sentences:  Some episodes were adapted from the manga.Although the original, long-running, manga series was published in Shōnen Kobunsha between April 1952 and March 1968, the manga has also been serialized in the Sankei Newspaper, and published in Mighty Atom Club, Second-Grader, as well as several one-shots and other specials.Between 2002 and 2004, Dark Horse Comics released a comprehensive 23 volume set, based on the Japanese language Akita Shoten collection – with the stories assembled in Tezuka’s preferred order rather than strictly chronologically.