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Date: Thursday, December 30th 2010 7:09pm CST
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Reviewing Transformers movie-verse history...
Transformers Sector 7 Issue #4 (of 5)...(in stores Wednesday, December 29th).
For anyone who has been reading Sector 7, and I’m still not sure why I bother with movie-verse related comics, you know what’s been going on. For those who haven’t, I offer you the blurb review below from issue #4.
I have to say, I am not as much of a detail junky as many (like, oh say, the writer in this series). While the series is a
‘somewhat interesting’ step into the past of what is possibly the
‘most interesting’ new part of what came out of the whole movie thing, it is of the movie, and
based on humans, so this series probably did/does not call out to many Transformers fans because...well...
it doesn’t feature many Transformers. No Transforming robot appears until page 15. Mechs in the previous pages though, yes.
No actual named/known Transformer until the 4th to last page.
Not much for a giant sentient robot fan to enjoy there.
And then there are those who will buy anything comics, merchandise, and/or toys with the Transformers name on it. I tend to be that way with comics, mostly because I think I am still looking for that perfect Transformers story. Sector 7 is not that story, but could be of interest to SCI-FI/conspiracy theory/X-Files type fans.
But not so much Transformers fans (minus HARDCORE movie fans, you know who you are).
The writing of the series is not entirely bad. It certainly has not stood out to me to be distracting, or entirely ground-breaking, just the writing is doing a good job doing what writing should do... help to clear up the details in the story that the art work does not make clear, using dialogue, setting narration, etc. Except the German parts in this issue have started to irk me. I now find that piece of the writing to be utterly annoying--
no translations--you can guess some phrases meanings, but many go unknown or unexplained. German dialogue is a large part of many of the last 10-12 pages.
Gutentag herr doktor. Gib mir all deine Transformers Spielzeug ... JETZT!
Anyway, issue #4 continues telling Sector 7 history as family members of its original 7 continue with ‘the family business’ that founding member Walter Simmons started. This time the story is set during 1944. A new Simmons, Bill or Billy, has been asked to carry on in Sector 7 activities and he is none to happy about it. Currently a soldier, he feels he should be in battles fighting the Nazi threat, not participating in “wasting his life like his mother (Margo)”, who we find out in this issue (
Five page preview spoiler alert!!!)
has passed since we last left her.
Reluctantly, Bill agrees, convinced by his grandfather (General Walter Simmons, Margo’s father), to join a group of 6 other operatives (Yo Joe!) to go behind enemy lines and destroy an NBE (non biological entity) that the Nazis have gotten their hands on, and have started reverse engineering tech from (We all know the United States is the only country responsible enough to have reverse engineered tech from the Transformers, right?). Who is the new NBE under NAZI control? Somebody we already knew about and I was surprised to see based on the earlier issues. Surprises are good in stories, so consider that a plus.
What struck me most about this comic, it was a decent read, but violent. As soon as the mission starts it basically falls prey to the Nazi’s new tech (human-piloted, transforming tank mechs), and Barber (writer) and Kang (artist) waste no time in adding in some gross out elements. Limbs here, missing limbs there, it wasn’t as excessive as January’s INFESTATION crossover is sure to bring about, but it just seemed...oddly placed or even unnecessary. You’re welcome IDW, I may have sold a couple more copies for you there.
How does a guy get his hand blown off (yes, it cauterized the wound, but pain!!!), and still continue on his mission looking no worse for wear (minus a hand)?
-I'm Simmons, Bill Simmons. Chuck Norris can lick my boot straps.
It is meant to be a suicide mission and for most of the group it is--thus, the violence, but not before Simmons carries out the group’s task, and destroys a large portion of the base, along with the projects and people (at least one, pretty cold-blooded killing) involved. However, for Simmons, the act was meant to be totally selfless for his country, but as the Transformer the Nazis were using to reverse engineer weapons from awakens, it destroys the Nazi tech and monster, deliberates, decides humanity may be mostly okay based on a few minutes with Simmons, and helps Simmons to finish his mission parameters, then flies them both away into the wild blue yonder sunset. Happy trails soldiers. Oops, dropped the spoiler there.
The artwork is pretty well done most of the time. It’s crisp and clear, no cluttery details. All lines have their purpose. The humans are able to emote, without looking like they stepped out of Bugs Bunny. The tech, weapons, and armament are nicely, accurately, and again simply detailed. Overall, an enjoyable presentation. I’m a bigger fan of the detailed work done in ‘Tales of the Fallen’, and ‘Nefarious’, if it has to be movie than make sure to put the details in intended in movie designs, but this is good work.
