History ComicBook / MagnusRobotFighter

* MoralDissonance: Magnus's eventual decision (after [[DependingOnTheWriter a new creative team]] [[CompletelyMissingThePoint had taken over the book)]] [[spoiler: to [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide destroy all robots,]] after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus [[ShellShockedVeteran by that point]] [[WarIsHell (the war took its toll on him),]] but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, Jim Shooter was long gone and the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by this point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]

* MoralDissonance: Magnus's eventual decision (after [[DependingOnTheWriter a new creative team]] [[CompletelyMissingThePoint had taken over the book)]] [[spoiler: to destroy all robots, after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus [[ShellShockedVeteran by that point]] [[WarIsHell (the war took its toll on him),]] but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, Jim Shooter was long gone and the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by this point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]

* MoralDissonance: Magnus's eventual decision (after [[DependingOnTheWriter a new creative team]] [[CompletelyMissingThePoint had taken over the book)]] [[spoiler: to destroy all robots, after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus by that point [[WarIsHell (the war took]] [[ShellShockedVeteran its toll on him),]] but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, Jim Shooter was long gone and the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by this point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]

* MoralDissonance: Magnus's eventual decision (after [[DependingOnTheWriter a new creative team]] [[CompletelyMissingThePoint had taken over the book)]] [[spoiler: to destroy all robots, after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus by that point [[WarIsHell (the war took its toll on him),]] but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, Jim Shooter was long gone and the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by this point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]

* MoralDissonance: Magnus's eventual decision (after [[DependingOnTheWriter a new creative team had taken over the book)]] [[spoiler: to destroy all robots, after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus by that point (the war took its toll on him), but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, Jim Shooter was long gone and the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by this point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]

* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler: Magnus's eventual decision [[(after DependingOnTheWriter/a new creative team had taken over the book)]] to destroy all robots, after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus by that point (the war took its toll on him), but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, Jim Shooter was long gone and the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by this point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]]]

* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler: Magnus's eventual decision [[(after DependingOnTheWriter/a new creative team had taken over the book)]] to destroy all robots, after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus by that point (the war took its toll on him), but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, Jim Shooter was long gone and the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by this point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]

* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler: Magnus's eventual decision to destroy all robots, after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus by that point (the war took its toll on him), but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, Jim Shooter was long gone and the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by this point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]

We also get to see some of the world beyond [=NorthAm=], most notably Japan, home to the hero Rai who then gets his own spin-off comic. Magnus's world is also fully incorporated in the the Valiant [[TheVerse universe,]] crossing over with its other titles either by time travel or by the presence of long-lived characters like Gilad the Eternal Warrior.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Gilad the Eternal Warrior.

* FemBot: Tekla [[ShadowRaiders (no relation).]] Also Grandmother's physical form (later co-opted by the Malev Emperor).

* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler: Magnus's eventual decision to destroy all robots, after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus by that point (the war took its toll on him), but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, Jim Shooter was long gone and the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by that point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]

* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler: Magnus's eventual decision to destroy all robots, after the horrors of the Malev War have eroded all his sympathy on the matter. The resultant society is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans actually pretty good, for humans at least,]] but it's cringe-inducing for fans who remember the sympathetic robot characters. It's not necessarily out of character for Magnus by that point (the war took its toll on him), but the creepy thing is that [[WhatTheHellHero none of the other human characters call him out on it.]] Scratch that, no -- the ''truly'' creepy thing is that the ''authors'' don't call him out on it. Needless to say, the book was under [[DependingOnTheWriter different management]] by that point. Perhaps they were aiming for [[{{Irony}} irony,]] but if so, it's so understated that you really can't tell.]]

* AlienInvasion

A [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] [[{{Comics}} comic book]] hero, originally published by Creator/GoldKeyComics in the 1960s. He was revived by ValiantComics in the 1990s, and has appeared sporadically under other publishers' banners since then.

* ValiantComics

* CrapsackWorld: The Valiant version certainly had [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks elements of this,]] but the Dark Horse version seems, well, [[IncrediblyLamePun darker.]]

* Creator/DarkHorseComics

* Creator/GoldKeyComics

* Creator/JimShooter: Was in charge of ValiantComics, and is currently writing the Creator/DarkHorseComics version.

* CrossOver: Regularly, with the other Valiant characters. More notably, it crossed over once with ''Comicbook/{{Nexus}}'' by Mike Baron and Steve Rude, and with [[DarkHorseComics Dark Horse's]] ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' comics.

* FemBot: Tekla [[ShadowRaiders (no relation).]] Also Grandmother's physical form.

Currently, DynamiteComics has started four new series for Gold Key alumni Magnus, ComicBook/{{Turok}}, ComicBook/DoctorSolar, and Doctor Spektor.

A [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] [[{{Comics}} comic book]] hero, originally published by GoldKeyComics in the 1960's. He was revived by ValiantComics in the 1990's, and has appeared sporadically under other publishers' banners since then.

* GoldKeyComics

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Leeja's dad Senator Clane in the GoldKeyComics. He becomes a little more ambiguous in the 90's version for being narrow-minded, but he's still a mostly sympathetic character.

* OhCrap: Magnus and 1-A get one of these in Magnus #0: after (in the original run) a year or two of fighting the occasional accidental rogue robot, fairly easily mopped up, they hear the following message over the robot communications frequency:

A SilverAge [[{{Comics}} comic book]] hero, originally published by GoldKeyComics in the 1960's. He was revived by ValiantComics in the 1990's, and has appeared sporadically under other publishers' banners since then.

So it goes for a while, and then [[BizarroEpisode aliens invade.]] Specifically, alien ''robots'' called the Malevs who had appeared in the SilverAge series, but had been a minor plot element there. Here, they arrive, co-opt most of the existing robot population, and conquer the Earth. All of the original plot arcs are overwhelmed by the fight against the alien invaders. While the Malev War certainly has strong fans among the Valiant Comics fanbase, it can also be argued that it drastically derailed the basic premise of the comic. Here we get a RobotWar, but ironically, it's one that has little to do with the original human/robot conflict. The war does end, eventually; [[spoiler: but not well for Earth's robots.]]

Currently, DynamiteComics has started four new series for Gold Key alumni Magnus, [[{{Comicbook/Turok}} Turok,]] DoctorSolar, and Doctor Spektor.

!!Contains examples of:

* CrapsackWorld: The Valiant version certainly had [[DarkAge elements of this,]] but the Dark Horse version seems, well, [[IncrediblyLamePun darker.]]

* DarkAge: The Malev War.

A SilverAge [[{{Comics}} comic book]] hero, originally published by GoldKeyComics in the 1960's. He was revived by ValiantComics in the 1990's, and has appeared sporadically under other publishers' banners since then. Most recently, the title has been revived by Creator/DarkHorseComics and is being written by Creator/JimShooter, who had been the head of Valiant back in the day.

* ContinuityReboot: The current Creator/DarkHorseComics version, as well as a few short-lived revivials since Valiant folded.

A SilverAge [[{{Comics}} comic book]] hero, originally published by GoldKeyComics in the 1960's. He was revived by ValiantComics in the 1990's, and has appeared sporadically under other publishers' banners since then. Most recently, the title has been revived by Creator/DarkHorseComics and is being written by JimShooter, who had been the head of Valiant back in the day.

* JimShooter: Was in charge of ValiantComics, and is currently writing the Creator/DarkHorseComics version.