Cyborg 009

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Cyborg 009, my favorite Japanese comics book at age 15. I discovered it at age 15 (1983) in Guatemala City, when i was wandering around a hotel we were staying. it was in a bookshelf.

Cyborg 009
Cyborg 009, original drawing.

Cyborg 009

you have to get the original comics Buy at amazon

The modern remakes, are no good.

Cyborg 009 (Chinese: 人造人009. Japanese: サイボーグ 009) is a Japanese comics running from 1964 to 1981.

Created by Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森章太郎) (1938 to 1998)

Cyborg 009 (1979)
Cyborg009 1979 original dvd cover
Cyborg009, 1979 original, DVD cover.

Nine regular humans are kidnapped by the evil Black Ghost organization to undergo human experiments which resulted in nine cyborgs with each one having super human powers. The nine cyborgs band together to fight for their freedom and to stop Black Ghost. The evil organization's goal is to start the next world war by supplying rich buyers with countless weapons of mass destruction.

After the destruction of Black Ghost, the nine cyborgs also fought a variety of threats, from mad scientists, to supernatural beings and ancient civilizations.

Cyborg 009

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Cyborg009 cover