Atomic Robo: The Shadow from Beyond Time

The blog "Major Spoilers" has reviewed the first issue of "Atomic Robo: The Shadow from Beyond Time." As any H.P. Lovecraft reader might guess at the title, it has more than a little something to do with the Old Gent from Providence. The comic features a time traveling robot who happens upon Lovecraft, paranormal researcher Charles Fort, and scientist Nikola Tesla. The unlikely troupe set off across Siberia in an investigation of the early 20th century Tunguska blast. The review (with some spoilers, to be forewarned) by Stephen Schleicher reveals some uncanny plot twists that border between the humorous and the truly unusual.

Though I can't vouch for this comic without reading it myself, Schleicher's critique implies it's worth checking out for those who enjoy the adventurous use of HPL in ahistorical circumstances. Considering the real Lovecraft never ventured much further than the Eastern territories of the United States and Canada, his globe-trotting fictional alter-ego is really something else. The heroic Lovecraft continues to amaze in the large variety of settings, pairings, and entanglements he is envisioned it.

-Grim Blogger