and one title page. Ten additional one-shot stories were presented in seasonal and holiday specials of Shuukuu Shōnen Magazine. These stories were generally between 30 and 40 pages in length. In the North American version of the series, the resurrected detective/android is known as "Tobor" - the word "robot" spelled backwards. Tani is referred to as "Professor Genius" and the sobriquet of 8-Man is slightly changed to "8th-Man," the name explained as he is the 8th attempt to be a super-robot. The story content was directed toward a wider audience of both young and adult viewers. As such, much of the violence was toned down for Western audiences. Original Japanese manga story titles Novella stories 怪人ゲーレン (Kaijin Geren) - Galen, the Mystery Man サタンの兄弟 (Satan no Kyodai) - Satan's Brothers 怪力ロボット007 (Kairiki Robotto 007) - Strange Powered Robot 007 光線兵器レーザー (Kosen Heiki Reza) - The Laser Beam Gun 超人サイバー (Chojin Saiba) - Cyber, the Superhuman 人間ミサイル (Ningen Misairu) - The Human Missile 殺人ロボット005 (Satsujin Robotto 005) - Murderous Robot 005 魔女エスパー (Majo Esupa) - Esper, the Witch 超人類ミュータント (Chojinrui Myutanto) - Superhuman Mutant 魔人コズマ (Majin Kozuma) - The Demon Kozuma The strip's artist Jiro Kuwata was imprisoned for possession of a handgun before the final 16-page serial of "The Demon Kozuma" was completed. The final serial was drawn by Takaharu Kusunoki for the magazine version. Jiro Kuwata later redrew the final pages of the story himself by request of Kazumasa Hirai and Rim Publishing, so that they could publish a complete version of the final story. The publishers were not able to use Kusunoki's artwork, so the story was omitted or left incomplete in previous official releases Short episode stories 死刑囚タランチュラ - The Condemned Criminal Tarantula 決闘 - The Duel シャドウ・ボクサー - Shadow Boxer 復讐鬼ゴースト - Vengeful Demon Ghost 超振動砲 - The Super Vibration Gun マッド・マシン - Mad Machine サイボーグPV1号 - Cyborg Number PV1 殺し屋イライジャ - The Assassin Elijah 燃える水 - Burning Water 幽霊ハイウェイ - Phantom Highway 太陽衛星サンダー (単行本未収録) - Solar Satellite "Thunder" (unreleased story) This was intended as a lead-in to a series of 23 manga stories adapted from the TV series. Original Japanese TV series episode titles エイトマン登場 - Introducing Eightman 殺し屋ゲーレン - Galen, the Hitman サタンの兄弟 - Satan's Brother 死刑台B3 - The B3 Gallows 暗黒カプセル - The Darkness Capsule 黄金ギャング - The Gold Gang 消音ジェット機 - The Stealth Jetplane 超小型ミサイル - The Ultra Micro Missile 光線銃レーザー -