015 – Yellow Horse [Astro Boy] (Manga)

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English Title:	Yellow Horse [Original Title: Satellite W47]
Japanese Title:	黄色い馬 [Kiiroi Uma] 原題：人工衛星Ｗ４７ [Original Title: Jinko Eisei W 47]
Original run:	1955/10 1955/11 1955/12 1956/02
Published in:	Shonen [少年]
Type:	Serial

Astro Boy (1952-68), Chapter 015 ‘Yellow Horse’ (黄色い馬), was originally serialized on a monthly schedule from October 1955 to February 1956 in Shonen.

What it’s about?

Astro goes undercover for the police disguised as a human boy to investigate a drug trade. Criminals have developed a drug called Yellow Horse. When people inject it they actually dance and nothing more. It may seem to be rather harmless but once the effect wears off people go crazy desperate for more Yellow Horse.

Professor Ochanomizu has even been captured by the drug ring and injected. They try to blackmail him into helping them produce and distribute their dancing drug in exchange for another shot.

Astro is able to pose as a Yellow Horse addict thanks to an artificial human skin that makes it look like he is injecting the drug into himself and he tracks down the gang’s headquarters and leads the police to arrest them all. The Professor goes to rehab along with all the addicts for detoxification.