Comic Review: Transformers Regeneration One

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Comic review - Transformers Regeneration One
Creators - Simon Furman (writer), Andrew Wildman, Stephen Baskerville, Guido Guidi, Geoff Senior (artists)
Publisher - IDW
Retail Price - AU$5 (approx) per issue (US$3.99)
Page count per issue - 22 pages
Series length - Limited 20 issue series with two specials (#0 issue and #80.5)
Released - May 2012 to March 2014
Collected editions - Four volumes with approx 5-6 issues in each

Regeneration One 80.5 was released today as part of Free Comic Book Day.

My hopes weren't high. Far too something that is beloved is resurrected when it shouldn't be (bands, actors in famous roles, comic book runs) and it's never quite the same. I still have the sour taste of X-Men Forever (Chris Claremont 'picking up' his run on X-Men from where he left off) and the bitter taste of the same author's New Mutants Forever.

As much as I loved the Furman/Wildman run back when I was 12 years old, I've grown up, my tastes have changed. When Transformers was cancelled I wanted the characters to come back, but they did. First as guest stars in GIJoe and then in their own series.

I wanted Transformers Generation 2 #13 for a lot longer because as far as I was concerned those 12 issues of Generation 2 were Transformers 81-92. I spent years thinking about how the story would go after the Battle with the Swarm. Erasing that from continuity is annoying to be honest. (Perhaps that Zero Space mentioned on the first page means this is an alternate universe not the regular TF Marvel Universe - showing my comic continuity obsessions a bit I know :o)

But anyway. One of my concerns about this book would be whether it would be true to the 80s era or if modern fan desire to see certain characters and later TF canon developments would take over.

At first glance some of that seemed to be the case. The key Autobots in this preview issue include Ultra Magnus (never seen in the US comics) and Hot Rod (with a hybrid comic/cartoon colour scheme) and Kup - only the latter having played any sort of major part in the original run.

But then we see the Decepticon camp, and apart from Soundwave getting a cartoon inspired repaint, the cast seems right. When I saw the latter year Micromasters with him I was suitably impressed. Those are the toys characters that would have been in the comic at the time. The mentions of the Covenant of Primus though shows some later continuity seeping in though.

There's not a huge lot of story inbetween all the recaps, and I think it strange that the ongoing series will, presumably, follow on from the last page event which is an odd place to start. (This chapter would have to be included in the collections). Its also a bit of an odd choice for Free Comic Book Day since a history doesn't reflect the more casual fan's knowledge of G1.

I wasn't sure about Wildman's art but it looks better in print than the preview scans suggest. Overall, the feel of reading this story felt like reading an old Marvel comic, and I was pleased by that. I think this is a series I will buy in store not on the IDW app

My hopes for #81 have been raised and I look forward to picking that issue up.

I'd been avoiding all spoilers about #80.5, so I was surprised to see that it's essentially a "G1 recap" issue. Not terribly interesting for those of G1 fans, but perfectly understandable to help casual readers who aren't familiar with G1 to catch up to speed so they can jump straight into #81. And it if you're gonna do a recap issue, might as well make it free! :) I'd be miffed if I'd paid for this issue TBH; but as a free comic, it's fine.

I agree that I would have liked to see the story continue from where G2 ended (and potentially plant seeds for Beast Wars) - but Furman said long ago that he didn't want to do this, and wanted to continue from G1... so like it or not, it was expected. Having said... we did see Jhiaxus there... so... :confused:

As for the future characters like Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod and Blurr showing up, it makes sense -- in the original Marvel G1 comics they came from the "future" time of then year 2006. This story is set in 2012, so 6 years after these characters would have appeared in Marvel G1 anyway; so it makes sense to me that they would be in this story. Certain events that led up to Transformers the Movie probably did not occur (since Unicron was destroyed in 1991) - this is most likely a different time stream from the one that the "future Autobots" originally came from - which is nothing new to this continuity (after all, we had two Galvatrons from two different parallel universes in Marvel G1 ;)). So I guess these Future Autobots will never travel back in time and partake in Target: 2006 and the Time Wars. Timey-wimey...

