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Atomic Robo #9
Atomic Robo: The Knights of the Golden Circle
The secret empire that almost was.
152 pages, Paperback
First published January 21, 2015
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Brian Clevinger
226 books94 followersBrian Clevinger is best known as the author of the most popular sprite webcomic, and one of the most popular webcomics overall, 8-Bit Theater. He is also the author of the self-published novel Nuklear Age. Clevinger has recently received attention for his Eisner-nominated print comic Atomic Robo.
Claiming that his "favorite comics are the ones where the jokes are on the reader," Clevinger is an expert in using anti-climax, interface alterations, and the occasional false ending to play with the reader's expectations. It is a testament to both his sense of humor and his writing skills that these "jokes on the reader" are usually beloved by his fanbase.
Claiming that his "favorite comics are the ones where the jokes are on the reader," Clevinger is an expert in using anti-climax, interface alterations, and the occasional false ending to play with the reader's expectations. It is a testament to both his sense of humor and his writing skills that these "jokes on the reader" are usually beloved by his fanbase.
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January 5, 2020
At the end of the previous volume Atomic Robo was trapped in the Old West. Now he's laying low, whiling away the time until he catches up to the present. But when he jumps in to save an old man in trouble, he gets sucked into a bigger plot with a steampunk villain. Given the nature of this arc, I loved the little Easter Egg in the epilogue.
October 26, 2016
This was the most disappointing Atomic Robo I've read. Which makes it on par with the better quality comics from other publishers. This time Atomic Robo has gone into the past and is challenging an evil steampunk villain with a zeppelin and more. Paired up with Doc Holliday and others, Robo just sort of stumbles through the adventure, with none of his trademark wit. Basically, he just says 'Ow' a lot. And although there is a hint of time travel, it doesn't actually utilize it at all.
Basically, it feels like they wanted to do a Western story but didn't really have the story to back it up. It still manages to be charming and silly, but it's nowhere near the best of the Atomic Robo collections. The lack of back-up stories and secondary characters doesn't help it either.
Basically, it feels like they wanted to do a Western story but didn't really have the story to back it up. It still manages to be charming and silly, but it's nowhere near the best of the Atomic Robo collections. The lack of back-up stories and secondary characters doesn't help it either.
August 3, 2015
3.5 stars!
Although this is vol 9 it was the first for me! thankfully that didnt take the fun out, ofcourse if i had some info from previous volumes things would be better ( Who is he? what is happening to him?)Still it was a good way to spend my time
"Atomic Robo:The knights of the golden circle" is a very nice spaghetti western story and i will try to find some of the other volumes
Although this is vol 9 it was the first for me! thankfully that didnt take the fun out, ofcourse if i had some info from previous volumes things would be better ( Who is he? what is happening to him?)Still it was a good way to spend my time
"Atomic Robo:The knights of the golden circle" is a very nice spaghetti western story and i will try to find some of the other volumes
September 29, 2015
Ugh.
I was so disappointed at this one. And I love Atomic Robo, and I'm a sucker for old west too. Imagine my disappointment at all of this. Dammit Robo. It started out nice, then kept losing interest until the last 30 pages that were so predictable and boring, and that's just sad.
Robo after the last volume Dr. Dinosaur sent him back in the 1800s and he's now alone and confused and all that, he gets into trouble with gangs of the old west and outlaw and all that, while trying to figure out what happened all the while trying to save the day from human trafficking and whatnot.
I think the main reason I didn't like this was that there weren't any back and forths with Robo and the other main characters, meaning, any sarcasm and talkback and all that irony Robo puts out. Every single secondary character was at best one-dimensional and boring... and I don't like writing a bad review for Robo so I'll stop here.
I loved the artwork. That's all I'm going to say.
And I miss Dr. Dinosaur.