The colors are more vivid than previously seen in other issues, assuming that this is meant to be a progression through time, and previous art and color were meant to represent the eras they were telling stories about. The colors are still limited though, as most of this takes place in a nighttime operation setting, thus using more muted, dark colors. While aboard the plane we have a lot of red, from the emergency lights. So the colors are effectively used to express the settings.
I do have a problem with both of this issue’s covers though. If you didn’t like the Jazz/Hubcap cover of the last issue, I’m not sure how you can like either of these any better. A pile of scrap shooting something--courtesy of the retail incentive cover--, or a tank with legs chasing some soldiers depicted on the regular cover (meant to connect with the other covers to create a dossier of the NBE/Sector 7 activities). Take your pick. The very realistic and detailed, dirty, painted regular cover is the best of the two, but the tank on legs kind of makes it silly (is there commentary in here?), and ruins the presentation of the rest of a beautiful piece of military art. Probably not going to get many Transformers fans interested in a book with either of those designs.
Something about the mech designs as I flip back through the issue.
The transformation from tank to mech is fudged...a lot, and the mech modes seem to retain nothing of the tank-- minus the treads/tracks and the cannon. They also seem faster and more maneuverable than the tanks they were, which for experimental tech, is quite amazing, as tanks were fairly high-tech devices for quite awhile. Where did the the hisstank (G.I. Joe) like cockpit come from?
Ultimately, this issue is, as I stated, an alright to fairly enjoyable fiction. If you could read the German phrases than maybe it is even more fun, or meaningful, but without knowing what they translate to is frustrating. I find the book to be a decent short war story with a little bit of robots in there.
Not much “Transformers” though.
I have to say, I’m not sure if others enjoy them or not, but I like the final page of the issue, where Agent John Barber (the writer) has his
‘Field Notes’ and explains ideas, relationships, inspirations, and easter eggs along with artist Lou Kang (Mortal Kombat lover here?). I loved this kind of after sharing when WIZARD did it for DC’s Kingdom Come, and then MARVEL did it for their MARVEL’s series. I really like to be made aware of facts, etc., that inspire work, or are hidden in the work that many of us may never even be aware of.
I have read much more exciting issues. I’ve read a lot worse issues and series. This one works as a stand alone story, and as a part of the Sector 7 mini, making it effective for what it is... a book about a group of humans involved with the Transformers and how they evolve over the decades, but
not much of a Transformers comic book.
Ratings (out of 5):
Art- 3
Colors- 4
Writing- 3
Covers- 2
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five page preview for a little taste of the issue for yourself.
Date: Monday, December 20th 2010 1:21pm CST
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The two page manga featured in the
Japanese Transformers Generations 2010 book has now been translated. While it doesn't do much to advance the plot it does showcase a number of new and forthcoming United figures.
The manga, written and illustrated by Naoto Tsushima was kindly scanned and translated by Powered Convoy, lonegamer8, DrSpengler, NightViper and Meister79.
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Date: Thursday, June 17th 2010 4:18am CDT
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We'd like to thank Kathleen Green of
Titan Magazines, publisher of Transformers comics in the United Kingdom for sending us the following synopis of issue 2.14, which goes on sale today.
STRATOSPHERE head in the clouds, that¹s Stratosphere all over. He¹s in his element at high altitude but unversed in ground combat. So, when his wings are clipped on a routine reconnaissance mission in the Cascades, Stratosphere must learn the hard way, from scratch if he¹s to survive and report back. Especially as he¹s learned of a Decepticon operation to rebuild/reactivate Devastator!
For more information on this issue, visit Titan's Transformers page by cliking
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Date: Tuesday, April 27th 2010 8:49am CDT
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“LEAVE NO AUTOBOT UNCRUSHED!!!”
The final issue in the first story arc of IDW’s Transformers Ongoing comic series does pretty much what you would hope it would do. Motivations are revealed, and we have an ultimate climax of situations as we follow up last issue’s cliffhanger of good ol’ Swindle ready to have
Menasor...
CRUSH ALL THE AUTOBOTS!
Credits for this issue's creation go to:
Written by: Mike Costa
Art: Don Figueroa
Colors by: J. Brown with Andrew Dalhouse
Letters by: Chris Mowry
Editor: Andy Schmidt
Associate Editor: Denton J. Tipton
Last Issue:
The stunticons were reunited, Ultra Magnus confronts the Autobot/Decepticon group, and Spike has a heart to heart with Optimus Prime about why the giant robot surrendered to Skywatch.
This Issue:
The relationships and growth of characters that has happened in the IDW books seem to really become evident as recent events in Spotlight Prowl, TRANSFORMERS Bumblebee, and of course, TRANSFORMERS Ongoing have finally come to fruition.