The art looks great. Someone at yesterday's meet described it as "modern-retro," and I think that's an apt description. It's still very much traditional Wildman, but a touch of contemporary design element in it. :) Baskerville's inking has improved since G1 -- he hasn't drawn spittle everywhere and made everything look saturated! (yay!) :D The colouring is fantastic -- I so do not miss Yomtov's colouring from G1. :p Anyone notice that in the flashback, Soundwave is purple, but in the present day he's blue? Heh. :)

Bring on #81!

I wanted more "new" stuff that wasn't talking about the past.

But I think the purpose of #80.5 is to act as a bridge of sorts, so I guess I understand...

It's funny. I took down my post about this weeks ago.

Now I can feel free to talk about it, I find I've already said what I wanted.

:rolleyes:

There really isn't much to say about this issue, other than it was a nice memory jog (I really have to go through and re-read the last dozen or so issues again!).

The last page is an interesting starting point, looking forward to the explanation.

Also Prime's flying kick in the flashback was awesome! :D

hmmmm and still Rumble is as big as Starscream20+ yrs on ... I guess that's how they remember him... after all it is a flashback recap of sorts... I used to enjoy the angstridden melty face art but hopefully this isn't the case as the story progresses.

Got my hands on a copy today.

It was an odd experience for me to read it. I'm not a comic buyer usually. I own the DW G1 Mini-series and all the BW stuff from IDW, but apart from that, my shelves are bare of comics.

My knowledge of this era in TF history comes from reading thr TF Wiki and asking silly questions (all in an attempt to imbed my own writing within a continuity stemming from G2).

So for Furman to turn around and negate his own work is a little odd to me.

But I enjoyed it well enough. Everything is set up for moving forward, and seems a good a starting point as any.

And I'm enjoying the artwork.

Will I pick up the rest of the run? Quite possibly, though I'll probably read some reviews before acting on my impulses.

1st off: An exceedingly huge thanks goes out to Sharky (& Ultra Marginal) for keeping me in mind and obtaining a copy of #80.5 for me, heading my complaints of a lack of a local source for it though at any rate; I was also engaged with 1AZRAEL1's wedding on the day so was never going to be able to acquire a copy myself. :eek::cool::D

I really dug this issue, knowing full-well that it was to act as a bridge between the old and the new and as such really enjoyed the trip down memory lane (Even though it was a short trip seeing as though I only finished reading the original US G1 Marvel run a little under a year ago :p); I love the line-art(?) as it seems to be a refined version of the original's and the colouring is an immense improvement (Baring in mind that even Pat Lee could do a better job than Nel Yomtov). ;):cool:

I feel it did an excellent job at giving a very brief glimpse of the setup for the following 20 issues and I honestly can't wait to dive right in come June/July, especially as it has a certain favoured character of mine center stage and as a clear driving force for whatever is to come next; Of whom's colours I think seem to heavily reflect those of his Action Master incarnation - So could it be that the difference in colouring between then & now is that he has been upgraded to that of an Action Master? :D

Just after Free Comic Book Day one of my students told me that he'd picked up #80.5 - so it was interesting to hear an opinion about this issue from the POV of someone who's completely unfamiliar with G1. I explained to him that the purpose of this issue was to get people like him, who have no knowledge of G1, up to speed with the general crux of what happened and allow them to jump into the series. I told him that how people who grew up with G1 like me, find this issue to be just a recap of everything we already know, so from that POV it's not that exciting.

But he told me that he found #80.5 utterly confusing, and he didn't understand what the heck was going on! He said that all he saw was a bunch of various "random" images, but he didn't understand what they meant, like an image of Megatron and Ratchet melted together. I tried to explain it to him, but he was like, "Huh??"

So while many G1 fans like myself are buzzing with excitement about the prospect of ReGeneration 1 -- after all, we signed the online petition to get this running... it'll be interesting to see how this series gels with readers who are too young to know G1. 21 years since #80... wow... there's now an entire generation of people who missed out on Generation 1! :eek: (man I feel old :p)

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

I told him that how people who grew up with G1 like me, find this issue to be just a recap of everything we already know

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it'll be interesting to see how this series gels with readers who are too young to know G1.

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One of the hardest selling points for this comic will be people picking it up thinking it's "G1 continued" when it's not. (They're after Dreamwave's Transformers #1 in it's "G1 cartoon pilot sequel" sense).

