE

BOV, Pm

HE

COULO

SMRCEW

BELIEVE

HIS

EVES. THEV

H/ 0 BEEH

BESSIHS

ON THE

STREET,

SO HE IM/IÎNED THEV

LIVED

IN

/(

RUN-DOWN

HOVEL.

BUT

THEV

ms

A FINE

HOUSE WITH

« SATS

tm EVERVTHINS.

INSIDE,

THEV H>IO

BIS

OOSETS «ID DRESSERS

AUD/tVI SET. IT

W/IS

JUST

LIKE

THE

HOUSES

MIDDLE-CUISS

SAVIRIED

WORKERS

LIVED

IN...

•H/WE/ISE/ TaKNOW

yoU'RE

SHOCKED, BUT

IT RE/ILLV

IS

OUR

HOUSE.

D/ID BUILT IT

/IFTER

THIRTV

VE«RS

OF

BElSSINa

ON

THE

STREETS

Km

SdVINS

HIS

PENNIES.

HE W/IS THE

CMKUim

OF

THE

N/ITION/U.

HOMELESS

FEDER/ITION.

41



H/tD ASrHO BEEtl

A HUM/W, He PeOifBLY

WOULD H/ire F/IIIITEO

FROM THE SHOCK

OF

BEINS

in

THE

WRONS

TJME...

HE FLEW

MOf. TO THE Mf, PICKED

UP SC/ieA,

/WD

TOOK

OFF AMID.

•WHERE

/IRE

WE eoiHS

?

SHE /ISKED.

•TO

PROFESSOR OCH/WOMIZO

?

•HE DOESHT

EXIST

VET

'•

/ISTRO

REPLIED,

SOUHDINS

/IS

THOUGH

HE

WOULD

BURST

lUTO

TE/IRS.

•WE'RE SOIHS

TO

MV HOME.

•TO

COUR

HOME

7

SCflR/l PERSISTED.

'IS IT

III THIS

cnv?

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SUPPOSED TO

BE, /ISTRO REPLIED,

FEELIHS

TENSE

JUST

AS

THEV

UDIDEO.

THE SITE

OF

HIS OLD

HOME

W/IS

OVERSROWN WITH

6R/ISS, /DID THERE

W/IS

NOT /I SOUL /IROUHD.

IT

W/IS A

V/IC/IMT

LOT,

THE

SROUND

NEOECTED

/IND EXPOSED...

42

•IF

1

w/irr

FiFTV

re/iRS,

m

HOUSE'a

BE

HERE,

/DID

I

C/IH

LIVE

HAPPILC

WITH

MV

MOM

'N

0/10

/IND

UR/IN

/IND

COBAT

sm-

LONS

BEFORE

iSKSPSA'/IND

TURN

INTO

i/êcess

JWK...

I'll

be

TAKEN

TO THE

DUMP

OR

CHOPPED

UP

FOR

PARTS...

TEARS

FEU

FROM

ASTRO'S

EVES

EVEN

ROBOTS

FEEL

SADNESS,

AND

ASTRO

HAD

ARTIFICIAL

TEAR

DUCTS

BUILT

INTO

HIS

EVES,

WITH

WATER

OeSISNED

TO

COME

(m

OF

THEM.

SCARA

CAME Up

flOIETLy

BEHIND

HIM

AHD

9tn

HER

ARMS

ON

HIS

SHOULDERS...

WHEN

ASTRO

COMPLAINED

THAT

HE

COULONT

UNDERSTAND

WHAT

HAD

mmm>,

scara

replied,

•I DON'T

KNOW

WHV,

ASTRO,

BUT

HAVBE

IT

WAS

BECAUSE

THERE

WAS

A TIME

TRANSPORT

DEVICE

IN

MV

SPACE

SHIP.

WHEN

IT

EXPLODED,

HAfBE

WE WERE

ACCIOENTALLV

TOSSED

INTO

THE

FOURTH

DIMENSION.

WE

IMMEDIATELY

CAME BACK

TO

THE

SAME

PLACE

WE

WERE

IN,

BUT

MAVBE THE

TIME

WAS

OFF

BV

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OF HIS

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mate

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mcomtee

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BE|3(5/1B.

