Yellow Horse

Yellow Horse ("Kiiroi uma" 黄色い馬) - originally titled "Satellite W47" - is a chapter of the Astro Boy manga which originally ran in Shonen magazine in October 1955.

Plot Summary[]

Disguising himself, as a human boy, Astro Boy goes undercover to investigate a drug trade. Some criminals have developed a drug called Yellow Horse, when injected it causes people to dance and make people want more. Professor Ochanomizu has been captured by the drug ring and injected. They try to blackmail him into helping them produce and distribute the drug in exchange for another shot. But Astro is able to pose as a Yellow Horse addict thanks to an artificial skin that makes it look like he is injecting it into himself. He tracks down the headquarters and leads the police to arrest them all. The Professor goes to rehab along with all the addicts for detoxification.

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This story has been collected in the following volumes:

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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