IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 6:08AM CST
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Something naughty this way comes...
(Spoiler free-ish)
(Spoiler free-ish)
Synopsis
SECRETS AND SINS! PROWL’s past—shrouded in mystery—begins to come to light… and the revelations aren’t pretty. But to get ahold of the missing AUTOBOT, the WRECKERS will have to face… the NOISEMAZE.
u kno it
Story
Issue three, and we're still untangling a gigantic knot of garbled vines (and lumps in throats, after reading). Surprising no one really, but still executed really well, we find out who and what Mesothulas Tarantulas is - he even gets a catch phrase - what his goal might be, and just about what the Wreckers may have to do with any of this series to start with.
Oh yeah, them
I can see the problem with that last part, of course, as other readers have pointed out: if anything, this book so far is more about Prowl and his past than the Wreckers. And Prowl and the Wreckers haven't really had stellar relations in that past, either. This issue, however, may be leading towards the meeting point of the two pasts.
Hmmmmmm
There is one particular piece of dialogue, shown in the preview, which illustrates just how well Roche can work with words and visuals - as it's a layout within the panel that will show up a number of times in the issue - and speaks to his strengths as a grey-moral-area-lover-of-ambiguity. As we have seen several times before now.
Coloured words
Roche takes a quick dip in established Transformers history, from the IDWverse anyway, as he brings us up to speed with what happened to Mesontulas, which will please some readers. He also unearths some not-yet-established historical connections, as we catch up with what the Wreckers might know about it all, which will intrigue readers. Either way, he's still spinning threads, over halfway in.
Art
What I have said for the verbal part of Roche's appraisal, I have to reiterate in the visual - though with not as many reservations on the complexity of what he's doing. Yes, he is a storyteller, and working with both tracks in sync allows his art and words to bounce off each other, but the art has a smidge over the words at times, especially in character design.
What Josh Burcham brings to the page, in his colouring, is truly remarkable. The emotional side of the story and its characters is played out with tonal contrasts, juxtaposition of bright and positively (negatively?) dark colours, and sprinkled with some seriously heebie-jeebie vibes throughout. Plus, we get the trippy swirl effects of the Noisemaze.
Also, accurate for the story
Tom B. Long has a field day with the number of font variations: each faction, plus Taranmesothulalala, and juiced up Guzzle, the Noisemaze - there is so much going on in the different voices, and he claims them all, pointing them out brilliantly. The covers are pretty much as dark as you would expect, with multi-layered Roche/Burcham main Impactor and Kup art, heart-scrunching incentive variant by Priscilla Tramontano (seen here), and an ominous Pri-- Prowl by guest artists Andy MacDonald and John-Paul Bove (thumbnailed).
Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead
Even with the caveats mentioned above, I found a solid balance in Roche's writing: we may get some exposition in spots, but it allows for character fleshing out too; if on one hand there is a lot of Prowl and Tarantulas, on the other there is a big build-up of expectations. And both allow for some excellent visuals, in both layouts and creepiness, and surprising emotional turns. And Obtenteum (really?).
Another image of Nick Roche
We get some additional background and character work, though very brief, on Hubcap, Verity, Carnivac, Stakeout - and some of it will hurt, some of it will enrage, most of it will leave readers wanting for more, that's for sure. Whatever happens at the end, with its 'mild' cliffhanger, will have to wait quite a while for a resolve, unfortunately. So strap in to your spider, and let it crawl.
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½ out of
½ out of Credit(s): Va'al, IDW
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Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759807)
Posted by Randomhero on January 27th, 2016 @ 6:47am CST
Posted by Randomhero on January 27th, 2016 @ 6:47am CST
Good issue but again, this is not a wreckers book. This is a sins of prowl book.
I hate to say this but am I the only one who thinks its blatantly obvious who Ostaros is? I mean the reveal of who Mesothulas is was called by the beginning of issue two, everyone figured out who the traitor was by the iTunes preview weeks ago. Are we really suppose to read Ostaros and not go "oh yeah, there's Springer" ?