What I liked:
The action is fun. Pure and simple, metal-mashing robots. Lots of gunplay, and some nifty dialogue make this, if nothing else a fun read. If that’s why you like Transformers, pick this issue up to see some ‘SMASHING’ being done.
...But there is more...
Thundercracker makes an important step that I think many will find helps his character to grow even further toward what IDW has set up for him. But does it seem a step too far? Will he be allowed to be a Decepticon anymore? Does he even want to be?
Bumblebee goes Goldbug and grows up...Bumblebee Prime??? The BUMBLEBEE miniseries dragged us through a painful four issue process of Bumblebee becoming more confident, and better able to lead the Autobots. He steps even further into this role thanks to Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Rodimus, but now seems to embrace it.
Optimus Prime, even though confused himself, still uses his reputation to inspire and build confidence in the other Autobots.
The humans finally wise up. Well, Spike as a leader wises up. I actually like the human element realized in this issue. Spike comes down from his pedestal a moment to reflect upon his actions and how his immaturity has cost others. The idea that not everything is black and white finally hits him, and he also grows from it, realizing that he perhaps has a greater duty than he has been taking responsibility for previously.
And FINALLY they realize that there are good Transformers and bad Transformers, and they might be able to work with good ones to help them in their efforts to stop the BAD ones.
The art was very well rendered and images were excellent in quality and detail. Great movement and emotion shown in the figures in the pages, Don really shows his stuff with fantastic detail.
What I didn’t like:
SPOILER!!!!
Optimus Prime has to save the day SPOILER!!!
(Even though he gets the ideas from another person who gets them from someone else). It seems to come about too easily. But you know, it’s fiction, so things like that can happen. It also seems just too easy of a choice for Spike to make to get Optimus back in the mix.
Rodimus the cry baby. Okay it’s harsh to say that, but of the characters who have grown and changed the most over this story arc, I think his character has taken the biggest step backwards. It seems inconsistent with where he was in TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT HOT ROD, the -ation series, and even in MAX DINOBOTS...what happened? Why ignore the treatment that you had set up for a character to totally change him into another? What purpose do the writers have for him? Some will like how Hot Rod has been written, and others won’t.
Some would also say the same thing for Optimus Prime. His character perhaps has taken a step backwards as to what he started out portrayed as in the IDW-verse. But is it to show just how complicated this new situation is, and just how much it DOES effect even the 'great' leaders? That answer is coming, hopefully.
Thundercracker
seems a bit too goody-goody. Again, is it a change for the better, or worse? Will readers be happy with it, or not?
The art style still has me wondering. It is beautifully rendered most of the time, but the faces still are at times hard to accept, read, or recognize. The humans seem to be to me, the opposite...not very detailed or realistic looking in their features, most of the time.
I also wonder what in the world they are going to do with such a large cast of robots now that the rosters of Bumblebee and Ongoing
have merged. Will the Season 1 robots still tend to take the spotlight as they usually do, or will we see others stepping up and being used and explored more?
Pick this issue up for yourself as it wraps up the first TRANSFORMERS story arc, and sets the table for what will be happening next in the series. Check out the five-page preview
here!
TRANSFORMERS #6 hits comic stores tomorrow!
Date: Wednesday, April 21st 2010 12:57pm CDT
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We've got a little preview of
Transformers Comic 2.12, which will be going on sale in the United Kingdom tomorrow! The comic follows the movie-verse and this issue includes a new Autobot - Springer!
The newest issue of Transformers comic is full of action-packed features, games, puzzles, competitions and much, much more! Don't miss "Rules of Engagement", a fantastic 8-page comic story written by Transformers legend Simon Furman and featuring art from Jon Davis-Hunt. Check out the sneak peaks attached and find out more on the story from the synopsis below!
SPRINGER One of Optimus Prime's most trusted and battle savvy warriors, Springer is drafted in to whip the new unit into shape ahead of their first full mission. Springer likes things done a certain way, which immediatelyputs him at odds with Jolt, who doesn't follow anyone"s rulebook. ButSpringer's Cybertronian-honed skills don't gel on Earth and he's forced tolearn from his "students."
Please visit Titan's Transformers Comic site at
www.titancomicsuk.com for more details!
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Date: Sunday, February 28th 2010 6:48pm CST
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We'd like to thank Jo Browne of Titan Publishing for sending us the following press release. As many of you already know, Titan is the publisher of Transformers comics within the United Kingdom.
Titan Publishing launches TRANSFORMERS Comic on iPhone!
Following the global success of the Wallace & Gromit iPhone comic app, Titan Publishing is proud to announce the arrival of its first TRANSFORMERS iPhone comic.
