Cyborg 009, Volume 3

Cyborg 009 #3

by Shōtarō Ishinomori

*Created by Shotaro Ishinomori - one of Japan's most beloved manga-ka - known by some as the King of Manga *From the author of the long-running Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) series *Anime currently running on Cartoon Network

009 has double vision when he sees two Helens--although their faces aren't launching a thousand ships, they sink 009 into a ball of confusion. The rest of our alloy alliance is in for a double--crossing. While closing in on the Black Ghost, a member of gang zero--zero turns out to be a big fat zero!

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Comics

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 13, 2004

About the author

Shōtarō Ishinomori (石ノ森章太郎) was a Japanese manga artist and cartoonist. Known as the "King of Manga", he is regarded as one of the most influential manga artists of all time.

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still a little difficult to judge or even know what the overall trajectory of this series is going to be. At the moment it's feeling a little episodic and the second of two stories here really did very little that felt like spadework for something more interesting. The first story "0013" was a nice interlude though as 009 befriends his would be robot killer who is then torn between helping or destroying. He's also a big mother**** who nearly destroys Tokyo in the process and good art ensues.

[Daniel Greear · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cyborg 009 Vol 3:

Pretty average, not terrible but not great. I like the story and characters enough to want to continue, but I’m not in a huge rush to do so. I will probably get the urge in the future, but I don’t see myself plowing through the rest like I did with Dragon Ball

[Jean-Pierre Vidrine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series continues to be at least good whenever it isn't great. In the first story, the team encounters Cyborg 0013 who is a little less creative than previous enemy cyborgs. The tale feels a little dragged out, but does up the ante on the kind of devastation the Black Ghost is capable of. The second tale gets creative with its storytelling, starting off with a color insert right in the middle of the action, then going into a flashback. The anti-war theme becomes prominent again as the team face off against an entirely different enemy. The third tale introduces yet another enemy other than the Black Ghost. His motives are as incomprehensible as his scheme is diabolical. Hopefully in following volumes, this villain will appear again and be fleshed out so that he is more than just evil for evil's sake.
The anti-war theme of Cyborg 009 does seem heavy-handed at times, and even I used the word "preachy" in another review. It's important, I think, to examine such commentaries within the context of the personal emotions and experiences of the creator. Shotaro Ishinomori is clearly a man frustrated by the perpetuation of war in his time. He wanted it to just stop, and couldn't see why it wouldn't.

[Cuordipolvere · Rating 2 out of 5]

La sgrammatica regna sovrana! Certo che un minimo di rilettura prima di mandare in stampa sarebbe auspicabile. Soprattutto per 7,50 euro a numero. Per inciso, i primi 2 numeri non sono esenti da errori. Sarebbe pur ora, non solo di avere rispetto per le opere che si pubblicano, ma pure per la lingua in cui si pubblicano.
Un pezzo di storia del manga come questo meritava molta cura in più.

[Kaotic · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is really amazing, and it's really all over the map. It's got neo-nazi's, infancide, robots, cyborgs (of course), just everything.

I'm so happy I re-found this series at my local nerd shop.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hmm, I was NOT expecting these books to involve neo-Nazis. He doesn't pull any punches.