(Weird Comics 005, 1940)
Blast Bennett, space adventurer of the year 5940, is just noodling around the galaxy one day and decides to stop off to stretch his legs on a desolate ice planet, at which point he falls in a hole and becomes embroiled in a civil war, because he is a comic book protagonist and his every move draws him closer to the nearest source of adventure.
The Ice Planet is ruled by the presumably-benevolent Empress Ilera - she doesn't really get a chance to rule on-panel before things go to hell but you gotta assume that the one the hero sides with is good, right? - who is under threat by Keero, who has a robot army and feels that that is enough of a qualification to be in charge.
In Keero's defense, they are very cool robots. I particularly enjoy the wind-powered ski-sailor variant, particularly as I just noticed that they only use one ski. Fun!
Keero takes the palace with very little trouble, which plays into his narrative that he should be in charge because he has the power to take control. Don't worry: strong argument against him being in charge immediately presents itself as he begins yelling about all the people he is going to execute before he even gets in the front door of the palace. Ever heard of being a good winner, Keero?
Luckily for the Ice Planet in general and Empress Ilera in particular, Keero has chosen to go the Phantom Menace route with his robots, meaning of course that they are all controlled from a single point and that once that controller is destroyed they are just so many hunks of tin. Blast Bennett, as a seasoned space adventurer, achieves this with ease and then punches Keero right on the kisser.
