IDW Transformers ongoing [spoilers]

Yes we've seen a lot of this comic book in online previews, but it is on sale now. What did people think?

I enjoyed this issue and think the previews showing things out of context hurt the book

The good
*robots in disguise theme is done well
*human reaction to the TFs is believable (and it's not that G1 cartoon everyone's friends)
*the colouring is quite beautiful
*Don's art is still pretty great
*the battle spread seen in early previews is not an actual event (so lots of chars aren't suddenly back from the dead)
*unexpected cameos
*the Decepticon threat is mostly out of sight

The bad
*the teeth... yes they are annoying but can easily be overlooked
*humanoid bodies... a bit too humanoid in some cases
*an odd time shift towards the end when it jumped to flashbacks
*random Autobots... characters who weren't seen in AHM appear on Earth now or are name-checked
*Prime's angst is a bit familiar, and not really groundbreaking or newspaper worthy

I'm looking forward to issue 2.

I liked it, I would have liked it more if it weren't for the spoilers, thanks IDW!

I like the new art style, its what the movies should have looked like IMO. The teeth are weird...

Sad to see Ironhide get snuffed, I hope Hot Rod doesn't become leader. Disappointed to see Drift again (bloody Mary-Sues) but at least he just stood there, but I'm still scarred after his Spotlight and really want him gone!

flicked through this quickly at the comic shop. Didn't quite like the art direction.

Agree with Gutsman, I don't see the point in Drift (I mean why create a new character, and even grant him a Spotlight, when there are literally hundreds of existing G1 transformers to choose from).

Some good stuff here - the story's not too bad and the art's fine if you keep squinting until all the characters just look like blurry blocks of colour. So, it looks like this storyline is going to be about what life is like for the Autobots without Optimus Prime. WTH?:confused: Wasn't that what they did in All Hail Megatron? The IDW story immediately before this one? And the letters page claims "Hopefully, you found this issue accessible and fun, too". What exactly was fun about twenty-four pages of angst?

24 pages of angst? Sign me up! ;-) Makes you wonder what was so wrong with Furman's direction to spend the last two years re-inventing the series...

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

So, it looks like this storyline is going to be about what life is like for the Autobots without Optimus Prime. WTH?:confused: Wasn't that what they did in All Hail Megatron? The IDW story immediately before this one?

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this life without Prime thing is seriously over done. Makes me think they still have not stepped out of the shadow of G1 Marvel (post Game Over Optimus Prime stories) and Marvel UK (Prey).

Yeah, that plot sounds a bit too unoriginal to be interesting.

SPOILERS AHEAD

I'd prefer to have Optimus hanging around, following the loss of a close friend (Ironhide), but to have self doubt about him and his actions, prompting a select few close to him to guide him (their leader) through the tough time, and eventually become stronger in the long run (a secondary story arc that could go 6-12 issues).
We get to see the strengths and weaknesses of a character's personality and how they grow as a 'person' through a tragedy, inspiring others around them in the process. Not to mention highlighting divisions between those supportive of Optimus, and those who question the reliability of a leader with self-doubt, to the point of advocating for a change of leadership.

I like G1 style. I like movie style. I do _not_ like mixing the two together. (-_-) Gawd... all the Transformers looked like someone had come along and ripped their lips off, so they look like they're gritting their teeth and snarling.

Breakdown: "Ggrrr, give me more jaAmEnergon! Grr!"
Hot Rod: "Grrr, this sucks, let's stomp some heads. Grr!"
Prowl: "Grr, I can't sit back and watch this. Oh crap, it's a grap. Grrr!"
Optimus Prime: "Grrr, it's taken me two years to realise that I've been a crap leader. Grr!"
(you _know_ that Prime is gritting his teeth under that faceplate!!)
Bumblebee: "Grr, our facial expressions make us all look constipated, grr!"
...etc.
You know that the artwork is dubious when they have to label each Transformer so you can tell who is who! Oh look, Drift's still around. (<_<)

When Hot Rod told Prime off I just thought, wow... he's stating the obvious. Could Prime have been so blind that he didn't realise this for two years?! What was the point of remaining on Earth?!? If Prime was really concerned about more capable Decepticons returning, then why not just leave a small group (or even an individual Autobot) to monitor things; and they could activate a beacon to summon more Autobot reinforcements should a Decepticon threat arise. This was done in Transformers Generation 2 where the Autobots left Earth and gave a beacon to G.I. Joe; now it doesn't seem that the Autobots here have any human organisations that they can trust, but perhaps they could leave a lone Autobot (or a small team) behind with access to this beacon in a hidden and secured location (or the Autobot(s) could carry it on them).

