| Captain Ken | |
 Cover of "Captain Ken" volume 1 from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition. | |
| キャプテン・ケン (Kyaputen Ken) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Space Western[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | December 18, 1960 –August 20, 1961 |
| Volumes | 2 |
Captain Ken (Japanese:キャプテン・ケン,Hepburn:Kyaputen Ken) is amanga series byOsamu Tezuka that was serialized inShogakukan'sWeekly Shōnen Sunday from December 18, 1960 to August 20, 1961. The published chapters were collected in twovolumes.
The series take place in the future, after mankind migrated to the planetMars, home to theMartians. Before long, the humans begin persecuting the Martians, and the two species form a mutual hatred of each other.
The action takes place Heden City, a frontier town and home to the Hoshino family. One day, Ken Minakami comes from Earth to visit her relatives, the Hoshino family. Not long after she arrives, a mysterious gunman calling himself "Captain Ken" appears in Heden City. Captain Ken is a human that fights on the side of the Martians, protecting them from those who wish to exploit them for their own gain.
Mamoru Hoshino, the eldest son of the Hoshino family, begins to suspect that Ken Minakami may be the mysteriousgunslinger, Captain Ken.