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This one-shot originally appeared in 1975 as textless illustrations in the Japanese book (エッセイ集 微熱少年) which contains a collection of essays written by former Happy End member Takashi Matsumoto. In later re-releases of this one-shot, additional Japanese text would be added to some of the one-shot\'s pages.

This series is a precursor to Hiroshi Masumura’s Atagoal. It was serialized in Monthly Magazine Garo (月刊漫画ガロ) from May to December 1975. The story depicts the people of Yonezaad, rising up against the re-invasion of King Carmel, who once ruled the Yonezaad continent. Many characters in Atagoal would make their first appearances in this series (Ex. Hideyoshi, Tempura, Gilbars, and Pantsu) although their roles are significantly different in this series than those from future Atagoal publications.

It was published in Monthly Magazine Garo (月刊漫画ガロ) on May 1974

It was published on the 232nd issue (No. 33 1973) of Weekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ) on July 30, 1973, after it became a runner-up in the 5th Tezuka Award.

It was published in Monthly Magazine Garo (月刊漫画ガロ) on December 1973

A young boy named Toshio and his friends, while exploring an abandoned factory, are taken captive by gangsters. Toshi unwittingly discovers a signal device that will summon the cyborg superhero Electric Man Arrow. Arrow comes to the rescue, and, after vanquishing the gangsters\' giant robot, entrusts Toshio with the signal device. However, the gangsters\' mysterious leader X Fighter learns of this and uses Toshio in his plot to frame Arrow for a string of deadly sabotages. When Arrow finally confronts X Fighter for an explosive showdown, the shadowy link between the two superhumans is finally revealed. In the final chapter of this volume, Arrow faces an entirely different sort of problem, what to do with a gigantic dinosaur that scientists have discovered deep below the earth.