The narration, by Cat Lookabaugh, is really well done. Lookabaugh gives a description of the action, in addition to the dialogue, so listeners can visualize in their minds what the story entails. I had been skeptical that an audio-comic would work, but it does. It was an enjoyable, and totally understandable, listen!
In this episode, wicked tech billionaire, Count Mario Ingannamorte is diagnosed with inoperative cancer; and he joins forces with evil tech mogul Buck Gains, to try and cheat fate. It is revealed that the villains kidnapped the twins’ parents — and have injected them into a micro-electron accelerator, testing Albert Eistein’s theory that people traveling at the speed of light will not age. If it works, the Count will enter the micro-electron accelerator, and direct a robot (which also houses the micro-electron accelerator) to do his will in the real world.
When power is cut to the evil mogul’s lab, the twins’ parents are able to send out a quick message: “We are alive!”
Without delay, the twins are back in the circuits to save their parents, and fight the forces of evil. Both twins are equipped with specialized new technology: Tess with eyes that allow telescopic and infrared imaging, facial recognition and health monitoring; Nick with prosthetic arms equipped with lasers, strong electromagnets and communications capabilities.
The twins locate their parents but still need to find a way back — and deal with the Count’s henchman that he has sent into the circuits.
Will the reunited family make it out safely? Will they meet and overcome the henchman? Will the Count live forever controlling the robot? And what will happen to Buck Gains? Download the audio book Tesla Twins — Rescue at the Speed of Light to find out!
Tesla Twins — Rescue at the Speed of Light audio-comic is available free to from the IEEE-USA Shop. You can also download the e-comic and audio version of the first story in the series: The Slate Twins — Caught in the Currents, published in 2020. (The Slate Twins was the name the Tesla Twins originally went by, to hide their relationship to Nikola Tesla).
IEEE-USA originally published the e-comic, Tesla Twins — Rescue at the Speed of Light, in 2021. The storyline was developed under the guidance of Georgia C. Stelluto, IEEE-USA Publishing Manager and Manager/Editor, IEEE-USA E-BOOKS — with the assistance of the IEEE-USA Communications staff — and in coordination with designers Jeff Knurek and Chad Frye.
Knurek, who also designed the cover of the e-comic, is a nationally known graphic artist and award-winning toy and game inventor. In addition to the Tesla Twins series, he also developed two engineering-themed coloring e-books for IEEE-USA.
Frye is a cartoonist and illustrator who has worked at Walt Disney Animation Studios on many films.
Stelluto talked about her motivation for creating the series, stating, “Offering role models for younger readers through a comic book, with superheroes who are electrical engineers, was very appropriate. The characters are intelligent and highly educated, yet amazingly cool. Their alter egos are often scientists, doctors and journalists — fields where knowledge is a very important part of a superhero’s character. Both their intelligence and powers of reasoning tend to rescue the situation — not their brute strength.”
If you enjoy this series, you might also enjoy IEEE-USA’s second venture into the world of comics featuring different robots in real life situations written by Harry T. Roman. The first e-book in that IEEE-USA series is Rover Boy Gets Steamed Up. All of the comics are available at the IEEE-USA Shop.
