Magnus Robot Fighter #25 February 1969 Gold Key Comics Grade F/VF - $14.99
"The Micro-Giants":
Unnoticed specks suddenly become dangerous, destructive, mile-high robots; they battle Magnus. Gold Key Club Comics Club News. Jokes sent in by readers plus Gold Key Kid comic strip. "Sci-Fi Quickies," scripts by Stephen Mills and Robert Meyer II; Two short science fiction text stories: "An Encounter" by Mills and "Double! Double!" by Meyer. "The Frigid Intruder" starring The Aliens, pencils by Paul Norris, inks by Mike Royer. "Triceratops" article.
Magnus, Robot Fighter is a fictional superhero, appearing in comic books created by writer/artist Russ Manning in 1963. Magnus first appeared in Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. #1, published by Gold Key Comics in February 1963.
By the year 4000, humanity has become dependent on robots. H8, the Pol-Rob [Robot Police] chief of the civic sector of North Am, a continent-spanning mega-city, is damaged in a radiation accident. It seeks to promote the human dependency on robots and gradually impose totalitarian rule in the area under its control.
Magnus was raised by a robot known as 1A, a name which implies that he is the very first robot of his type ever manufactured. 1A seems to be self-aware and possess emotions. A firm believer in the Three Laws of Robotics, 1A recognized the threat represented by the dependency of humans on robots in general, and the developments in North Am due to H8 in particular. Therefore, 1A trained Magnus to protect humans against both rogue robots, and humans who used normal robots for evil purposes. Magnus was trained from infancy by 1A in an under-sea domed house, using advanced techniques, to become a skilled martial artist who could break steel with his bare hands. In addition, 1A equipped his charge with a device that would allow him to "hear" robot-to-robot radio communications.
Leeja is Magnus's girlfriend. Robots that served as police are called "Pol-Robs" (as in police robots) and are painted black and white like city police cars. All robots have identifying numbers painted on their chest and backs. Other robots, such as taxi drivers, could be nothing more than a torso with arms and head attached to a flying automobile.
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