Magnus, Robot Fighter Gold Key #1-28
Owner: Dan Power
Value: $1250
Acquired: Purchases in the 1980's
Condition: Very Fine/Near Mint
Sale Status: Not for sale. Will trade duplicates to upgrade.
Description:
Magnus, the Robot Fighter, is a fictional hero who first appeared in Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. #1, published by Gold Key Comics in February, 1963.
Magnus was raised by a robot known as 1A. Robot 1A recognised the threat that Freewill robots represented, so he trained Magnus as a warrior. Magnus became a skilled martial artist who could break steel with his bare hands.
Created by writer/artist Russ Manning, "Magnus" was one of the few science fiction based comics success stories. The final Russ Manning issue was #21, published in early 1968. As the 1970s approached, sales began to decline, and the last issue (#46) was published in January 1977.
The collection currently includes 2 issue #1 VF+, G; #2 F+; #3 F+; #4 NMT; #5 Mint; #6 Mint; #7 Mint; 2 #8 Mint, G; #9 Mint; #10 F/G; 2 #11 Mint, G; #12 Mint; #13 Mint; #14 Mint; #15 Mint; #16 F+; #17 F+; #18 F; 2 #19 F+, G; 2 #20 Mint, VG; #21 Mint; #22 Mint; 2 #23 Mint, F; 2 #24 Mint, G; 2 #25 Mint, F; 2 #26 Mint, F; 2 #27 F+, G; #28 Mint; also some reprints #30 F; #33 F; #36 F; #42 F.
Gold Key-#1-#21#1 Feb. 1963 - "Magnus Robot Fighter"
#2 May 1963 - "Operation Disguise"
#3 Aug. 1963 - "Giant from Planet X"
#4 Nov. 1963 - "Menace from the Depths"
#5 Feb. 1964 - "The Immortal One"
#6 May 1964 - "Alone Against Talpa"
#7 Aug. 1964 - "The Power of the One Thousand"
#8 Nov. 1964 - "Havoc at Weather-Control
#9 Feb. 1965 - "Robot Ghost"
#10 May 1965 - "The Mysterious Octo-Rob"
#11 Aug. 1965 - "Beasts of Steel"
#12 Nov. 1965 - "The Volcano Makers"
#13 Feb. 1966 - "The Evil Ark of Doctor Noel"
#14 May 1966 - "The Monster Robs"
#15 Aug. 1966 - "The Weird World of Mogul Badur"
#16 Nov. 1966 - "Cloud-cloddie, Go Home!"
#17 Feb. 1967 - "The Deadly Peril from Sirius"
#18 May 1967 - "Magnus vs. North Am!"
#19 Aug. 1967 - "Fear Unlimited"
#20 Nov. 1967 - "Bunda, the Great"
#21 Feb. 1968 - "Space Specter"
Gold Key-Whitman
#22 May 1968 - (reprint of #1) Gold Key
#23 Aug. 1968 - "Mission: Disaster!"
#24 1968 - "The Pied Piper of North Am"
#25 Feb. 1969 - "The Micro Giants"
#26 May 1969 - "The Venomous Vapor"; "Journey to the End of the World"
#27 Aug. 1969 - "Panic in Pacifica"; "Web of Fire"
#28 Nov. 1969 - "Threat from the Depths"; "A Secret Kept"
#30 Feb, 1972 - (reprint of #15) Gold Key
#33 Oct. 1972 - (reprint of #21) Gold Key
#36 Aug, 1974 - (reprint of #8) Gold Key and Whitman
#42 Feb, 1976 - (reprint of #19) Gold Key
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