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Comic Book Conversations: Robots and AI

The cover of the comic book "Transformers" (volume one) #69. It features and names several characters from it including Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Galvatron, Starscream, Ravage and Shockwave.

The cover of the comic book "Transformers" (volume one) #69. It features and names several characters from it including Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Galvatron, Starscream, Ravage and Shockwave.

Robots have been a staple of fiction before since Karel Čapek coined the word in his 1920 play Rossum’s Universal Robots. Which are our favorites and least favorites in comics?

What robots had a great design even if they weren’t interesting themselves?

What AIs had personality versus just serving as a utility or a way to deliver exposition?

Please limit yourselves to just robots, we’ll cover cyborgs like Robotman next week.

Last week, we conversed about Green Lantern.

Next week, we’ll converse about cyborgs.

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