Cyborg 009

Cyborg 009


Cyborg 009 was a manga created in 1964 by Shotaro Ishinomori. It is a story about 9 cybernetically enhanced individuals from different cultures and backgrounds banding together to stop the terrorist oraganization Black Ghost. It is considered to be the first superhero team manga and set up some of the basic elements for what Kamen Rider is today.

Characters

 * Joe Shimamura/Cyborg 009- A Japanese-American who posseses super speed via an "advanced accelerator module" as well as (to a lesser degree) the powers of the previous 8 cyborgs.
 * Pyunma/Cyborg 008- An African man who has been modifed for underwater combat.
 * Great Britain aka G.B./Cyborg 007- A Briton who has shape-shifting powers used for infiltration missions
 * Chang Changku/Cyborg 006- A Chinese man who has the ablity to breathe fire
 * Gironimo Jr/ Cyborg 005- A Native American who has super strength,enhanced skin which gives him high resistance to damage (but not invulnerability), and a sixth sense that detects imbalances in nature and the human heart.
 * Albert Hienrich/Cyborg 004- A German who has cybernetic implants that make his entire body a weapon. (gatling gun fingers,rocket launcher in his knee joint etc.)
 * Francoise Arnoul/Cyborg 003- A Frenchwoman and the only female member, she posseses super hearing, X-ray vison and telesopic vision.
 * Jet Link/Cyborg 002- An American who has an earlier prototype version of Joe's Acceleration module and jets in his feet that allow him to fly at Mach 5.
 * Ivan Whiskey/Cyborg 001- A Russain baby whose brain was enhanced by cybernetics, his powers are super intellect, teleportation, telekinesis, ESP, psionic blasts and telepathy. Despite being the most powerful cyborg on the team, Ivan's body cannot mantain the awesome power he wields for very long and usually tires out after using it. As a result he spends most of his time sleeping and only uses his powers when the team is in a situation they can't handle on their own.
 * Dr. Issac Gilmore
 * Black Ghost- A shadowy terrorist organization that plots to start World War III so that it can profit off its weapon designs on the black market.

In other media
Cyborg 009 is Ishinomori's most popular creative work, spanning decades of merchandise and TV adaptations.

TV anime:

1968 adaptation - 28 episodes

1979-1980 adaptation- 50 episodes

2001-2002 adaptation- 51 episodes

Movies:

2 1960s films- Cyborg 009:The Movie & Monster War

1980- Super Galaxy Legend

2012- 009 Re;cyborg

Comics:

The original manga is available on Comixology as well as 10 out-of-print volumes of the story by the defunct publisher Tokyopop

An American graphic novel adaptaion of the story is going to be published by Archaia entertainment in 2013 by J.M. Dematties and F.J. Desanto

Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_009

http://cyborg009.wikia.com/wiki/Cyborg_009_Wiki

http://www.comixology.com/Cyborg-009/comics-series/9119

http://www.archaia.com/archaia-titles/cyborg-009/

http://009.re-cyb.org/