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Issue: Magnus, Robot Fighter #4
Publication Date: November 1963
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Issues: #4 of 46 Issues (58 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/15/1963
Volume:
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.
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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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Magnus; Leeja Clane
First Line: Leeja joins Magnus in the search for a mighty undersea Think-Rob which plots the destruction of mankind!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #532 published June 1964
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Original Magnus Robot Fighter #1 published April 1995
as Magnus Robot Fighter #6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Astronomy, Number 11: Asteroids

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: In addition to the nine main planets, there are about 2,000 minor ones which fill the space gap between Mars and Jupiter.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Menace from the Depths

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Magnus; Leeja Clane; T-1 [Think-Rob]; Serena (Director of Food Processing); Professor Irek Stark; sea-robs
First Line: The year is 4000 A.D., and on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, a sudden explosion rips one of the underwater food processing laboratories which helps supply the nutrition of North Am's vast human population...
Synopsis: Professor Stark creates a thinking robot, but it goes awry. T-1 blows up undersea food processing centers in order to starve the human population. Magnus destroys T-1, ending the menace.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagRuss Manning's Magnus, Robot Fighter #1 published October 2004
In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #532 published June 1964
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #4 published May 1967
as Gefahr vom Meeresgrund [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAlbi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 #4 published August 1972
as Minaccia dal fondo marino [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 27
Disclose Notes: This story marks the first appearance of a female in a position of high governmental responsibility.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Robot Rostrum. Letters of comment from readers Mike Egerton, Ed, Carlos and Angelo, Richard Crowder, Larry Herndon, Kent Smith, and Alvin Fick.
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Suspense in Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Johner; Zarz
First Line: Aboard the earthship, with its alien guests, a startling message is received...
Synopsis: The Earth-bound ship gets a call. An experimental missile with an atomic warhead will destroy the Space Research Lab in three hours. Diverting, Captain Johner and Zarz defuse the warhead with seconds to go. The Earthman and Alien are saluted by the crew of the Space Lab.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagCaptain Johner & the Aliens #1 published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #532 published June 1964
as Aventuras en el Espacio [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #4 published May 1967
as Rettung der Menschen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Aliens #1 published September 1967
as Suspense in Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAlbi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 #4 published August 1972
as Allarme nello spazio [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Aliens #2 [Yellow Whitman Logo Variant] published May 1982
as Suspense in Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Railroads, Number 15: Railroads and the Future

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Despite competition from trucks, autos and planes, railroads are doing a job no other way of transportation can do as well.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Magnus Robot Fighter Pin-Up No. 4

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Magnus; Leeja Clane
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #4 published May 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Unusual in the sense it's not a reprint of the front cover painting sans logotype and lettering. Instead it is an original hand drawn illustration.

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