Atomic Robo Volume 7: The Flying She-Devils Of The Pacific (2013)

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Author

Brian Clevinger

Genre

Science Fiction

Series

Atomic Robo

Rating

4.17 of 5 Votes: 3

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ISBN

098689852X (ISBN13: 9780986898525)

Language

English

Publisher

Red 5 Comics

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Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble

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About book Atomic Robo Volume 7: The Flying She-Devils Of The Pacific (2013)

Though I could easily see actual shark jumping occurring in an Atomic Robo story, I think there may have been a proverbial one with the time-traveling dinosaur a few volumes back. I thought they’d reversed the trend, but all the stories set in Robo’s past lack the wonder the earlier volumes had. The humor is still strong, but I found the narrative wanting. The were entirely too many unexplained engineering marvels (which I suppose are entertaining enough) instead of abstract scientific concepts (which I propose are much more fun). I like Atomic Robo. He's the robot version of Hellboy. This was my least favorite trade, though. None of the She-Devils is really defined all that well, other than "mechanic" and "leader" and "Crazy." There's plenty of action, but maybe too much? An explosion here, heat trails there, gunfire over yonder, it's a bit much. I applaud the fact that they wanted to do a female centric story without resorting to tired tropes, and they did, but it didn't make for an amazing tale.