IDW Furmanverse

[TheDirtyDigger]

I'm actually reading Dinobot Hunt right and I'm finding it quite tedious and hard to read.

Can you tell us why Bart?

[Bartrim]

Can you tell us why Bart?

It just feels slow and it's not capturing me like the others. I read Target:2006 and Time Wars and couldn't put them down. I'm only about half way through and I find that I have to force myself to pick it up when I go to my TPB collection.

Definitely the worst of his I've read soo far

[SilverDragon]

The thing I really like about the IDW Furmanverse is how the robots in disguise angle is played. It's interesting to see that the war is being waged covertly-at least at first, anyhow. I also like how characters from all over G1 are showing up, not just the ones that everyone remembers.

In terms of his first stories at Marvel UK, I really liked the stuff that was going on-particularly as it was FAR better and more complex than the cartoon. It gave depth to characters, and made some (Ultra Magnus, for once) infinitely more awesome than their animated counterparts.

However, I can't decide one over the other. I like them both, and think they're equally awesome.

[llamatron]

Furman's IDW work is pretty terrible.

HEY GUYS REMEMBER THE WRECKERS??!?!?! OH NO HERE COMES THUNDERWING - AGAIN.

[Lord_Zed]

Marvel Furmanverse is Transformers for me. Growing up the cartoon paled in comparison to the comics, they were the underpinning real stories, the deeper examinations and fleshing out of everything great about Transformers.

I second those recommened texts above, great reading, yes a little dated and you need to look past some of the art but its just quality.

I concur with your sentiments.

Actualy the G2comic is my favourte, it was just so bleak and edge of your seat stuff. I was always worried my faviourte characters would be dismembered on the next page. It was exciting.

I find the new IDWverse a bit to placid, or at least AHM is.

[i_amtrunks]

I find the new IDWverse a bit to placid, or at least AHM is.

The G1 comics were still very placid around the 18th (up to 30th if you want to count Stormbringer and Spotlights), with the only deaths being new minor characters (until Prime, that is). G2 was the only series that went bat s**t insane from the get-go and that was because of the help it had from the G1 comics.

I wonder had IDW let Furman do as he pleased rather than shoe-horn him into tying things up for the polished turd of AHM, how things (and the death count) would have panned out... we all know Furman loves killing off characters (Nightbeat anyone?)

[Lord_Zed]

The G1 comics were still very placid around the 18th (up to 30th if you want to count Stormbringer and Spotlights), with the only deaths being new minor characters (until Prime, that is). G2 was the only series that went bat s**t insane from the get-go and that was because of the help it had from the G1 comics.

I wonder had IDW let Furman do as he pleased rather than shoe-horn him into tying things up for the polished turd of AHM, how things (and the death count) would have panned out... we all know Furman loves killing off characters (Nightbeat anyone?)

Do you mean IDW or Marvel?

Although Marvel G1 wasn't quite as insane as G2, The threat of deactivation was always looming. I mean they got started in the first mini series, at the end half the Autbots were taken out of action. Admitedly most of chracters killed of in G1 marvel were minor ones. But I think the fact that they were being deactivated lent the war some weight. I always liked the way the Ark had those stasis chambers filled with deactivated bots in suspended animation. There was always hope that your favourte character would be back but always fear that one of your favourtes would be scrapped. And when Prime got offed it felt like no one was safe. I mean the very next issue not only did Megatron effectively die, but he crushed Brawl's head and he wasn't seen for several issues either.