Tesla vs Edison. Robot fights. Gangsters and adventurers. Fun! ( )

Genius. ( )

Not my favourite Robo volume - I find young Robo less engaging than his grown up self - but still, lots of fun. Seeing Tesla in more than a flashback was grand, too! It was a shame that new adventurer Jack Tarot had to spend most of his on-panel time being annoyed by Robo, but he and his daughter were fun too. I'm not sure about the romance sub-plot, though; if Robo were a human character underplaying it like this would be great, but I felt like it deserved more attention - especially since the story spans a year or so, giving lots of room to explore. Instead, it just vanishes once the main story is over, unresolved and unexplained.

To be honest, I liked but didn't love this storyline, and probably would have given three stars - except that Dr. Dinosaur showed up in the bonus Free Comic Book Day story, and livened things up no end. Still my favourite character of all time, and the FCBD story is a great one-shot with a lovely coda. More of all the characters in this story, please! ( )

Atomic Robo. Tesla's epic battle of the currents with Edison. Jack Tarot (rhymes with The Shadow.) Manbot-woman romance. 'nough said. ( )

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