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Issue: Magnus, Robot Fighter #3
Publication Date: August 1963
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Issues: #3 of 46 Issues (58 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/23/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Printed in the U.S.A.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-19); standard Modern Age US (#20-up)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint Interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
First Line: Magnus pits his steel-fighting strength against a giant robot from another planet!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #526 published April 1964
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1812 published January 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #3 published January 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Atomic Energy, Number 1: Identifying the Atom

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Keys of Knowledge
First Line: The story of the greatest physical power in the universe began, when, in the year 500 B.C., the atom was first identified as we know it now.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Giant from Planet X

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Magnus; Xyrkol (1st appearance); Leeja Clane; Senator Clane; giant robot
First Line: The year is 4000 A.D!
Synopsis: Xyrkol, self-exiled in space, creates a giant robot to subdue North Am. Magnus blocks him and destroys the robot's "brain."
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In Issue: FlagRuss Manning's Magnus, Robot Fighter #1 published October 2004
In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #526 published April 1964
as El Gigante del Planeta X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #3 published January 1967
as Gigant vom Planet X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTV Tornado Annual #1968 published September 1967
as Giant From Planet X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAlbi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 #3 published July 1972
as Il gigante del pianeta [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVintage Magnus Robot Fighter #2 published February 1992
as Giant from Planet X [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 27
Job Number: MAG. R.F. #3-635
Disclose Notes: This story marks the first appearance of a female scientist in this series.
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Will Jack Be a Giant?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: We often speculate about what the creatures on the other planets look like.
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Pages: 1
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A Matter of Judgment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Aliens
Character(s): Captain Johner; Zarz; Ricson; Bowers
First Line: Aboard the spaceship returning to earth, Captain Johner explains the master control to Zarz, the commander of the aliens...
Synopsis: Aboard the Earth-bound ship, Captain Johner teaches Zarz how the ship runs. Two crewmen object to the "creatures" and distrust them. Later the ship is attacked by (some unknown ship's) missiles. Shields hold, but the hypatomic motors spill radiation. Humans collapse, but the Aliens are unaffected and steer the ship into an asteroid belt, safe. Humans revive. An objector admits, "I'll be more careful before I pass judgment on anything from now on!"
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In Issue: FlagCaptain Johner & the Aliens #1 published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #526 published April 1964
as Amigos del Espacio [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #3 published January 1967
as Gefahr aus dem Raumschiff [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Aliens #1 published September 1967
as A Matter of Judgement [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAlbi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 #3 published July 1972
as Un giudizio affrettato [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Aliens #2 [Yellow Whitman Logo Variant] published May 1982
as A Matter of Judgement [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Atomic Energy, Number 2: The Composition of the Atom

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Keys of Knowledge
Character(s): John Dalton; Ernest Rutherford; Niels Bohr; Lucretius of Rome
First Line: Man has progressed from false notions like those of Lucretius of Rome, 75 B.C., who said that atoms hooked themselves together
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Robot Fighter Pin-Up No. 3

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Same illustration as the front cover, minus trade dress, etc.

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