I hate to say this but am I the only one who thinks its blatantly obvious who Ostaros is? I mean the reveal of who Mesothulas is was called by the beginning of issue two, everyone figured out who the traitor was by the iTunes preview weeks ago. Are we really suppose to read Ostaros and not go "oh yeah, there's Springer" ?
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759812)
Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:07am CST
I dunno. There are several pointers going in that direction, yes, so I wouldn't be terribly surprised if that were the case. Especially with Impactor's behaviour in the series so far.
There is also some sort of tenuous etymological connection, with Eostre/Oster-Easter/Paschal-Spring.
Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:07am CST
Randomhero wrote:Good issue but again, this is not a wreckers book. This is a sins of prowl book.
I hate to say this but am I the only one who thinks its blatantly obvious who Ostaros is? I mean the reveal of who Mesothulas is was called by the beginning of issue two, everyone figured out who the traitor was by the iTunes preview weeks ago. Are we really suppose to read Ostaros and not go "oh yeah, there's Springer" ?
I dunno. There are several pointers going in that direction, yes, so I wouldn't be terribly surprised if that were the case. Especially with Impactor's behaviour in the series so far.
There is also some sort of tenuous etymological connection, with Eostre/Oster-Easter/Paschal-Spring.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759813)
Posted by Crosscheck on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:08am CST
Posted by Crosscheck on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:08am CST
Yeah, so the artificial not is Springer. It is why his eyes grow so bright. I know They want you to think it is Hubcap, but he is just a traitor.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759816)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:19am CST
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:19am CST
I'm not enjoying the comic but I'm stuck in a 'started so I'll finish' sorta mood.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759824)
Posted by Randomhero on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:45am CST
See the only thing I can't stop saying with this is "nick is not James" I don't mean that as an insult but let's be honest, nick is not James. James will throw little hints here and there and will throw stuff in to completely throw you off. That is not how nick writes. Nick is not a mystery writer. I think he's trying but the mysteries are so obvious
Posted by Randomhero on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:45am CST
Va'al wrote:Randomhero wrote:Good issue but again, this is not a wreckers book. This is a sins of prowl book.
I hate to say this but am I the only one who thinks its blatantly obvious who Ostaros is? I mean the reveal of who Mesothulas is was called by the beginning of issue two, everyone figured out who the traitor was by the iTunes preview weeks ago. Are we really suppose to read Ostaros and not go "oh yeah, there's Springer" ?
I dunno. There are several pointers going in that direction, yes, so I wouldn't be terribly surprised if that were the case. Especially with Impactor's behaviour in the series so far.
There is also some sort of tenuous etymological connection, with Eostre/Oster-Easter/Paschal-Spring.
See the only thing I can't stop saying with this is "nick is not James" I don't mean that as an insult but let's be honest, nick is not James. James will throw little hints here and there and will throw stuff in to completely throw you off. That is not how nick writes. Nick is not a mystery writer. I think he's trying but the mysteries are so obvious
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759828)
Posted by Randomhero on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:54am CST
I can see that. This is series people have been waiting for for 5 to 6 years and it's really not the story people have been waiting for. I personally am enjoying it but I'm also finding myself saying "this isn't mind blowing"
Posted by Randomhero on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:54am CST
Carnivius_Prime wrote:I'm not enjoying the comic but I'm stuck in a 'started so I'll finish' sorta mood.
I can see that. This is series people have been waiting for for 5 to 6 years and it's really not the story people have been waiting for. I personally am enjoying it but I'm also finding myself saying "this isn't mind blowing"
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759829)
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 27th, 2016 @ 8:06am CST
Same here, but I've relegated the book to "wait till the digital price gets cut in half" status. MTMTE is rapidly becoming the only official Transformers media/product I still enjoy.
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 27th, 2016 @ 8:06am CST
Carnivius_Prime wrote:I'm not enjoying the comic but I'm stuck in a 'started so I'll finish' sorta mood.
