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Originally posted by dannavy85@Apr 30 2005, 02:48 AM
Astro: Doctor...a neck ring? You could have tried something less mean looking like a shocking mechanical spider

You think Bruno is *less* mean-looking than the neck ring?

So we've already discussed here that in Japan, we more or less see Tobio getting wiped out by the truck. Moving beyond that, though..... elsewhere in that episode, we see Tenma chatting at an assembly line with a sort of "Astro 1.0", his first attempt at re-creating his son. Astro gets really ma...

That's possible--or maybe it was at least mentioned to him. Then again, what with the seemingly unnecessary and ridiculous arsenal Astro has, it's not hard to think up a military explanation behind him even if you'd never heard of any of the previous stories. How did Jetter deal with the...

How Astro poops. Seriously. Look what they did to poor Jetto / Cobalt! Foreshadowing--this is 6 issues before his origin is revealed I just love how Steacy captures facial expression and body language General Hawkins gets Astro REALLY mad Sometimes black-and-white is a good thing This won't...

Scanner access restored! More samples from the NOW series begin in the next message. (Sorry for the double post).

On a different note.....

Astroboy is made of metal, he's got all sorts of weapons systems inside him, and he's strong and dense enough to be able to lift super-heavy objects, give beatdowns to enemies many times his size, and even survive atmospheric re-entry. Yet we were told in the new series that he only weighs a...

"I have a.... s-sibling? Should I get it removed?!"

Bumping up a really old thread as I look back through this archive:

In the NOW comic series, Astro's red boots are definitely just clothing, not part of his body. When first created he goes barefoot or wears slippers.

Originally posted by Ray_the_canadian @Apr 16 2005, 07:26 AM As for why he wants Astro to be the king of robots, maybe its some way to compensate for his life going wrong. Tenma said that Astro does not belong to O'Shay. It could be jelous rage of humans getting along better with Astro then Ten...