Imagine, if you will, a nightmare where computer systems track our every movement, where jobs are assigned based on algorithms, where those unwilling to submit to cybernetic oppression are mocked and shunned! But enough about current affairs. Get ready for some stupid comics!


I'm pretty sure "Robolink" was the brand name of an internet router I had back in 2007. But here it's a story about being buried in a time capsule and maybe, if you're lucky, waking up inside the sleazy Euro sex-comedy "2069: A Sex Odyssey."


"Humans" are of course just regular human beings. "Cybers" are the number of humans at any given time trying to find out how to attach the prefix "cyber" to otherwise mundane products and activities, in order to increase sales.


Recoil in horror at the terrible future facing mankind, where uniformed slaves of industry are compelled to labor by loud, piercing noises!! Wait a minute, this is just any factory, anywhere in 1950.


Finally a glimpse into how Tesla makes those hideous "Cybertrucks!"


Yes, in the future, computers will be built to resemble gigantic walking player pianos.


1966 was all like "Pshaw, I'll never have to know what 'giga' stands for". Fifty years later we're all asking each other how many gigs are in our "cybers." Now don your nuclear helmet!


Oh come on, a dystopian future run by computers where human beings are mere disposable parts, thrown away like used batteries? Surely no one will ever use this as a plot point in a tremendously successful movie!


Surveillance! Surveillance by a "mechanical eye" that was assigned at least one high school English class book report!


What's worse, being hunted in a soulless machine-dominated future by robotic Calder mobiles, or being hunted in a soulless machine-dominated future by robotic Calder mobiles who believe you're the star of the then-popular TV series "Maverick"?


You don't have to use the scare quotes, buddy. That IS a booby trap, and you ARE a wanted man.


I gotta say, I am loving 2069's committment to placing helpful labels on every surface. Too bad our hero is about to start blasting up the joint, but he's got 1966's committment to reckless use of deadly force!


Fashions of the future include the popular "Vampire Esther Williams" look.


I don't know about you, but I always make sure I'm armed when I'm checking devices in a time capsule that suddenly closes and locks me in for a century with nothing to breathe but healthy, nourishing helium. The squeaky voice is a bonus!


It's all your fault, 1966! You started us down this ruinous path, with your clever computers oppressing humanity while also evolving, as all things eventually do, into crabs!


No human can escape the robotic grasp of, let's see here, a washer-dryer combo and fifty feet of garden hose.


The advanced world-dominating cyber-computer machines of the future have only one weakness... bullets!


We hope you enjoyed the "Robot Holocaust" episode of MST3K (season one). Next up is "The Incredible Melting Man" (season seven).


This guy was a robot all along? I guess somebody looked at this story and asked, "hey, how DID he survive being locked inside a helium-filled tube for 100 years, anyway?"


Will Robolink help the machines dominate the world, or will he fight back with the humans? Well, since this backup story in the second issue of Harvey's "Spyman" was the only time any of these characters ever appeared, the answer to both questions is "no."

If you're reading this and thinking to yourself, hmm, a man-like robot named "Link", gee, this sounds a lot like the "Adam Link" stories by Earl and Otto Binder about the adventures of a man-like robot finding his place in the world of the future, well, there's a reason for that. Namely, that this story was written by Otto Binder. I guess this is more "recycling" than "ripoff?" And that's which way it will be with Robolink. Robolink - for all your high speed wireless internet needs!

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