Dr. Thrill

Dr. Thrill
スリル博士
(Suriru Hakase)
Genre Adventure, Detective fiction
Manga
Written by Osamu Tezuka
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run April 5, 1959September 6, 1959
Volumes 1

Doctor Thrill (スリル博士 Suriru Hakase) is a manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka, published in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday from April 5, 1959 to September 6 of the same year.

Plot

Dr. Thrill and his son Kenta are mystery aficionados who work as amateur detectives. Tezuka started writing stand alone chapters but, at the request of his editors, he later transformed Dr. Trill into a serial mystery.

Characters

Dr. Thrill

An avid fan of thrillers and detective stories. He works with his son and pet dog.

Kenta

Dr. Thrill's son who has a keen sense of reason.

Jip

Dr. Thrill and Kenta's dog whose quick actions come in handy when solving mysteries.

Melon
Kabocha
Mari

Appearances in other series

In the Sankei Newspaper Astroboy manga series, Astro travels back in time to 1969 & meets Shunsaku Ban's father, a doctor who runs the "Thrill Clinic". Jip the dog also makes a brief cameo appearance in the Astroboy story Plant People.

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