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Issue: Magnus, Robot Fighter #9
Publication Date: February 1965
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Issues: #9 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: 11/19/1964
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1965 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Magnus Robot Fighter; Leeja Clane; Senator Clane
First Line: Magnus stages a last desperate defense against an indestructible robot ghost and its phantom followers!
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In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #1839 published January 1967
as De robot geest [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #9 published January 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: 10046-502
Disclose Notes: Art credits from Magnus, Robot Fighter Archives (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #2 ([July] 2005).
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Boys! Girls!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Daniel Boone (photo and drawing of Fess Parker)
First Line: Join the Fess Parker as Daniel Boone Trail Blazers Club.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Join the "Fess Parker as Daniel Boone Trailblazers Club" and a chance at a screen test as Fess Parker's guest. "Daniel Boone," starring Fess Parker, was a popular U. S. television show at the time.
Inside front cover.
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Robot Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Magnus Robot Fighter; Leeja Clane; Professor Bertram Wade (introduction); Nadmot (robot) (villain); President of the Council
First Line: At 9:10, on a Wednesday morning, the Director of Internal Affairs is speeding toward a meeting of the North Am City Council…
Synopsis: 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.
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In Issue: FlagRuss Manning's Magnus, Robot Fighter #2 published July 2005
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #9 published January 1968
as Geister-Roboter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAlbi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 #9 published January 1973
as Il robot fantasma [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Job Number: MAGNUS R.F. #9-6411
Disclose Notes: Bill Spicer credits from Magnus, Robot Fighter Archives (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #2 ([July] 2005).
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, non-fiction
First Line: It is the year 1345 B.C.
Synopsis: Describes conditions and customs in China during the first known civilization in Asia in 1345 B.C.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 15 and 17 of the main story.
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[untitled]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: It is the year 2180 A.D. and we find ourselves transported to a passenger loading station…
Synopsis: 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.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 15 and 17 of the main story.
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Talk-Down

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Johner; Zarz; Earth Space Control staff
First Line: Aboard the earthship with its alien guests, the long journey through space is almost at an end…
Synopsis: 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.
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In Issue: FlagCaptain Johner & the Aliens #1 published May 1995
In Content Item: FlagThe Aliens #1 published September 1967
as Talk-Down [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #9 published January 1968
as Eine gewagte Landung [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAlbi Spada - Magnus, Anno 4000 #9 published January 1973
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Aliens #2 [Yellow Whitman Logo Variant] published May 1982
as Talk-Down [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers William Roope, Tim Granger, Ray Maxwell, Mike Chadwell, Stephen Robinson, Mark Smith, Gene Mahan, Paul Williams, Jay Taylor, Dennis Richard, Kurt Schuller, Frank Weeks, Art Chin, Mary Thompson, Johne Cirkoth, and Bob Butts.
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Iron and Steel, Number 2: The Blast Furnace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: The blast furnace makes pig iron, the basic product of iron and steel.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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100 Pc Toy Soldiers Set

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for 100 piece WWII soldier set for $1.25.
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