''COM'' is a magazine created by Osamu Tezuka in response to ''Garo'', which serialized Sanpei Shirato's ''Kamuyden'', and is used to publish ''Phoenix''.

　In addition, many writers have left the magazine, serving as a magazine where works can be published freely and as a gateway magazine for newcomers, much like ''Manga Shonen'' in the past.

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　In 1963, “Astro Boy” was made into an anime, and along with it Mr. Tezuka achieved success through strategies in media mix, but the Zenkyoto generation, which is a mass consumer group, is exactly the gekiga generation, and even more so, the ``Garo'' series, which was led by ``Kamuiden'', which depicts the anger of the oppressed, '' was better received, and ``COM'' had childish designs and did not gain much support from the same generation. However, the reader submission corner "Gura-Con" within "COM" was supported by the younger generation (new humans, current otaku generation, etc.), and this "Gura-Con" later led to the holding of "Comic Market". I'm going.

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