There's a lot more people who remember the cartoon than remember the Marvel comic. A lot of people grew up with G1 in 80s and never read the comics but almost certainly watched the cartoon*. There's plenty of members here who are young enough to have missed the comic altogether but did see repeats of the cartoon through the 90s, and had easier access to buy the DVDs than to buy the pricey reprints of the comics.

As I said in my post, I don't think is a very engaging comic for free comic day. They'd have been better off with something TF:Prime related. It's appeal with mostly (solely?) be for the Marvel comics fans.

(*as a side note it would seem that most of us who've been in this mad game for the long haul were fans of the comic back then too)

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Originally Posted by Paulbot

As I said in my post, I don't think is a very engaging comic for free comic day. They'd have been better off with something TF:Prime related. It's appeal with mostly (solely?) be for the Marvel comics fans.

(*as a side note it would seem that most of us who've been in this mad game for the long haul were fans of the comic back then too)

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I don't think that we need more TF Prime stuff than there already is. Everything seems to be saturated with it at the moment and if you are not into it, then there is a bit of a drought.

It would be bad to take away what little there is at the moment for someone who does not care about TF:Prime.

I'm not saying take the book away, I'm saying it was a bad choice for FCBD. Free Comic Book Day is meant to encourage kids and curious adults to try comic books.

The audience for Regeneration One is long established comic fans who remember a comic from 20 years ago. It's a bad match for the kid who likes the movies or Prime and then has the reaction Goktimus described. Most of the intended audience for this book would have paid for it.
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Originally Posted by Paulbot

I'm not saying take the book away, I'm saying it was a bad choice for FCBD. Free Comic Book Day is meant to encourage kids and curious adults to try comic books.

The audience for Regeneration One is long established comic fans who remember a comic from 20 years ago. It's a bad match for the kid who likes the movies or Prime and then has the reaction Goktimus described. Most of the intended audience for this book would have paid for it.
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I didn't see that many kids in line ;)

I think that it's mostly to do with continuity familiarity as you mentioned earlier rather than age. Most people (even from our age bracket) know G1 from the cartoon rather than the Marvel comics.

However Furman did say that the ReGeneration comics were being written with that in mind so that anyone with just a passing familiarity with Transformers would be able to pick up the plot. I think that's accomplished as most of the free issue was to recap what happened before and anything to do with the 'new story' was pretty straight forward when it comes to plot.

All one needs to know to get into the new story arc is that Autobots won and Decepticons are not happy.

It's Re-Generations #81 out yet?

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Originally Posted by kup

It's Re-Generations #81 out yet?

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July.

Not sure what the release date will be, but with RiD being released first up in June, there has been a reshuffle with the release order. I first thought it might be Regen, MtMtE, RiD, but now it might be RiD, Regen, MtMtE... will have to wait and find out.

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Originally Posted by i_amtrunks

July.

Not sure what the release date will be, but with RiD being released first up in June, there has been a reshuffle with the release order. I first thought it might be Regen, MtMtE, RiD, but now it might be RiD, Regen, MtMtE... will have to wait and find out.

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Cool, thanks. I was a bit afraid I had missed out.

Transformers: Regeneration One #81

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"Loose Ends" Part One

Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman & Stephen Baskerville (a) • Wildman, Guido Guidi (c)

The TRANSFORMERS comic that began it all—is back. With a vengeance! 21 years have passed since CYBERTRON was restored to its former glory, and finally there is peace. But, after millions of years of bitter civil war, can all ever truly be one? In a conflict this primal, this epic and far-reaching… There are always “Loose Ends”!

Cover Price: $3.99 (US)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Release Date: July 11, 2012

Your Thoughts?

I read it last night and am still thinking about it. Some things I definitely didn't like, some I did. I don't think it's a great start for a "first issue". (It expects you did read 80.5 and doesn't provide a good recap.) It feels like it stretched out a plot point over an issue when really page 22 could have been page 4. It's decompressed comic book storytelling which doesn't feel like Marvel or the current IDW books.

As much as I'd like to pick up a copy of this I don't live anywhere near a comic store. Might have to get a digital copy.

I quite liked it. Yes, I can see that it would be confusing for people who didn't grow up with G1... but ReGeneration One isn't for them - it's for those of us who were the original fans of G1, so I'm quite happy. :) Besides, the youngins can go buy reprints if they want to catch up on what happened between 1984-91. ;) To me, this comic feels like it's being made for G1 fans rather than having to massively compromise things to make it easier for newbies to follow. If people want to follow a new G1 continuity, then perhaps the main IDWverse comics may be better suited for them.

