All Hail Megatron Issues 7 to 12

[Lord_Zed]

i_amtrunks]
Why Omega did not just obliterate Megatron while in Cruiser mode I do not know, and really, Cybertronians must be the worst shots of all species in the galaxy, they miss one another at point blank range, then run into hand to hand combat instead, even Cliffjumper cannot hit a target 3 metres away with his bfg.
They should hit one another more, most damage can be rid of with a CR chamber, Starscream came back from horrific injury, so why not others?

I thought the whole battle was a reneactment of the one in the Ultimate Doom when they all line up and shot eachother at point blank range (and missed). Unlike previous battles in the IDW universe where TF's actualy got damaged the cybertronians have all upgraded thier armour so lasers just give them dirty black marks and make them fall over.

And lets not forget that Rumble was there all fit and healthy after that RPG shot to the head last issue that didn't actauly do any damage. Who knew Soundwave wa such a softie, getting all choked up at Rumble getting a nick on his nose. They really do seem to have developed a parent child relationship. Maybe I should put my MP Grimlock apron on Soundwave?

But yeah seriously the battle itself was what left me feeling disapointed the most in AHM #11.

[kup]

I share pretty much the same views as Zed and I_amtrunks but it didn't bother me as much as it is what I expected - Basically a more refined Geewhunn plot as I mentioned earlier in the thread.

Although like Skyshadow, I would have preferred a lesser known G1/G2 character instead of Dropshot but at least we get someone new aside from from Genericons or Geewhunn cons. Dropshot's intro was also well done as I was expecting yet another pointless General Wikitywik 'Oh s**t what are we gonna do now?' scene but instead it was interrupted by a surprise attack from Dropshot which I found rather cool and welcomed given the extreme Geewhuness of the issue.

....I am tempted to get a Dropshot toy now as before this issue he was just a nobody. He didn't even look like his Micromaster namesake.

[i_amtrunks]

And lets not forget that Rumble was there all fit and healthy after that RPG shot to the head last issue that didn't actauly do any damage. Who knew Soundwave wa such a softie, getting all choked up at Rumble getting a nick on his nose. They really do seem to have developed a parent child relationship. Maybe I should put my MP Grimlock apron on Soundwave?

If Megatron knew exactly what was going to happen, and when, then shouldn't it mean that he told Rumble about the attack, and Rumble and Soundwave played along, pretending to be hurt, and dropping the communications blockade, so that the humans left in NYC could feel fear, knowing the EU were going to bomb them?

I mean, c'mon Megatron planned all of this, down to the minutia...

[Omega Supreme]

If Megatron knew exactly what was going to happen, and when, then shouldn't it mean that he told Rumble about the attack, and Rumble and Soundwave played along, pretending to be hurt, and dropping the communications blockade, so that the humans left in NYC could feel fear, knowing the EU were going to bomb them?

I mean, c'mon Megatron planned all of this, down to the minutia...

I have my doubts about the leadership of this Megatron, All Hail Starscream!

[GoktimusPrime]

All Hail Viewfinder!

[Sam]

I sorta liked the conversation between Megatron and Starscream in the most recent issue of AHM, but felt that overall the artwork seemed somewhat rushed...

[roller]

i went to the comic shop yesterday and shane mccarthy was there

so i got issue 11 autographed woooo

i shoulda asked him what he thinks about the unofficial drift toy being made, but forgot

it was nice to see the art back to normal, unlike the previous issue where it was cartoony
issue 11 didn't seem to be much in the way of furthering the story , but had some nice bits

next issue sounds great though

I asked mr McCarthy about the Coda , to me it sounds like Spotlight issues but they are not centreing on 1 character.

[Zahhak]

Maybe I should put my MP Grimlock apron on Soundwave?

do it and post pics!
(Spoilorssseses)

Overall I like the genral IDEA of the comic, the talk between SS and Megs, the hidden cons right under the humans noses...but everything thing else to me just seem like filler..the first 5 pages for example could of been the end of AHM #10..I don't think it was a terriable read or anything...it just felt incomplete I guess?

[Tober]

i shoulda asked him what he thinks about the unofficial drift toy being made, but forgot

He likes it.

There's a pretty good interview with him here where he is asked that question and many, many... many more here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC3b5epypnA

or direct mp3 download from here:

http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=487919

About 31Mb for 90 mins of chatting.