It seems odd to me that Optimus Prime would even allow things to get this bad for the Autobots. And the idea of Optimus Prime walking out on the Autobots is nothing new either. Meh.

The fact that the humans view all Transformers as being a threat is interesting and provides a nice complication for our protagonists. It reminds me of early G1 with III and RAAT only that Skywatch is _way_ more dangerous to the Autobots with their reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology. Another neat moment when Prowl broke cover and risked himself to save Breakdown. I found it interesting that Prowl referred to Breakdown as "one of our own"; it seems that in an environment where the humans don't make the distinction between Autobot and Decepticon and hunt them all equally, that the Autobots would feel a closer kinship with the Decepticons against a common threat (and I wonder if any of the Decepticons might feel the same, perhaps moreso considering that they seem to have been abandoned by the other Decepticons who've left Earth).

While the art does looks like it could be a mix between Movie & G1, Don has stated that its his way of making the TFs look less cartoony, not a movie style merge.

meh, either way I'm not a fan of it. Although aside from the style-aesthetics, technically his artwork is getting better. His characters are no longer all chunky (which particularly makes his humans look a lot better) and he's drawing hands a lot better too. :)

I seem to have missed out on the first issue so it seems to be a long wait to the paperback before I read it but if reader reviews deteriorates before then I may give it a miss altogether.

After reading the first issue, I find myself even more disappointed than I thought I would be.

It felt stale, everything I read I have read before elsewhere, and often done better. The artwork is jarring, but tolerable if you can block out each characters face.

Glad I borrowed a copy and didnt pay for it.

The thing that really bugs me about the art is the lack of visual continuity. Is there any reason why they all suddenly look different (and why they still look like that in flashbacks too)?? I don't really like it when characters just suddenly start looking different for no apparent reason. We had it before in AHM when guys like Prowl and Sideswipe suddenly started looking like their Universe toy versions (so did Sunstreaker, but it's since been explained), as well as the Decepticon jets suddenly looking like their Masterpiece moulds and transforming into F15s, which feels like a downgrade from their former F22 forms. (-_-) And again, no apparent reason, but at least when they had flashbacks they were still in their old forms - so there's no direct contradiction, just an unexplained time gap during which apparently some of them changed forms.

Now I might be able to accept that during the 2 years since AHM and this new series that the Transformers might have all changed their appearance, but as I said, it doesn't make sense that they still have this hybrid movie appearance when they have flashbacks back to the AHM period or even long before then (such as the flashback with Optimus Prime and Ironhide back on Cybertron back when Prime was still a rookie officer). Gah!

Now I know that this kind of unexplained cosmetic change is nothing new to Transformers; it's happened since G1 started (e.g.: shift from toy-accurate to show-like art); but I guess the difference is that in G1 they shifted from one kind of G1 style (toy-accurate) to another kind of G1 style (show-models), so they feel more cross-compatible to me. But here they've shifted from a neo-G1 style to a hybrid movie style which doesn't feel as compatible. Purely just my personal taste of course.

But yeah, from a visual continuity POV it doesn't make sense to me. :/

Suddenly changing art style has always been a part of Transformers. in the old UK comic characters would change colour, gain or loose visors, eyes, teeth and all sorts of other things depending on the visual style of the artist, so yeah I'm used to that. Not a huge fan of this sudden change though, particularly prominent is Hot Rod who has been through at leas 4 changes so far, even discounting the style changes.