I was so disappointed at this one. And I love Atomic Robo, and I'm a sucker for old west too. Imagine my disappointment at all of this. Dammit Robo. It started out nice, then kept losing interest until the last 30 pages that were so predictable and boring, and that's just sad.
Robo after the last volume Dr. Dinosaur sent him back in the 1800s and he's now alone and confused and all that, he gets into trouble with gangs of the old west and outlaw and all that, while trying to figure out what happened all the while trying to save the day from human trafficking and whatnot.
I think the main reason I didn't like this was that there weren't any back and forths with Robo and the other main characters, meaning, any sarcasm and talkback and all that irony Robo puts out. Every single secondary character was at best one-dimensional and boring... and I don't like writing a bad review for Robo so I'll stop here.
I loved the artwork. That's all I'm going to say.
And I miss Dr. Dinosaur.
August 10, 2016
Time Travel.
How many times have I ranted about this?
Let's do it. For real. And never again.
Time travel, for the most part, is a very uninteresting device as used in fiction. There are lots of great examples of ways in which time travel has been used really well. I know. Don't tell me about them. The problem isn't that time travel NEVER works, it's that it has a low batting average, and I can tell you why.
For the most part, time travel is used one of three ways.
1. You go back in time and have to be very careful not to change anything lest the future be altered.
The best, most concise version that explains this is from a Simpsons episode where Homer travels back in time briefly, then returns to the present, only to find the present has been altered by small changes he made in the past ("I wish I wish I hadn't killed that fish"). He then continuously goes to the past, tries to not touch anything, and then ends up in ever-stranger alternate versions of the present. Until he goes apeshit, resulting in a finely-animated jurassic rampage:
I think the problem here should be pretty obvious. Why would you tell a story where the character's main motivation is to NOT DO ANYTHING? Seriously, you set out to tell a story about someone who decides that they should make every effort to make absolutely no effort, passing unnoticed and having zero impact in order to preserve the future? That's not a story, that's my survival method in the workplace.
In these stories, the character inevitably ends up making changes. Or possibly not. But the decision is always heavy-hearted, which is weird because I always think, "I don't know. Maybe my life would be a little better if things were a little different. Or, for all I know, I smash this bug and the Holocaust never happened." I know what's happened historically, for the most part, and I give human history a solid 5 out of a possible 10. It would totally suck if I did something and then the only difference in the future was that Beetlejuice never got made, but maybe I alter the future and Beetlejuice's sequel, Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian, actually got made. And maybe it was even better than the original!
Version 2: The future is unchangeable, and any time travel is fulfilling the existing future.
This is how the original Terminator works. Kyle Reese goes back in time to protect John Connor, but then it turns out that he's John Connor's father, which implies that this is how things were meant to happen and the future is not changeable.
This is also a very boring way to deal with time travel. Because it's not really time travel, is it? If this is how things work, then there's really no difference made by time traveling. You're just fulfilling a predestined sort of situation. When you look at the original Terminator, it's a cool movie, but by the time you get to the end, you reach the conclusion that the events of Terminator were inevitable. Sarah Connor is basically invincible because otherwise, the entire time travel narrative falls apart.
Things get kind of fucked up in the Terminator timeline. It seems like they keep sending robots to the past to accomplish this one goal, but then the future remains unchanged. Or, perhaps there is a version of this that brings us to option 3...
Version 3: Every action creates an alternate future, but the "original" future remains intact.
This is another possibility, and it's actually the most philosophically plausible, to me. Because, dig this, if I travel to the past and alter the future, wouldn't MY memories of the future then cease to exist? If I change the future such that NERF was never a thing, I would have never seen a NERF gun and would not have any memories of them.
But if I change A future, not necessarily MY future, then it would stand to reason that I could still remember something that would not happen in the timeline I currently occupy. I've traveled to a different timeline at this point, but my timeline still remains intact.
