Captain Ken

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Japanese: キャプテンKen

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 2

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Finished

Published: 1960 to 1961

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Sunday

Authors: Tezuka, Osamu (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.94¹ (scored by 174 users)

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Ranked: #9695²

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Popularity: #17700

Members: 769

Favorites: 2

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Feb 12, 2024

Egoistfan1

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Captain Ken seems like a Space Opera story at first, but it quickly reveals itself as more of a space western. Though it takes place on Mars, Mars apparently looks like the American Southwest and everyone dresses up like they're in a Western. They even ride (mechanical) horses and fight with revolvers. Being set in the future, there are also some space age sci-fi elements, which don't prevent the story from reading like a Western. The conflict is between the Earthling settlers on Mars and the Martian natives, who were peaceful until they were slaughtered, enslaved, and driven by their homes by the human colonists. ...