This two volume masterpiece selection edited by Shohei Chujo compiles some of the best works that came out of Osamu Tezuka's iconic manga magazine COM. Also included is excerpts from the Gura Kon manga school, roundtable conversations, and essays from famous manga artists and critics. Volume 1, 1967-1969: 1. **Taiyou to Gaikotsu no You na Shounen** (太陽と骸骨のような少年) \[Fumiko Okada\] 2. **Fuuten** (フーテン) \[Shinji Nagashima\]  3. **Natsu** (夏) \[Fumiko Okada\] 4. **Ikinuki** (いきぬき) \[Yuusuke Aoyagi\] 5. **300,000km/sec.** \[Hiroshi Asuna\] 6. **Chouchou no Naita Yoru** (蝶々の泣いた夜) \[Masako Yashiro\] 7. **Shinreki Happyaku Kujuuichi Nen no Kaiki Nishoku** (新暦八九一年の皆既日食) \[Housei Hasegawa\] 8. **Chikatetsu** (地下鉄) \[Tarou Higuchi\] 9. **Tori** (鳥)\[Tarou Higuchi\] 10. **Baka-shiki** (バカ式) \[Kunio Nagatani\] 11. **Osabashiro!** (おさらばしろ！) \[Hisashi Sakaguchi\] 12. **Komikkusu to Retsuden VOL. 1-3** (こみっきすと列伝 VOL.1～VOL.3) \[Mori Masaki\] Volume 2, 1970-1971: 1. **Kokonotsu no Haru** (九つの春) \[Murasaki Yamada\] 2. **Daruma-san Daruma-san Niramekko Shimashou Warau to Make yo Appuppu!** (達磨さん達磨さん睨めっこしましょう 笑うと負けよ アップップッ！) \[Shouhei Kusunoki\] 3. **Kyousaku: Tokiwa-sou Monogatari** (競作 トキワ荘物語) \[Fujio Akatsuka\] 4. **Kyousaku: Tokiwa-sou Monogatari** (競作 トキワ荘物語) \[Shotaro Ishinomori\] 5. **Kyousaku: Tokiwa-sou Monogatari** (競作 トキワ荘物語) \[Osamu Tezuka\] 6. **Kaihou Saisho no Hi** (解放最初の日) \[Minori Kimura\] 7. **Rei no Hakken** (零の発見) \[Manabu Oyama\] 8. **140 Man Kounen no Chinmoku** (140万光年の沈黙) \[Reiji Matsumoto\] 9. **Junko Kyoukatsu** (ジュン子・恐喝) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 10. **Hatsukoizuke** (初恋漬) \[Kazuo Kamimura\] 11. **Omoide no Jun** (想い出のジュン) \[Shotaro Ishinomori\] 12. **10 Gatsu no Shoujo-tachi** (10月の少女たち) \[Moto Hagio\] 13. **Hi no Tori Kyuukei** (火の鳥 休憩) \[Osamu Tezuka\]

A Zashiki Warashi (a kind of creature that lives in a Japanese inn) lives in the inn where a boy stayed to study for an entrance exam! *Note: published in Gekkan Shounen Jump 1976/01 and later compiled in volume 7 of Tiger Books*

One day, a young boy heads out to catch a haul of fish, so that he can afford to get good bread for his mother. While there he finds a golden fish who, in exchange for not killing it, offers him a golden scale which will grant any wish. Choosing delicious bread as his prize, the boy returns home successful. If he could get bread from one scale, what would he get with another? Based on a Turkish fairy tale. *Note: Published in Shufu to Seikatsu.*

Kenichi, a 20-year-old man, took an entrance exam into college, but fails it for the third straight year. That day, he came across a traffic accident where it appeared that a giant robot went crazy and disrupted the flow of traffic. He meets a person by the name of Mitchy who is trying to save the remaining survivors. Who is this Mitchy person and what does this "Red Party" fraction have to do with the giant robot?

One day, a mysterious boy visits a boy who does not do well in anything he does... This is a short story in the style of a folk tale set in a rural junior high school.

Yusaku, the son of the village police station, meets a young girl named Neri on the beach and becomes friends with her. However, she has a terrible secret. If she says "I love spiders", she becomes a spider, and if she says "I love lizards", she becomes a lizard... *Note: published in Gekkan Shounen Jump 1981/09 and later compiled in volume 7 of Tiger Books*

The setting is Imperial Russia. A young girl, Minya, grew up persecuted and called ”witch” and ”red snow” due to a superstition. After losing her home and falling into poverty, in a strange twist of fate, her hidden music talent is recognized by the great composer Tchaikovsky. (Source: Tezukaosamu.net, translated) *Note: published in Shoujo no Tomo 1955/01-05*

This is a touching fantasy about a boy's friendship with an old umbrella youkai, the Amefuri Kid. *Note: published in Gekkan Shounen Jump 1975/09 and later compiled in volume 3 of Tiger Books*

1) **38-do Senjou no Kaibutsu** (３８度線上の怪物/The Monster of the 38th Parallel) 2) **Kasei kara Kita Otoko** (火星からきた男/A Man from Mars) 3) **Kaseki Ningen** (化石人間/The Fossil Man) 4) **Kaseki Ningen no Gyakushuu** (化石人間の逆襲/The Fossil Man Strikes Back)

Kamiemon, whose street name is Kamiemon, is a rough and tumble samurai whom no one calls by his real name. He is ordered by the governor of Izumi to kill all the foxes, but begins to live with a female fox disguised as his beloved wife Okuzu. This is Tezuka's version of the "Kuzunoha" legend concerning the birth of the great scholar Abe no Seimei.

Toshio Yamagata, a young elementary school student, sheds tears every time he listens to the record "The Swan of Tuonela". When he listens to this record, a vivid image of a landscape with a large tree and a white wall appears in his mind, and he believes that this place is his hometown. Toshio's older brother investigates this mysterious phenomenon and discovers that the landscape is from the village of Lien Tao in Vietnam. Furthermore, it becomes clear that there are four other children from different countries who have had similar experiences. To unravel this mystery, these five children are gathered in Vietnam, leading to the revelation of a shocking truth.

"Tuberculosis" depicts the adventures of Kenichi and his uncle inside a boy's body. After being injected with a drug called ZX that was discovered by Kenichi's uncle, Kenichi and his uncle have shrunk and become very small. When they enter the body of a boy and reach his lung, they find that tubercle bacilli (bacteria) are opening a big hole in the boy's lung. Tubercle bacilli send Mode (a tubercle bacillus), a daughter of Dr. Iyoa (also a tubercle bacillus), to Kenichi and his uncle to learn the human language. The two make friends with Mode, but a war breaks out between the tubercle bacilli and the commandos in the boy's brain, and the two become involved in the war. (Source: Tezuka Osamu Official)