Crime knows no boundaries – not even the North Pole! Sharkey Dirk and his gang of cut-throats had become the Scourge of the Arctic! An avowed robot-hater, Sharkey foraged far and wide destroying every machine in his path. His hideout was a secret den situated right at the Pole (who would think to look for him there?) Nothing could stop Sharkey until, quite by accident, Astro Boy arrived on the scene. Noting Sharkey’s modus operandi, his method of operating, Astro Boy tracked the criminal to his lair and – through a clever ruse – tricked Sharkey into removing his mask and revealing is true identity! Surprise ending: Sharkey was a young boy – a bitter young boy who had been reared by a robot mother! An unusual reunion between mother and son brings a happy ending to this novel arctic tale.