THEH,

ST/IBIHS

/IT

SC/IB/1,

HE

/ISKED,

'BUT

WHO'S THE

L/IDV

WITH

VOU

?

'BEFORE

I

EXPLAIN,

/ISTBO

REPLIED,

'DON'T

ICOO

H/WE SOMETHIHS

SHE COULD

WE/(B?'

'WH/ HOT

BUIC

HER

SOME

OOTHES

/IT

/I

STORE?'

WEH,

I C«I'T...

/WD

THERE'S

/I RE/ISOH...'

•m. fU

OUR

CLOTHES

HERE

/IBE IN

T/ITTEBS,

BUT

WE'VE SOT

SOME

CLOTH.

M/IVBE

WE CAU

mce

HER

SOMETHIHS...

LET'S

ME/ISUBE

HER...

SCAR/I

IMMEDI/ITELV

SOT

DOWN ON AU.

FOURS.

SHIN-CH«I

DIDN'T

KNOW

WH/IT

TO

M/IKE

OF IT.

46

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^^

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HOW

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TOSETHEB .

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THIS

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^

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THE

CLOTH

'NIP

LIKE

THIS...

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THEKE IS

A

SUAU.

WAM

ST/ITIOII

C/IOeO FUJIS/ID/II, /IBOUT

/»l

Hoon's

aiasTf-cutcK,

ceowoeo

0DE

FROM

THE

CENTEK OF

TOKfO.

IT'S Itl THE OUTEe

SUBURBS, SO

/IT

NISKr THE iOlAlle III

FRONT OF

THE

ST/ITION

IS (JUITE

DESERTED,

BUT

THIS

IS

WHERE ASTRO,

iCAgA,

AUD SHIH-CHAH

NEXT

SHOWED OP...

(

•I

KNOW

/IN

OLD

SUr WHO RUNS

/IN /IP/IRTMEHT

BUH-DINS

HERE,'

s/;iD

SHiN-cH/iN, '.../WD

you

CAH

PROB'W

LIVE

IN

IT,

•WH/irs

/W /IP/IRTKENT?' SCAR/I

aUERIEO.

'IS IT LIKE

A

HOUSE

?'

SHIN-CH/IN

COULDN'T

BELIEVE

TH/IT

SC^R/1

DIDN'T

KNOW WH/IT

/IN /IP/IRTHENT W/IS.

/IS

THEV

M/IDE

THEIR

{UAt/

THROUSH

CROWDED B/ICKSTREETS,

HE

/IDDED,

'IT'S

NOT VERV

CLE/W,

BUT

rrs

RE/ILL/ CHE/IP...

THEV /IRRIVEO IN

FRONT

OF

A

RUN-DOWN

/IP/IRTMENT

BUILOINS

WITH

A SISH

ON

IT

TH/IT

S/lID

IIASUBI-SO, OR •e&SPlAItT

PALACe.' SHIN-CH/m

VELtED

OUT,

•HEV,

POPS

(

WHEREUPON THE

OWNER-/I

MID0LE-/V3ED

M/IN

WITH

a/ISSES

StlPPINS

OFF

HIS

NOSE~/IPPE/IRED

/WD

S/1ID~

'yOU/kMIN, EH7IG0TTHE

PHONE

CAt.

SO

THIS THE

BROTHER AUD

SISTER VOU

MENTIONED

WHO'RE LOOKINS

FOR/IPLA;eTOLIVE,

EH?'

TV0U5URE

THEV'

RE

NCTTRUN-

/IW/IVS?

»

SHItl-CHffll

ASXtO

IF

THERE

WERE

m

ROOMS

/IV/IIL/IBLE.

THE

M/IN

LOOKED

AT

SCAgA

SUSPICIOUSLV

OUT

OF

THE

CORNER

OF HIS

EVES,

AUD

REPLIED...

'...WELL,

VES,

BUT

WE

ONLV

RENT

TO

Tuvsn/oemy-nMSTt,...'

Sm-om

WHISPERED

IN

/ISTRO'S

E/IR-

THE

OLD

SUV USED

TO

BE

/I

6eC«/IR

LIKE

HE,

BUT

HE E/IRNED

EtIOUSH

MONEV

TO

BUV

THIS

PL/ICE.