Same here, but I've relegated the book to "wait till the digital price gets cut in half" status. MTMTE is rapidly becoming the only official Transformers media/product I still enjoy.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759833)
Posted by jogunwarrior on January 27th, 2016 @ 8:19am CST
Posted by jogunwarrior on January 27th, 2016 @ 8:19am CST
I'll pick this up when its collected like I did with Last Stand, but I just wanted to say that Tarantulus is my favorite Beast Wars character and I am so happy to see him brought into this IDW Universe. I'd love to see what a writer like James could do with him in the future.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759845)
Posted by Crosscheck on January 27th, 2016 @ 8:42am CST
Posted by Crosscheck on January 27th, 2016 @ 8:42am CST
Did a little digging. Definitely confirmed that Springer is Ostaros. Ostara is the Germanic goddess of spring. Additionally, the name can roughly translate as "to shine" (like Sprinters eyes do). Add in the fact his profile is quite similar and the head is a dead ringer, definitely the same person.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759847)
Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2016 @ 8:48am CST
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Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2016 @ 8:48am CST
Crosscheck wrote:Did a little digging. Definitely confirmed that Springer is Ostaros. Ostara is the Germanic goddess of spring. Additionally, the name can roughly translate as "to shine" (like Sprinters eyes do). Add in the fact his profile is quite similar and the head is a dead ringer, definitely the same person.
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Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759854)
Posted by Crosscheck on January 27th, 2016 @ 9:08am CST
Posted by Crosscheck on January 27th, 2016 @ 9:08am CST
Derp, I missed that post. Sorry!Va'al wrote:Crosscheck wrote:Did a little digging. Definitely confirmed that Springer is Ostaros. Ostara is the Germanic goddess of spring. Additionally, the name can roughly translate as "to shine" (like Sprinters eyes do). Add in the fact his profile is quite similar and the head is a dead ringer, definitely the same person.
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=105166&p=1759845#p1759812
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759857)
Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2016 @ 9:17am CST
Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2016 @ 9:17am CST
Crosscheck wrote:Derp, I missed that post. Sorry!Va'al wrote:Crosscheck wrote:Did a little digging. Definitely confirmed that Springer is Ostaros. Ostara is the Germanic goddess of spring. Additionally, the name can roughly translate as "to shine" (like Sprinters eyes do). Add in the fact his profile is quite similar and the head is a dead ringer, definitely the same person.
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=105166&p=1759845#p1759812
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759872)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2016 @ 9:54am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2016 @ 9:54am CST
Well, there were those moments. Hubcap as a traitor was correct, some kind of protoform x style story where X may or may not be Springer, Stakeout is dying, so he and Verity shall die together. Wow. 
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1759881)
Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2016 @ 10:19am CST
Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2016 @ 10:19am CST
In more Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers news today, a new listing has popped up on online retailer Amazon, showing that the collected trade for the mini-series from IDW will be released in July 2016 (also due to the mid-series pause). There is obviously no cover image selected yet, though it is probable that it'll be one of the variants used during the run itself. Head here for more info, as it currently stands!
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: IDW Publishing (13 July 2016)
ISBN-10: 1631406698
ISBN-13: 978-1631406690
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1760076)
Posted by Bounti76 on January 27th, 2016 @ 4:54pm CST
Posted by Bounti76 on January 27th, 2016 @ 4:54pm CST
Can someone tell me please.....is the SOTW series pausing for some reason? I don't follow it like I do MTME and not-RID.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1760103)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2016 @ 5:41pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2016 @ 5:41pm CST
There is no comic in February and #4 is in March. Va'al might know why but I don't know the reason
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1760113)
Posted by Bounti76 on January 27th, 2016 @ 5:54pm CST
Cool, thanks. I wonder if it's because they (IDW) want the focus to be on the 50th issues of MTME and not-RID? They're out in February.
Posted by Bounti76 on January 27th, 2016 @ 5:54pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:There is no comic in February and #4 is in March. Va'al might know why but I don't know the reason
Cool, thanks. I wonder if it's because they (IDW) want the focus to be on the 50th issues of MTME and not-RID? They're out in February.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1760123)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2016 @ 6:04pm CST
Logical guess. Both are double issues
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2016 @ 6:04pm CST
Bounti76 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:There is no comic in February and #4 is in March. Va'al might know why but I don't know the reason
Cool, thanks. I wonder if it's because they (IDW) want the focus to be on the 50th issues of MTME and not-RID? They're out in February.