This also addresses the problem I have with "meeting yourself in the past." This can't happen in the version where time is a loop, like in the Terminator example above. If that did happen, I would remember meeting myself. But also, and this could be totally off-base, but I think that would be cloning myself in addition to traveling through time. Or maybe it implies that the way time works, there's a me that existed five seconds ago, and each moment that follows, a new me is created and continues the legacy of the me from the last moment that I grew out of. Thinking in terms of the Law of Conservation of Mass, wouldn't having two of me physically in a timeline violate the concept that mass cannot be created?
Okay, okay. Let's stop trying to disprove this shit and talk about why the stories stink.
If every change I make creates an alternate world, I guess that's fine, but what would I, as a character, possibly do with that information? If there were infinite universes, some very close to our own, what would I do if I knew that to be absolutely true?
Me? I would do absolutely nothing. Indiana Jones? I guess he would travel to different universes and hunt their treasures while also teaching their freshman intro to Archaeology classes.
Which is exactly why this doesn't matter. Characters would do the same shit they're doing now, just in different settings.
Again, this can work as a story, but it usually doesn't. Lot of bad Silver Surfer runs out there, and that dude has access to a vast universe of possibility. Star Trek episodes? Sometimes awesome, but I'd argue that they're rarely awesome simply because the characters discover a strange world and that's the end of it.
That's the summary of the three ways in which I see time travel used quite often. Edge of Tomorrow, The Forever War, Futurama, How To Live Safely In A Science Fiction Universe, lots of things have told good stories with time travel. But lots and lots take one of the three routes above, and we get it.
I consider time travel to be like the courtroom scene in a sitcom, or the montage in a sports movie. They can totally work, but at this stage of the game, you have to really think about what you're doing, why you're doing it, and whether time travel is really the way to go.
How many times have I ranted about this?
Let's do it. For real. And never again.
Time travel, for the most part, is a very uninteresting device as used in fiction. There are lots of great examples of ways in which time travel has been used really well. I know. Don't tell me about them. The problem isn't that time travel NEVER works, it's that it has a low batting average, and I can tell you why.
For the most part, time travel is used one of three ways.
1. You go back in time and have to be very careful not to change anything lest the future be altered.
The best, most concise version that explains this is from a Simpsons episode where Homer travels back in time briefly, then returns to the present, only to find the present has been altered by small changes he made in the past ("I wish I wish I hadn't killed that fish"). He then continuously goes to the past, tries to not touch anything, and then ends up in ever-stranger alternate versions of the present. Until he goes apeshit, resulting in a finely-animated jurassic rampage:
I think the problem here should be pretty obvious. Why would you tell a story where the character's main motivation is to NOT DO ANYTHING? Seriously, you set out to tell a story about someone who decides that they should make every effort to make absolutely no effort, passing unnoticed and having zero impact in order to preserve the future? That's not a story, that's my survival method in the workplace.
In these stories, the character inevitably ends up making changes. Or possibly not. But the decision is always heavy-hearted, which is weird because I always think, "I don't know. Maybe my life would be a little better if things were a little different. Or, for all I know, I smash this bug and the Holocaust never happened." I know what's happened historically, for the most part, and I give human history a solid 5 out of a possible 10. It would totally suck if I did something and then the only difference in the future was that Beetlejuice never got made, but maybe I alter the future and Beetlejuice's sequel, Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian, actually got made. And maybe it was even better than the original!
Version 2: The future is unchangeable, and any time travel is fulfilling the existing future.
This is how the original Terminator works. Kyle Reese goes back in time to protect John Connor, but then it turns out that he's John Connor's father, which implies that this is how things were meant to happen and the future is not changeable.
This is also a very boring way to deal with time travel. Because it's not really time travel, is it? If this is how things work, then there's really no difference made by time traveling. You're just fulfilling a predestined sort of situation. When you look at the original Terminator, it's a cool movie, but by the time you get to the end, you reach the conclusion that the events of Terminator were inevitable. Sarah Connor is basically invincible because otherwise, the entire time travel narrative falls apart.
