M.A.R.S.

M.A.R.S. (Metalic Advanced Robotic Soldier) is a comic series published by. It follows a robot named M.A.R.S. (or MARS as it's spelled a lot of the time) who is from a fictional planet named Omnicron. He is sent to Earth to defeat a race of shapeshifting aliens known as the Red Spartans. It was released on March 30th, 1995.

Synopsis
Axos, also known as M.A.R.S., is one of the planet Omnicron's top warriors, tasked with hunting down a vile shapeshifting race known as Red Spartans. When the Red Spartans set their eyes on the planet Earth, Axos is sent to protect Earth from them, with the help of a human.

Main

 * Axos/M.A.R.S. - an alien sent to Earth to hunt down Red Spartans and to protect Earth from them and other threats.
 * Christina Rodgers - a private investigator who finds M.A.R.S. and immediately becomes his close ally.

Supporting

 * Vexos/S.T.A.R. - another Omnicronian warrior who starts out as an antagonist to M.A.R.S., blaming him for Omnicron's conquest, until learning sympathy and becoming an ally to him.
 * Otis - a genetically modified lab beagle dog who is found and adopted by M.A.R.S. and becomes his pet.

Antagonists

 * Red Spartans, consisting of:
 * Queen Eridite - the intelligent queen of the Red Spartans who co-leads the invasion on Earth and believes that she should be young forever.
 * King Phanatos - the blood-thirsty king of the Red Spartans who mainly wants a worthy opponent to fight.
 * Ponta - a Red Spartan spy who uses her abilities to get valuable information from numerous governments, primarily disguising herself as secretaries for government groups.
 * "The Pole" - an unnamed Red Spartan soldier who is usually shown masquerading as the long dead superhero, The Pole.

Issues

 * 1) Prologue - Set 100 years before modern day, an alien from Omnicron fights against a horde of Red Spartans with the issue ending with M.A.R.S. placing himself in a stasis pod, flying towards Earth for 100 years as the Red Spartans conquer Omnicron.
 * 2) First Contact - 100 years later, Axos crashes in a supposedly quiet town called Steelbrooke as he encounters a private investigator known as Christina Rodgers and a Red Spartan pretending to be the long missing local hero, The Pole.
 * 3) TBD
 * 4) S.T.A.R. - Axos learns that another Omnicronian has arrived on Earth and decides to try to find him. Unfortunately, he learns this one, known as S.T.A.R., has a grudge against him due to believing he is the reason Omnicron fell.
 * 5) Battle of Two Omnicronicans - TBD
 * 1) S.T.A.R. - Axos learns that another Omnicronian has arrived on Earth and decides to try to find him. Unfortunately, he learns this one, known as S.T.A.R., has a grudge against him due to believing he is the reason Omnicron fell.
 * 2) Battle of Two Omnicronicans - TBD
 * 1) S.T.A.R. - Axos learns that another Omnicronian has arrived on Earth and decides to try to find him. Unfortunately, he learns this one, known as S.T.A.R., has a grudge against him due to believing he is the reason Omnicron fell.
 * 2) Battle of Two Omnicronicans - TBD
 * 1) S.T.A.R. - Axos learns that another Omnicronian has arrived on Earth and decides to try to find him. Unfortunately, he learns this one, known as S.T.A.R., has a grudge against him due to believing he is the reason Omnicron fell.
 * 2) Battle of Two Omnicronicans - TBD