Anyways I read the issue, and looks to me like yet another Transformers re-boot, but this time with a little more continuity to keep us loudmouthed complaining Transfans happy. Although to be honest it's a bit late in the day and I tire of constant rehash.


Anyways I can sum up what I thought below, beware possible spoilerage.

On the like side of things:
* Humans fear and hate Transformers (and well they should).
* Non Geewun characters have returned from hiatus (yay)
* Knocking of a classic G1 character in issue one (yeah it was no surprise thanks to the preview, but at least it shows they have the will to kill off cast members)

Dislike
* Spike, he's a huge prat. Sure he doesn't like TF's which is a nice change, but he is the cliched, wise cracking, man of action. Shessh now that IDW has both licences they should have just borrowed Flint from GI Joe. Bizarre to say it, but I miss Verity now.
* Those damn teeth!!!!!!
* Prowl acting out of character, or at least completely at odds with his last appearance in the AHM Coda.
* Prime reverted to compassionate hippie self. Well not quite but he is channelling the old Marvel Prime a bit. I can't understand why the autobots are staying on earth, to protect earth from some presumed decepticon threat. And by doing so coming into conflict with humans and if anything increasing the chance of tragedy.

Things that make me go huh?

*The War is over, what? when did this happen? And why? cause Megatron got shot? AHM implied that all over the galaxy the Autobots had been wiped out and the Decepticons had been victorious. Do I smell another ret-con. how can Prime worry so much about earth when all over the galaxy the Deceps have been wiping out life everywhere?

*Which brings me to the new transformer arrivals, where did they come from? What happened to the Autobots being driven to the brink of destruction?

Oh well what can I say? Transformer comics have become just like their namesake, just when you think you know what's going on, they transform into something completely different.

IDW have stated that they wont be enforcing a house style on the new book, so who ever works on it can draw the characters as they want to, so if Don does it we get skelly-bots, and if (hypothetically) Guido Guidi does it we'll get classic bots etc.

The Bumblebee & Wreckers mini series will be in continuity but will have a different art style.

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Originally Posted by me

And the letters page claims "Hopefully, you found this issue accessible and fun, too". What exactly was fun about twenty-four pages of angst?

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I've been thinking about this, and I'm now sure that one of the reasons IDW has to keep rebooting the series every six months or every year is that the comics aren't accessible (or fun). Even I find them hard going and I have a degree in English literature and twenty-five years of immersion in Transformers lore. I know that one of the reasons for this is that these days comics are 'written for the trade', that is, it's not about the individual issues, but how they all fit together when they're published as a trade paperback. Except that this is stupid. Firstly, I buy comics monthly. As one of the people who does this, I assume I'm in some way supporting the comic's future – presumably there can't even be a trade paperback if the comic goes under due to no one reading it on a month-to-month basis. I want to be able to read and enjoy them one by one, but I can't, because I can never remember exactly what happened in the previous issue. And now I realise that the reason I can't do that is because nothing of note ever did happen in the previous issue. Which is also the reason I can't enjoy the comic I'm actually reading either - because nothing interesting is happening there either. And the vicious cycle continues.

Tell me any issue number of a Marvel US or UK comic and I can almost certainly tell you what happened in that issue off the top of my head. Sure, something 'wacky' may have happened, like 'the Decepticons ran an evil car wash' or 'the Decepticons ran an evil island resort' or 'the Decepticons ran an evil charitable organisation', but something happened every issue. Actually, a whole bunch of stuff happened every issue - each Transformers comic was an actual fully formed story with a beginning, middle and end, and that story then fit into a greater tapestry. Even if it was in the middle of a big story arc, each issue was still about something. A kid could pick up any issue off the newsstand and actually enjoy it. But ask me what happened in issue #3 of All Hail Megatron (or issue #9 or #10 or pretty much any issue of AHM for that matter) or in any issue of Infiltration or Escalation or... that other one (Desperation?) and I have absolutely no idea. Don't get me wrong, I love story arcs. But within the story arc, each issue has to have an individual story or it's just wasting my time. And to be fair, it's not just IDW - it was as bad or worse with Dreamwave... and we know what happened to them. In my opinion, decompression is killing Transformers comics. But a bit of fun and some real storytelling could bring them back to life. I have all my fingers crossed for The Last Stand Of The Wreckers. (Help me Nick Roche! You're my only hope.)

