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The Aliens by Russ Manning

"The Aliens," was a short second feature by Russ Manning at the back of each issue of the original 28 issue run of Robot Fighter published by Gold Key. Selections of these stories were later reprinted by Gold Key and Whitman, and by Valiant.

As far as I can tell, Manning drew all "The Aliens" stories, though Dan Spiegle drew the Robot Fighter story in issue 23 and Paul Norris drew the Robot Fighter stories in issues 24 through 28.

Here is a listing of all the stories, and subsequent reprints.

Gold Key, Robot Fighter (Magnus, Robot Fighter, 4000 A.D. on cover)
Issue number (Cover date month and year)
/story number in issue "Story Title" (pages)
1 (Feb. 1963)
/2 untitled (4 pages)
2 (May 1963)
/2 "Space Derelict" (4 pages)
3 (Aug. 1963)
/2 "A Matter Of Judgment" (4 pages)
4 (Nov. 1963)
/2 "Suspense In Space" (4 pages)
5 (Feb. 1964)
/2 "Forced Landing" (4 pages)
6 (May 1964)
/2 "A Case of Nerves" (4 pages) For a brief discussion of "The Aliens" and of this episode in particular, see Post-Modernism in Comics.
7 (Aug. 1964) [reprinted in 29]
/2 "The Dream Makers" (4 pages)
8 (Nov. 1964)
/2 "An Alien Welcome" (4 pages)
9 (Feb. 1965)
/2 "Talk Down" (4 pages)
10 (May 1965)
/2 "Fear of the Unknown" (4 pages)
11 (Aug. 1965)
/2 "False Men" (4 pages)
12 (Nov. 1965)
/2 "The Time Distorters" (4 pages)
13 (Feb. 1966)
/2 "The Day of the Nightmare" (4 pages)
14 (May 1966) [reprinted in 31]
/2 "The Conspiracy" (4 pages)
15 (Aug. 1966) [reprinted in 30]
/2 "Defensive Weapon" (4 pages)
16 (Nov. 1966)
/2 "Rescue" (4 pages)
17 (Feb. 1967)
/2 "Crystals of Life" (4 pages)
18 (May 1967)
/2 "The Crystal Crawler" (4 pages)
19 (Aug. 1967)
/2 "An Alien Phobia" (4 pages)
20 (Nov. 1967)
/2 "The Face of Time" (4 pages)
21 (Feb. 1968)
/2 "Into the Abyss" (4 pages)
22 (May 1968)
/2 "The Incredible Jewels" (4 pages)
23 (Aug. 1968)
/2 "The Danger From Beyond" (4 pages)
24 (Nov. 1968)
/2 "The Seeds of Destruction" (4 pages)
25 (Feb. 1969)
/2 "The Frigid Intruder" (4 pages)
26 (May 1969)
/2 "Cosmic Blight" (4 pages)
27 (Aug. 1969)
/3 "The Space Wizard" (4 pages)
28 (Nov. 1969)
/3 "The Ghost Planet" (4 pages)

Selections of "The Aliens" stories from Robot Fighter [RF] were collected in the following:
Gold Key, The Aliens [Capt. Johner and The Aliens on cover]
1 (Sept./Dec. 1967)
/1 untitled: RF 1/2
/2 "A Matter of Judgment": RF 3/2
/3 "Suspense in Space": RF 4/2
/4 "A Case of Nerves": RF 6/2
/5 "The Dream Makers": RF 7/2
/6 "An Alien Welcome": RF 8/2
/7 "Talk-Down": RF 9/2
/8 "Fear of the Unknown": RF 10/2
Whitman, The Aliens [Capt. Johner and The Aliens on cover]
2 (May 1982) [reprints issue 1]
/1 untitled: RF 1/2
/2 "A Matter of Judgment": RF 3/2
/3 "Suspense in Space": RF 4/2
/4 "A Case of Nerves": RF 6/2
/5 "The Dream Makers": RF 7/2
/6 "An Alien Welcome": RF 8/2
/7 "Talk-Down": RF 9/2
/8 "Fear of the Unknown": RF 10/2
Valiant, Capt. Johner and The Aliens
1 (May 1995) cover
/1 untitled: RF 1/2
/2 "Space Derelict": RF 2/2
/3 "A Matter of Judgment": RF 3/2
/4 "Suspense in Space": RF 4/2
/5 "Forced Landing": RF 5/2
/6 "A Case of Nerves": RF 6/2
/7 "The Dream Makers": RF 7/2
2 (May 1995) cover
/1 "An Alien Welcome": RF 8/2
/2 "Talk-Down": RF 9/2
/3 "Fear of the Unknown": RF 10/2
/4 "False Men": RF 11/2
/5 "The Time Distorter": RF 12/2
/6 "The Day of the Nightmare": RF 13/2
/7 "The Conspiracy": RF 14/2




Revised September 6, 2004.

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