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geekwayne's review
4.0
'Atomic Robo: Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire' by Brian Clevinger with art by Scott Wegener features giant, planet threatening monsters, the people trying to stop it, and a brave robot.
I'm new to the series, so I'm not the best to tell you what went on before. The scientists of Tesladyne have gone underground and Atomic Robo is missing, presumed gone forever. Through some clever thinking, they realize he has gone into the past and they recover part of the robot. With just his head, and not much of a lab to work from, they start to rebuild a body for him. Meanwhile, the Earth is threatened by larger biological monsters. They have giant human controlled robots to fight them, but they are losing the battle. Can Atomic Robo and his friends save the day?
I was a bit lost at first, but it quickly won me over. I liked the subtle humor and the art was good throughout. I'd actually like to read the story before this one to see how the characters are developed and came to be together. Atomic Robo is pretty endearing, and I can see why his friends are so faithful to him.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
I'm new to the series, so I'm not the best to tell you what went on before. The scientists of Tesladyne have gone underground and Atomic Robo is missing, presumed gone forever. Through some clever thinking, they realize he has gone into the past and they recover part of the robot. With just his head, and not much of a lab to work from, they start to rebuild a body for him. Meanwhile, the Earth is threatened by larger biological monsters. They have giant human controlled robots to fight them, but they are losing the battle. Can Atomic Robo and his friends save the day?
I was a bit lost at first, but it quickly won me over. I liked the subtle humor and the art was good throughout. I'd actually like to read the story before this one to see how the characters are developed and came to be together. Atomic Robo is pretty endearing, and I can see why his friends are so faithful to him.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
cortjstr's review
4.0
This one required more prior knowledge than other Robo stories and it's been a while since I read those (and my memory's terrible) so this book took a bit longer to hook me than others where I could just jump in.
helpfulsnowman's review
4.0
It's fucking volume 10. If you're not already in at this point, then what am I going to tell you that will make you start at the proper point, which is 10 volumes back? And if you're reading a review of volume 10 in a series, then I suspect you know damn well what you're getting into.
I don't love a ton of comics, and I love Atomic Robo. Even the volumes that are less good are still really good. They're just not really, REALLY good.
Also, to the morons who rated this lower because you didn't realize this was volume 10 in a series and thought it was a standalone (because it was published as Atomic Robo: Ring of Fire 1-5) I would like to better understand how you made use of the Goodreads tool to complain about this fact but not during the selection process. And how many pages in did you get before some alarm bells started ringing? Not only ringing, but sounded like a voice saying, "Hmm, I'm not entirely sure this is the beginning of this harrowing tale."
I'm trying something new in not writing negative book reviews anymore, so maybe I'm taking this out on you all. But, I don't know, pay attention. Use the tools at your disposal to figure things out.
Do you also refer to American Idiot as Green Day's first album? Gah!
I don't love a ton of comics, and I love Atomic Robo. Even the volumes that are less good are still really good. They're just not really, REALLY good.
Also, to the morons who rated this lower because you didn't realize this was volume 10 in a series and thought it was a standalone (because it was published as Atomic Robo: Ring of Fire 1-5) I would like to better understand how you made use of the Goodreads tool to complain about this fact but not during the selection process. And how many pages in did you get before some alarm bells started ringing? Not only ringing, but sounded like a voice saying, "Hmm, I'm not entirely sure this is the beginning of this harrowing tale."
I'm trying something new in not writing negative book reviews anymore, so maybe I'm taking this out on you all. But, I don't know, pay attention. Use the tools at your disposal to figure things out.
Do you also refer to American Idiot as Green Day's first album? Gah!
1_and_owenly's review
5.0
Back to the present after Robo's trip to the 19th century Southwest America, we see what's been going on with Tesladyne and the world at large after Majestic 12's little adventure back in The Savage Sword of Doctor Dinosaur.
Yes, you seriously need to read previous volumes to get this one.
It begins with a small group of our Action Scientists on the run and trying to bring back Robo and soon moves into a global threat involving a rising number of "biomega" or as we tend to call them, "kaiju" and an attempt to give Robo a new body. Not to mention the whole problem of Majes... uh, I mean ULTRA's mandate.
This whole volume is insane and it does not let up!
The mad engineering alone... Gauss-Scram Guns?! Supercavitating nuclear torpedoes?! Designing a chest cavity sized nuclear reactor?!
All in a day's work for Atomic Robo and friends.
The humor. The action. The horrible, horrible plans...!
I love this.
Yes, you seriously need to read previous volumes to get this one.
It begins with a small group of our Action Scientists on the run and trying to bring back Robo and soon moves into a global threat involving a rising number of "biomega" or as we tend to call them, "kaiju" and an attempt to give Robo a new body. Not to mention the whole problem of Majes... uh, I mean ULTRA's mandate.
This whole volume is insane and it does not let up!
The mad engineering alone... Gauss-Scram Guns?! Supercavitating nuclear torpedoes?! Designing a chest cavity sized nuclear reactor?!
All in a day's work for Atomic Robo and friends.
The humor. The action. The horrible, horrible plans...!
I love this.
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