Magnus – Robot Fighter
Magnus is a comic book superhero from the house of Gold Key, Florida. The signatories were Russ Manning, Dan Reflect, Paul Norris and Frank Bolle.
Content
In the year 4000 AD, the human race is almost completely dependent of robots. It comes so far that the robot people make lethargy advantage to subjugate them. Officially, the robots are taking to give people, so among other things, the police robot called polrobs.
Magnus is drawn by the robot 1A, which obviously has feelings and consciousness. 1A trained him an exceptional fighter who is not to prevent people from that dark fate tired and endows him with the ability of the radio conversations of the robot listen. His girlfriend Leeja is the daughter of Clane, Senator of North Am.
Publications in the U.S.
Gold Key
Russ Manning was the creator of the title character Magnus. He was the author and illustrator of the first 21 books. Appeared in Gold Key Publishing House between February 1963 and January 1977, the expenditure " Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 AD" No. 1-46, the numbers 22 and 29-46 contained reprints. In Doctor Solar was published in 1981 in issues # 29-31, the final Magnus story in three parts. The latest issues ran under the label " Whitman ". According to economic difficulties Gold Key was sold with its parent company, Western Publishing 1982 Mattel, two years later finally set all comic publications.
Valiant
Under the slightly altered title " Magnus Robot Fighter ", the series was revived in the early 1990s with newly produced adventures as the Valiant -Verlag (see also: Valiant Comics ), USA, the rights to Doctor Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter and Turok Son Of Stone earned. Along with its own titles, like " Harbinger ", " XO Manowar ", " Shadowman ," " RAI " and another a complex comic universe was built. Under the leadership of former Marvel editor in chief Jim Shooter and initially with some remarkable ideas, both in the stories as well as in marketing, Valiant had some time considerable success. Although this series appeared in several other countries, but not in Germany. The following Magnus titles and editions are published by Valiant:
- " Magnus Robot Fighter " No. 1-64
- " ... Steel Nation" as a Trade Paperback ( TPB )
- " ... Invasion" (TPB ),
- " ... Yearbook " No. 1,
- "Vintage Magnus " No. 1-4, ( reprint of some Gold Key stories),
- "Original Magnus " No. 1,
- " Magnus Robot Fighter / Nexus " (crossover Valiant / Dark Horse ) # 1 2
- "Predator / Magnus Robot Fighter " (crossover Valiant / Dark Horse ) # 1 2
Acclaim
1994 Valiant Comics was sold as part of the Voyager Communications Inc. to the game maker Acclaim. An economic downturn in 1996 was followed by the restructuring of the publishing house and its program to Acclaim Comics.
Under " Acclaim Comics Vailiant Heroes" ( VH2 ) published from 1996 to 2002 in part heavily modified form ( "same as it never was " ) a few new tracks, including " Magnus Robot Fighter " from 1997 to 1998 with a total of 18 issues. Magnus was also represented in the editions " Unity 2000", 1-3. Acclaim was insolvent in 2004, auctioned off its own comic book title in the following year - Magnus, Turok and Solar fell back to Random House, the rights holders of Western Publishing.
Dark Horse
Reprints of Gold - Key Stories of 2004 there were at Dark Horse Comics in the form of three hardcover books: Magnus Robot Fighter Archives.
In 2006, Dark Horse a limited Magnus figure produced within the Classic Comic Book Characters. The figure has the No. 3
Since August 2010, a new comic book series published by Dark Horse with new stories, written by Jim Shooter, the first issue also contains the first Magnus story by Gold Key. In September 2010, a reprint of the first Gold Key published - edition in the series " 1 for $ 1". The artists are Bill Reinold (drawings ), Wes Dzioba ( colorist ), Raymond Swanland (Cover).
When publishing Ibooks a 48 -page paperback was published in 2005 entitled Magnus Robot Fighter.
Publications in Germany
The Gold Key - series was published from November 1966 to December 1970 as " Magnus Robot Fighter " in the picture magazine publisher ( BSV ) with the issue numbers 1-25.
From 1978 to 1982 ( numbers 1-14 ) published sequences in the paperback series " Action Heroes" (title of No. 1: " Superheroes " ) from the Condor -Verlag together with other heroes from the BSV, such as Doctor solar, Space Family Robinson (see also: Lost in Space ), the Mighty Samson (see Samson Mighty ) Turok - son of stones and other titles. In a completely colorful mixed order the stories and songs in the paperbacks were strung together.
In Norbert Hethke Publisher Key stories were published in 8 albums from 1989-1991, two gold.
There were no publications of the Valiant and Acclaim series in Germany.