One-shot compilation featuring works written and illustrated by Tezuka between 1968 and 1973, and is very highly regarded in Japan and by Tezuka himself. 6xh38

Spans a variety of genres, from SF to Military to Wild West. With themes of hopelessness, discrimination, and the otherworldly. Contains the following:

• Joe's Visitor (ジョーを訪ねた男, Joe o Tazuneta Otoko)
• The Cliff of Death (野郎と断崖, Yaro to Dangai)
• The Duel at Grand Mesa (グランドメサの決闘, Grand Mesa no Ketto)
• Cape Uroko (うろこが崎, Urokogasaki)
• The Voice of Night (夜の声, Yoru no Koe)
• The Hole (そこに穴があった, Soko ni Ana ga Atta)
• Chameleon (カメレオン)
• The Cat's Blood (猫の血, Neko no Chi)
• Valley of Bliss (わが谷は未知なりき, Waga Tani wa Michinariki)
• Illicit Love (暗い窓の女, Kurai Mado no Onna)
• Catastrophe in the Dark (カタストロフ・イン・ザ・ダーク)
• Phone (電話, Denwa)
• Rovanna (ロバンナよ, Rovanna yo)
• Lovers Under the Air (ふたりは空気の底に, Futari Kuki no Soko)

Also included in some editions are:

• The Execution Ended at 3 (処刑は3時におわった, Shokei wa 3-ji ni Owatta)
• Miraculous Conception (聖女懐妊, Seijo Kainin, ALT. ENG. - Immaculate Conception)

Note: The Execution Ended at 3 and Miraculous Conception are also collected in Clockwork Apple