(from ebookjapan): Dr. Augustus S. F. X. van Dozen is the world's greatest detective. His precise mind is called a "thinking machine", and he declares that there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved by logic, and he successfully escapes from an impossible prison! From the detective stories of Dr. van Dozen, the same famous detective as Holmes, "The Perfect Jailbreak" and "The Extra Finger" have been carefully selected. In addition to them, "The Maracot Deep" a masterpiece from Conan Doyle's later years, and "Face in the Hand", a horror short story by Jiro Kuwata, are also included in this volume.

Seinen (and one Josei) One-shot compilation focusing on insincerity, revenge, and the two-faced nature of men. Includes the following: - **The Record of Peter Kürten** (ペーター・キュルテンの記録, Peter Kürten no Kiroku, ALT. ENG. - The Tale of Peter Kürten) - Manga biography on the infamous serial killer also known by the moniker *"The Vampire of Düsseldorf"*. Peter Kürten, a former prisoner-of-war, forms an idealistic couple with his wife and is a devoted unionist at meetings. In actuality he is a sexually perverted serial killer nicknamed the Vampire of Düsseldorf who taunts the police with escalating murders. After one of the murders, the police force a fake confession from another man, causing Peter to angrily reveal the truth to his wife, who gives him up to the police. At trial it is revealed that Peter is actually a criminal with a history of incest, bestiality, arson, and murder. When his lawyer tries to defend him by claiming madness, Peter angrily exclaims that his actions are revenge against the bourgeois. Peter is executed by guillotine. (Tezuka based the story on the work of Shunsuke Tsurumi) - **Sensual Nights** (もの憂げな夜, Monouge na Yoru) - A wealthy Japanese playboy visits Vietnam to seduce a woman who has supposedly stopped aging while waiting for her sweetheart who was taken away by soldiers. As he is in the middle of preparing to have sex with her, his contact tells him that the woman's man was taken away by the Japanese army during the Pacific War, causing a deep hatred of Japanese people in her. He panics, but recovers when the woman reacts by offering him her body. When she fights back against his attempts at intimacy, he tells her that her lover is likely dead and forces himself on her. The man then sees a sight of a wrinkled old woman that startles him so much he jumps out of the window. The woman he had seduced was actually the daughter of the unaging woman and her sweetheart, and his contact was her fiancé. - **Lord Iechika Mogami** (最上殿始末, Mogami-dono Shimatsu) - Piipii, a meager farmer, dreams of being a samurai so he can support his wife and their four children. One day he is employed by a lord to be his double, and Piipii's family is secretly killed. Piipii trains to be a lord, grooming and dressing himself to be the spitting image of the lord. As a test, the lord tells him to give the order to open the castle gates. Piipii rides back to visit his family, only to learn about their deaths. On the lord's wedding day, his double is supposed to replace him during the wedding ceremony to protect him from any attempts on his life. During the switch, Piipii murders the lord and consummates the marriage with the lady Sasa instead. When she learns of his identity, the lady has an affair with a syphilitic beggar, and kills herself. The disease spreads to Piipii and Sasa gets her revenge. - **The Lady of the Rhine** (ラインの館にて, Rhine no Yakata nite) - A Japanese woman accompanies her husband on a business trip to Düsseldorf. She catches him having an affair, and when she confronts him, he leaves her. As she desperately searches for him in the streets, the woman is hit by a car and is hospitalized for a month. When she recovers, she visits her benefactor Lady Rathwood, the owner of a castle they had visited earlier. As she lives with Lady Rathwood, the woman learns of her hatred for men and her hatred for her husband is kindled. One day she discovers that the car she was hit with belongs to Lady Rathwood and she witnesses Lady Rathwood taking off the disguise of the woman who seduced her husband. Lady Rathwood calls her husband to the castle and gives the woman a knife, telling her to take her revenge. The woman refuses and goes back to her husband. - **Fire Mountain** (火の山, Hi no Yama, ALT. ENG. - The Thief Akikazu Inoue) - Time is during the Second World War. The ruffian Akikazu Inoue (whose first name could also be read as Showa) went to the Sobetsu village in Hokkaido, became an assistant of Mr. Masao Mimatsu, an observer of Showa Shinzan, which rapidly generated. The description that Mikami lived for the observation and protection of Showa Shinzan was based on a true story. --- **Volume 265 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

(from mangaupdates): Tezuka himself is a main character in this volume, a mangaka who finds himself in a science fiction story about robots and transforming creatures. This is an adaptation of the tokusatsu series Thunder Mask. --- **Volume 270 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

In order to counter Dr. Wily's repeated plans for world domination, the X Foundation and the World Robot League are formed with the goal of peace. The X Foundation sponsors a robot championship to determine the best of the best. However, Mr. X, the general of the X Foundation, takes all eight robots and uses them to take over the world. Rockman's battle to stop Mr. X's ambitions begins.

Dr. Right has been kidnapped by Blues! Why did Blues ask Rockman to fight him? Is he really an enemy of Rockman, and is Dr. Right's life in danger? As Rockman tries to figure out the answers, he is confronted by eight major bosses with powerful robot armies!

During a fun camping trip with Roll, Rockman is back to fight against Dr. Wily, who has set out to take over the world. The enemies are powerful, including Snake Man, Gemini Man, and Dive Man. If he's not careful, he'll be defeated. Hang in there, Rock!

One day, robots under the control of an evil scientist suddenly start to run amok! The only one who can save the day is the righteous robot Rockman! A two-part adaptation of the Game Boy games *Rockman World 1* and *2*.