Launching today, 26 February, and based on Hasbro¹s TRANSFORMERS brand, each TRANSFORMERS comic download includes an awesome action packed story and is bursting with fun facts and trivia about the characters, movies and comics!
The digital comic is free and can be downloaded for iPhone by visiting http://www.titanpublishing.com/digital or the app store (comics are available in the UK and EIRE only.)
The first download includes "OPTIMUS PRIME", a story written by TRANSFORMERS legend Simon Furman and featuring artwork by fan favourite Geoff Senior (Judge Dredd, 2000AD, Dr Who and Dragons Claws).
TRANSFORMERS Comic writer, Simon Furman said TRANSFORMERS on your iPhone - wow! It's a simply incredible chance for fans of the warring ROBOTS IN DISGUSE to experience incredible stories that expand upon and underpin the incredible movie universe. The stories, written by me and drawn by a host of
old and new TRANSFORMERS artists, bring the movie characters to life as never before, and now they can be seen as never before! So get ready for tales of CYBERTRON and Earth that spotlight your favourite characters... and probably a few you know only by name... beamed direct to your iPhone.
TRANSFORMERS Comic #1 is available to download for FREE on iPhone via http://www.titanpublishing.com/digital.
There¹ll be more TRANSFORMERS comic stories released over the coming weeks so check back soon!
Find out more at http://www.titanpublishing.com/digital
There is also a Youtube
trailer available.
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Date: Thursday, February 18th 2010 5:33pm CST
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We regret to inform everyone of an unfortunate incident that has occurred yesterday. As documented in
Chris Ryall's twitter, the drivers involved with the transportation of IDW's comics to the Northeastern United States got into a serious accident. Due to this, Bumblebee #3 and Last Stand of the Wreckers #2 will arrive in the Northeast US on
March 1st. For more information, you can find it below.
To comics shops in the northeast, the reason why IDW books aren't in your hands today is a horrific accident involving the truck w/our books
The books were all destroyed, the drivers severely injured. The TPBs will be in stores on 2/24, this week's comics on 3/1...
...this is to clear up the various fallacies I've seen online that we have no books out this week. It's actually a very big week for us.
The damaged comics are regrettable but my thoughts are with the truck drivers. Very grim situation.
The staff of
Seibertron.com wish the drivers a speedy recovery, and hope everyone gets their comics in due time.
Date: Wednesday, December 9th 2009 12:57pm CST
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IDW Publishing Editor Chris Ryall has posted an update to his personal blog
Ryalltime regarding the latest releases to be shipped by the comicbook producing company.
It looks like the recent holiday, coupled with other shipping delays, may postpone the release of the highly anticipated second book of the Transformers Ongoing Series until December 16th 2009. According to the post, only the west coast of the United States should be affected by this delay, but a poster in the comments section did note that this delay may affect the entire U.S.
Check out the update by clicking
here.
Date: Saturday, August 15th 2009 5:56pm CDT
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Comicscontinuum.com has kindly provided everyone with a 5 page preview of the rapidly approaching All Hail Megatron issue #14.
FIRST LOOK: TRANSFORMERS: ALL HAIL MEGATRON #14
Transformers: All Hail Megatron #14 will arrive in stores on August 19 from IDW Publishing. The issue is written by Shane McCarthy and Andy Schmidt, with art and covers by Emiliano Santalucia and Andrew Griffith.
Here's how IDW describes the issue:
"The Betrayer has been revealed as Sunstreaker! But how did this happen to him? Find out in the first of two stories in this special issue. Meanwhile, Galvatron returns! Join Cyclonus as he is reunited with his old friend -- but something is not right."
Transformers: All Hail Megatron #14 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99
You may view the original post
here which also contains sneak previews of other upcoming releases featuring G.I. Joe, Dr. Who and Star Trek.
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Date: Sunday, May 24th 2009 5:56pm CDT
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Due to the United States observation of the Memorial Day Holiday on Monday the 25th of May 2009, this weeks comic releases will be available in store on Thursday the 28th of May 2009.
A quiet week for Transformers releases, with only one Transformers related item confirmed and set for release:
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie adaptation #2
But count this week as the calm before the storm, according to
From the Tip, the blog of
IDW Publishing'sTransformers Editor Denton Tipton, next week, the 3rd of June 2009 will see a plethora of Movie related comic releases, as well as the debut of a new series aimed at child readers.
Set for release are three Movie Trade paperbacks, a single movie comic issue and new children's hardcover story:
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation #3
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance TPB
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Defiance TPB
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation TPB
- Transformers: Robot Heroes: I Am Optimus Prime HC
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