Earth Defense Force

Earth Defense Force ("Chikyuu bouei tai" 地球防衛隊) is a chapter of the Astro Boy manga which originally ran in Mighty Atom Club magazine from April to May 1965.

Plot Summary[]

This chapter is based on an early episode from the 1963 anime: The Moon Monsters (Earth Defense Army).

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This chapter is one of the few Astro Boy manga chapters to have never been reprinted and, therefore - outside of the original printing - is considered to be a "lost" chapter.

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References[]

info from phoenix.to for issues April and May 1965

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phoenix.to - April 1965

phoenix.to - May 1965

Astro Boy Manga Chapters
Shonen Magazine
Ambassador Atom • Gas People • Frankenstein • Red Cat • Sea-Serpent Island • Mission to Mars • Cobalt • The Coral Reef Adventure • Fuhrer ZZZ • Electro • Gernica • Youth Gas • The Frozen Human • Yellow Horse • Shootout in the Alps • Atlas • The Midoro Swamp • The Test Pilot • Robot Bombs • Ghost Manufacturing Machine • Black Lux • The Mysterious Ball • Super Cyclone • Crucifix Island • Fortress of the Centaurs • Mad Machine • Count Bat • The Eyes of Christ • Ivan the Fool • The Secret of the Egyptian Conspirators • S.O.S. from a Satellite • Gademu • Subterranean Tank • The Artificial Sun • Space Snow Leopard • The Invisible Giant • A Day to Remember • Uran • His Highness Deadcross • The White-Hot Being • Plant People • The Hot Dog Corps • The Blast Furnace Mystery • The Third Magician • Space Parasites • Robot Land • Astro vs. Garon • White Planet • Demon Bees • The Robot Spaceship • The Devil's Balloons • The Last Day on Earth • The Greatest Robot on Earth • Roboids • Robio and Robiette • Blue Knight • Astro Boy Reborn • The Melanin Tribe • Meeva • The Faceless Robot • The 100 Million Year Old Crime • Zolomon's Jewels • The Man Who Returned from Mars
Mighty Atom Club
Bad-Guy Robots • The Lying Robot • The Brain Swap • Jungle Devil Boundary • Earth Defense Force • Astro's Been Stolen! • Broadcasts from Outer Space • The Face in the Rock • Chi-Tan
Sankei Newspaper
Beginning of the Contradiction • Living on Earth, 101 • The Birth of Neva No. 2 • Baro, the Robot • Scara Disappears • The Energy Tube • The Angel of Vietnam • The Summer of 1993 • The Bomb Train • Robot Chiruchiru in Danger • Astro's Energy Runs Out • Dr. Tenma • The Tragedy of Bailey • Astro Goes to the Circus • Living Mold from Outer Space • A Declaration of Robot Rights • Astro Goes to Elementary School • Gone with the Snow
Second Grader
The Robot Disposer • Franken • Astro vs. Atlas • Pula, the Baby Elephant • Guinness Book Robots • The Berserk Robot • The Magnet Robot • Giant Uran • Space Doll • Ghosts in the Desert • The Space Bug • Crazy Duck • A Feline Guardian Deity • The Space Shuttle • Showdown on Mt. Fuji
One-Shots
Slippery Catfish in Imminent Danger • Astro's First Love • The End of Astro Boy • Astro Returns • Astro II • Showdown in the Standard Deviation Kingdom • The Silver Tower