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

I've been thinking about this, and I'm now sure that one of the reasons IDW has to keep rebooting the series every six months or every year is that the comics aren't accessible (or fun). Even I find them hard going and I have a degree in English literature and twenty-five years of immersion in Transformers lore. I know that one of the reasons for this is that these days comics are 'written for the trade', that is, it's not about the individual issues, but how they all fit together when they're published as a trade paperback. Except that this is stupid. Firstly, I buy comics monthly. As one of the people who does this, I assume I'm in some way supporting the comic's future – presumably there can't even be a trade paperback if the comic goes under due to no one reading it on a month-to-month basis. I want to be able to read and enjoy them one by one, but I can't, because I can never remember exactly what happened in the previous issue. And now I realise that the reason I can't do that is because nothing of note ever did happen in the previous issue. Which is also the reason I can't enjoy the comic I'm actually reading either - because nothing interesting is happening there either. And the vicious cycle continues.

Tell me any issue number of a Marvel US or UK comic and I can almost certainly tell you what happened in that issue off the top of my head. Sure, something 'wacky' may have happened, like 'the Decepticons ran an evil car wash' or 'the Decepticons ran an evil island resort' or 'the Decepticons ran an evil charitable organisation', but something happened every issue. Actually, a whole bunch of stuff happened every issue - each Transformers comic was an actual fully formed story with a beginning, middle and end, and that story then fit into a greater tapestry. Even if it was in the middle of a big story arc, each issue was still about something. A kid could pick up any issue off the newsstand and actually enjoy it. But ask me what happened in issue #3 of All Hail Megatron (or issue #9 or #10 or pretty much any issue of AHM for that matter) or in any issue of Infiltration or Escalation or... that other one (Desperation?) and I have absolutely no idea. Don't get me wrong, I love story arcs. But within the story arc, each issue has to have an individual story or it's just wasting my time. And to be fair, it's not just IDW - it was as bad or worse with Dreamwave... and we know what happened to them. In my opinion, decompression is killing Transformers comics. But a bit of fun and some real storytelling could bring them back to life. I have all my fingers crossed for The Last Stand Of The Wreckers. (Help me Nick Roche! You're my only hope.)

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I couldn't agree with this more.

I think part of the problem is all comics these days aspire to be more like pen and paper movies, or tv series than comics. It's all big splash panels and art, while the story often feels pruned to fit the visuals. Before the 2000's comics In my opinion always felt more filling, they had thought bubbles, explanation boxes and footnotes to help comunicate the story to the reader, even the panels themselves were often part of the story. Sure it all became a bit cliche, but it's stuff like that that makes comics unique compared to novels and film.

They should go back to drawing on the unique strengths of the mediums rather than making them more like another medium.

Anyways that's my rant done, back to the new TF series.

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Originally Posted by Lord_Zed

It's all big splash panels and art, while the story often feels pruned to fit the visuals. Before the 2000's comics In my opinion always felt more filling, they had thought bubbles, explanation boxes and footnotes to help comunicate the story to the reader, even the panels themselves were often part of the story. Sure it all became a bit cliche, but it's stuff like that that makes comics unique compared to novels and film.

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I agree with this too - I think another of the problems with modern comics is that artists a) realised that they could get more money from selling full splash pages of art to the original comic art market than what they'd get for pages of grid-like panels and b) would rather draw one 'kewl' splash page of a robot in action than have to draw a six-to-nine panel page full of storytelling and backgrounds. And at the same time, writers thought "well then why bother writing a detailed story with exposition, conflict, subplots, rising action, a climax, falling action and a dénouement when we can just script a decompressed issue of nothingness with massive panels and splash page after splash page?" :(

Very well said Sky Shadow. The great thing with the old Marvel G1/G2 comics was that we did get individual stories in each issue and a story arc! Take the Matrix Quest for example, each part is a contained story, i.e.:
Part 1: Detective mystery
Part 2: Wild west frontier with vampires!
Part 3: An Autobot's quest for personal vengeance
Part 4: Thriller/horror
Part 5: All out action aboard the Ark as the Matrix completes its journey to the dark side
...yet collectively they all form a single story arc (which had beginnings from issues long before the saga even started! (e.g. Deathbringer)). These issues can be easily read and enjoyed either on their own or all together. For example, you could pick up any of these issues without ever having read a Transformer comic before and still follow the story and enjoy it.

