All Hail Megatron Issues 1 to 6 (Vol 1)

[roller]

Is AHM an allegory about the struggle of the working class man over the corporate machine?

[hotaru_oz]

The preview comic "Focus on Decepticons" had a pair of blood soaked sneakers, they were edited out in #1.

I like it how in #1 only 1 person in the constructicons scene, was worried, the rest were all "ooooh its a movie" I love that bit

yeah I noticed that, I know I wasn't expecting full on gore but a little blood would've been nice, considering all the violence that was happening.
I just read the 2nd issue and it seemed a little short to me, I think it's because I'm used to reading thick manga volumes
I'm also wondering how someone could mistake Ravage for a giant robot dog
any way I loved it and waiting for the next issue ^^

[FFN]

Is AHM an allegory about the struggle of the working class man over the corporate machine?

Didn't they do that in Megatron Origin? Working class Megatron leads a bolshie revolution against the fatcats of the Senate or something that was lost in the orgy of REALLY CHEESY "robo blood" and artist Alex Milne giving all of the Transformers anime catgirl fangs.

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm also wondering how someone could mistake Ravage for a giant robot dog

The guy was being chased by a giant robotic quadraped... it's meant to be a... well, do you know exactly what kind of animal Ravage is meant to be? (noone else tell her please)



A/ Panther
B/ Leopard
C/ Cheetah
D/ Lion
E/ Jaguar
F/ Cougar
G/ Lynx
H/ Tiger
I/ Puma

...and considering that he's never seen Ravage before (probably never seen a Transformer before) and he's being chased and running for his life - under that kind of pressure I think it's understandable that he could make an assumption that it could be a dog. So place yourself in some highly-stressful situation and then think about what kind of animal Ravage is meant to be.

Also goes to show what crap beast modes the G1 Transformers had - as far as robots in disguise goes, Ravage's quadrapedic robot mode is utterly unconvincing compared to say Cheetor or Tigatron (although his true alt mode is his microcassette tape mode).

Didn't they do that in Megatron Origin? Working class Megatron leads a bolshie revolution against the fatcats of the Senate or something that was lost in the orgy of REALLY CHEESY "robo blood" and artist Alex Milne giving all of the Transformers anime catgirl fangs.

...and mispelling of Sentinel Prime as Sentinal Prime. (-_-)
Still, I really liked the underlying premise for that story though.

[hotaru_oz]

The guy was being chased by a giant robotic quadraped... it's meant to be a... well, do you know exactly what kind of animal Ravage is meant to be? (noone else tell her please)



A/ Panther
B/ Leopard
C/ Cheetah
D/ Lion
E/ Jaguar
F/ Cougar
G/ Lynx
H/ Tiger
I/ Puma

...and considering that he's never seen Ravage before (probably never seen a Transformer before) and he's being chased and running for his life - under that kind of pressure I think it's understandable that he could make an assumption that it could be a dog. So place yourself in some highly-stressful situation and then think about what kind of animal Ravage is meant to be.

Also goes to show what crap beast modes the G1 Transformers had - as far as robots in disguise goes, Ravage's quadrapedic robot mode is utterly unconvincing compared to say Cheetor or Tigatron (although his true alt mode is his microcassette tape mode).

Lol gee I'm guessing Ravage is one hell of a giant mechanical Panther with a stubby tail
True the guy was more concerned from said giant killer kitty than trying figure out what it is.

[Paulbot]

Note a couple of posts about the TF novels (and Animporhs!) have been moved here

[GoktimusPrime]

Lol gee I'm guessing Ravage is one hell of a giant mechanical Panther with a stubby tail

Sorry, not a panther. Ravage is meant to be a Jaguar.

[roller]

Didn't they do that in Megatron Origin? Working class Megatron leads a bolshie revolution against the fatcats of the Senate or something that was lost in the orgy of REALLY CHEESY "robo blood" and artist Alex Milne giving all of the Transformers anime catgirl fangs.

hahaha yeah, i just felt like saying something 'deep'

[bassbot]

I've finally come back here (the board) after a busy hiatus! good to see conversation still going. some speculation has seemed weird to me, but i'm constantly on the idw forums and knew the clarity of AHM being set 1 year later. Revelations and Max Dinos fitting in that gap and providing initially a rushed and then more fleshed out completion to Furman's work.

Anyhow. I think the main test for AHM is to see whether a lengthy Transformers tale will work in modern comics publishing. It is essentially an ongoing test, but not really. It also will push IDW to market well as their won't be another #1 for a while on the main line (ecxluding MAx dinos).

I've enjoyed the slow burn SLASH blockbuster feel of AHM so far, loved the cons and the interactions especially in #3 between Megs and Starscream.
Don't mind either the return to main line characters at all.

[STL]

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Issue #2's

141 (Rank); IDW Transformers All Hail Megatron #2; 13,355 (sales); #1 (previous issue) 15,699; (previous issue's sales); -2,344 (decline in units); -14.93% (percentage decline)

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Nothing to write home about exactly.