Comic Review: Transformers Regeneration One

[i_amtrunks]

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.

Here's hoping!

[klystron]

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

[Paulbot]

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".

[GoktimusPrime]

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

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!" 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.

[kup]

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

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.

[Hursticon]

I liked it plenty!

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

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

[klystron]

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.

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.)

[GoktimusPrime]

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.

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

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

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! Thuttherin' thuckertash!

[Sharky]

Transformers: Regeneration One #82



"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)



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Your Thoughts

[5FDP]

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