Written by Duncan Rouleau
Art and Cover by Rouleau
DC Comics $2.99

This was recommended to me by my comic shop owner and, though I’d never heard of it and wasn’t familiar with the concept or characters, I really liked this first issue. This article does a pretty good job of catching one up. So Dr. Magnus wants to be a successful scientist and he has some great ideas involving the time stream and alternative physics, but his robotic assistants get much more attention than the ideas he’s actually interested in. I like the concept of the unhappy, unappreciated scientist whose creations, which are made to help him, actually turn out to be a major problem.
The comic features seven robots, all fashioned after different metals, who have differing personalities and make up a sort of super team. A rival team of robots is, of course, trying to destroy the world and Magnus is at odds with his creations. Overall, it’s enough conflict and characterization to make the story interesting.
I’ll definitely keep reading. The art is great and mildly cartoonish, which is a nice change for a DC book, and the writing is entertaining, not trying too hard to be funny or serious. I’d pick it up if I were you.





