All Hail Megatron Issues 1 to 6 (Vol 1)

[Lord_Zed]

Well. Found the thread so i'll continue it -

as it stands it doesn't directly continue from the "ation" series, but for me, I still like it as a #1 issue.

Obviously, this has questions - how are the bots living on Cybertron? (Although we do know that Hound and his crew set themselves up safely on there, in Spotlight: Galvatron i believe).

I'm very interested to see where this goes in #2 and #3.

Yeah I'm trying to figure out is this part of the main story or a what if or prallel universe like Hearts of Steel? I totaly agree with STL on this, it doesn't feel like the IDWverse at all.

All hail Megatron #1 seems very G1 or Dreamwave-esque with a dash of live action movie homages (the jet scenes). Megatron and Starscream have returned to thier cartoon style inane banter. If this is indeed a continuation of the main comic series then I'm unimpressed, as it seems to have thrown out a lot of the clever ideas from the previous stories and just gone for a simple G1 re-hash. But I guess I'll wait and see.

[Paulbot]

Potential spoilers... This week's Spotlight Hardhead suggests how Optimus Prime ends up in All Hail Megatron.

[Lord_Zed]

Potential spoilers... This week's Spotlight Hardhead suggests how Optimus Prime ends up in All Hail Megatron.

Right you are Paulbot. And thats part of what bugs me.

More possible spoilers: Seeing Prime in his current state and Sunstreaker back etc means we know which characters live and which die so some of the suspense of future stories is removed. Seeing Sunstreaker means we can assume that Hot Rod is successfull rescuing Sunstreaker and most probably defeating the Machination (No doubt with Grimlocks help).

But still this is only the first issue. And it's really all flash and bang. I'll wait till next issue when perhaps we start to learn what the story is.

On another note Spotlight Hardhead was awesome! I like they way they gave him some personality. I also enjoyed the broard spectrum of chracters that showed up. I do hope there not going to rush the story to gel with All hail Megs though, cause that would suck. When Devils Due reformated thier G.I Joe comic from G.I Joe to America's Elite they took a fairly epic storyline and finished it all up in one rather rushed feeling unsatisfying issue. In which the Joe's defeated Cobra Comanders most grand scheme just by doing a Rambo, and busting in and shooting, yawn.

[GoktimusPrime]

This story felt like a separate continuity to me *shrug*

[kup]

I was totally under the impression that it was a different continuity, a 'What if' story.

I have not read it but all previews, advertisement, Furman comments, etc have pointed that it was i a continuity of its own and frankly from the bare concept of it (Decepticons win total control) it can't fit anywhere.

[Kyle]

Very nice artwork. Will be interesting to see what happens next.

(Still have not picked up Spotlight: Hardhead yet.)

[liegeprime]

human casualties.... and they call themselves decepticons
hmph pffft yeah right not enough... thats all the damage these "giant robots" can do pffft.Someone loses a ketchup smeared pair of shoes ( dirge?) Not even a few dead bodies lying around, ha! Are their targeting systems so dysfunctional they cant hit a teensy weensy human with those big laser pistol, actually making a dent or mebbe loose a limb in the process? Its not much to ask after all there are a lot of humans scurrying around in the city a few dead in the process wont matter so much. Then Megsy blasts a building down, whoop big deal, not a single dangling body or a burning husk even falling from the window ( which I might add are still intact after taking such a forceful blast, nah.... not enough i say. This like so tamed, Im waiting for Bambi to show up......

[i_amtrunks]

This is not a good comic to re-read.

I was totally under the impression that it was a different continuity, a 'What if' story.

Nope, Ryall, McCarthy et all have been trying really hard for months to convince everyone that it is indeed in continuity.
However I think there will be retcons were AHM is concerned.

The art and seeing how McCarthy will try so very hard to tie this into the very close knitted Furmanverse is all that has me wanting to see the next few issues.

And good news for you Paulbot, the Mosaic that Furman penned that you hated so much is now considered non cannon.

[Paulbot]

And good news for you Paulbot, the Mosaic that Furman penned that you hated so much is now considered non cannon.

Really? I'm torn. On hand one I'm happy the future's not set in stone, on the other hand I'm disappointed that the original storyplan has been thrown out.

As for this series I want it in continuity because the last thing we need is more alternate universes!

[FFN]

This is not a good comic to re-read.

Nope, Ryall, McCarthy et all have been trying really hard for months to convince everyone that it is indeed in continuity.
However I think there will be retcons were AHM is concerned.

The art and seeing how McCarthy will try so very hard to tie this into the very close knitted Furmanverse is all that has me wanting to see the next few issues.

At the risk of Shane McCarthy appearing here (since he's aussie and all) and attempting to shut me up again, I don't think he's trying very hard at all to tie this into Furman's storyline, given he's ditched the facsimiles and Megatron's long-term goals, humans have some how forgotten about those rampaging robots that the military attacked in Devastation and the giant robot dinosaur wandering around in Spotlight Grimlock, he said he would not use Ore-13 (the reason why Earth became a pivitol flashpoint in the war), and issue 2 seemingly abandons the established rule set in Spotlight: Optimus Prime that combiner/gestalt technology was dangerous and had devastating consequences for both the participants and anybody who attempted to use it as a weapon (the combiners go insane).

And good news for you Paulbot, the Mosaic that Furman penned that you hated so much is now considered non cannon.

Really? I'm torn. On hand one I'm happy the future's not set in stone, on the other hand I'm disappointed that the original storyplan has been thrown out.

As for this series I want it in continuity because the last thing we need is more alternate universes!

The Sunstreaker Mosiac, created awhile before AHM was announced, was *originally* part of Furman's continuity. But Ryall and McCarthy ditched it. Its possible McCarthy will have Sunstreaker or somebody reference Hunter, but I doubt it.

Go on, do it, McCarthy! I BLOODY DARE YOU.

i shall ask McCarthy himself whether its a continuation etc etc

What do you think he's going to say? Of course he'll say AHM is a continuation. If he admitted it was not in-continuity they might lose sales. His job depends on it.