Things get kind of fucked up in the Terminator timeline. It seems like they keep sending robots to the past to accomplish this one goal, but then the future remains unchanged. Or, perhaps there is a version of this that brings us to option 3...
Version 3: Every action creates an alternate future, but the "original" future remains intact.
This is another possibility, and it's actually the most philosophically plausible, to me. Because, dig this, if I travel to the past and alter the future, wouldn't MY memories of the future then cease to exist? If I change the future such that NERF was never a thing, I would have never seen a NERF gun and would not have any memories of them.
But if I change A future, not necessarily MY future, then it would stand to reason that I could still remember something that would not happen in the timeline I currently occupy. I've traveled to a different timeline at this point, but my timeline still remains intact.
This also addresses the problem I have with "meeting yourself in the past." This can't happen in the version where time is a loop, like in the Terminator example above. If that did happen, I would remember meeting myself. But also, and this could be totally off-base, but I think that would be cloning myself in addition to traveling through time. Or maybe it implies that the way time works, there's a me that existed five seconds ago, and each moment that follows, a new me is created and continues the legacy of the me from the last moment that I grew out of. Thinking in terms of the Law of Conservation of Mass, wouldn't having two of me physically in a timeline violate the concept that mass cannot be created?
Okay, okay. Let's stop trying to disprove this shit and talk about why the stories stink.
If every change I make creates an alternate world, I guess that's fine, but what would I, as a character, possibly do with that information? If there were infinite universes, some very close to our own, what would I do if I knew that to be absolutely true?
Me? I would do absolutely nothing. Indiana Jones? I guess he would travel to different universes and hunt their treasures while also teaching their freshman intro to Archaeology classes.
Which is exactly why this doesn't matter. Characters would do the same shit they're doing now, just in different settings.
Again, this can work as a story, but it usually doesn't. Lot of bad Silver Surfer runs out there, and that dude has access to a vast universe of possibility. Star Trek episodes? Sometimes awesome, but I'd argue that they're rarely awesome simply because the characters discover a strange world and that's the end of it.
That's the summary of the three ways in which I see time travel used quite often. Edge of Tomorrow, The Forever War, Futurama, How To Live Safely In A Science Fiction Universe, lots of things have told good stories with time travel. But lots and lots take one of the three routes above, and we get it.
I consider time travel to be like the courtroom scene in a sitcom, or the montage in a sports movie. They can totally work, but at this stage of the game, you have to really think about what you're doing, why you're doing it, and whether time travel is really the way to go.
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April 26, 2020It’s about time we got an Atomic Robo Western! This picks up after the last book where Robo is transported to the Old West. A number of years have passed and he’s in Colorado circa 1884, teaming up with Doc Holiday and U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves to track down Butcher Caldwell and his gang of human traffickers. These are all real life people who I knew next to nothing about, but they work really well in the story (biographies at the end shed light on their historical activities - Reeves in particular is an amazing figure). There’s a big Back to the Future Part III vibe to this book that I love, as that’s one of my favorite movies. The last issue is by turns thrilling and surprising. All told, this is one of the stronger Atomic Robo books, deftly balancing intensity with humor and emotion. I find that I like Robo stories with some emotion the best.
September 13, 2015
Read the first volume, and liked it, but wasn't feeling the cowboy robot.
June 10, 2021
Easily my favorite Atomic Robo collection to date.
Yes, I have seen the reviews that did not like it.
Fine, this book was not their cup of tea. It was definitely mine. Will it be yours?
Robo has been sent back in time to 1884 by events from the end of Atomic Robo Volume 8: The Savage Sword of Doctor Dinosaur. If you have not read that book, well, that is most of what you need to know in order to enjoy this book. That and the fact that in the aforementioned collection is where he encountered vrillium and knows what effects it has.
Also, Ironhide is a character that Robo read about in the pulps as a youth.
