Editing Magnus, Robot Fighter (section)

==Gold Key==
===Original series===
The original series, titled ''Magnus, Robot Fighter, 4000 AD'', premiered in 1963. It was written and drawn by [[Russ Manning]], and as a nod to its influences, included [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[Three Laws of Robotics]] as a quote in the beginning of the first issue. For the duration of the title's original run, Magnus battled rogue robots, aliens, space pirates and other threats. He fell in love with Leeja Clane, the daughter of one of North Am's senators. Leeja developed limited [[telepathic]] abilities after training by M'Ree and other humans who had acquired them as a result of their minds being linked together while imprisoned in suspended animation by H8.

The series was popular in the 1960s. As the '70s approached, sales began to decline. The last issue (#46) was published in January 1977. However, Manning only completed 21 issues; the rest were reprints of previous issues or new stories by others (#23–28).

During the first 28 issues, another series called ''[[The Aliens (comics)|The Aliens]]'' ran in the back of the comic. This series ended on a cliffhanger in Issue 28.

===Backup series===
In the early '80s, a new Magnus [[backup series]] ran in the new [[Solar (comics)|Doctor Solar]] title in issues #29–31. This was supposed to lead to a new Magnus title, but Gold Key stopped publication soon afterwards. Supposedly, there was work completed for two new Magnus issues (what would have been ''Magnus'' #47, 48), but these have never been published.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://darkmark6.tripod.com/magnusind.html |title=Magnus Robot Fighter index |publisher=Darkmark6.tripod.com |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref>