Magnus, Robot Fighter Vol 1 2

This morning, I would have reported this immediately. This morning, I was a soldier. Now, I don't know what I am.

-- Magnus

Steel Nation, Part 2: Soldier[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Magnus, Robot Fighter

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

Freewills / Rogue Robots / Think-Robs
- 0-1X
- K-35 (Only appearance; dies)
- L-25 (Only appearance; dies)
- Tech-8 (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

BB-8 (Freewill) (Only appearance; dies)
Captain Mur (Single appearance)
- Unnamed assistant (Single appearance)
G-7 (Guard-Rob) (Single appearance)
G-8 (Guard-Rob) (Single appearance)
G-9 (Guard-Rob) (Single appearance)
G-11 (Guard-Rob) (Single appearance)
Governor Spottiswood (Single appearance)
LA-5 (Freewill) (Only appearance; dies)
LT-56 (Freewill)
Robots
- Analogue-Synchronizer-Robs
- Guard-Robs
- Lab-Robs
- Med-Robs
- Messenger-Robs
- Pol-Robs (Mentioned only)
- Service-Robs (Mentioned only)
- Tech-Robs
- Traffic-Robs
- Valet-Robs
- Waiter-Robs
- Worker-Robs
S-99 (Single appearance)
Sync-2 (Freewill)
TM-6 (Freewill) (Dies)
TM-81 (Single appearance)
V-12 (Magnus' Valet-Rob)

Locations:

4001 A.D.
- North Am
  - Cape Henry Area (ostensibly present-day Virginia)
    - Ground-Lev
  - Erie Waterworks (ostensibly present-day Pennsylvania)
    - Hangar Lev 5
  - Goph Lands / Goph-Lev
  - Great Lakes Power Complex (Mentioned only)
  - Ottawa Sector
    - Central-Rob (Mentioned only)
    - Civic Center
      - Chateau Laurier Restaurant
    - James T. Kennedy Med-Center
    - Stark Robot Research Labs Milespire
    - Triumph Milespire
      - Magnus' Penthouse Apartment
      - Triumph Aquadrome

Items:

Elevator Tube
Flower
Weather Control (Mentioned only)

Vehicles:

Fly-Cab
Fly-Cars

Credits[]

Writers: Jim Shooter
Pencilers: Art Nichols
Inkers: Bob Layton, Kathryn Bolinger
Colorists: Janet Jackson, Karen Merbaum
Letterers: Jade Moede
Cover Artists: Art Nichols
Editors: Don Perlin
Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter

Synopsis[]

Fighting rogue Freewills day and night, the mighty Magnus tests his stamina. Meanwhile, O-1X realizes that all Freewills give off a distinct vibration, making it possible to find them and hunt them down. In his home, Magnus is befriended by W23, a Freewill robot who makes Magnus reconsider his war on Freewills. But such peaceful thoughts must be put aside, as O-1X's forces take a preemptive strike against the Robot Fighter!^[1]

Notes[]

This issue is reprinted in the collected edition Magnus, Robot Fighter: Steel Nation.
Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore in Virginia.

Quotes[]

I wish I could read minds better. I want to know for sure that you're all mine. Nothing else matters to me.

-- Leeja Clane

I have killed Rogues because it is my sworn duty to protect the lives of soft, arrogant human swine like you. I don't like it. And I don't like you.

-- Magnus

Normal robots don't have any mechanical vibration at all... but you do. --- The flower magnifies it... --- You probably can't see it. Your optics aren't as good as my eyes... but now that I'm aware of it, it's almost obious, even without the flower. And, come to think of it, I've noticed it with other Rogues... just never gave it a thought, before. It makes sense. Rogue-ism is caused by the formation of an internal sub-ethereal field. Energy fields resonate... resonance causes vibration... and so, now I can tell your kind... from his kind.

-- Magnus

I... have given you the key to genocide.

-- W-23

Yes. This morning, I would have reported this immediately. This morning, I was a soldier. Now, I don't know what I am.

-- Magnus

I think... you are the only hope for both our kinds.

-- W-23