There are other bits which reading the previous volumes would illuminate, but for the most part a new reader would be fine just jumping in.
Anyway, I adored this book. Partially because I love a good western. I love the action, the settings, the people.
Also, I love a good steampunk tale. One where the tech is crazy, but not stupid. That maxim could be a theme for Atomic Robo comics in general.
Third, I love the historical references... Doc Holliday, the Knights of the Golden Circle, and my absolute favorite BASS Freaking REEVES!
The freaking was my addition.
Seeing him interact with Robo was a dream come true. And his banter with Doc Holliday was hilarious.
I love how this story answered an unasked question about one of Robo's villains... what were they up to before we see them in volume 1?
I love the reference to one of my favorite TV shows I saw in reruns as a child, Wild, Wild West!
I love Robo attempting to do what's right, even though he's not sure if he'll survive. It's a level of vulnerability that we do not usually see from him. It makes his actions all the more poignant.
I love him wrestling with the nature of time travel. Previous adventures showed him as believing that time travel was purely impossible. I wish we could have seen the space between the end of volume 8 and the beginning of volume 9. How did he learn when he was? What was his reaction? How long did it take to accept it? And how did people react to seeing him?
I'd love a Free Comic Book Day special just showing that.
I love his initial caution since he does not know whether his actions will have consequences that could change his future.
I love little visual nods to other westerns that Wegener slipped in.
And as always, I loved the extras at the back of this collection. The Trial of Atomic Robo was hilarious. And Doctor Dinosaur's notes are so much fun.
Anyway, if you like action packed, steampunk laced, quippy, western fun, then you should give this volume of Atomic Robo a try.
And then you should check out the other volumes. The rest are not Westerns. Most are close to present day. Some are flashbacks to his adventure in the 20s, WWII, and beyond. But Robo is Robo. And that alone is worth the price of admission.
Yes, I have seen the reviews that did not like it.
Fine, this book was not their cup of tea. It was definitely mine. Will it be yours?
Robo has been sent back in time to 1884 by events from the end of Atomic Robo Volume 8: The Savage Sword of Doctor Dinosaur. If you have not read that book, well, that is most of what you need to know in order to enjoy this book. That and the fact that in the aforementioned collection is where he encountered vrillium and knows what effects it has.
Also, Ironhide is a character that Robo read about in the pulps as a youth.
There are other bits which reading the previous volumes would illuminate, but for the most part a new reader would be fine just jumping in.
Anyway, I adored this book. Partially because I love a good western. I love the action, the settings, the people.
Also, I love a good steampunk tale. One where the tech is crazy, but not stupid. That maxim could be a theme for Atomic Robo comics in general.
Third, I love the historical references... Doc Holliday, the Knights of the Golden Circle, and my absolute favorite BASS Freaking REEVES!
The freaking was my addition.
Seeing him interact with Robo was a dream come true. And his banter with Doc Holliday was hilarious.
I love how this story answered an unasked question about one of Robo's villains... what were they up to before we see them in volume 1?
I love the reference to one of my favorite TV shows I saw in reruns as a child, Wild, Wild West!
I love Robo attempting to do what's right, even though he's not sure if he'll survive. It's a level of vulnerability that we do not usually see from him. It makes his actions all the more poignant.
I love him wrestling with the nature of time travel. Previous adventures showed him as believing that time travel was purely impossible. I wish we could have seen the space between the end of volume 8 and the beginning of volume 9. How did he learn when he was? What was his reaction? How long did it take to accept it? And how did people react to seeing him?
I'd love a Free Comic Book Day special just showing that.
I love his initial caution since he does not know whether his actions will have consequences that could change his future.
I love little visual nods to other westerns that Wegener slipped in.
And as always, I loved the extras at the back of this collection. The Trial of Atomic Robo was hilarious. And Doctor Dinosaur's notes are so much fun.