HE

SEEMS

A LITTLE

ODD,

BUT

DON'T

WORRV,

HE'S

RE/IUV

A

SOOD

FELLOW.'

IT

W/IS

EARLV

SPRINS,

BUT

COMINS

TO

RENT

A

eoOM

/IT

NISHT,

WITH

HO

COAT

ON

AND

NO

H/INDBAS,

W/IS

BOUND

TO

AROUSE

SUSPICION.

THE

TRIO

FOaoWED

THE

MAH

UP

THE

BUILDING'S

CREAKV

STAIRS

AND

WATCHED

AS

HE OPENED

ONE

OF

THE

ROOMS

WITH

A

KEV.

BOASTINS

THAT

'IT'S

SOT

SOOD

SUNLISHT,'

HE

SHOWED

THEM

INSIDE.

IT

WAS

A

TINV,

FOUR-AND-A-HALF

TATAMI-MAT

ROOM, THE

STRAW

MATS

DISCOLORED

FROM

ASE

AND

COVERED

WITH

OUST

THINK

SHE'S

W^

OKAV

e/p

WSl

liL

f|

I

D

g

m

^^

•WEa,

WHAT'S

IT

SOHNA

BE?'

THE

MANASER

ASKED

THE TRIO.

SCARA

IMMEDIATELV

SOT DOWN

ON

THE

FLOOR

MATS

ON

fO.

FOURS.

THE

MANASER

LOOKED

AT

HER IN

SHOCK,

AND

flUICKLV

TOOK

SHIN-CHAN

ASIDE

OUr

Of

THE

ROOM AND

WHISPERED,

'MAVBE

SHE'S

DRUNK?'

.



•so

VOU W«ir

THE ROOM,

KISKTT

SHW-CHffll

MID TO /ISTRO.

•SURE,

WEU

T/(KE

rr,

ASTRO

AISUERED.

•SOOO,

SMIN-CH/W

REaiED.

'lU

^ BM:K

home

/WD

BRK

VOU

STUFF

you'a heed,

like

/w old

FmON, DESK,

Ha XU

KETTIE.'

SfdN-CH/W

/tUD THE

OMHER

THEH

P/IRTED

FROM

ASTRO

m>

SCHHA

/ STRO

TURNED

TO

SC/lRfl

/WD

COMHEKTED,

'SOSH,

SHU-CHAN

SURE IS A

NICE SUV,..

•VES,

SHE

REPLIED,

'FOR

SUCH

A

PRIMITIVE PERSON.'

'WHAT DO

you

MEAN

?

ASTRO

SAID.

•WEU,

HE

LEADS SUCH

A

PRIMITIVE

LIFE,

SAID SCARA.

'LOOK

AT THIS

ROOM.

IT'S OMV, I

SUPPOSE,

IF

VOU

REALIZE

IT'S

WHERE PRIMITIVES

OWEa...

ASTRO WAS

UPSET BV

THIS, AND

RETORTED,

'WEU,

I'M

SURE

THERE

Age

BETTER

PUCES

SO/lf£-

tamee...'

•LET'S

(30 THERE

THEN,'

SAID SCARA.

•BUT WE'D

PROBABLV NEED

A LOT

MORE

MONEY.

•MONEV

?'

SCARA

WAS

TAKEN

ABACK.

•lOONTHAVEANVOFTHATC

•WORK

?•

SCARA

SAID.

'ME

?'

I

DON'T

WANT TO WORK. I

CAME

HERE TO

WALK AROUND

IN

THE

MOUNTAINS

AND

FIELDS, AND

SEE THE RWERS,

OCEANS, AND

FORESTS...

IWANTTOENJOV

MVSELF.'

i

/

BACK HOME

jr(^

I

JUST

HAD

|l\l>s

\

FUN

Aa

oav.it

A

rff

\

WAS

NEVER

A

||f)

iy

>

PROBLEM.

,WflC.

HERE

N

ITHOUSHTVOU

]

WERE A lOCaST,

j

BUrVOU'RE

<

MORE

LIKE

A

enASSMoppee.

