Atomic Robo, Volume One: Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne

by Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener

In 1923, Nikola Tesla's career is in its twilight... until he unveils a robot with automatic intelligence -- ATOMIC ROBO After decades of dealing with all manner of weirdness, Atomic Robo and the so-called Action Scientists of Tesladyne become the go-to defense force against the unexplained See ROBO take on Nazis, giant ants, clockwork mummies, walking pyramids, Mars, cyborgs, and his nemesis, Baron von Helsingard, in his first trade paperback graphic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0980930200
• ISBN13: 9780980930207
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Red 5 Comics
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11

Customer Reviews

All Comics Should Be This Fun!!!

Atomic Robo is the most fun I've had reading comics in... well, forever. Remember when comics were just plain fun? Remember when you could read a single issue of a comic and it made sense? Clevinger and Wegener do, and they deliver it for you in every issue of Atomic Robo. This collection of the first Atomic Robo series jumps around in Robo's life. It kind of gives the effect of listening to your grandfather tell stories about his life - if he was an 80 year old wisecracking robot who had a life of unlimited adventure. The stories are just as much fun the fourth time as they are the first. If you ever enjoyed comics, or think you could enjoy comics, read Atomic Robo. All comics should be this much fun.

Robots, Nazis, Amazement

Atomic Robo is just great, its that plain and simple. If you are leery just pick up one of it's monthlies and you will see.

180 pages of pure geeky joy

What a concept, Atomic Robo, built by Tesla in the 1920s, battles Nazis, mummies, giant insects and the ghost of Rasputin. The humor and action never lets up in this book. Clevinger manages to use the last 100 years of science fiction but without it ever feeling forced or like a parody. Wegener manages to make Atomic Robo a very sympathetic and empathic character, despite his lack of a face. Lots of fun, highly recommended.

Great Pulp action

Atomic Robo is a great pulp story. It's strongly reminiscent of Hellboy in a good way, if you replaced a chunk of the mysticism with mad science and the gruff and likable Hellboy with the more snarky and equally likable Atomic Robo. There will be rockets, there will be a giant ant beaten with a street sign, there will be Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawkings making an appearance (the latter in a brief but awesome antagonistic role). The art and writing are solid start to finish. I highly recommend this product.

Quality work.

Something new on the superhero scene, Atomic Robo definitely delivers. Great art, great story, and full of action and humor. I'm glad that this finally came out in a trade, as the individual comics were tough to find.