Phoenix
Subtitle: A Tale of the Future
By: [story and art] by Osamu Tezuka ; [translated by Dadakai (Jared Cook, Shinji Sakamoto, and Frederik L. Schodt)].
Contributors: Cook, Jared.; Sakamoto, Shinji.; Schodt, Frederik L., 1950-; Dadakai (Artistic group)
Publisher: Viz Communications
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Phoenix (Mythical bird) -- Comic books, strips, etc; Catastrophes (Geology) -- Comic books, strips, etc; Graphic novels -- Japan; Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan
Genres: Comic books, strips, etc.
Work titles: Hi no tori.
Description: First published in the 1960s, Phoenix remains relevant today. Civilization has gone underground after several nuclear wars. Masato, a resident of the underground capital of Tokyo, is discovered owning an outlawed alien animal with hallucinogenic properties. Fleeing for his life, he learns the secret of the Phoenix as the world veers toward Armageddon.