Logical guess. Both are double issues
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1760164)
Posted by Tigertrack on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:06pm CST
Actually on Twitter Roche thanks IDW for giving him time to take care of family business and then return to it. No specifics, but it's not an IDW thing.
If I owned a transformer of that tarantulas, it would never, ever be in alt mode...ever.
I'm sorry to all of you, but even if this isn't the Wreckers story I wanted I am still enjoying it. But I enjoy a lot of the characters being used and focused on here, so, yeah.
Angry about Stakeout... Stupid giant tcog.
Posted by Tigertrack on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:06pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Bounti76 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:There is no comic in February and #4 is in March. Va'al might know why but I don't know the reason
Cool, thanks. I wonder if it's because they (IDW) want the focus to be on the 50th issues of MTME and not-RID? They're out in February.
Logical guess. Both are double issues
Actually on Twitter Roche thanks IDW for giving him time to take care of family business and then return to it. No specifics, but it's not an IDW thing.
If I owned a transformer of that tarantulas, it would never, ever be in alt mode...ever.
I'm sorry to all of you, but even if this isn't the Wreckers story I wanted I am still enjoying it. But I enjoy a lot of the characters being used and focused on here, so, yeah.
Angry about Stakeout... Stupid giant tcog.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1760167)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:09pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:09pm CST
Ah thanks! now we know!
And actually I am very much enjoying it, though I agree about Stakeout. I really like him
And actually I am very much enjoying it, though I agree about Stakeout. I really like him
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1760230)
Posted by RevTibe on January 27th, 2016 @ 10:51pm CST
Posted by RevTibe on January 27th, 2016 @ 10:51pm CST
Poor, poor Claw Jaw. Good night, sweet prince. If I'm lucky, #4 or 5 will feature Scuba and Ikard beating the chrome off Hubcap's bearings.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1764879)
Posted by Big Grim on February 9th, 2016 @ 2:17pm CST
Posted by Big Grim on February 9th, 2016 @ 2:17pm CST
My copy arrived today. Now that Tarantulas has Springer, Roadbuster and Arcee captive, I think that we'll be seeing the sins of the Wreckers quite soon!
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1780973)
Posted by Va'al on April 14th, 2016 @ 4:59am CDT
Posted by Va'al on April 14th, 2016 @ 4:59am CDT
Have a Guzzle.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1781458)
Posted by Va'al on April 15th, 2016 @ 11:30am CDT
Posted by Va'al on April 15th, 2016 @ 11:30am CDT
Note: the title is entirely untrue. 
Kieron: My aim this year is to tie up a lot of projects in the first half. Then my aim is to as I kind of free up space, not to take anything more on. That's my aim. Especially that I don't take on any more work for hire books. And I've ended up saying no to a series of dream books. I've been offered stuff inside the superhero genre, stuff outside the superhero genre, a lot of it very well paying. Stuff of which is iconic to me and I've managed to say no to it all. I haven't been offered Transformers though. And I'd feel bad for how well reviewed they are. It'd be a difficult act to follow. Clearly, on some level, all I want to do is write Impactor, but Nick Roche is obviously a friend, so there's no way I'd go anywhere near the Wreckers even if I was asked. But no. Not doing anything. I've turned down stuff I love more than Transformers, so I suspect if IDW dropped me a line I'd keep my will true. And I do love Transformers. I think I can safely say, never say never. Down the line? Who knows. Like what did my friend say? Screw you if I can't have any fun.
Source: http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/ ... len-2.html
Kieron: My aim this year is to tie up a lot of projects in the first half. Then my aim is to as I kind of free up space, not to take anything more on. That's my aim. Especially that I don't take on any more work for hire books. And I've ended up saying no to a series of dream books. I've been offered stuff inside the superhero genre, stuff outside the superhero genre, a lot of it very well paying. Stuff of which is iconic to me and I've managed to say no to it all. I haven't been offered Transformers though. And I'd feel bad for how well reviewed they are. It'd be a difficult act to follow. Clearly, on some level, all I want to do is write Impactor, but Nick Roche is obviously a friend, so there's no way I'd go anywhere near the Wreckers even if I was asked. But no. Not doing anything. I've turned down stuff I love more than Transformers, so I suspect if IDW dropped me a line I'd keep my will true. And I do love Transformers. I think I can safely say, never say never. Down the line? Who knows. Like what did my friend say? Screw you if I can't have any fun.
