I agree with Trunks - issue #3 is still not bad - certainly readable from beginning which is better than the entirety of the previous ongoing. But it's just unfortunate that it will always be judged against IDW's MTMTE.

There was an entire one-page splash that - sure - was pretty, but otherwise did little except perhaps be a 'homage' to a Dreamwave pin-up of Arcee usually misattributed to Pat Lee (it was by Rob Armstrong) that had itself been ripped off of Japanese G1 art.

Dirge and Starscream are surprisingly likeable this issue. And yes, we know it's only a matter of time before the Decepticons are going to evil-out on everyone - Transformers at peace can never work for long. And as such, the thing that struck me most about this issue was - perhaps a bit tangential, but...

...between the end of the Great War and Beast Machines, life really must be $#!* for the IDW Predacons, when two out of the three bigwigs in charge are Prowl and Silverbolt!