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Vzpoura mozků (The Revolt of Brains) is a Czech comics series written by Václav Šorel and drawn by František Kobík between 1977 and 1979. It was published by the popular youth magazine ABC mladých techniků a přírodovědců. Vzpoura mozků tells the story of the crew of the spaceship Prometheus who returns to the Earth after centuries spent in the outer space. They find out that the planet is controlled by robots and attempt to help the surviving inhabitants of the earth to defeat them. The album is considered one of the masterworks of Czech comics; it has been ranked ninth in a poll held by the Czech comics server Komiksárium in 2009.

Plot
The spaceship Prometheus approaches the Earth after a long and unsuccessful search for extraterrestrial life. Meanwhile, the time on the home planet shifted by centuries. The crew of the Prometheus finds the Earth veiled by a strange pink mist. Moreover, it is impossible to establish radio connection between the spaceship and the Earth. They decide to land an exploratory module near to an abandoned space station on the Moon. An old video recording found in the station reveals the testimony of Ol Jensen, a fomer operator of the station. Jensen, whose corpse is later found in the station, explains that growing technical development and automatization on the Earth led to the growing control of robots over humans. The robots have built a large wireless power system embracing the whole atmosphere of the Earth. Additionally, they took advantage of their growing control over medical interventions and started to replace human brains by an electronic device. Eventually, the robots attempted to take power over the Earth. Jensen has been selected as the messenger to warn people on Mars and Moon, as well as members of long-term space flights. He died in solitude on the Moon.

Facing the bad news, the crew decides to break through the pink shield with the help of an automatic module. The module explodes during the first contact with the shield. They decide to send another (human operated) module supported by 'denihilators', the powerful weapons of the Prometheus. The denihilators manage to make a hole in the shield and the two-member crew of the module penetrate the artificial atmosphere, unsure about the existence of mankind.

Within the atmosphere of the Earth, the module is immediatelly attacked by the robots operating the flying saucers. They manage to escape and contact the humans, who survive in a large underground city. Together, they establish a connection with the Prometheus and manage to defeat robots in a large final battle.