Characters from the HISTORY OF COMPUTERS?

Rich xephyr at jps.net
Sun Jun 4 16:41:55 CEST 2000


Luca-

> > It seems to me that a few of the robots are familiar as well.
> 
> Yes, the one at the top right hand in the first page is CHARLIE. It comes
> from a 1952's MM story drawn by Dick Moores: MM and Goofy's Mechanical
> Wizard (reprinted in WDC&S # 280 (1963-4) and follow.
> 
> > Especially the little guy with the handle cranks on the side of his head.  
> > Is he the robot that appeared in an old Gottfredson comic with Mickey & 
> > Goofy?
> 
> Yes, in Italy it was called Magneto, originally is OHM-EYE (which sounds
> like "Oh, my!"). From Walsh-Gottfredson's  Science Fiction DS 10/3/1952 -
> 2/28/1953.

The story I was thinking of is "The 'Lectro Box"
http://stp.ling.uu.se/cgi-bin/starback/dcml/story?YM+058
But I guess that it isn't the same one.

Rich Bellacera




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