VEAH,

THERE'S

A CHILDREN'S

STORV

WHERE THE

SRASS-

HOPPER

PLAVS HX.

SUMMER

LONa AND

HAS

TO

HAVE

ANTS

HELP HIM

WHEN

WINTER COMES.

52

53

.



cm,

54

/ISTRO

^0

SCARA

OOSEO

THE

eOOM'S

MC£

CUIJT/IDIS,

PUOED

OUT

THE

FUTOIl

Mf

DOUN,

MID

FEU.

SOUWHr

/IStEEP.

THE

HSKT

OF

THE

MOOH

SHOWN

THKOUaH

THE

WIIIDOW

/WO

SEUTl./

IU.UMIII/ITED

THEK

F/tCBS

/IS

THEV

0I E/1«ED.

Asreo

WOKE

/(s o/iwii

/tppeo/icHEo.

x/K/i

ms

STILL

SLEEPINS

PEflCEFULLf,

BUT

HE CHECKED

HIS

ENEUSf

LEVEL.

HE

CE/ILIZED

TH/IT

IF

HE

WEI?E

C/ REFUL,

HE

MISKT

BE

OK/iy

FOB

THREE

VE/IRS.

^FTER

THINKINS

A WHILE,

/ISTRO

SUDDENLV

OPENED

THE

WINDOW

/IND

FLEW

UP

IHTO

THE

NKSHT

SKf

UNLESS

HE

COULD

M/IKE

S0MEM0NEyB/M0RNIN6,

HE

KNEW

THEVO

BE IN

TROUBLE...



56

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E/IT

SOME N

BOCKS

TH/IT

IOmJ

~-:i-i^Pk,

T/(KE

'EM J

^

JJf'ffji

B/ICK...

)

=^

1

1

SW/IUOWED

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HMSMETIC

IF



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59

IF



THE

NEXT

om

ASTgO

/WO

SCAHA

VISrTEO

TOKWS

SINM DISTRICT.

Ill

THE

20TH

CENTURV

rr

W/ S

AN

EXTK/10l?OIW/(l?ll.V

BUSTUNS

PMCE, /WD /IS

THE TWO

OF

THEM

IMDE THEIR

W/IV

THROUSH THE

CROWDS,

THE/

WERE

MUZa>.

FOR

SC/tR/l,

IN

P/ieriCOMR,

EVERVTHINS

SEEMED

NEW

/WD STR/WSE.

'HERE, THIS

IS THE PUCE,

SCAHA,' S/IID

ASTHO.

•WH/ITISIT?'

•ITS

A

JEWELRV STORE.

I'VE

SOT

SOMETHIHS

IW/WTTHEMTOBW...'

•BOr

THEV

JUST

H/IVE

/I BUNCH

OF

WEIRD

ROCKS

ONOISPUy...'

AH iUPUmB

OF THE

STORE

C*KE OUT,

LOOKItlSVERV

SERIOUS.

HE

5T/IRE0

AT /ISTRO,

/WD

S/IID,

'WEa,

WH/IT

C/WIDOFOeVOU?

/ISTRO

S/IID HESIT/WrU,

'iW...

I,

ER,

WONDERED IF

fOU COULD

UJCK

AT SOME

OF

THESE

STONES

I'VE

BROUSHT...

AHO

THEN

HE

SPRE/ID

THEM OUT

ON

THE STORE

CAie.

THE STORE

EMPIOVEE,

WITH A

LOOK

OF

OISD/IIN,

PICKED

UP ONE

OF THE STONES,

ST/IRED

/IT

IT,

/IND THEN, WITH HIS

VOICE

SH/IKINS,

S/IID, 'WH/I

--

WH/IT H/IVB

WE

iSOTHEREW

60

/ISTRO

COULM'T

ST/WD

STIU

/W

L0N(3ER,

SO

HE

BLURTED

OUT,

'SO

Wlli

you BUV

THEM,

MISTER

?

•

•Buy?

THESE

/IRE

MM^/iVS,

somi'

•SO

you'u.

