Comic Review: Monstrosity IDW digital release

[Spitcurlboy]

Bulkhead is G1 now, knew when i put prime bulkhead with my classics it would pay off

[i_amtrunks]

Issue two is out And worth every one of the 99 cents.

No prime, this is a decepticon focused issue. We get Scorponok and the terrorcons as well as dinobots that are hinted to having a similar affliction to their "Prime/FoC" counterparts.

We get to see Megatron showcasing his power and drive again, it is brutal. His time on junkion reveals it was indeed Megatron who was on the cover of issue 1.

The rating this issue really pops on the iPad, I am not sure that it will look as good in print form, but it is far better than what I have since seen on the online preview pages.

My only concern is that these prehistory issues seem to want to contradict what we already know has happened as we have been told or shown in the -tion, ongoing and current series. I'll continue to believe that autocracy was a parallel universe style story, same with monstrosity until we are definitively shown that they tie in well together.

[Spitcurlboy]

yeah, there seems to be some parrells to what we already know but there are distinct difference too

[BigTransformerTrev]

I loved Autocracy and am loving the two issues I have downloaded of Monstrosity so far (got an iPhone 5 today and it was the first thing I did ). Considering how big Scorponok is, Hun-Grrr (or Hun-GAr now for some damn reason) must be bloody huge! Would say more but 'spoilers' and all

[Sharky]

I loved Autocracy and am loving the two issues I have downloaded of Monstrosity so far (got an iPhone 5 today and it was the first thing I did ). Considering how big Scorponok is, Hun-Grrr (or Hun-GAr now for some damn reason) must be bloody huge! Would say more but 'spoilers' and all

well this is a review thread, if your in here you most likley have read the issue already so speak your mind :P

[BigTransformerTrev]

well this is a review thread, if your in here you most likley have read the issue already so speak your mind :P

Well alrighty then ...


In issue one you see Scorponok pick up a barely conscious Megatron in one claw before he throws him out of Astrotrains airlock. So Scorponok is pretty damn big, as someone in the crowd says in issue two. But also in Issue two when Hun-Grrr (bugger the new spelling) confronts Scorponok while in two-headed dragon mode, he is at least as tall as Scorponok and takes up nearly the whole panel. The proportions are akin to a human standing in front of a full grown rhino! So if Scorp can pick up big ol' Megatron in one claw (thus huge) and Scorp looks like he could come up to Hun-Grrr's waist at best if Hun-Grrr went to robot mode - then Hun-Grrr must be fricken massive!

[BigTransformerTrev]

Just read the latest issue (No 3). While it was quite good and moved the story along well, nothing major happened in this issue of particular note. It's nice to see a Quintession make an appearance, I always liked them as bad guys in the TF universe, though of course hated (even before the Primus storyline came along) the idea of them being the TF creators in the original cartoon.


I do like the portrayl of Junkion in this series. About the only cringe-worthy scene in the animated movie (besides everything Wheelie did) was them all having a dance with the Junkions and Dinobots. To see Junkion portrayed as a world of desolation and death filled with psychotic combatants made of scrap is a great 'grown-up' take on what used to be the comic relief in Season 3. Can't wait for the next issue!