Who Is Magnus? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Magnus is a Company-Licensed comic book character, with over 344 comic issue appearances. Raised by a robot called 1A, Magnus was trained from birth to fight evil sentient robots in the 41st century.

Who is Magnus?

Origin By the year 4000, society has become entirely dependent on robots . Magnus is a warrior who was trained since birth to protect humans against rogue robots. Creation The original series was named Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 AD and was published by Gold Key . Russ Manning created this character in 1963. In the 1990s, Magnus Robot Fighter was published by Valiant and Acclaim , and from 2010-2011 by Dark Horse Comics . In 2014, Dynamite Entertainment began releasing a new series starring Magnus. Character Evolution Over the years, Magnus has remained relatively the same character, but some aspects of the concept have varied with each publisher. In the Valiant Universe, Magnus was part of a group called Freedom Force that led a revolt against an alien race of robots, called Malevolents , who attacked the earth.

Key facts

Magnus is of other origin and first appeared in "From the sea comes Magnus to fight the evil robots who are the masters of men!". The character is published by Company-Licensed. With 344 recorded issue appearances, Magnus ranks among the most featured characters in comics.