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Hello everyone!
And welcome to another all-new episode of MajestiComic.
Today we're doing a video on a character suggested by one of our fans, Bryce Farmer.
Like Solar, Man of the Atom, who we profiled in a previous video, this character is kind
of a golden oldie.
Not everyone knows him, but after you hear his story, you might just want to find out
more.
Magnus, Robot Fighter is, as his name suggests, a robot fighter living in the year 4000 A.D.
Created by Russ Manning, Magnus first appeared in a comic called Magnus Robot Fighter 4000
A.D. published by Gold Key Comics in 1963.
This comic was surprisingly ahead of its time, and it actually includes a lot of references
to science fiction outside of the world of comics.
For instance, one of the most important building blocks to this story of robots and the humans
who depend on them is the Three Laws of Robotics.
These laws were created by science fiction author Isaac Asimov and were first printed
in a short story in 1942.
If you are a science fiction buff, you know that Asimov is like the king of robots: his
ideas and rules about what robots are like and what they can and can't (or should and
shouldn't) do have served as the basis for almost every modern robot story we know.
Magnus, Robot Fighter, is no exception.
Magnus' story begins in the distant future, in a huge city called North Am, in a world
in which humans have not only discovered how to create robots, but have become totally
dependent on them.
They trust them completely, not realizing that the Pol-Rob, or the Robot Police force,
is working to make the city a totalitarian state.
According to Asimov's Three Laws, a robot cannot harm a human, or make them do anything
they don't want to do.
In fact, the first of three laws states: "A robot may not injure a human being or, through
inaction, allow a human being to come to harm."
This sound like humans are off the hook, right?
We're totally safe from robots.
Unfortunately, the second rule of robotics makes things a bit more complicated.
It reads: "A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such
orders would conflict with the First Law."
Okay, so now things are getting a bit sticky.
Robots can't hurt humans physically, but basically, if a human tells a robot to do
something, they are obligated to do it.
The last law of robotics states that a robot must protect its own existence at any cost,
unless doing so would violate the first or second law.
So, robots are bound to the people who are using them, and in this case, the bad guys
are using them to create a society in which the citizens have no free will.
You would think that this is where Magnus, a human, rises up to save the day.
In a surprising plot twist, though, it is actually a robot who strives to keep the city's
human population safe from robots.
A1, the first robot of its kind ever built, is a machine that has not only the capacity
for emotions, but also a moral compass.
He raises Magnus like his own child, and trains him in the field of martial arts, so that
he can fight rogue robots who do not obey the three laws and, more importantly perhaps,
evil people who use normally functioning robots to try to bring harm to other humans or to
society as a whole.
Living in a house deep beneath the sea, A1 begins teaching Magnus in his infancy, and
by the time he is an adult, Magnus is so strong and so skilled in martial arts that he can
break steel with his bare hands.
He is the perfect warrior to fight against the robots, and that is what he does.
He also battles aliens, space pirates, and monsters, and the Magnus Robot Fighter 4000
A.D. comic line saw huge success in the sixties.
In the seventies, though, sales began to drop off.
After issue number 21, Russ Manning left the project, and the rest of the issues published
were either reprints of old stories or new stories created by different writers and illustrators
until the 46th and final issue was released in 1977.
In the 1980s, the Magnus stories were added as somewhat of a "backup story" in Gold
Key's Doctor Solar comics.
The intention was to get the Magnus line started again, but in the end, it just sort of fizzled
out, as did the publishing company.
In 1991, comic legend Jim Shooter began Valiant comics.
He was able to get the rights, not only to Solar, Man of the Atom and Magnus, Robot Fighter,
but also to Turok, Son of Stone, whom we have also profiled in a previous video.
Shooter began a new line of Magnus comics that initially just continued the story that
had been started by Russ Manning.
As the series went on, though, the robots began to change.
Instead of all robots being able to be controlled by man, some robots were what they called
"Freewills," meaning that they were self-aware, and were not always bound by the Three Laws
of Robotics.
A1, Magnus' surrogate robot father, was one of the benevolent Freewills, but there
were others who aspired to hurt humans in their desire to be free from their control.
In the later nineties, the story shifted again when Valiant Comics' parent company, Voyager
Communications, was bought out by Acclaim Comics.
At first, it seemed as if Magnus' story would be allowed to continue on in the way
readers knew it, but in 1997, it was rebooted completely.
Magnus was no longer just a normal human raised by a robot, he was a crazed robot fighter
with metallic blood that healed his wounds.
The tone of this comic was much more like a satire or a spoof than the old version,
and two years later, when Acclaim Comics went out of business, the Magnus Robot Fighter
line ended.
Since then, several other companies such as Dark Horse Comics and Dynamite entertainment
have rebooted this series, as well as series starring Solar, Man of the Atom and Turok,
Son of Stone.
Each new reboot has a slightly different take on the story, which gets more and more futuristic
each time.
It is said that Russ Manning's original intention was to create a comic that was almost
the opposite of Tarzan.
Instead of writing the story of a man raised by apes, whose purpose was to glorify nature
and have people be nostalgic for a simpler time, he created Magnus, who was raised, instead,
by robots.
This story's intent was not for readers to settle in and be comfortable with the type
of society presented in its pages; its purpose was to remind people not to rely too much
on technology, and to create their own destiny.
This message has never been more timely than it is today, so it will be no surprise if
Magnus, Robot Fighter is reincarnated again soon, just when we need him the most.
What are your thoughts on Magnus, Robot Fighter?
Let us know in the comments!
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Until next time.
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