Magnus, Robot Fighter Vol 1 6

Two thousand years ago I drove away an alien invasion force. I knew they'd come back. I waited. They're here.

-- Solar

Invasion, Part 3: Just Say Noh![]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Magnus, Robot Fighter

Supporting Characters:

1-A
Grandmother (called "Kimi" by 1-A)
Solar, Man of the Atom

Villains:

Anti-Grannies
- Ambassador Tsuda
- Ninjatron (First appearance)
Spider Aliens (First appearance) (disguised)
- Chien-Lung (First appearance) (yet to be named)

Other Characters:

Robots
Takashi Nakadai (Cameo)
Tohru Nakadai / Rai (Mentioned only)
Yuka (Tsuda's attendant)

Locations:

20th Century (holofilm)
25th Century / 2500 A.D. (holofilm)
29th Century / 2900 A.D. (holofilm)
31st Century / 3050 A.D. (holofilm)
41st Century / 4001 A.D.
- Japan
  - External Portal #3247 (on Grandmother's southeastern-most extremity)
  - Metals Recycling Center
- North Am
  - Ottawa Sector
    - Civic Center Skyport
- Shichito Island

Items:

Carcino-Pods
Flightpack
Holofilm

Vehicles:

Air-Car

Credits[]

Writers: Jim Shooter
Pencilers: David Lapham
Inkers: Kathryn Bolinger, Jon Holdredge
Colorists: Knob Row
Letterers: Brad K. Joyce
Cover Artists: Jim Shooter, Bob Layton
Editors: Janet Jackson
Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter

Synopsis[]

Having saved Ambassador Tsuda from a Ninjatron, Magnus arrives in Japan to learn that he has been summoned to overthrow the Japanese caretaker computer, Grandmother. Then, after a thousand-year absence, Solar appears, warning Magnus to protect Grandmother against the impending Spider Alien invasion! But Magnus is too late to stop Tsuda from infecting Grandmother with a deadly, alien carcinopod!^[1]

Notes[]

Issues #5-8 of Magnus, Robot Fighter are double-shipped together with issues #1-4 of the Rai miniseries. The back of this issue contains Rai #2 as an insert.
This issue is reprinted in the collected edition Magnus, Robot Fighter: Invasion.