Source: http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/ ... len-2.html
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1783686)
Posted by Va'al on April 23rd, 2016 @ 4:52am CDT
Posted by Va'al on April 23rd, 2016 @ 4:52am CDT
After a small break in trasmission, we now return to Nick Roche's (with Josh Burcham and others) Sins of the Wreckers, as issue #4 hits next week - check out the preview below, as Newsarama has shared their own, and head back to Seibertron.com for our review on Wednesday!
Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #4 (of 5)
Nick Roche (w & a & c)
WEB OF DECEIT! The search for PROWL leads the WRECKERS deep into enemy territory—and that’s where they’re at their best! Unfortunately, with the lives they’ve lived—the pasts they battle to escape—even their best isn’t enough to save everybody.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
Variant Cover by Priscilla Tramontano!
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1783723)
Posted by triKlops on April 23rd, 2016 @ 11:01am CDT
Posted by triKlops on April 23rd, 2016 @ 11:01am CDT
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1783864)
Posted by Windsweeper on April 24th, 2016 @ 5:56am CDT
Posted by Windsweeper on April 24th, 2016 @ 5:56am CDT
I like how Hubcap says no one remembers him. It seems like a nod to the fact that he never appeared in the G1 comics or cartoon.
I even remember being with my youngest brother when he bought him and at first glance thinking he was Bumblebee.
Loving this preview. Nick should be given an ongoing. He's as good as Roberts and they're both infinitely better than Barber.
If only they'd been writing Regeneration given they were both fans of the Marvel comic.
I even remember being with my youngest brother when he bought him and at first glance thinking he was Bumblebee.
Loving this preview. Nick should be given an ongoing. He's as good as Roberts and they're both infinitely better than Barber.
If only they'd been writing Regeneration given they were both fans of the Marvel comic.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1783905)
Posted by william-james88 on April 24th, 2016 @ 12:20pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 24th, 2016 @ 12:20pm CDT
Fellow Seibertronian triKlops has let us know that the trade paperback for Nick Roche's Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers is now up for preorder at Amazon. It is slightly discounted at 17.99 and is slated to be released on August 2, 2016.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784039)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 24th, 2016 @ 11:27pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 24th, 2016 @ 11:27pm CDT
#4 is gonna be a good issue, I can feel it. With the way he works, Roche will have this be big, and lead into the bigger conclusion. Although, I predict a death in this one, at least one, maybe more. With Last Stand, he killed 1 in #3 and 3 in #4, so this should be the issue with the body count if he stays true to self 
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784076)
Posted by Henry921 on April 25th, 2016 @ 3:53am CDT
Posted by Henry921 on April 25th, 2016 @ 3:53am CDT
So, this is the "Roadbuster affair". I'm not sure how Fisitron could spin this as anything other than horrific, so I assume he heard a very different version of the story, just like the deaths of Squadron X in Last Stand.
Good to see Mortilus mentioned again; nice bit of world building. Wanna' learn more about any connection to Tarantulas. He could be another "spawn of Mortilus" like Trypticon was.
Good to see Mortilus mentioned again; nice bit of world building. Wanna' learn more about any connection to Tarantulas. He could be another "spawn of Mortilus" like Trypticon was.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784091)
Posted by william-james88 on April 25th, 2016 @ 7:53am CDT
Do you think they will reveal who that bot that Tarantulas made is now?
Posted by william-james88 on April 25th, 2016 @ 7:53am CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:#4 is gonna be a good issue, I can feel it. With the way he works, Roche will have this be big, and lead into the bigger conclusion. Although, I predict a death in this one, at least one, maybe more. With Last Stand, he killed 1 in #3 and 3 in #4, so this should be the issue with the body count if he stays true to self
Do you think they will reveal who that bot that Tarantulas made is now?