SPOILERS AHEAD

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Having said that, I think ReGen One has watered things down for readers though - which kinda disappoints me. Generation 2 seems to be completely ignored, but I think Furman said from really early on that he wanted to do this as he's never been quite happy with G2 (a shame, I quite liked it and would have loved to see it continued). But it also seems that events from the UK comics -- Furman's baby -- has been thrown out too. Unless somehow guys like Roadbuster, Rack'n'Ruin, Sandstorm, Topspin, Venom and Chop Shop have somehow been revived in the past 21 years since the end of the original G1 run.

It would be a shame if Furman has chosen to throw out the UK stories from G1 considering that:
1/ He always initially intended for them to be part and parcel of the original US series, much like an "expanded universe."
2/ He made efforts to tie the UK stories in with the US stories after he took over from Budiansky.
...so after all those years of attempting to maintain and consolidate continuity between the US and UK stories (which wasn't always successful, but it usually worked out), I think it would be disappointing to give that up now. :(

The appearance of the Sky Scorchers was cool; I like how Furman will use lesser known toy-characters instead of just inventing random robo-mooks like "Noddy" :rolleyes: The overall plot kinda reminds me of Generation 2... Transformers have self-exiled themselves from Earth for a long time while other Decepticons who remain there cause havoc (though for a much longer time and much more massive scale (arguably War World could have done just as much damage if the Autobots hadn't intervened)); Optimus Prime is having spooky visions and sees himself falling... erm. Perhaps Furman wanted to revisit certain story concepts from G2 but didn't want to tie himself to G2? <shrug>

I also like how they haven't conveniently ignored the whole Action Master thing like Marvel did when G2 started... it was like, oh, and they can transform again now. Cos... they can. :p It'll be interesting to see how Grimlock's Anti-Nucleon Quest goes. ;) Also looks like Bludgeon's found Thunderwing... but in exactly what state remains to be seen.

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

But it also seems that events from the UK comics -- Furman's baby -- has been thrown out too. Unless somehow guys like Roadbuster, Rack'n'Ruin, Sandstorm, Topspin, Venom and Chop Shop have somehow been revived in the past 21 years since the end of the original G1 run.

It would be a shame if Furman has chosen to throw out the UK stories from G1 considering that:
1/ He always initially intended for them to be part and parcel of the original US series, much like an "expanded universe."
2/ He made efforts to tie the UK stories in with the US stories after he took over from Budiansky.
...so after all those years of attempting to maintain and consolidate continuity between the US and UK stories (which wasn't always successful, but it usually worked out), I think it would be disappointing to give that up now. :(

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My thoughts on how to explain the apparent inconsistency -
1 - The Last Autobot resurrected a lot of characters in the final issue of the original run. Who's to say his powers only extended to those we actually saw alive once again.
2 - Furman's said that continuity details like Spike Witwicky as Circuit Smasher (as opposed to Josie Beller's Circuit Beaker) will be explained in-universe, and that the swirl patterns established in 80.5 will be significant in this explanation. Perhaps that will also extend to characters that should be dead at this point.

Since the events of Generation Two comic didn't happen in ReGeneration One, you've already got to assume there's different universes in play.

In my mind, the events of Time Wars created the alternate universe we know as the Marvel US comic: One where Galvatron never travelled back in time after the movie (or during it, possibly). Some UK stories would still have happened (because they weren't influenced by Galvatron's time travel - like the Deathbringer story) but all those deaths in Time Wars didn't happen.

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Originally Posted by Seraphim Prime

...the swirl patterns established in 80.5 will be significant in this explanation. Perhaps that will also extend to characters that should be dead at this point.

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Those swirl patterns could be related to the rift in Time Wars too.

But anyway, that's not really important. It's billed as a continuation of the US comic and that's what is.

I don't have high hopes for the new Wrecker though. He's a random inclusion.

I like random inclusions. :) That's something I've enjoyed about Furman's writings -- his teams are often hodge-podge mixes of different toys from different sub-groups, rather than slavishly sticking to only one sub-group all the time. Teams like the Wreckers and Mayhem Attack Squads have always been an assorted mix.

