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Now Comics Titles: Speed Racer, the Green Hornet, Astro Boy, Mr. T, the Real Ghostbusters, Ralph Snart Adventure
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-04.
ISBN 9781155466927
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Speed Racer, the Green Hornet, Astro Boy, Mr. T, the Real Ghostbusters, Ralph Snart Adventures, Terminator: the Burning Earth, Twilight Zone Literature, Mirrorwalker, Green Hornet, Terminator, Speed Racer. Excerpt: The Original Astro Boy The Original Astro Boy is a twenty-issue 1980s comic book series by NOW Comics , based on the original Japanese Astro Boy series by Osamu Tezuka . The series was based mostly on the 1960s Astro Boy anime series, but begun to include elements from the 1980s series in later issues. The comic went through three writers and artists, and embellished the original plotline, despite only covering the first episode of the 1960s series. Main story The series begins with Dr. Boynton (Doctor Tenma ) putting together Astro Boy, and immediately adopting him under the name "Astor." After only a few days, Boynton becomes fed up with Astro's cold, unchildlike behavior, and plans to shut down and discard him. However, Astro begins to discover that he has powers and was based on Boynton's dead son. In the meantime, the army attempts to capture Astro, as it is hinted that Boynton borrowed money from the military and couldn't repay them. Dr. Elefun (Professor Ochanomizu ) is also trying to find Astro, as well as keep the Institute of Science under control. Astro is sold to the circus with an implanted robot named Bruno (a sentient bomb looking like a spider), where he discovers his fellow robots are constantly in anguish. From there, Astro is pulled into the middle of the robot rights revolution. This story was covered in issues 1-10. Megathreat Following the end of the initial storyline, issue 12 focused on the president of a large company called Megacorp hiring a cloaked figure to lure in and destroy Astro. The cloaked man (shown later to be Lance Lumiere, former
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Now Comics Titles: Speed Racer, the Green Hornet, Astro Boy, Mr. T, the Real Ghostbusters, Ralph Snart Adventure
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