Buy

them,

Riaur?-

•THERE'S

HO

W/iy

WE

COULD

BUy

them

...' ONE

OF THE

OTHER

MEN

SISHED.

•THEN

SIVE

THEM

MX,'

/ISTRO

8E&3E0.

•

CAU

T/IKE

THEM

TO

ffllOTHER

STORE

.'•

•soRRy,

soNNy...

iioBooy's

SOIHS

TO

Buy

THESE...'

61



If

THEse

oiMoms

file

io/iM/iz/Me

THERE'S NO W/IV WE COOLO PRICE

THEM.

WE'RE SOmS TO

NEED SOME TIME

TO

CHECK

THEM /WD

THEN /ISK VOO THIN«S,

LIKE

WHERE

HM

FOUIID

THEM.'

•BUT

I'M IN d

HURRV.c

«TRO

PLE/IDEO,

IF

THEY'RE RE/IUV OIAMOHDS,

I NEED

you TO TEU

ME HOW

MUCH THEV'RE

WORTH.''

'I'D

S/iy HCn'lt

60T

KT lE/lST

A M/u/o/r yenworth of (Sems

HERE, SOHNV,'

ONE OF THE DE> IERS

S/IID. 'HERE, WE'a

om

VOU

A

LITTLE

C4SH /IS

/I

DOWHP/IVMENT

.

.

.

tS>

SOON

/IS HE W/IS

H/WDED THE

MONE/, /ISTRO

DASHED

OUT

OF

THE STORE WITH SC/IRA

WITH THE

SEM

OE/ILERS C/IUINfi

OUT AFTER THEM TO WAIT,

ASTRO

AND SCARA RAN

LIKE

THE

WIND

TO

A

LITTLE

LOCAL

PARK.

SCARA, OUT

OF BREATH,

SAT DOWN OH

ONE

OF THE BENCHES.

•SOSH, you REALLy SURPRISED

HE,

ASTRO,

SHE SASPED.

SORRy,

BUT

AT

LEAST

WE (SOT

SOMEMONEy...

'SO THAT'S

WHAT yoU CALL

MONEy?

'yup.

you

CAN buv anvthins with

it.

so HOW we CAN

130

SHOPPING

AT A

DEPARTMENT

STORE...

AFTER

EHTERINS

A

STORE,

ASTRO

LEO

SCARA TO THE

WOMEN'S WEAR

SECTION,

AND

HAD HER BUV

WHAT-

EVER

CLOTHES SHE

WANTED.

WHEN

THE

STORE

BMPLOVEE

ASKED

SCARA

WHAT

SIZE

SHE

WAtfTED,

SHE

REPLIED,

'SIZE?

'

you

KNOW

...

yoUR

MEASURE-

MENTS...

VOURHEISKT,

WAIST,

BUST

SIZE...THAT

SORT

OF

THINS...'

'BUST

?

WAIST

?•

SCARA

WAS

COMPLETELy

CONFUSED.

SCARA'S

BEAUTIFUL

BROW

FURROWED.

'I'M

SORRy,'

S)(E

ANSWERED,

'I'VE

NO

IDEA...'

WHEN THE

EMPLOyEE

OFFERED

TO

MEASURE

SCARA,

SHE

SAW,

TO

HER

SHOCK,

THAT

SCARA

HAD

ALREADy

SOTTEN

DOWN

M AU.

FOURS

OH

THE

FLOOR.

'WHAT'S

WRONS,

MISS?'

SHE

ASKED,

CONCERNED...

'WEa,'

SCARA

REPLIED,

'yOU

WAIfTED

TO

MEASURE

ME,

SO

I

WAS

JUST

TRVINS

TO

MAKE

IT

EASIER

FOR

you...'

ASTRO

CAME

OVER

HER

ADD

WHISPERED,

'LISTEN,

SCARA,

you

CAN'T

ACT LIKE

THAT

HERE.

WE'RE

M

EARTH.

DON'T

DO

THAT IN

FRONT

OF

PEOPLE

...

NOW

WHERE'D

SHSGO?