Anyway, if you like action packed, steampunk laced, quippy, western fun, then you should give this volume of Atomic Robo a try.
And then you should check out the other volumes. The rest are not Westerns. Most are close to present day. Some are flashbacks to his adventure in the 20s, WWII, and beyond. But Robo is Robo. And that alone is worth the price of admission.
February 9, 2021
Semi-spoiler alert: That thing the dinosaur did in the previous book sort of but didn't quite work, resulting in Atomic Robo traveling back in time.
Most of the "back in time" books of Atomic Robo are actually just stories we haven't heard yet, about a younger Robo during a younger time, a time post-Edison and Tesla, perhaps of World War II or the Cold War, punching Nazis or threatening Soviets.
This book, however, takes place in the Old West, before Edison and Tesla. Before electricity. Before robots, certainly. And Robo, who certainly didn't plan ahead for his predicament, has only a limited amount of power, a strong desire to not change the past, and of course, an overdeveloped sense of justice.
Thus he finds himself with two famous westerners in 1884, fighting cyborg cowboys and saving the world. As you do.
There's quite a bit of tension in this volume, some dry humor, and enough cyborgs to choke a steam engine. Definitely worth picking up.
Most of the "back in time" books of Atomic Robo are actually just stories we haven't heard yet, about a younger Robo during a younger time, a time post-Edison and Tesla, perhaps of World War II or the Cold War, punching Nazis or threatening Soviets.
This book, however, takes place in the Old West, before Edison and Tesla. Before electricity. Before robots, certainly. And Robo, who certainly didn't plan ahead for his predicament, has only a limited amount of power, a strong desire to not change the past, and of course, an overdeveloped sense of justice.
Thus he finds himself with two famous westerners in 1884, fighting cyborg cowboys and saving the world. As you do.
There's quite a bit of tension in this volume, some dry humor, and enough cyborgs to choke a steam engine. Definitely worth picking up.
June 30, 2019
This isn't the best of the Robo volumes - it feels a little more disjointed than some of the prior ones, and a bit thinner. The ongoing fight scenes with some old foes run a little too long, but I admit that it's fun watching the older more experienced Bruce Lee trained Robo stut his stuff. Its still a fun story that sets up a lot, but it's not as much fun as the Action Science Adventures tale of Nikola Tesla and peers in the same time frame.
March 25, 2022
Una vez más, Atomic Robo emplaza su historia en un marco histórico que a mí personalmente no me interesa demasiado pero, al igual que ocurre siempre, la historia tiene suficiente empaque e interés como para resultar atractiva. Es un tebeo que siempre deja con ganas de más.
August 29, 2017
LOVED this volume. Look for nods to The Wild Wild West!
September 4, 2021
I loved the first 5 or so volumes of ATOMIC ROBO, and this is still far from bad, but it’s possible the golden times are over.
November 28, 2021
Last few volumes before this one really tapered off in terms of quality, but this one got back to what I expect of Atomic Robo.
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August 11, 2022Good story
But, as with other volumes in the series, the resolution is sub-par and landscape orientation, definitely needed, is not available in the mobile app.
But, as with other volumes in the series, the resolution is sub-par and landscape orientation, definitely needed, is not available in the mobile app.
May 21, 2023
Atomic Robo in the Old West, co-starring Doc Holiday and Bass Reeves. What's not to like?
January 23, 2025
"I would feel bad, but you're human traffickers, so"
July 1, 2025
Sempre molto divertente Atomic Robo. Lettura piacevole ed intelligente.
August 13, 2020
Solid Atomic Robo action, although sorely in need of more Dr. Dinosaur.
April 24, 2015
I love Atomic Robo. I love spaghetti Westerns. Unfortunately this volume of Atomic Robo is not a "peanut butter and jelly" or "chocolate and peanut butter" combination.