(from ebookjapan): Kazuhiko Shimamoto unleashes Ultraman on fire! **"If you can't win, what's the point! Even if you lose your life!"** "Ultraman G" serialized in "TV Magazine (Kodansha)" from October 1990 to November 1991 issue by Kazuhiko Shimamoto, a hot-blooded mangaka, is back in a new edition after 26 years! Your fighting spirit will be violently shaken by the figure of the hero who stands up again and again even after being wounded and falling down! The cover illustration is newly drawn just for this new edition. Shimamoto's manga adaptation of Ultraman G, also known as Ultraman: Towards the Future. Scanlation done by Florida Man Scrubs who had given his blessing to upload it, visit his website [here.](https://floridamanscrubs.wordpress.com/)

Legend of Zelda adaptation by Ranmaru, a former assistant of Mitsuteru Yokoyama(Tetsujin 28-go, Giant Robo, Romance of the Three Kingdoms) and Shinji Wada(Sukeban Deka, Alisa of the Silver Hair, and Pygmalio)

This 16-page manga/strategy guide with some very slight gamebook/puzzle elements was included with the July 1986 Ninensei edition of Shogakukan’s Shogaku Gakushu Zasshi magazines. It introduces the story and gameplay of the original The Legend of Zelda game, running through the complete events of the game.

Amazon, a wild youth in the jungle, is remodeled by the ancient Inca science. With the "Bracelet of Gigi," the key that opens the door to the hidden treasure, on his arm, he protects the treasured ordnance and weaponry, as well as the future of mankind! The enemy is Gorgoth, a ten-faced demon who plans to conquer the world with the "Bracelet of Gaga," an opposing key!

(from ebookjapan): Inspired by Arabian Nights, Michiko Satonaka presents 12 mysterious one-shots. An idol whose ambition backfired, a woman who lived the moment of destiny twice, a woman who obtained the magical power to make three wishes come true, and even an android old woman in ancient China...? Love, friendship, humor even.... A masterpiece collection of one-shots challenging new frontiers!

The blade arts of the "Devil" tasked with striking down evils threatening a peaceful Edo! Heizou Hasegawa, upholding the role of chief officer protecting against crime and arson! In 1783, the heart of the Tenmei era, a vastly feared man, renowned as Devil Heizou Hasegawa, held the office of chief director for the department charged with sustaining safety in the region, suppressing the most vile of thieves and criminals…

A Rockman origin story comic included in the *Rockman Character Collection* booklet.

A one-shot based on *Rockman* that was published in the December 1993 extra issue of Comic BomBom.

A one-shot based on *Rockman X* included in Kodansha's *Rockman & Rockman X Big Encyclopedia*.

A mini-manga printed in NG: Namco Community Magazine promoting the release of the arcade game Baraduke II. It's a very brief recap of the premise, with the heroine returning to Paccet Planet to fend off an attack by the Octy.

The first published work by Toshihiro Ono, this oneshot tie-in to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past tells a unique story set during an early phase of the game. Link (here called Quark) is mentored by seasoned warrior Lepton in a sidequest to defeat Agahnim's minion Graviton and retrieve the soul of the fairy queen. Published in Shogakukan's Bessatsu Corocoro Comic No.44, February 1992.

An adaptation of the 1993 live-action movie Super Mario Bros., this one-shot heavily truncates the story. It was published in Shogakukan's Monthly Corocoro Comic Summer Holiday Special 1993. Daisy requests the help of the Mario Brothers to save her flooded excavation site. She is abducted by Iggy and Spike and taken to an alternate dimension ruled by the tyrant Koopa. Mario and Luigi follow her and soon confront Koopa, who needs a meteorite piece to merge their two dimensions. Fungus-related shenanigans ensue. Can the plumbers stop Koopa from taking over the "surface world" with his de-evolution guns?

Promotional manga adaptation of Animal Treasure Island(1971) by Hayao Miyazaki serialized in the Sunday edition of Tokyo Shimbun from January to March 1971.

Based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault, this is the story of the magical cat Pero, who helps the poor miller's son Pierre defeat an ogre and rescue a princess.

An anthology of horror one-shots by various artists. 1. Shirayuki-hime (白雪姫, Snow White) [Ito Junji]; Manga Grimm Douwa 2014-12 2. Prologue de Owaru Monogatari (プロローグで終わる物語, The Story that Ends with the Prologue) [Takahashi Yousuke] 3. Shinrei Naika (心霊内科, Spiritual Medicine) [Inuki Kanako] 4. Bungaku Seinen (文学青年, The Bookworm) [Amagappa Shoujogun] 5. Circus Kitan: Onishi Haha to Oni Hahaji (サーカス奇譚 –鬼死母と鬼母児-, A Circus Tale) [Hino Hideshi]; 1987 Zouken Young Jump: Seisjun-go! Vol. 9 6. Iyana Ehon (嫌な絵本) [Noroi Michiru]; Hontou ni Kowai Douwa 2011-07 7. Kurayami no Onna-tachi (暗闇の女たち) [Inuki Kanako] 8. Kago no Tori (籠の鳥, Caged Bird) [Osada Noto] 9. "Mujina" Hajimemashita ("むじな"はじめました, The "Badger" Has Begun) [Takahashi Yousuke]; Kadokawa 2015-01-30

The earth's axis has suddenly tilted, resulting in danger across the world. With this event, the lost super advanced continent of Mu has risen from the Pacific Ocean. However, the evil Dr. Wily uses this opportunity to take hold of "Super Energy" being released from Mu, it's up to Rockman to stop Dr. Wily and restore the world to peace! Note: As this oneshot was released in 1994, it predates the [Mu Continent](https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mu) featured in the *Shooting Star Rockman* series.

The most powerful Famicom hero of all time, Rockman, is on the move! The New Rock Buster is bursting with power! This time, he must defeat Dr. Cossack's incoming army of robots and find out who the real enemy is!