As Jhiaxus (the OTCAer) once said to me, the cool thing about this is that it feels like the teams you make up when playing with your toys as a kid! Often you would have various different members from different sub groups, but you didn't have the whole set - so you bung them together and had adventures with them! Like this photo of me in 1988:
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^At the time this photo was taken (early '88), I only had Hot Spot, Afterburner, First Aid and Lightspeed. So I bung them together as a their own team, and they formed ... umm... Defensotron... Compusor... that robot dude! :cool: So teams like the Wreckers and Mayhems were kinda like those assorted mixed teams kids would make because they didn't have all of the different sub groups (yet ;)). :D

Perhaps Leadfoot's inclusion is a nod to the movieverse -- because Roadbuster and Top Spin were already members of the original Wreckers, but Michael Bay included Leadfoot who wasn't, so now Furman's including him in this new lineup of Wreckers. <shrug>

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

Perhaps Leadfoot's inclusion is a nod to the movieverse -- because Roadbuster and Top Spin were already members of the original Wreckers

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I hadn't made that connection, but of course that makes total sense.

I think they could have down a single page recap of 80.5 to show the cons wiping out the last autobot.

Love that Regen #81 did a better AHM job than AHM did!

Some very interesting setups that will have a slow burn and payoff. Feels more like the old Furmanverse in IDW than the newer stuff, good to have a change of pace too.

Didn't like it all, but a good restart for those who know about the previous 80 issues, potentially confusing for first time readers! :D

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Originally Posted by i_amtrunks

Love that Regen #81 did a better AHM job than AHM did!

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lol, tru dat. :D

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Originally Posted by i_amtrunks

Didn't like it all, but a good restart for those who know about the previous 80 issues, potentially confusing for first time readers! :D

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Yeah, but I'm going to selfishly say that I've grown sick of all the various new continuities we've had that reboot and simplify and Gee-Wunnify things for "the newbs" -- I personally think it's really nice to have something for long time G1 fans for a change. My understanding was that this was what was proposed when bassbot and others organised the fan petition to get it happening. ReGeneration One feels like a comic series that long-time G1 fans asked for, long-time G1 fans are getting, and it's written for long-time G1 fans.

When we signed the petition we promised that we would collect this series if IDW made it. I can only assume that IDW received enough votes to make them think that making such an incredibly fan-niche series was commercially viable... I can only hope they're right and that everyone who signed that petition will hold true to their word. I know I will... I hung onto the original Marvel series until the bitter end, and I'll do the same here. ;)

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

When we signed the petition we promised that we would collect this series if IDW made it. I can only assume that IDW received enough votes to make them think that making such an incredibly fan-niche series was commercially viable... I can only hope they're right and that everyone who signed that petition will hold true to their word. I know I will... I hung onto the original Marvel series until the bitter end, and I'll do the same here. ;)

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I think they will. They are running other comics that have very low numbers in very small niche markets (popeye, GI Joe, muppets, battle beasts) not to mention all the very small markets they have released comcis for (think Galaxyquest!)

I think it helps that the editing and creative teams seem to be lovers of Transformers too.

I forgot to mention that the final page reveal at the end of this issue made me sad for only one reason.

Spoilers for those who have read the Marvel comics but not regen 81:
It would appear that Ratchet's herioc sacrifice of himself and the ark was for naught. Hopefully the modern love for Ratchet is seen in regen and he too is not dead.

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I forgot to mention that the final page reveal at the end of this issue made me sad for only one reason.

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There's a preview Guido Guidi cover for #84 available now which suggests what the outcome will be revealed to be. Not too dissimilar to the Funpub Classicverse comic's way of dealing with it. And better than the G2 comic that completely ignored it.

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Originally Posted by Paulbot

There's a preview Guido Guidi cover for #84 available now which suggests what the outcome will be revealed to be. Not too dissimilar to the Funpub Classicverse comic's way of dealing with it. And better than the G2 comic that completely ignored it.

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Here's hoping!

Gosh, I think I'm the only one who really didn't like this comic.

I think that's a fair response. Even with nostalgia and wish fulfilment in play for me, I still have trouble saying I "really liked it".

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Originally Posted by klystron

Gosh, I think I'm the only one who really didn't like this comic.

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What didn't you like about it? Have you read the original G1 comics? I can understand some of the youngins who weren't exposed to G1 being totally lost and not engaged by this comic.