First, the Western setting wasn't fully utilized in the last two issues. The first three issues did a well enough job incorporating Western tropes but the final 40% essentially removed all Western elements in favor of tired sci-fi action. Robo pretty much stops using any guns and just fist fights which makes the ending action feel more like a kung fu homage than a Western. This is a shame since there are several historical figures featured as characters. The summaries of the real historical people was a nice bonus, though.
Second, Atomic Robo himself removes all drama from a Western story. He hurls himself straight into enemy fire since normal bullets have little to no effect on him. His energy gun makes short work of all the bad guys. His motorcycle contraption even removes the need for horses.
Third, all the usual Atomic Robo humor appears to be missing. There are some jokes from Robo and Holliday but nothing like previous Atomic Robo volumes. In this regard it feels most like Atomic Robo Volume 7: The Flying She-Devils of the Pacific, another genre piece (war drama). Most of the joy from reading Robo comes from his wiscracks and zany antics, especially when paired with an antagonist like Dr. Dinosaur.
I still look forward to the next volume of the series. Hopefully it's a nice turnaround like Atomic Robo Volume 8: The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur.
First, the Western setting wasn't fully utilized in the last two issues. The first three issues did a well enough job incorporating Western tropes but the final 40% essentially removed all Western elements in favor of tired sci-fi action. Robo pretty much stops using any guns and just fist fights which makes the ending action feel more like a kung fu homage than a Western. This is a shame since there are several historical figures featured as characters. The summaries of the real historical people was a nice bonus, though.
Second, Atomic Robo himself removes all drama from a Western story. He hurls himself straight into enemy fire since normal bullets have little to no effect on him. His energy gun makes short work of all the bad guys. His motorcycle contraption even removes the need for horses.
Third, all the usual Atomic Robo humor appears to be missing. There are some jokes from Robo and Holliday but nothing like previous Atomic Robo volumes. In this regard it feels most like Atomic Robo Volume 7: The Flying She-Devils of the Pacific, another genre piece (war drama). Most of the joy from reading Robo comes from his wiscracks and zany antics, especially when paired with an antagonist like Dr. Dinosaur.
I still look forward to the next volume of the series. Hopefully it's a nice turnaround like Atomic Robo Volume 8: The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur.
February 12, 2017
Entretenido, pero sin mas.
March 2, 2015
This Atomic Robo made me laugh out loud less often than other volumes have. I'm not going to put it in my top 3 but it was interesting to see Robo in a historical context that I haven't seen him in before! It felt like there was too much genre to tell and, as a result, the quick wit and humour that I love about Robo felt a little lacking. The storytelling was still wonderful and it, as always, makes me want to re-read all of them!
February 23, 2015
Man, I love me some Robo. I'm not usually a fan of westerns, but this one's pretty good. And it's incredibly cool that they pulled most of the main characters straight out of history. If you're not reading Atomic Robo, people, get on it. To hell with the Big 2 - this is the best comic book series in the English language.
August 16, 2017
Robo in a western! The explosion at the end of the last story catapulted Robo into the past. Where he apparently always was? Lots of fun with a bit of time travel (very well done), calling back to some of the earlier Robo stories in fabulous ways. I adore Doc and Marshall's tense partnership and how well they roll with Robo's weirdness.
June 6, 2020
It's a real shame that this book descends into Robo hitting things repeatedly as the Wild West start is an interesting new setting for the first three chapters. Then it's just a repeat of Dogs of War but with Cowboy robots rather than Nazi robots.
August 4, 2018
This ninth volume of Atomic Robo contains all the elements of a classic Western: a time-lost robot from the future, steampunk zombies, a dirigible, and Doc Holliday. Yet another Atomic Robo classic.
May 18, 2015
Atomic Robo and the Downer Ending is not my favorite volume.
January 17, 2016
Definitely a fun volume with Robo in the Old West, facing down a Steampunk would-be dictator.
January 28, 2016
I should have read these books in order. I wasn't sure what was going on half the time. Lots of explosions though!
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