Atomic Robo And The Fightin' Scientists Of Tesladyne (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Action! Science! Adventure! Action Scientists! What more could anyone (and I mean anyone from child to adult) ask for in a colourful, well drawn, and well written comic? Not much, actually. Its complete with your snarky, loveable, action hero atomic robot: Robo. Not to mention Jenkins, Nicola Tesla, and Nazis: this book (and series) leaves little wanting. Well, except for more. So much more. I cannot wait for the next book! Though it would be easy to describe Atomic Robo as a science fiction interpretation of the basic concept underlying Mike Mignola's Hellboy (there are definitely some surface similarities), to do so without further examining Atomic Robo is to do a grave disservice to the charm and energy of Clevinger's creation. Atomic Robo is a journey through a world inspired by the entire breadth of science fiction, with special emphasis on its pulp heyday (Nazi robots) and the Atomic Age excesses of the 1950s (giant ants). Clevinger somehow combines these disparate period influences into a cohesive whole, a narrative which unfolds over the course of decades, revealed to the reader piece-by-piece in non-linear fashion. The story is briskly paced, exploding with one huge action set-piece after another, but Clevinger never forgets that his characters are people...even the titular Robo. The dialogue is light and breezy, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, but it isn't without depth, as Robo (created in the 1920s by Nikola Tesla) occasionally wrestles with the implications of his mechanical immortality. A rollicking adventure yarn with heart and brought to life by clean, energetic artwork, Atomic Robo is probably the best sci-fi/adventure comic in publication today.
What do You think about Atomic Robo And The Fightin' Scientists Of Tesladyne (2009)?
Robots, nazis, dinosaurs, action scientists, what's not to like?
—hime04
Action Science! If you have not read this...you have failed.
—Megan
Loads of fun. The Stephen Hawking bit made me laugh out loud.
—icee