But honestly non-G1 fans aren't the intended audience for this series. This series happened because we G1 fans partook in an online petition and asked for it en masse -- to continue a comic that we loved 21 years ago. And it might be an issue that we may come to appreciate later, cos you know how Furman likes to "plant seeds" for future stuff later on that makes you look back and go, "Aaah, so that's why... ooh, now I get it!" ;) :D Also, G1 ended off badly because Furman had to wrap things up really quickly -- much faster than he expected or had wanted to. Now he kinda has to carefully unwrap things and pick things up again. Hopefully without Hasbro breathing down his neck about what characters to introduce or eliminate and when to finish stories etc. he'll have greater creative freedom to tell good stories (or maybe it was that pressure that made his old stories great <shrug>) -- time will tell. :)

But yeah, this is a comic series that was demanded by G1 fans and made for G1 fans. It is a very specialised niche market demographic, which is probably why most other TF writers steer clear of touching the original G1 lore and just do continuity reboots where they can engage audiences without relying prior knowledge of TF canon etc. This is the first big attempt at continuing on from G1 lore since Beast Wars/Machines... but it's arguably more challenging because it's a direct continuation using the same characters and picking up where G1 finished, whereas Beast Wars was a kind of "indirect" continuation that picked up hundreds of years after G1/G2 ended and dealing with a new generation of Cybertronians.

I like the comic thus far, but I know that it's because I fall within its target demographic range. I wouldn't recommend this series to anyone unfamiliar with G1.

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Originally Posted by klystron

Gosh, I think I'm the only one who really didn't like this comic.

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I didn't dislike it but it didn't particularly 'grab' me like the MTMTE series has. I fear that Furman has lost his edge but it is still early days to really tell.

Still better than AHM and that Mike Costa garbage that went on for way too long.

I liked it plenty! :)

Familiar faces, spades of action, intriguing plot threads & Soundwave! ;):cool:
Oh, and those last 3 pages put a grin on my face from ear to ear. :D

I can't wait for next month's issue & am really thankful that Sharky has been willing to give me a hand with that. ;):)

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

What didn't you like about it? Have you read the original G1 comics? I can understand some of the youngins who weren't exposed to G1 being totally lost and not engaged by this comic.

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I was there for G1. I've got and read all the G1 comix.
But Regen1 still didn't excite me.
Its still Transformers, so I'll still read it, but I'm not feeling it at all.
Maybe I will with time.
Also, even back in the day, I was never a huge fan of Wildman's art. (I much preferred Senior's work.)

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Originally Posted by klystron

I was there for G1. I've got and read all the G1 comix.
But Regen1 still didn't excite me.
Its still Transformers, so I'll still read it, but I'm not feeling it at all.
Maybe I will with time.

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Fair enough. :) It's still early days I guess.

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Originally Posted by klystron

Also, even back in the day, I was never a huge fan of Wildman's art. (I much preferred Senior's work.)

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Yeah, I also prefer Senior's art, but I like Wildman's too. But I can understand why some people may not like Wildman's art because he does try to make the Transformers look more organic. Wildman's always openly admitted that he became a comic artist to draw super heroes like the X-Men rather than robots -- and that was the style he specialised in. So when he got the gig to draw Transformers, rather than trying to modify his drawing style to suit the Dery models, he just drew the Transformers to look like super heroes. :) I quite like it, but I can see how it's not everyone's cube of Energon.

But Baskerville's inking has improved since G1 days -- he's not making everything look saturated and drawing spittle flying out of the Transformers mouthes anymore! :cool: Thuttherin' thuckertash!

Transformers: Regeneration One #82

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"Loose Ends" Part Two

Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman & Stephen Baskerville (a) • Wildman, Guido Guidi (c)

DINOBOT MONTH! And ex-Dinobot commander GRIMLOCK wishes it wasn't! His quest for a means to restore his ability to change modes takes him to Nebulos - a world off-limits to TRANSFORMERS, where a welcome that's more incendiary than warm awaits him. Plus, KUP and THE WRECKERS find themselves stranded, hunted and in a whole world of pain. Quite literally!

Cover Price: $3.99 (US)
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Release Date: August 1, 2012 (US)



Preview at Full Metal Hero

Your Thoughts

Avoiding the preview for now as I haven't read the first issue, however I'm really digging the cover artwork :cool: