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Atomic Robo #10
Atomic Robo Volume 10: Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire by Brian Clevinger
Tesladyne was seized by a top secret government agency and transformed into Task Force ULTRA to bring global super science firms under the direct control of the military industrial complex. Escaped Tesladyne scientists went underground and are hunting for Robo. Oh, and giant monsters are threatening to consume all life on Earth. Sure was a nice planet we had for a while there!
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First published May 1, 2016
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January 5, 2020
I'd never come across Atomic Robo. I was a little lost at first given this is the 10th volume but quickly got into it. Can't wait to go back and read the rest! In this volume, Robo and his team take on a bunch of Biomega's which are really just Kaiju.
Received an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Received an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
June 1, 2017
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!
June 18, 2016
'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.
October 27, 2016
This is much more like it. After the Western, I was a little concerned about Atomic Robo's relative dip in quality. But this collection puts them back on the right track. It takes a very big page from Pacific Rim for the world situation, while there's also a conspiracy plot as Atomic Robo's friends work together to find and restore him. The humor isn't as prevalent in this volume, but the density of the plot moves the story along at a rapid, enjoyable clip, and there is more humor here than in the previous volume. The climactic scenes are strong and funny, but there is a definite sense of danger as well. All in all, it's not quite up to the earlier volumes, but it is a definite step up from the last volume.
June 11, 2021
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.
January 22, 2019
Atomic Robo and the Ring of Fire brings to a close a lot of plot lines that have been developing for the past several volumes of the series. Because of that, it features less classic Robo action and adventure from the get go so that the leg work can be done to resolve some of the aforementioned developments. Because it was a bit of a low burn for the first 2/3 of the book, it felt like a bit of an outlier in the series. However, you do end up getting plenty of action set pieces towards the end, and I found the conclusions to be satisfying.
In the end, I think that's going to serve Clevenger and Wegner well as it let's them do a bit of a reset for the following volumes. This wasn't my favorite volume of Atomic Robo, but if you're this far into the series, there's plenty here to make the read worth your while.
In the end, I think that's going to serve Clevenger and Wegner well as it let's them do a bit of a reset for the following volumes. This wasn't my favorite volume of Atomic Robo, but if you're this far into the series, there's plenty here to make the read worth your while.
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April 26, 2020For those not keeping score, this continues the story from volumes 6, 8, and 9. We’re back in the present following the Venezuela fiasco where the small remains of Tesladyne go looking for Robo. Then the biomegas resurface and they have to stop them while going undercover. Once again, we see a bunch of people working together to solve a world-ending problem using science and ingenuity. Clevinger does a good job keeping the intensity dialed up like in previous volumes. He throws in some surprises, too, plus humor when needed (though it’s lighter than any of the Dr. Dinosaur stories). However, there’s a lot of science talk that stalls the story at times. Some of it is interesting, but there’s a lot of it come issue five. I think the storytelling could be less crowded and dialogue-heavy. That said, this is Atomic Robo so it’s still entertaining.
February 9, 2021
Atomic Robo is back in his own time! Or he will be, as soon as someone finds his remains. The problem is that two years have past since Atomic Robo: The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur and the Action Scientists have been broken up and scattered.
Oh, plus there's this little problem of supergiant monsters attacking the world with a plan of destroying everything.
This one's got spaceships, giant Japanese-style monsters attacking the coast, breaking-and-entering, robot body issues, and every bit of explosion-y fighting you've learned to expect from an Atomic Robo adventure.
Oh, plus there's this little problem of supergiant monsters attacking the world with a plan of destroying everything.
This one's got spaceships, giant Japanese-style monsters attacking the coast, breaking-and-entering, robot body issues, and every bit of explosion-y fighting you've learned to expect from an Atomic Robo adventure.
August 19, 2017
Robo is back in the present, and getting his feet back under him. Literally! I loved seeing the small Tesladyne team work together. They bring Robo back and deal with the fallout of the Majestic takeover. The larger story is Robo meets Pacific Rim - Titans vs. Biomega! - which I think is hilarious, but it's also another great adventure story.
