Where Should I Start Reading Astro Boy?

The best place to start with Astro Boy is the Dark Horse Comics reprints of Osamu Tezuka's original manga. Dark Horse published Astro Boy in a series of digest-sized volumes starting with Volume 1, which introduces Astro's origins — how Dr. Tenma created him to replace his deceased son Tobio, then sold him to a robot circus before Professor Ochanomizu took him in and gave him a true home. These volumes collect Tezuka's classic stories in a reader-friendly format and are widely available. If you prefer a Western comic starting point, Gold Key and Western Publishing also released Astro Boy comics in the 1960s tied to the original anime, but the Dark Horse manga volumes are the most faithful and complete way to experience Tezuka's original vision.