That's something I find sorely lacking in Transformers comics these days. :(

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

I've been thinking about this, and I'm now sure that one of the reasons IDW has to keep rebooting the series every six months or every year is that the comics aren't accessible (or fun). Even I find them hard going and I have a degree in English literature and twenty-five years of immersion in Transformers lore. I know that one of the reasons for this is that these days comics are 'written for the trade', that is, it's not about the individual issues, but how they all fit together when they're published as a trade paperback. Except that this is stupid. Firstly, I buy comics monthly. As one of the people who does this, I assume I'm in some way supporting the comic's future – presumably there can't even be a trade paperback if the comic goes under due to no one reading it on a month-to-month basis. I want to be able to read and enjoy them one by one, but I can't, because I can never remember exactly what happened in the previous issue. And now I realise that the reason I can't do that is because nothing of note ever did happen in the previous issue. Which is also the reason I can't enjoy the comic I'm actually reading either - because nothing interesting is happening there either. And the vicious cycle continues.

Tell me any issue number of a Marvel US or UK comic and I can almost certainly tell you what happened in that issue off the top of my head. Sure, something 'wacky' may have happened, like 'the Decepticons ran an evil car wash' or 'the Decepticons ran an evil island resort' or 'the Decepticons ran an evil charitable organisation', but something happened every issue. Actually, a whole bunch of stuff happened every issue - each Transformers comic was an actual fully formed story with a beginning, middle and end, and that story then fit into a greater tapestry. Even if it was in the middle of a big story arc, each issue was still about something. A kid could pick up any issue off the newsstand and actually enjoy it. But ask me what happened in issue #3 of All Hail Megatron (or issue #9 or #10 or pretty much any issue of AHM for that matter) or in any issue of Infiltration or Escalation or... that other one (Desperation?) and I have absolutely no idea. Don't get me wrong, I love story arcs. But within the story arc, each issue has to have an individual story or it's just wasting my time. And to be fair, it's not just IDW - it was as bad or worse with Dreamwave... and we know what happened to them. In my opinion, decompression is killing Transformers comics. But a bit of fun and some real storytelling could bring them back to life. I have all my fingers crossed for The Last Stand Of The Wreckers. (Help me Nick Roche! You're my only hope.)

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What you said, iss close to biblical truth as its going to get.

For everyone who doesn't like the broken faces, here's something you may like.

It's amazing what simply changing the head design can do.

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon

For everyone who doesn't like the broken faces, here's something you may like.

It's amazing what simply changing the head design can do.

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Thanks for the link. For myself, I like those faces much more than the other ones.

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon

For everyone who doesn't like the broken faces, here's something you may like.

It's amazing what simply changing the head design can do.

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Wow! That's a massive improvement!

amazing how much improvement a... facelift... can make!

badoom-TISH!

one the issue 1 cover of them running on a grid

is hardhead on the back cover?

Well... wow. I just read issue #2 and - with the exception of any pages with humans on them (which are all ubercrap) - this is one of the better Transformers comics I've read in recent years. I've even gotten used to the faces (although what's with the colourist whacking flat two-dimensional Autobot and Decepticon faction stickers on the characters at unrealistic angles?) I love stories where there's not just a black and white (or red and purple) Autobot-Decepticon divide, and this does it well. (Plus... Swindle and Spyglass. Yay!)

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

Well... wow. I just read issue #2 and - with the exception of any pages with humans on them (which are all ubercrap) - this is one of the better Transformers comics I've read in recent years. I've even gotten used to the faces (although what's with the colourist whacking flat two-dimensional Autobot and Decepticon faction stickers on the characters at unrealistic angles?) I love stories where there's not just a black and white (or red and purple) Autobot-Decepticon divide, and this does it well. (Plus... Swindle and Spyglass. Yay!)