August 10, 2020
I often have trouble routing for the 'good guy' in action-adventure comics (too beefy, too arrogant, too much collateral damage) but I like Robo and his team of super nerds. I think mostly because they don't want to be fighting monsters or giant nazi mecha-spiders, they'd much rather be in a lab doing calculus or something, but duty calls.
November 28, 2017
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.
April 1, 2022
Maravilloso. Otra gran historia de Atomic Robo con grandes dosis de ciencia, acción y humor. Una aventura de principio a fin con un desenlace que te deja pegado a las páginas con ganas de más. El antepenúltimo tomo de una serie de libros que no debería acabar nunca.
November 24, 2018
Atomic Robo! This is one of the 'lesser' volumes to my mind because it's not as offbeat and is a little more serious. Not that 'lesser' is still 4 stars. Seriously, if it's Robo, you read it.
December 13, 2021
Series has definitely found its footing again.
May 11, 2022
Although I'm sometimes a little lost, and I wish they varied the art to indicate time gaps and/or place changes, I do find Atomic Robo to be a lot of fun. Call it a high 4 generously rounded up.
May 13, 2023
My favorite volume in a while, for sure.
May 22, 2023
More or less wraps up the story arc began in Book 8 with kaiju and nazi space weapons. For Science!
February 26, 2019
The former scientists of Tesladyne are on the run in Mexico, while Project Ultra is using all the super science resources they can they lay their hands on to fight the Biomega, deadly kaiju. At Earth's darkest hour, the Tesladyne scientists discover was thrown back in time and has been lying dormant for more than a century. They come to find Robo, re-assemble him, and hopefully, they save the world.
This is a blockbuster of a book that let's rip and offers bigger, more ridiculous, and more over the top science concepts. It's an Atomic robot vs. kaiju. It moves at a breakneck pace and is amazing fun. It ends with a nice reset to set the stage for this new era of Webcomic rRbo published by IDW.
If I had any complaint, it was that there were too many of these Tesladyne scientist characters running about and most are interchangeable. However, as this becomes a big running about doing science adventure, I can definitely overlook it.
This is a blockbuster of a book that let's rip and offers bigger, more ridiculous, and more over the top science concepts. It's an Atomic robot vs. kaiju. It moves at a breakneck pace and is amazing fun. It ends with a nice reset to set the stage for this new era of Webcomic rRbo published by IDW.
If I had any complaint, it was that there were too many of these Tesladyne scientist characters running about and most are interchangeable. However, as this becomes a big running about doing science adventure, I can definitely overlook it.
December 31, 2016
The tenth volume of Atomic Robo (has it really been going on for that long already?) is a mindless romp as Robo and crew face a new threat of kaiju. It's a decent mash-up of the Jason Bourne and Pacific Rim franchises, which is good considering that was apparently Brian Clevinger's original concept for this story. But, like Atomic Robo Volume 7: The Flying She-Devils of the Pacific and Atomic Robo Volume 9: The Knights of the Golden Circle, this story is too much of a genre piece and somewhat lacks lacks the level of humor found in earliest volumes (even the latter day Atomic Robo Volume 8: The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur). The introduction of time travel (of a sort) that was carried over from the previous storylines (which I had totally forgotten by the time I read this volume) muddles the already over-the-top science. But in retrospect it's not really any different than a movie like Back to the Future III (yeah, I like that one, so what, wanna fight about?).
It sounds like the series almost went away, and I notice this collection was published by IDW instead of Red 5 Comics as all the previous collections were. The project is still obviously a passion for its creators, which still puts it a cut above most other adventure comics of its kind. Although finding other comics of its kind is a difficult task, which continues to let Atomic Robo shine in its own niche.
It sounds like the series almost went away, and I notice this collection was published by IDW instead of Red 5 Comics as all the previous collections were. The project is still obviously a passion for its creators, which still puts it a cut above most other adventure comics of its kind. Although finding other comics of its kind is a difficult task, which continues to let Atomic Robo shine in its own niche.
April 2, 2016
A military operation is trying to stop the end of the world, threatened by some biological monsters from what I assume was Volume 9. Not having read anything in this series, I was sure I would be confused, and right at the start I am. The main character, considering the title, doesn’t show up for a while, as somehow he went into the past and now his team is hunting for him.
The writing on the whole was well done, particularly the sly bits of humor. There’s one caption that simply reads “26 days and 5000-ish miles later. . .” which made me smile. Another good one was, “As the chief safety guy, it’s my duty to yell at people so we can get through this alive.” This made the story easier to take, as there were some points where there were simply too many plot lines going at once.
Things became more difficult toward the end, as I did not enjoy the deus ex machina Robo comes up with; why’s it always gotta be Nazis? But the worst part, a huge plot hole so bad it makes me drop the rating a point: what happened to Robo running out of power? After that mention it’s never brought up again and doesn’t seem to be a problem.
There’s nothing I can particularly say about the artwork. Not bad, not great, got the job done.
The writing on the whole was well done, particularly the sly bits of humor. There’s one caption that simply reads “26 days and 5000-ish miles later. . .” which made me smile. Another good one was, “As the chief safety guy, it’s my duty to yell at people so we can get through this alive.” This made the story easier to take, as there were some points where there were simply too many plot lines going at once.
Things became more difficult toward the end, as I did not enjoy the deus ex machina Robo comes up with; why’s it always gotta be Nazis? But the worst part, a huge plot hole so bad it makes me drop the rating a point: what happened to Robo running out of power? After that mention it’s never brought up again and doesn’t seem to be a problem.
There’s nothing I can particularly say about the artwork. Not bad, not great, got the job done.
August 11, 2018
While telling a complete story on its own, this book follows up on elements from the previous two volumes of Atomic Robo. We see how Tesladyne's action scientists have fared since Robo was declared a terrorist, and how Robo himself returns from his adventures in the Wild West. (Spoilers: he takes the long way home.) However, far from just tying up loose ends and taking a rest, Robo and his team find themselves facing imminent attacks by giant monsters on the nation of Japan (think Godzilla movies, only with more scientific thought behind them). Can the fighting scientists of Tesladyne stay one step ahead of the military, stop the giant biomega from destroying Japan, and thwart the obvious military plan to nuke the monsters, which would also bring about a nuclear winter and the deaths of untold millions? As usual, Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener give us the answers through a fast-paced, well-told graphic novel with equal doses of suspense and humor.
Honestly, if you haven't read Atomic Robo before, I don't know if this tenth volume is the place to start. But if you have read and enjoyed other volumes (and honestly, if you have read and not enjoyed the book, there's no hope for you) you'll love this one, too.
Honestly, if you haven't read Atomic Robo before, I don't know if this tenth volume is the place to start. But if you have read and enjoyed other volumes (and honestly, if you have read and not enjoyed the book, there's no hope for you) you'll love this one, too.
September 30, 2016
So I thought this was a stand alone and didn't realize until I got into it that it's apparenty volume ten? Would have been nice if this was denoted somewhere on it - if it is I didn't see it. Anyway, this explains my low rating. Also the dialogue was just science science science (tho I doubt real science) so I doubt I'll go back and read 1-9.
May 29, 2016
I LOVE ATOMIC ROBO!!! That being said, the last couple volumes (including this one) have just been "Ok" (which, given the creators is still pretty dern good!)
Looks like the end of this ark is setting up a "back to basics" story, which I'm looking forward to.
Looks like the end of this ark is setting up a "back to basics" story, which I'm looking forward to.
September 16, 2016
A decade in and Atomic Robo is still one of the best comics out there. About halfway through, I realized I had been reading the entire TPB with a giant smile on my face. Just amazing work, guys. Great art, great story, full of action, humor and heart. Nothing else like it.
August 8, 2016
Robo!!!
January 1, 2017
One of the finest comics of my lifetime.
August 22, 2017
Robo comes home to a world gone crazy, giant monsters and more Bernard. Clevinger and Wegener don't disappoint.
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December 26, 2017At last - more Robo and Action Science! Funny, snappy and filled with kaiju.
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