X-Ray Robot

X-Ray Robot by Mike Allred
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

When Max Wilding and his colleagues send a robot across dimensions, it returns bearing Max Wilding's consciousness and a dire message..

I'm a Mike Allred fan from way back so this one was a no brainer for me.

First off, the story doesn't have a lot of meat to it. X-Ray Robot and Max and his friends go dimension hopping to pull reality back together before The Nihilist can pull it further apart. Apparently just visiting the other realities is enough to stitch things back together. X-Ray Robot says he doesn't have time for explanations so we don't really get any beyond that. The gang visit various realities, none of them great, and wind up back at the beginning.

The art is pants-shittingly awesome, as per usual with Mike Allred. In addition to the usual Allred greatness, there's some trippy 1960s Marvel stuff going on as well. The designs of Max's suit, The Nihilist, and X-Ray Robot were pretty slick. A cameo appearance by an old favorite was a bonus.

I guess my only problem with the book is that there wasn't much to the story. X-Ray Robot tells us about reality splintering but we only see four or five locations. We pretty much take X-Ray Robot's word on everything. It's kind of like a Doctor Who episode where the Doctor talks really fast and the companions do as their told.

X-Ray Robot is a nice exhibition of Mike Allred art but I thought the story could have used something more. Three out of five stars.

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