Magnus, Robot Fighter #1

(February 1963)

Magnus, Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. (Table of Contents: 1)

Magnus, Robot Fighter / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Russ Manning

Pencils

Russ Manning

Inks

Russ Manning

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When robots began to rule the world in 4,000 A.D., mankind finds itself in deadly peril...

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Magnus; H8; Leeja Clane

Reprints

• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1804 (1966)
• in Magnus (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #1 (November 1966)
• in Magnus, Robot Fighter (Western, 1963 series) #22 (May 1968)

Indexer Notes

Sequence added, as well as script and art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Magnus, Robot Fighter (Table of Contents: 2)

Magnus, Robot Fighter / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script

Russ Manning

Pencils

Russ Manning

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Russ Manning

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Job Number

ROBOT F.#1-6211

First Line of Dialogue or Text

No robot man harm a human, or allow a human to come to harm... this is the unbreakable law built into every robot, and the metal-men were created solely to ease man's tasks of life.

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Magnus (first appearance, origin); 1A (first appearance); Leeja Clane (first appearance); H8 (first appearance, a robot, villain, destroyed)

Synopsis

1A takes Magnus to North Am where he begins his crusade against evil robots by stopping the Polrob Chief H8.

Reprints

• in Domingos Alegres (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #509 (29 de diciembre de 1963)
• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1804 (1966)
• in Magnus (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #1 (November 1966)
which is reprinted
• in Die Actionhelden (Condor, 1978 series) #9 (1980)
• in Magnus Der Robotkämpfer (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1989 series) #1 (1989), #1 (1989)
• in Magnus, Robot Fighter (Western, 1963 series) #22 (May 1968) [-1 panel]
which is reprinted
• in Vintage Magnus Robot Fighter (Acclaim / Valiant, 1992 series) #1 (January 1992)
• in Albi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 (Edizioni Fratelli Spada, 1972 series) #1 (Aprile 1972)
• in Héros de l'aventure (Éditions des Remparts, 1972 series) #1 (4 juin 1972)
• in Magnum (Gevion, 1986 series) #7/1987 ([juli ?] 1987)
• in Russ Manning's Magnus, Robot Fighter (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #1 ([October] 2004)
• in Magnus, Robot Fighter (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (August 2010)
• in Magnus, Robot Fighter: One for One (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (September 2010)

Keywords

Megalopolis; North Am; robot; Three Laws of Robotics

Indexer Notes

This series, beginning with the first sentence in this first story, borrows without credit from Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.

The World of the Future (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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The world of the future -- what will it be like?

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1804 (1966)
• in Magnus (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #1 (November 1966)

Indexer Notes

Article on the prophecies of Nostradamus.

The Aliens (Table of Contents: 4)

The Aliens / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russ Manning

Pencils

Russ Manning

Inks

Russ Manning

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

For hundreds of years, earthmen explored the stars, never once finding another inhabitant as intelligent as man!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Captain Johner; Rodg; Zarz (first appearance of all characters)

Synopsis

For the first time, an Earth ship meets an alien ship, which attacks with missiles. The Earthmen would jump-drive for home, but the aliens could follow. To safeguard Earth's location, Captain Johner must destroy the enemy. The aliens are saucer-headed loop-limbed giants captained by Zarz, who also must protect his planet. A furious battle damages both ships. Then an Earth lifeboat puts out.... Via tele-translator, Captain Johner proposes half the Earth crew venture to the aliens' planet, and half the aliens go to Earth. "To establish contacts and trade. It looks like a good beginning!"

Reprints

• in Domingos Alegres (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #509 (29 de diciembre de 1963)
• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1804 (1966)
• in Magnus (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #1 (November 1966)
• in The Aliens (Western, 1967 series) #1 (September-December 1967)
• in Albi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 (Edizioni Fratelli Spada, 1972 series) #1 (Aprile 1972)
• in Héros de l'aventure (Éditions des Remparts, 1972 series) #1 (4 juin 1972)
• in Magnus, Robot Fighter (Western, 1963 series) #33 (October 1972)
• in The Aliens (Western, 1967 series) #2 (May 1982)
• in Captain Johner & the Aliens (Acclaim / Valiant, 1995 series) #1 (May 1995)

Keywords

Alien; first contact; space travel

North-Am City (Table of Contents: 5)

Magnus, Robot Fighter / text story / 1 page (report information)

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Russ Manning

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Russ Manning

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

A tourist from elsewhere in our galaxy would consider his sightseeing incomplete without a flight over North Am City, the incredible metropolis that spans the North American continent...

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Reprints

• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1804 (1966)
• in Magnus (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #1 (November 1966)

Keywords

Megalopolis; North Am

Indexer Notes

Sequence added, as well as art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).

Robot Fighter Pin-Up No. 1 (Table of Contents: 6)

Magnus, Robot Fighter / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Russ Manning (sketch); George Wilson (painting)

Inks

George Wilson (painting)

Colors

George Wilson (painting)

Letters

typeset

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Magnus; H8; Leeja Clane

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Same illustration as the front cover, minus trade dress, etc.