Tezuka’s undersea adventure, Pippy (1951-53) was originally serialized in Shuiesha’s Funny Book from December 1951 to May 1953, with a one-off Pippy side-story, “Pippy’s Adventure”, appearing in an Funny Book “Special Issue” in August 1952. With human overpopulation quickly becoming an immense problem, Dr. Lehman decides the best idea is for humanity to live in the sea. After his idea is ridiculed, he decides to experiment on his newborn son, turning him into the world’s first mer-person. However, believing his son has died as a result of the experiment, Dr. Lehman and his wife commit his body to the sea, just as an angry mob – complete with pick axes and lawn rakes – shows up on their doorstep, demanding to know where the child is. The pair is convicted of murder and sentenced to prison.

Starting with the tale of a prince on the run from a general intent on taking over the world, followed by the story of Wonder-kun, a boy raised by animals on a deserted island trying to protect his friends and home from a corrupt industrialist.

In the eastern part of the white Congo, a film crew is trying to get good shots from the animals inhabiting it. One day, they find a strange old tower in the middle of the jungle, and from that point on, mystery and danger ensues.

One day life in the peaceful little village known as Jusanri is disrupted by the sudden and unexplained appearance of a convoy of construction trucks. After a young boy named Kenkichi dies in a hit-and-run, the villagers’ amazement quickly turns to aggressive opposition. (Source: Tezuka In English)

A strange man calling himself the God of Gum gives Punch and his sister Pinko a magical bubble gum that allows the chewer to create whatever he wants with the bubbles he blows. However, as the children can't yet blow bubbles well, the God has his assistant Gum Gum stay with them. With the help of the magical bubble gum, the three get into all kinds of mischief.

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The talented thief Golden Bat is after the “Ruby Diamond”, a jewel belonging to the Duke of Sarada. Will he be able to get his hands on it?! (Source: ogonbatter.web)

Atsushi, a fourth-grade elementary school student, is a daydreaming and absent-minded boy who often dozes off. One day, during a math class while searching for a ruler, he is astonished to find that his hand has transformed into a ruler. From that moment on, he realizes that he can transform into anything he envisions in his mind. Together with his friend Yoshi,, whom he confides in, they discover a strange beetle and a family tree hidden in Atsushi's house, leading Atsushi to learn that he is a descendant of aliens.

One day, Tezuka's drawing ability and the fun of his cartoons were recognized, and he unexpectedly became a close friend of the school's number one gang leader. However, when he was invited to Akashi's house, he found out that his family was a famous local gangster family. As the sound of war looms, they develop friendship through "manga"...

This is a caricature of Goethe's "Faust," and reflects the dreamy quality of animation of the time. Confident of his power, the devil Mephist wreaks acts of violence on the world, such as sending angels down to the earth. God then orders Mephist to send the scholar Faust to hell. While giving the order, God had already given new life to the angel who has fallen to the earth as Princess Margarete. In the meantime, Faust experiences a sense of futility in his studies, thinking that however hard he may study he will never accomplish his goals. Just then, the devil Mephisto appears in front of him. Faust carelessly signs a contract, in which he promises he will go to hell if Mephisto satisfies his desires. Mephisto turns Faust into a young man by magic. Faust goes to the town, meets the beautiful Princess Margarete, and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Faust is forced to accept the unreasonable demand of the King, father of Margarete, to find the most beautiful goddess in the world, known by the name of Helen. Together with Mephisto, Faust starts for the mountains of Hartz, where devils are said to gather on the night of Walpurgis. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)

The story begins as a handgun shootout rages between two pilots from opposing countries that have been shot down and forced to land in a wasteland near the Himalayan Mountains. As they continue firing at one another, they notice the sudden appearance of a tiger carrying a human baby in its jaws. The two agree to a truce while they rescue the baby. After the tiger is dispatched the two make a gentleman’s agreement that whoever survives the shootout will look after the baby, and resume their conflict. In the end, the Japanese soldier prevails, but when he collects the baby, he is surprised to find it has a massive tail. Naming the baby Rikiya, or “Ricky” for short, he is brought back to Tokyo and raised as a human being, despite being one of the “Zero Men” – an advanced underground civilization of squirrel-like beings that live under the Himalayas. (Source:Tezuka in English)

Saburou Oonishi, an ordinary boy known as Sabutan, is a member of the Anpaka Gang made up of naughty boys in the neighborhood. Sabutan is nearly forced to become the leader of the Anpaka Gang, but refuses. As punishment, he is made to walk through a dark underpass, still under construction, alone. The underpass is a place where mysterious phenomena are said to happen from time to time. Sabutan is absorbed into the wall where some tiles have come off, and strays into a four-dimensional world. There he finds a mysterious spacious room and a four-dimensional creature that looks something like a doll. Having been given the power to stop time by the four-dimensional creature, Sabutan comes back to this world. Now, by simply shouting "Time, be still!" everything freezes except Sabutan himself. In this way he can escape from bullets or train accidents. Because of this power, Sabutan begins to become entwined in mysterious events. (Source: Tezuka Osamu Official)