AFTER

MAKIN6

THE

ROUNDS

OF

THE

STORE'S

VARIOUS

SECTIONS,

SCARA

BElSAH

TO

REALIZE

HOW

MUCH

FUN

SHOPPIHS

COULD

BE,

ADD

STARTED

EXCLAIMINfi,

'I'LL

TAKE

nf/s...m)

m/s, -roo '

ASTRO

WAS

AFRAID

THINSS

WERE

SETTINS

<m OF

COHTgOl,

BUT

WHEN HE

NEXT

LOOKED,

HE

COULDN'T

SEE SCARA

AHyWHBRE.

62

63



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tmm,

'sc,^^

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you?.'

im

wMcm

k met

pite

of he?

PURCHASES,

/ISTEO

S£/1I?C«ED

/lU

OVE?

FOR

WSi.

'I

WOMDEK

IF

SHE

SOT LOST?'

TWO

OF

TKREE

PEOPLE

C/IME

OVER

TO

K». IF

HE

WAS /U ei6HT,

BOT

HE JUST

S/IIO,

'VM...nf>

NOTHINS...'

1^

THIS

SEIfTLCM/W

S/IID

HE'D

\

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mo

TO

T/«ffi

ME

TO

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wflmtis

eooM.

THE

P/ITIENTS

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WEBE

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DRESSED,

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THEV

ST/IRED

/IT THE

BOVS.

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WE'D

LIKE

TO

MEET

DR

WHn-EBE^RD,'

SHItl-CH/W

S*D

TO

THE

RECEPTIOtl

NURSE

•THIS

VOOR

FIRST

TIME

HERE

FOR

/I

CHECKUP

?•

Sm

/ISKED.

«*;

>lCTU«J.y,

WE'RE

NOT

HERE

FORTH/IT

HE /ISKED

US

TO

STOP

iV,

Am

WE

NEED

TO

Tffl.K

TO HIM

ABOin

50METHINS,..

•OPEN

THE

DOOR

THERE,

THEN,

Am

60

DOWN

ONE

FUSHT

OF

STAIRS

TO

THE

MSEMENT,

Am W/IIT

IN

THE

THIRD

ROOM

ON

THE

RISHT...'

/ISTRO

Am

SHIN-CH/IN

DID

AS

TOLD,

BUT

AX

THE

BOTTOM

OF

THE

ST/tlRS

THERE

WdS

A

STR/INCE

UNDERGROUND

P/ SS/ SEW/ /

^D A

HUMMINS

NOISE

TH/IT

SOUNDED

flS IF

IT

WERE

COMINS

FROM

MACHINES...

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WEIRD

ABOUT

THIS

PLAICE,

•

/ISTRO

S/(ID,

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POOR PEOPLE

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1

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ITS

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ame,

old

fashioned

MODEL,

BUT

IT'S

/I

gOBOV

'WOW.'IT'SSRE/ITTO

SEE

A

ROBOT,

EVEN

IF

IT

IS/lNdNTIOUE.'n-'SLIKE

MEETINS

/IN

OLD

FRIEND''

^STRO

V<n

HIS

H/INDS

ON

THE

ROBOT

fflID

STROKED

IT,

Am

TE/IRS

WELLED

IN

HIS

EVES.

WHILE

/ STRO

W/IS

LOOKINS

/IT

/INOTHER

M/ICHINE

/ ND

THIHKINS

rr

MUST

BE

THE

CONTROLLER,

SHIN-

CH/IN

C4«

IN

LOOKINS

UPSET

/WO

S/lID,

'WATCH

OUT,

/ISTRO'

I

HE/ie

FOOTSTEPS'

If

•WE BerreK

eer

back w

the othee

.

•OUT

OF

THE WACC

THE

DOCTOR

SAID

'WHO

PUT THIS

TABLE

UP



ROOM

.'

50

S/WINS, THE

P/(ie

JUMPED

bm:k

theoush

the

hole ih the

wau..

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mom

the

hoie?

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COUU) S£«.

rr

up,'

shih-chî

S/IID, BUT ASTRO

DIDN'T

THINK THAT

WOUIDWORK.

ON

SHIN-CHAN'S

SUS6ESTI0N

ASTRO

DECIDED

TO BIOCK

THE

HOLE

WITH

THE

WAITING ROOM'S

COFFEE

TABLE, PROPPINS IT UP

ASAINST THE

WALL,

BUT THEN

HE

HEARD A

SCREAM

FROM

THE

OTHER

SIDE OF

THE

WAU

..

