Magnus, Robot Fighter #9

(February 1965)

Boys! Girls! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

National Broadcasting Company [NBC] / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Robot Ghost (Table of Contents: 2)

Magnus, Robot Fighter / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Schaefer; Eric Freiwald

Pencils

Russ Manning (signed as Russ Manning); Bill Spicer (background assist)

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Russ Manning (signed); Bill Spicer (background assist)

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Job Number

MAGNUS R.F. #9-6411

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At 9:10, on a Wednesday morning, the Director of Internal Affairs is speeding toward a meeting of the North Am City Council…

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Magnus Robot Fighter; Leeja Clane; Professor Bertram Wade (introduction); Nadmot (robot) (villain); President of the Council

Synopsis

Professor Wade, forcibly retired for his extreme pro-robot views, transferred his knowledge and thoughts to the robot Nadmot, who leads a vendetta against the North Am City Council. Magnus tricks Nadmot and its followers onto a spacecraft, and launches them off earth.

Reprints

• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1839 (1967)
• in Magnus (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #9 (März 1968)
• in Albi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 (Edizioni Fratelli Spada, 1972 series) #9 (Gennaio 1973)
• in Magnus An 4000 (Éditions des Remparts, 1972 series) #3 (mars 1973)
• in Magnus Der Robotkämpfer (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1989 series) #5
• in Russ Manning's Magnus, Robot Fighter (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #2 ([July] 2005)

Keywords

Mad scientist; North Am; robot

Indexer Notes

Bill Spicer credits from Magnus, Robot Fighter Archives (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #2 ([July] 2005).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The B.C.-A.D. Time Machine / text story / 1 page (report information)

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It is the year 1345 B.C.

Genre

non-fiction; historical; science fiction

Synopsis

Describes conditions and customs in China during the first known civilization in Asia in 1345 B.C.

Reprints

• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1839 (1967)
• in Magnus (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #9 (März 1968)

Indexer Notes

Between pages 15 and 17 of the main story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The B.C.-A.D. Time Machine / text story / 1 page (report information)

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It is the year 2180 A.D. and we find ourselves transported to a passenger loading station…

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Describes preparations leading up to the launching of the spacecraft Magellan on its way from Earth to the moons of Saturn in 2180 A.D.

Reprints

• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1839 (1967)

Indexer Notes

Between pages 15 and 17 of the main story.

Talk-Down (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Robert Schaefer; Eric Freiwald

Pencils

Russ Manning

Inks

Russ Manning

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aboard the earthship with its alien guests, the long journey through space is almost at an end…

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Captain Johner; Zarz; Earth Space Control staff

Synopsis

The Earth-bound ship reaches home, but a strange pink cloud-belt cuts off all communication. At Earth Space Control, the staff panics: anyone who enters the cloud of psycho-gas, a backfired defense experiment, will be rendered helpless. The ship tries to land and the humans pass out. Zarz contacts Space Control, who freak to see an alien. Zarz calmly explains he can pilot with a talk-down - and by a miracle, lands safely.

Reprints

• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1839 (1967)
• in The Aliens (Western, 1967 series) #1 (September-December 1967)
• in Magnus (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #9 (März 1968)
• in Albi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 (Edizioni Fratelli Spada, 1972 series) #9 (Gennaio 1973)
• in Magnus An 4000 (Éditions des Remparts, 1972 series) #3 (mars 1973)
• in The Aliens (Western, 1967 series) #2 (May 1982)
• in Captain Johner & the Aliens (Acclaim / Valiant, 1995 series) #2 (May 1995)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Robot Rostrum / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers William Roope, Tim Granger, Ray Maxwell, Mike Chadwell, Stephen Robinson, Mark Smith, Gene Mahan, Paul Williams, Jay Taylor, Dennis Richard, Kurt Schuller, Frank Weeks, Art Chin, Mary Thompson, Johne Cirkoth, and Bob Butts.

Iron and Steel, Number 2: The Blast Furnace (Table of Contents: 7)

Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The blast furnace makes pig iron, the basic product of iron and steel.

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1839 (1967)
• in Magnus (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #9 (März 1968)

Keywords

Educational; fact

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

100 Pc Toy Soldiers Set (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)