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The faces are actualy quite a bit different in issue 2, they are no longer growling at everyone, and the whole construction of the face is different. I can't say I like it better than the classic look, but I must admit the faces in issue 2 do actualy succeed at making Transformers look less cartoony without making them look disgustingly ugly.

I agree the story was better, though there are still many things unexplained if you try and connect the dots with the previous comics, and yes the humans more stereotypical and paperthin than ever. I read Kup's copy of the comic, and it's improved from issue one yeah, but I'm not buying into this one just yet.

Iy seems that the fugly faces were Hasbro's idea afterall:

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ActionFigs.com: Does Hasbro have an opinion about IDW rebooting the comic book series several times now? Are the hybrid designs from the G1 and Movie stylings in the comic Hasbro's idea or IDW's?

Hasbro: IDW has had great success with their Transformers comics. When they decided to start an on-going series there was a need to make a splash so fans would know that issue #1 was the next step in Transformers comics, so we decided that a new look would help.
Like Hasbro's relationship with all of our partners we were involved every step of the way, including a change to the new design in order to reflect a forward moving style for a more modern feel.

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http://p11.hostingprod.com/@kupsciga...n/fuglyrod.jpg

Wahahahahaha! Win! :D

I gotta get this off my chest, Cliffjumper calling Bumblebee "BB" really gives me the sh*ts.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22.../jaam_pain.gif
Note to self: if I ever meet this writer, SLAP him. (no, it's not so bad that it's worth a janglies attack... just a good pimpslap will do)

I thought the story was okay, but I personally preferred Bumblebee #1. One strange thing... WHY are they referring to Octane as Tankor and Bluestreak as Silverstreak?! Don't tell me that IDW has lost the rights to use these names as comic book characters. (-_-) And if the excuse is to support Hasbro, then why are they still calling Hot Rod "Hot Rod" instead of "Rodimus"? Gah! Another weird thing... in #2 they cited Silverstreak as one of the Autobots who deserted Bumblebee's Autobots and left with Hot Rodimus, yet in Bumblebee #1 we see Silverstreak (coloured BLUE!) standing among Bumblebee's Autobots in the cave! Buh?!

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Wahahahahaha! Win! :D

I gotta get this off my chest, Cliffjumper calling Bumblebee "BB" really gives me the sh*ts.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22.../jaam_pain.gif
Note to self: if I ever meet this writer, SLAP him. (no, it's not so bad that it's worth a janglies attack... just a good pimpslap will do)

I thought the story was okay, but I personally preferred Bumblebee #1. One strange thing... WHY are they referring to Octane as Tankor and Bluestreak as Silverstreak?! Don't tell me that IDW has lost the rights to use these names as comic book characters. (-_-) And if the excuse is to support Hasbro, then why are they still calling Hot Rod "Hot Rod" instead of "Rodimus"? Gah! Another weird thing... in #2 they cited Silverstreak as one of the Autobots who deserted Bumblebee's Autobots and left with Hot Rodimus, yet in Bumblebee #1 we see Silverstreak (coloured BLUE!) standing among Bumblebee's Autobots in the cave! Buh?!

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Maybe in this reboot (don't know what else to call it) Bluestreak and Silverstreak are separate characters - But it smells more of stuff up..

In regards to 'Tankor' and also 'Silverstreak', it's possible that Hasbro is pushing these names to promote the toys. Hot Rod isn't being enforced as Rodimus because the Classics toy has not been sold within Hasbro markets for a couple of years. This is also probably why he is not being forced to have a 'Classics' body.

Movie optimus is on the bottom of page 5!!! Really though, who is standing behind Jazz?

