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Magnus, Robot Fighter #9

Western · Series began 1963 · February 1965

Dates

Cover date
February 1965
On sale
November 19, 1964
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: George Wilson, Russ Manning, Bill Spicerinks: George Wilson, Russ Manning, Bill Spicercolors: George Wilsonscript: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald

Stories

  • Robot Ghost · 24 pages

    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.

  • Untitled · 1 pages

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

  • Untitled · 1 pages

    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.

  • Talk-Down · 4 pages

    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.

  • Iron and Steel, Number 2: The Blast Furnace · 1 pages

Characters

MagnusLeeja ClaneCaptain JohnerZarzVictor Zeramiah Clane

Reprinted in

The Aliens (1967), Captain Johner & the Aliens (1995), Russ Manning's Magnus, Robot Fighter (2004)

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