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Issue: Magnus, Robot Fighter #23
Publication Date: August 1968
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Issues: #23 of 46 Issues (58 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/16/1968
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (painted)
Inker(s): ? (painted)
Colorist(s): ? (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Magnus
First Line: Magnus acts swiftly to reactivate North Am's mysteriously immobilized robot population!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAvontuur Classics #18137 published January 1969
as Operatie Ondergang [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus #22 published May 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus, Robot Fighter #44 [Gold Key] published July 1976
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mission: Disaster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Magnus; Leeja Clane; Marag; Larinna; technicians; scientists
First Line: Magnus is testifying in the trial of Marag, a rob-control chief charged with salvage thievery... when suddenly...
Synopsis: Rays from a meteor shower disable robots, but Marag and Larinna find a cure, then use their resultant popularity as a springboard to power. They plot to use the rays and sabotage the Niagara power complex, but Magnus defeats them.
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In Content Item: FlagMagnus #22 published May 1970
as Die gefährliche Mission [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnus, Robot Fighter #44 [Gold Key] published July 1976
as Mission: Disaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Job Number: MAGNUS R.F. #23-685
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club News
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Assorted announcements, and two drawings by readers Stephen Marz and Jimmy Robinson.
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Animals

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Feature(s): Gold Key Club Comics Reader's Page
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of animals sent in by readers Susan Magee, Bev Bandy, Bart Poste, John Price, and Gerald Owsley.
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Inventions

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science and technology
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of inventions sent in by readers Joedy Moots, Chris Velazquez, and Mark Ensor.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): various
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Club Comics Jokes On You; Gold Key Kid
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Gold Key Kid comic strip, plus jokes sent in by readers Lisa Brown, Lynn Morgan, Allan Rollins, Tony Cassady, Judy Comeau, Carmen Hidalgo, John Grimes, Karen Pachuta, Natalie Adele Heller, Lisa Kennedy, Tracey Riggs, S. Edward Miller, Joel Tremblay, John K. Pase, Jeff Green, Lisa Van Atta, Wendy Cuellar, Patti Miller, Bruce N. Osborne, and Debbie Ann Davis.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter from Chris Silver (only a single, full page, letter this issue).
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Danger from Beyond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Johner; Commander Zarz; M'Reema [Reema]; Omog (mysterious time being); Space Control personnel
First Line: With the final destruction of the time-guards, a great upheaval takes place.
Synopsis: Omog is released, the Johner party returned, and Venus saved from the false-men. But the planet is suddenly out of contact with the rest of the solar system.
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In Content Item: FlagMagnus #22 published May 1970
as Unheimliche Gefahr [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Club Comics Mini-Comics
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two Mini-Comics, both 0.5 page each, both in pantomime (no dialogue).
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Pterodactyl

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Gold Key Club Comics; Dinosauria
First Line: Filling the sky of the Upper Jurassic age was a group of flying reptiles known as pterodactyls.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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