Geek Syndicate Issue 5 | Page 94

Geek Syndicate
COMIC REVIEW

Atomic Robo and yhe Flying She-Devils of the Pacific
Image © Red 5 Comics, 2013

which prides itself in its fantastic adventuring! As we open, it’s 1951 in the South Pacific and Robo is testing out a prototype jet, into which he’s invested all of the money left to him by Nikola Tesla. He’s quickly drawn into a battle with strange-looking aircraft and finds it even stranger when he’s saved by a group of female mercenaries operating out of a secret island base nearby. Captained by May Carter, an eyepatched disciplinarian, these scavengers have been plying their trade throughout the region, taking advantage of all the abandoned military equipment in order to make a living. They’re all women who didn’t want to return to their “ordinary” lives back in the States once WWII was over. I couldn’t quite work out what Robo was more incredulous about, his being rescued by women or the fact they’re wearing jetpacks (did I mentioned the jetpacks?). His astonishment at the gender of his rescuers is played pretty strongly, and seemed a little out of character, Robo has never seemed to me like he carries any particular prejudices. His attackers are a cult of Japan