Comic Review: Transformers: Autocracy

[Cat]

Indeed... I do look forward to seeing how it is played out, if this is ever released in print form.
I guess the message they are making is that power corrupts, and in this instance, it had corrupted both sides - first the Autobot hierarchy, then Megatron.

Oh it will be.

It's IDW.

They collect EVERYTHING. (Well, mostly everything).

I do believe it's been stated this will be available in print at some stage though.

[GoktimusPrime]

I certainly hope so

[Sky Shadow]

the cartoon cast and 'Optimus' being called Orion Pax on page two just made me think that maybe Flint Dille was writing a new G1 cartoon prequel.

Issue #3 is out and doesn't do anything to dissuade me of my above instincts about this comic. Soundwave is incapable of speaking properly - all his dialogue is broken up with a colon in the middle of sentences and most of the time the formula is "X Eject: Operation Y". Ratbat doesn't talk and lives in Soundwave's chest. Same with Ravage. Roses are red, violets are blue, Frenzy is red and Rumble is blue.

And as you may infer from the above, most of these eight pages deal with the Autobots chasing Soundwave and him siccing his cassetes on them. It's a filler chapter to get the reader from point A to point B in the plot and geography. It does its job with workmanlike efficiency. I still look forward to the next issue.

[Sharky]

i had a quick read of #3 this morning. and i am liking the art.. it feels alot bettter then chaos....(that was to dark and sometimes scratchy looking)

it was a little too much on soundwave doing the same thing....

Run....Eject..... Run.... Eject.. Run......


Spoilers in Images....Kinda.....(enjoy Hursty!!)














(i really like this panel)









i do still look forwad to the next issue.!!

[Paulbot]

The writers are clearly influenced by the cartoon, but Ratbat living in Soundwave's chest and not talking was his situation from the end of Megatron Origin until Death of OP. And IDW swapped the Frenzy and Rumble colour palette a couple of years ago.

I didn't think much of this chapter, but it was a nice little showcase for the cassettes.

[i_amtrunks]

No meat in this issue, all just Soundwave and cassette love.

Bit of a Shockwave/Soundwave merger there with all the overconfidence and probabilities...

Art is getting better, but these issues are doing nothing to paint the autobots in a better light, they are rough, rude, and overconfident for what seems to be no reason. The entire Autobot squad are taken out so easily by the cassettes, and Orion is just a thuggish brute at the end. Perhaps the next issue might see the beginning of Orion becoming more like Prime?

So far it is not a series I have enjoyed, but the art is different and decent. too bad this is my only fix, as I dont have time to grab #2 of MtMtE and have to hope it is in stock in a few weeks time when I get back from overseas.

[Sky Shadow]

Indeed... I do look forward to seeing how it is played out, if this is ever released in print form.

You only have 153 days to wait! http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Tran...ctCurrency=AUD

[Sharky]

I just downloaded and read issue 4 and I felt the art in this was a little darker then the last few issues.. I do understand they were in a dark establishment.. But still!! And the story for me just plodded on.. It really does not paint the current "prime" in a heroic light. (or the autobots for that matter...And it is getting a little annoying) While I am entertained by this story this is just starting to feel like another coming of age story for Optimus...

[Sky Shadow]

The last page of issue four is the first real "surprise!" moment in this series. We're halfway to the end.

[Sky Shadow]

#6 Preview: http://www.polarismagazine.co.uk/pre...s-autocracy-6/