Shun Sakai, a young man who has wandered across the world, comes to work at a bar run by Ren Sajima.

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.

Starts with the story of a scientist kidnapped by martians to help them with their experiments. The second story is about a professor and a young boy traveling through Egypt when they stumble across a mystery – but it’s done slapstick comedy style.

The first story is a retelling of the story of Aladdin, with a couple of the names changed – but with a Hope/Crosby movie thrown in with a touch of Cinderella. The second story is yet another Ham Egg story, this time involving an abducted girl taken back to the ice age and a time machine that transports him into the future, when the human race is leaving to colonize Venus.

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.

This is a two-story collection featuring a story about a pot of gold, and another about an early attempt to open up Japan 40 years before the Perry Expedition.

All 194 pages of this manga was serialized in Manga Shounen Bessatsu as "Hi no Tori 2772: Ai no CosmoZone" on April 1, 1980. It was later re-published by Media Factory as a standalone volume in 2007, re-titled as simply "Hi no Tori 2772", which also includes an interview between Osamu Tezuka and Satomi Mikuriya.

Part 1 (2 chapters) Another two story manga. The first story is about a girl named Ruby who discovers a mask that gives her powers that was granted by an alien visiting earth. This version of the story is the one originally serialized in [*Shougaku Ninensei*](https://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?pubname=Shougaku+Ninensei) (for second grade students) and [*Shougaku Sannensei*](https://www.mangaupdates.com/publishers.html?pubname=Shougaku+Sannensei) (for third grade students). The other version is included in the Osamu Tezuka Complete Manga Works edition of [*Marvelous Melmo*](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/0fu3nl8). Part 2 (4 chapters) The second half is remarkable in that it is Jungle Taitei [ジャングル大帝](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54671455607), simplified and re-written for 3rd grade students. This was a tie-in manga for the then ongoing anime in 1966. As a little lion cub in the jungle, Leo must find a way to stop an aggressive red rhinoceros from hurting his jungle friends. A boxing match between Leo and a rogue lion, Bubu breaks out. Leo saves a brave hero as he gets revenge on Lubar, an elderly leopard. Finally, Laman, Laiya's long-lost brother tells a story about how a hydra-snake was able to devour their entire family. Note: Only the 4 chapters in Part 2 has been translated.

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.