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THE FUTUREMEN: No. 1 - The Metal Robot
RAG the robot is the largest and strongest of
Captain Future's three strange comrades. He is
probably the strongest being in the whole Solar
System.
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He towers over seven feet in height, a massive, man-
like figure of gleaming "inert" metal.
This metal, being impervious to most forces and
weapons, has protected Grag from destruction many
times. Yet old scars show where his body-plates have
been broken and rewelded in the past.
IMBUED WITH INTELLIGENCE
Grag was built in the cavern-laboratory on the moon
by Roger Newton, Captain Future's father, and Simon
Wright, the Brain, according to an intricate design.
The robot was not designed to be merely an automa-
ton, but to have an intelligence and individuality of his
own.
His creators endowed him with a brain consisting of
metal neurones roughly corresponding to the neurone-
pattern of a human brain, though more simple. The
thought-impulses set up inside this metal brain are elec-
trical. Electrical and magnetic "nerves" control the
robot's great limbs.
ATOMIC POWER
Grag's source of energy is atomic power. A com-
pact, super-powerful plant is located deep within his
metal torso for safety. A small amount of metal fuel in-
serted into this power-plant inside his body is sufficient
to keep his strength for many months.
The metal robot can hear better than any human be-
ing, because bis microphonic ears are super-sensitive.
They enable him to hear sounds which are above or
below the range of human audibility, and Captain Fu-
ture has sometimes made use of this fact to communi-
cate through Grag with planetary creatures who talk in
tones beyond the range of human hearing.
Grag has an immense and unshakable loyalty to
Captain Future, which is his chief emotion.
The robot tended Curt Newton through his infancy,
and because Curt needed constant watching then, Grag
thinks that his master still needs watching over.
THE BRAIN'S HANDS
Toward Simon Wright, Grag feels respect and some
awe. For he knows that Simon helped create him.
Also he has long been accustomed to acting as the
Brain's hands, performing experiments and researches