(November 1969)
Western,
1963 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-08-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 10046-911
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Last issue of new material. On-Sale Date from Copyright records.
Magnus Battles 1A
Magnus, Robot Fighter / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Magnus battles 1A, the robot who raised him from childhood!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
Have a Ball! Free!
Post Cereals / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Post Cereals
Threat from the Depths
Magnus, Robot Fighter / comic story / 14 pages
- Job Number
- MAGNUS#28-698
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Magnus deals a victorious blow against an enemy robot, unaware that a strange event is taking place near the South Pole... an event that will disrupt his life and reshape his future!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Magnus; Leeja Clane; Senator Clane; Major Timbuc; 1A; suborned robots
- Synopsis
- Radiation disrupts 1A's circuits, and he takes control of North Am's robots, using them to attack Magnus. Magnus, who was brought up by 1A, holds back until 1A menaces Leeja, then smashes his mentor out of function.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Antarctica; North Am; robot
in Indexer Notes
Story and art credits confirmed by Rich Donnelly with Mike Royer that he wrote and inked the lead story, where Russ Manning did 4 pages of penciling, done in various panels spread thoughout the story.
[no title indexed]
Golden Magazine / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi Kids! I'm 'Cracky'...
- Characters
- Cracky (official mascot of Golden Magazine)
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Golden Magazine
Super Saturday on ABC
ABC Saturday Cartoons / advertisement / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A great new Saturday morning starts September 6
- Characters
- Casper the Friendly Ghost; Smokey Bear; the Cattanooga Cats; Hot Wheels Racing Club; the Hardy Boys; Sky Hawks; Greg Gulliver; Shag; Fantastic Voyage crew
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for 1969 ABC Saturday morning cartoon line-up
A Secret Kept
Magnus, Robot Fighter / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the executive office of a large robot manufacturing firm, a video replay of the recent battle between Magnus and 1A is being shown...
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Magnus; 1A; robots; unscrupulous robot manufacturer
- Synopsis
- Magnus takes 1A to 1A's home beneath the sea and restores him. A robot manufacturer tracks them and learns the secrets of Magnus's upbringing, but Magnus and 1A induce amnesia with a psycho-treatment device.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Amnesia; Antarctica; North Am; robot
Sci-Fi Quickies (Stories from the Readers)
Robot Rostrum / letters page / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
The Seven Trees of Tangerine by Janeese Milligan, and The Nidus by Ann M. Lucas; no letters.
The Ghost Planet
The Aliens / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The aliens, Captain Johner, M'Reema and the spaceship's crew have fallen under the spell of a mysterious space wizard.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Johner; Commander Zarz; M'Reema [Reema]; space wizard; Captain Johner's crew; aliens of Commander Zarz's crew
- Synopsis
- The Aliens rescue the earth crew from the space wizard. But when the whole group returns to earth, the planet has been covered with ice, and there is no sign of life.
- Keywords
- Ice age
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tubby (the spider) spins again...
- Characters
- Tubby; Mrs. Moppet; Little Lulu
[no title indexed]
Vista / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On a Vista Esquire you can... hightail it!
- Characters
- Boy
- Keywords
- Bicycle
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Vista Esquire bicycles
[Frog Princess]
Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Princess; frog
- Synopsis
- A kiss turns the princess into a frog, instead of turning the frog into a prince.
- Keywords
- Pantomime sequence.
[no title indexed]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Famous name prizes or cash...
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Magnus Battles 1A
Magnus, Robot Fighter -
1.
Have a Ball! Free!
Post Cereals -
2.
Threat from the Depths
Magnus, Robot Fighter -
3.
["Hi Kids! I'm 'Cracky'..."]
Golden Magazine -
4.
Super Saturday on ABC
ABC Saturday Cartoons -
5.
A Secret Kept
Magnus, Robot Fighter -
6.
Sci-Fi Quickies (Stories from the Readers)
Robot Rostrum -
7.
The Ghost Planet
The Aliens -
8.
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club -
9.
["On a Vista Esquire you can... hightail it!"]
Vista -
10.
[Frog Princess]
Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics -
11.
["Famous name prizes or cash..."]
Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards -
12.
["Be a sales leader who picks the prizes..."]
Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery
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- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Matthias Hofmann
- Kirk House
- Darrel McCann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Ron Sadowski
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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