The enforcer of the Tyrest accord shows up at the end, but in the Bumblebee comic he is absent. Continuity errors are not fun IDW!

hey who are the guys whom arent gunna buy the comics anymore because of the comic book style, sigh im sick and tired of people dishing this thing, i know how some people can get hooked up on things, sometime you guys have to just think of it in another perspective, plus i dont understand what you guys mean by angry faces, sigh but i guess you guys are dishing it for not just the artwork but also the writing, i myself also like the writing of it, i thought it was awesome when

spoiler alert:

ultra magnus came out of his ship

he was all like

" look at me and all my awesomeness"

and then you see the cover of the next issue and was like YEAH, (MICHAEL BAY) EXPLOSIONS!, KABLAMOOWWWWW!!! BOOOM, PEW PEW PEW, and then after all the sound effects your like, haaaawwwwwyeah, let the awesomeness seep in lmao

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Originally Posted by kuzzy

hey who are the guys whom arent gunna buy the comics anymore because of the comic book style, sigh im sick and tired of people dishing this thing, i know how some people can get hooked up on things, sometime you guys have to just think of it in another perspective, plus i dont understand what you guys mean by angry faces, sigh but i guess you guys are dishing it for not just the artwork but also the writing, i myself also like the writing of it, i thought it was awesome when

spoiler alert:

ultra magnus came out of his ship

he was all like

" look at me and all my awesomeness"

and then you see the cover of the next issue and was like YEAH, (MICHAEL BAY) EXPLOSIONS!, KABLAMOOWWWWW!!! BOOOM, PEW PEW PEW, and then after all the sound effects your like, haaaawwwwwyeah, let the awesomeness seep in lmao

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See Lil'former comic in the page before.

kuzzy: I'll still buy this comic despite the fact that I don't like the art. First of all, to me the art isn't as important as the story, and I don't dislike the story so much that I would stop collecting/reading it. If I can survive AHM I can survive this. ;) If I gave up on Transformers because of shoddy artwork..... phwoar... I probably would've skipped a few G1 Marvel issues (like US#68; horrific art from Dwayne Turner but a pivotal story showing the formation of the Neo Knights)! But sometimes you get well written stories accompanied with bad art.

And tbh the artwork _isn't_ technically bad (unlike say, Pat Lee). It's just drawn in a particular style that I don't like, but that's just my personal taste. There's nothing inherently wrong with it, it's not as if he's committing technical flaws such as grossly ignoring proportions and forced linear perspective (unlike say, Pat Lee).

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

I thought the story was okay, but I personally preferred Bumblebee #1. One strange thing... WHY are they referring to Octane as Tankor and Bluestreak as Silverstreak?! Don't tell me that IDW has lost the rights to use these names as comic book characters. (-_-) And if the excuse is to support Hasbro, then why are they still calling Hot Rod "Hot Rod" instead of "Rodimus"? Gah!

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I'm pretty sure they're doing the name change to pimp Universe toys (despite the fact that the line is basically over-finished!)-why else did Sunstreaker have his Universe toy design in AHM?

They're probably saving Rodimus for when Hot Rod becomes the Autobot leader.

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon

why else did Sunstreaker have his Universe toy design in AHM?

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Fair point, although they did provide a back story to explain that physical change. It was still inconsistent though... Prowl also got 'upgraded' to his Universe toy form and I don't recall any explanation for that. Ironhide, Ratchet and Jazz never got changed to their Universe toy forms either. Neither did Hound iirc. None of the Decepticons look like their Universe toys.

It's the inconsistency that bugs me. If they want to make a proper Classics/Universe comic then just go make one!

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon

They're probably saving Rodimus for when Hot Rod becomes the Autobot leader.

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Well he's currently the leader of a rogue faction of Autobots and they're still calling him Hot Rod. :/ It would also be inconsistent with Hasbro's recent policy with naming Hot Rod Rodimus and Rodimus Prime as Rodimus Prime.

I would not be surprised in the slightest if Aaron Archer had anything to do with this. :/

How long till they reboot the comics again i wonder

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Originally Posted by roller

How long till they reboot the comics again i wonder

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I give it 3 months :)

hahaha i agree


But if they do/when they do

i bet they have to start again, fresh, no continuation of this story/continuity

Or theyd do a Dreamwave and die