SOMEONE

STARTED

POUNOINS

ANSRILV ON

THE

TABLE

FROM

THE

OTHER

SIDE,

VEUINS,

•WHO'S

THERE

?.'

WHO'S

BEEN

IN

HERE

? WHO'S

ON

THE

OTHER

SIDE OF

THIS

HOLE

?

REMOVE

THAT

TABLE

«

SHIN-CHAN,

TERRIFIED,

BESSED

ASTRO

NOT

TO

LET

SO

OF

THE

TABLE. FROM THE

OTHER

SIDE

THE A

VOICE SCREAMED,

'BURSLAR.'

BUROARr

AND

IT

ECHOED

DOWN

THE

BASEMENT

PASSAfiEWAV.

THEN

DR.

WHITEBEARD

SUDDENLy

ENTERED

THE

ROOM,

VEaiNS

•BUROAR?

WHERE

?(

WHERE'DHESO?'

78

ASAIHST

THE

WAU

? WHAT

? WHO

MADE

THIS HOLE?;

THEN,

FROM

THE

OTHER

SIDE

OF

THE

WAU,

A VOICE

SAID,

TT'S

A

BURSLAR,

WHITEBEARD.''

TURNINS

TO ASTRO

AHD SHIN-

CHAN,

DR.

WHITE

BEARD SAID,

•DON'T

TELL

ME

yOt/SOfV

MADE

THIS HOLE?

EH

?r

ASTRO

WAS

SO

SURPRISED

HE

COULDN'T

ANSWER,

BUT

THE

DOCTOR

PERSISTED,

ASKINS

HOW HE

COULD

HAVE

DONE IT, SIVEN

THE

WAU'S

THICKNESS.

THEN,

SUDOENLf,

A

MAN

MASKED

IN

A WHITE

SHEET

POKED

HIS

FACE OUT

FROM

THE HOLE...

•LOOKS

LIKE

THE BURSLAR

LEFT

WITHOUT

TAKIHS

ANVTHINS,'THE

MASKED

MAN SAID.

•BUT

I

DIDN'T

SEE ANVONE

IN

THE

HALLWAV,

AND

THESE

TWO

BOVS

ARE THE

ONLV

ONES IN

THIS

ROOM,

THE

DOCTOR

REPLIED.

STARING

AT

THE

BOVS

WITH

A

REPROVING

LOOK,

THE

MASKED

MAN

ASKED,

BUT

WHO

ELSE

COULD

HAVE

SMASHED

THIS HOLE?

•

SHIN-CHAN

SUDDEULV

CAME

FORWARD

AND ANNOUNCED,

•

IT

WAS THAT

eOBOr IN

THE

NEXT

ROOM?

I S,**/

HIM

CHE WAS

MAKING IT

UP,

OF COURSE,

B(ff

THE

MASKED

MAN

WAS

SUDDENLY

TAKEN

ABACK

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UAiKen

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SUOOEtlLV

/(PPE/I0NS HAPPV.

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eOBOT BE/UJ-V

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HE l?/IISED

BOTH H/ltlDS

OVER HIS

HE/ 0 /WO

SHC3UTE0,

.ti *?**/

MOVED

ON HIS

OWW

MID

SM/ISHED THE

WfflJ.

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MV

noicnivoeKsi.'im

THEtl

HE aiMBED

MCK

THROOSH

THE

HOLE

INTO

THE OTHER

ROOM,

•HOW

COME

HE'S

WE/IRINS

TH/IT

WEIRD

M/ISKED

SMOCK

?

THE

BOVS

fSMBD

IWEmONS

/IRE

BOUSHT

By

THE

UHITED

ST/ITES

OR

EUROpS«TmlNS

SO

HE'S

/ICTU/lUl'

BETTER

KNOWN

OVERSE/IS.

