That was underwhelming to me.

Another IDW non-event event.

I quite like the art style but it does not gel with the previous art style. I am by no means suggesting that Livio would have done better or been a better fit (his work in the previous issues was disappointing) but when collected together, it will not mesh.

Story was dull and rushed. After all that Prowl gave up so easily, a very lacklustre finish to what Barber was building to in RiD. A shame as if there was no Hasbro interference I feel we would have been given something far more substantial for these combiners. As it stands, it more or less felt as if the whole event was made up of:
1. Aargh big messy fight.
2. Bots standing near each other got 'macguffined' together
3. big messy fight
4. Prowl Angst
5. Bots standing near each other got 'macguffined' together
6. Bigger messier fight
7. Optimus Maximus angst
8. All back on cybertron.

I'm sure that if this is the way the story was heading (and since RiD was more political thriller I feel it was already heading this way, but the combiners were utilised to make it happen far quicker) that it would have been better served by characters moving the plot forward, not messy fights and Prowl angst.

For now Windblade will be a trade only deal for me unless it picks up substantially in the first few issues. Its a shame as it had such potential and this "event" has done more harm than good to the brand to me.