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Series: Magnus, Robot Fighter Public Domain
Years in Print: 1963 - 1977
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Publisher: FlagWestern Country: Flag United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #46 (46 Issues, 58 Printings) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: none Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: Russ Manning's art is assisted by Mike Royer in many issues as an inker, and sometimes a background penciller.

******* 'Canadian' price variants of 1968 *******
Doug Sulipa, a comics dealer in Manitoba, Canada since 1970, has confirmed that about 90% of all 63 titles of Gold Key Canadian titles are confirmed to exist with cover dates from April 1968 through August 1968 for both 15 cent covers and 12 cent covers. Joe Torcivia, a comics collector and professional, has confirmed that at least several titles were sold in Flushing, Queens, New York with 15 cent covers while sold elsewhere with 12 cent covers. A few months later (September or November issues, depending on dating), ALL Gold Key Comics carried the 15-cent cover price and no further 12 cent issues were sold again. These issues do not have a currency qualifier on the covers, so it is not certain whether they were priced in Canadian or United States currency, or both. These issues appear to meet comics researcher John McClure's definition of Type 1a variants: “Cover Price Variants intended for foreign distribution with limited regional distribution, published simultaneously with standard or regular editions." However, in addition to foreign distribution, they appear to have also been sold as a test market for an impending price increase in the United States.
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Publication Type: Comic Books
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
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Issue # View Issue Images Icon Volume Publication Date Pages Content Items
#1 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 February 1963 36 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#2 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none May 1963 36 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none August 1963 36 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#4 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 November 1963 36 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#5 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 1964 36 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#6 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 May 1964 36 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#7 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none August 1964 36 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#8 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1964 36 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#9 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 1965 36 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
#10 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 May 1965 36 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 August 1965 36 11 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1965 36 12 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#13 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 1966 36 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#14 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1966 36 11 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#15 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 none August 1966 36 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#16 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1966 36 10 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#17 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 none February 1967 36 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#18 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1967 36 11 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#19 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 August 1967 36 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#20 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 November 1967 36 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#21 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 February 1968 36 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#22 2 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1968 36 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#23 2 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 August 1968 36 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#24 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1968 36 11 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#25 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 February 1969 36 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#26 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 May 1969 36 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#27 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 August 1969 36 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#28 View Issue Images Icon none November 1969 36 13 (4 stories, 1 cover)
#29 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none November 1971 36 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
#30 View Issue Images Icon 2 February 1972 36 13 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#31 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 1972 36 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
#32 View Issue Images Icon 2 July 1972 36 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
#33 View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1972 36 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#34 2 View Issue Images Icon 3/1 January 1973 52 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
#35 2 View Issue Images Icon May 1974 36 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
#36 2 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 August 1974 36 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
#37 2 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1974 36 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#38 2 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 February 1975 36 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#39 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none May 1975 36 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#40 2 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 August 1975 36 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
#41 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 none November 1975 36 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#42 2 View Issue Images Icon none January 1976 36 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
#43 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 May 1976 36 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
#44 2 View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1976 36 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
#45 2 View Issue Images Icon 2/1 none October 1976 36 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#46 View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1977 36 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

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