BUT

THE

M/IN'S

SOT

NO

SENSE

OF

MONEV,

Im

HE

DOESHT

EVEN

KNOW

WH/IT

TO

DO

WITH

/la

THE

C/ISH

THE

/IMERICMS

KEEP

SENDINSHIM...-

THE

DOCTOR SISHED

/INO

/iP0U3filZED

TO THE

BOVS,

ESPECI/U4.V

/ISTRO.

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/INIHVENTOR,

SEE7F0R

re/IRS

HE'S

BEEN

TRVINS

TO

BUILD

H gOBOr

C/ILIED

AffMirf...

HE'S

PUT

HIS

BODV/IND

SOUL

INTO IT...

/ISTRO

/WD

SHIN-CH/IN

EXCH/IHSEO PUZZLED

LOOKS.

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Buys A

FEW

PAHTS

once

IN

/I

WHILE,

OF

COURSE,

BUT

HE

JUST

LE/IVES

THE

REST

LflNS

GROUND.

WHy,

I'VE

EVEN

FISHED

PERFECTLy

SOOD

DOLL/IR

BUS

OUT

OF

THET-zP/WfCVW/I

DOM'T

WAUT

HIS

MOHEV

TO

60TO

W/ISTE,

SO

WE

BUILT

THIS

HOSPIT/tt.

WITH

rr,

/INO

I

USE

IT

TO

TREAT

PEOPLE

WHO

DOHT

H/IVE

Am.

rUATS

WHAT

THIS

PLAÎS/IU/IBOUT,

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IT'S

TIME

you

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US

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TO

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TO

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INTERESTIN6

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lU

SO /WWHERE,

TO

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EVEN

TO

THE

POLICE

.'•

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WHITEBE/IRD REPLIED,

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SO

TO

THE

police, BUT you wia

h/we

TO STUDy

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/WD

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FROM

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you

W/INT. FEEL

FREE

TO so

JOIN HIM IN HIS

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SC/IRA

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SEE

you

LATER (

LET'S

BOTH DO

OUR

BEST.'

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1928,

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Hyoyo

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Department

of Osaka

University and tuas

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a

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of

Medicine.

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his debut

as

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the

ujork

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in oHcess

of an

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pages

of manga,

including

the

creation of Metropolis,

Mighty Rtom

(a.k.a.

Hstro Boy),

Jungle Emperor

(a.k.a. Kimfaa

the

UJhite

Lion}. Blach

Jack, PhoenlH.

Buddha,

and many more.

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uulth Disney cartoons

led him to begin

his

oujn

animation

studio, creating the

first

serialized

Japanese cartoon

series, uuhich liias

later

enported

to

America

as Astro Boy in

1963.

Tezuka

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create animated

versions of

K/mba

the

LUhite Lion

[Jungle

Emperor)

and

PhoeniH. among

others.

He

received

numerous aujards

during his life.

Including the

Bungel

Shunju

Manga

floiard, the

Kodansha

Manga

Raiard, the

Shogakukan Manga

Ruuard, and the

Japan

Cartoonists'

Rssociation

Special

Riuard

for EKcelience.

He also

served

a

variety

of

organizations. He

oias

a

director

of

the

Japan Cartoonists'

Rssociation, the

chairman

of the

Japan

Rnlmatlon

Rssociation,

and a

member

of

the

Manga

Group,

Japan

Pen

Club, and

the

Japan

SF

Ruthors' Club, among

others. Tezuka

became Japan's

comics

ambassador,

taking

Japan's

comics culture

to

the

uuorld.

In

1980.

he

toured and

lectured In Rmerica,

including a

speech

at the

United

Nations.

Regarded

as a

national

treasure,

Osamu

Tezuka died on

February

2,

1989

at

the

age

of

BD.

In

1994,

the

Osamu

Tezuka

Manga

Museum

opened

In

the

city

of

Takarazuka, uuhere

he

Luas raised. His

creations

remains

hugely

popular

In

Japan and

are

printed in many

languages

throughout

the

ujorld, aihere

he Is acclaimed as

one of the

true

giants of comics

and

animation,

his

ujork as

vital and

Influential

today

as It aias

half

a century ago.

Comics

are an

international

language,

Tezuka

said.

They

can cross

boundaries and

generations. Comics

are

a

bridge

betuueen

all

cultures.

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