Sat, Dec 7, 1963
Professor Nutty Fruitcake, living alone in his secluded mountain observatory, has taken to a unique hobby: growing giant fruits and vegetables. When the novelty of giant watermelons and tangerines wears thin, the Professor takes to breeding giant animals - in particular, giant snails.
Fri, Jan 17, 1964
Space stations are nothing new in the year 2000. A number of them dot the Milky Way between here and Andromeda, like floating islands in the sky. One of the largest is Satellite R-45, a way station for trans-galaxy flights. Ships from every part of the Milky Way moor at R-45's massive Spaceports. Interplanetary travelers stay at ultra-modern hotels and exotic wares from all over the universe are sold in exclusive shops. When Astro Boy arrives one day, he discovers a pair of fumbling souvenir vendors hawking stolen wares! A bit of ingenious sleuthing reveals that the fumblers are actually tools of the master smuggler, Trickum, a local hotel owner who tries in vain to force the resignation of Cronipuss Goodheart, President of Satellite R-45. If Trickum himself should become President, he could turn the satellite into an enormous trading-post for stolen goods. Here, Astro Boy's computer-like mind, rather than his great strength, saves the day... and R-45!
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Fri, Mar 6, 1964
Professor I. Q. Plenty startled a group of greedy plant owners by announcing that he had perfected the very thing they were seeking: a Robot Wacky Inducer - a machine that could actually make troublesome robots wacky, and therefore harmless. All Professor Plenty asked for his machine was an annual rental fee of 50 million dollars! The plant owners accepted. Next, the Professor went to Doctor Elefun and offered to withdraw his machine, a device that could affect every robot in the city - including Astro Boy - for a mere 80 million dollars! Doctor Elefun refused to be intimidated and Professor Plenty made good his threat. He turned on the Wacky Inducer and every robot within a 100-mile radius was rendered feeble. But not Astro Boy, for at the boy's own request he was dismantled by Doctor Elefun so that he would not be a robot while the machine was operating. Once the machine stopped for a periodic shutdown, however, Astro Boy was quickly re-assembled. He knew what he had to do: find the machine hidden somewhere in the vast city, and destroy it before it destroyed him - all this in the course of two minutes. Just 120 seconds! He found the machine, all right, but attempting to overcome all the hidden obstacles Professor Plenty had planted in his path becams one of Astro Boy's greatest and most unique adventures!