Astro Boy: Sands of Glatoria

Astro Boy: Sands of Glatoria is a 10 Issue comic miniseries based on Osamu Tezuka's character of the same name and published by IDW Publishing, it is set in the 1980 Series in an alternate timeline.
== Story ==
Astro is on a routine mission to a mysterious planet called Glatoria, which has gotten infamy for the number of Robots and Ships that have gone missing, once he arrives, he is immediately captured by troopers.
while captured, he meets the evil ruler of Glatoria named Emperor Mingo Manchew, who wears a chrome suit with sharp blades similar to Darth Vader and Shredder, Astro is told by Mingo's new assistant who is revealed to be Skunk Kusai that he will be forced to participate in Robot gladiatorial matches, so that Skunk could watch and enjoy him suffer and possibly die, in revenge for Astro's foiling of his evil schemes. 
Astro is taken to a workshop where he loses most of his powers, his Rear Guns, Finger Lasers, HP, Rocket legs, etc., in order to prevent him from cheating, Astro then meets other robots boys who got captured prior, one robot named Chronenberg from Canada befriends Astro even if they'll possibly kill each other, other robots include African American robot Mike from Mississippi, Mercury from the Soviet Union, Omar from Iraq, and the robots Fireball and Pook, both of whom Astro met prior. 
Astro is then forced to fight Weltraum, a robot from Germany, Astro quickly jabbed Weltraum in the eye with his rusty dagger, causing him to fall down and give up, making Astro the victor. 
after a winning streak of fights, Astro becomes the top fighter in the arena and the talk of the town, this enrages Skunk and Mingo to the point of jelousy, in a last ditch attempt, the two decide to have Astro fight the arena's other top fighter, Atlas.
Category:Astro Boy
Category:IDW
Category:Comic Books
Category:Alternate Reality