Volume 3 and - By, God! - it has one of the stories I remember from when I was younger. ANd you know what that story has in it? GORILLAS and CHIMPS! The presence of these robot apes only reminds me of Bill Crider's blog which, when he wasn't discussing gators and WBAGNFARB, had a fair amount of monkey and ape content over the years.
Let's skip any pretensions of literary analysis and cut to the story I wanted to find: Beasts of Steel from 1965. The continent spanning city of North Am has been having it's food depots ravaged by wolf packs. Wolves! But, the wolves do not eat the foodstuffs, they just tear everything apart and destroy the food. Of course these are no normal wolves. These are not wolves at all. They are robots!
Magnus is nearby one of the wolf attacks, responds, and gets involved. He decides someone is training those wolves to attack. He goes to visit animal trainer and stage performer Danae whose 'Neo-Animals" have super advanced intelligence.
Meanwhile, we learn who the bad guy is and what he wants - revenge, like every other villain in the damn series - and about his robot animals. Action ensues with karate chops, attack gorillas, talking chimpanzees, women in peril, so on, so forth.
Gorillas!
There are other stories. I enjoyed some more than others. The clothes are campy. A mix of Star Trek and Batman with bright colors, short skirts, and tight outfits. Each episode ends with a pithy comment from Magnus when responding to a comment about Danae's bravery, "She sure is Leeja... and so are her incredible neo-animals... - animals that are truly fitting companions for mankind in this fantastic age we live in!"
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