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784126)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 25th, 2016 @ 10:24am CDT
I kinda hope, but at the same time, I feel that may be like a last 5 pages of the whole series secret, if it is revealed here
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 25th, 2016 @ 10:24am CDT
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:#4 is gonna be a good issue, I can feel it. With the way he works, Roche will have this be big, and lead into the bigger conclusion. Although, I predict a death in this one, at least one, maybe more. With Last Stand, he killed 1 in #3 and 3 in #4, so this should be the issue with the body count if he stays true to self
Do you think they will reveal who that bot that Tarantulas made is now?
I kinda hope, but at the same time, I feel that may be like a last 5 pages of the whole series secret, if it is revealed here
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784172)
Posted by Optimizzy on April 25th, 2016 @ 2:28pm CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on April 25th, 2016 @ 2:28pm CDT
wow. this is really some awesome work by Roche. Outstanding.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784180)
Posted by MrBlack on April 25th, 2016 @ 2:56pm CDT
If it's who we all seem to think it is, I could see it either dropping at the end of this issue, or as a quiet epilogue to the final issue.
Posted by MrBlack on April 25th, 2016 @ 2:56pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:#4 is gonna be a good issue, I can feel it. With the way he works, Roche will have this be big, and lead into the bigger conclusion. Although, I predict a death in this one, at least one, maybe more. With Last Stand, he killed 1 in #3 and 3 in #4, so this should be the issue with the body count if he stays true to self
Do you think they will reveal who that bot that Tarantulas made is now?
If it's who we all seem to think it is, I could see it either dropping at the end of this issue, or as a quiet epilogue to the final issue.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784183)
Posted by snavej on April 25th, 2016 @ 3:01pm CDT
Posted by snavej on April 25th, 2016 @ 3:01pm CDT
Four million years of war secrets: imagine the scale of it all! 
[It's bad enough here with the 'Panama Papers'.]
[It's bad enough here with the 'Panama Papers'.]
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784539)
Posted by Va'al on April 27th, 2016 @ 10:27am CDT
Synopsis
WEB OF DECEIT! The search for PROWL leads the WRECKERS deep into enemy territory—and that’s where they’re at their best! Unfortunately, with the lives they’ve lived—the pasts they battle to escape—even their best isn’t enough to save everybody.
How the tables (heh) have turned
Story
After the break in the mini-series, we return to the happy escapades of a bunch of loveable misfits, who just happen to wander through the woods and get caught in the web of a spider. Imagine if Nick Roche approached Sins of the Wreckers in that fashion, and then move several steps opposite - darkness falls. Again.
Sorry Guzzle
We move through Tarantulas' web as guilt weaves its tale through the minds and past of Roadbuster, Hubcap, Prowl, Arcee and Springer, with the biggest and the smallest of the lot revealing the beginning of the shared sinful paths, and how they have encountered and become who they are now.
It's... not pretty
On the other side, the team of Wreckers and the Chimeracons, are still working their way through to Tarantulas and his prey, finding a way through the Noisemaze, finding their way through the mess that Prowl has landed everyone into. And they're fairly straightforward about it. Wrecker style.
Prowl, always the charmer
There is also - as is to be expected by now - some seriously dark humour in the book, almost a breather in between the even darker actions and dialogue taking place. But be ready for another big, dense, heavy read (in a good way, ultimately, but heavy nonetheless), as issue #4 is where Roche falls into the rabbit hole. More thoughts on this below.
Art
As expected, the darkness in the story crawls and creeps not only into the linework, where the organic and the mechanical blend in a really intriguing fashion - if not grotesquely so - but also into the panel composition, with a lot of blank and black spaces, filled yes with dialogue, but also with ominous pauses...
All together now!
Josh Burcham and Joana Lafuente's colours are wonderfully attuned to the linework provided, and we get some seriously murky, shadowy, closed and/or trippy, depending on the scene, backgrounds to accompany the story being told - or the plans being set in motion. From the past to the present, via the Noisemaze, we see the colourists' skills at full power.
Whheeeeeee...
As for the lettering, this issue allows for some of the most varied and appreciated work from Tom B. Long, given free rein over a number of techniques, from fading, to fonts, to sizing - the result is an integral part of both story and visuals, without which it might not work the same. On he cover front, the main Roadbuster narrative is taken on by Roche and Burcham, with the latter also playing with Prowl playing with lives (Kup in particular), and Jack Lawrence brings us the new, complete team of Wreckers in the thumbnailed variant.
Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead
Other readers have pointed out how, much like Roberts in recent MTMTE issues, there are some parallels here in SOTW with the previous Wrecker-centric volume. While that is undoubtedly true, it is also the case that Roche has taken the issues of guilt and violence very much to their limit, here. The issue may not be an easy read for some, as it is as graphic as it is dense, physically and mentally for the characters, and the latter for the readers too.
The way in which Roche, Burcham, Lafuente, and Long collaborate on the same story shows a level of passion and understanding of the different dynamics, between characters, between creators, between book and readers, that can only end up bringing about a book like this. The one concern, perhaps, is about the pacing - the build-up is so strong, the development so good, that it feels like this could've been the end of the story. How will next month rack up?
Posted by Va'al on April 27th, 2016 @ 10:27am CDT
Guilt and Violence
(Spoiler free-ish)
(Spoiler free-ish)
Synopsis
WEB OF DECEIT! The search for PROWL leads the WRECKERS deep into enemy territory—and that’s where they’re at their best! Unfortunately, with the lives they’ve lived—the pasts they battle to escape—even their best isn’t enough to save everybody.
How the tables (heh) have turned
Story
After the break in the mini-series, we return to the happy escapades of a bunch of loveable misfits, who just happen to wander through the woods and get caught in the web of a spider. Imagine if Nick Roche approached Sins of the Wreckers in that fashion, and then move several steps opposite - darkness falls. Again.
Sorry Guzzle
We move through Tarantulas' web as guilt weaves its tale through the minds and past of Roadbuster, Hubcap, Prowl, Arcee and Springer, with the biggest and the smallest of the lot revealing the beginning of the shared sinful paths, and how they have encountered and become who they are now.
It's... not pretty
On the other side, the team of Wreckers and the Chimeracons, are still working their way through to Tarantulas and his prey, finding a way through the Noisemaze, finding their way through the mess that Prowl has landed everyone into. And they're fairly straightforward about it. Wrecker style.
Prowl, always the charmer
There is also - as is to be expected by now - some seriously dark humour in the book, almost a breather in between the even darker actions and dialogue taking place. But be ready for another big, dense, heavy read (in a good way, ultimately, but heavy nonetheless), as issue #4 is where Roche falls into the rabbit hole. More thoughts on this below.
Art
As expected, the darkness in the story crawls and creeps not only into the linework, where the organic and the mechanical blend in a really intriguing fashion - if not grotesquely so - but also into the panel composition, with a lot of blank and black spaces, filled yes with dialogue, but also with ominous pauses...
All together now!
Josh Burcham and Joana Lafuente's colours are wonderfully attuned to the linework provided, and we get some seriously murky, shadowy, closed and/or trippy, depending on the scene, backgrounds to accompany the story being told - or the plans being set in motion. From the past to the present, via the Noisemaze, we see the colourists' skills at full power.
Whheeeeeee...
As for the lettering, this issue allows for some of the most varied and appreciated work from Tom B. Long, given free rein over a number of techniques, from fading, to fonts, to sizing - the result is an integral part of both story and visuals, without which it might not work the same. On he cover front, the main Roadbuster narrative is taken on by Roche and Burcham, with the latter also playing with Prowl playing with lives (Kup in particular), and Jack Lawrence brings us the new, complete team of Wreckers in the thumbnailed variant.
Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead
Other readers have pointed out how, much like Roberts in recent MTMTE issues, there are some parallels here in SOTW with the previous Wrecker-centric volume. While that is undoubtedly true, it is also the case that Roche has taken the issues of guilt and violence very much to their limit, here. The issue may not be an easy read for some, as it is as graphic as it is dense, physically and mentally for the characters, and the latter for the readers too.
The way in which Roche, Burcham, Lafuente, and Long collaborate on the same story shows a level of passion and understanding of the different dynamics, between characters, between creators, between book and readers, that can only end up bringing about a book like this. The one concern, perhaps, is about the pacing - the build-up is so strong, the development so good, that it feels like this could've been the end of the story. How will next month rack up?
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Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784567)
Posted by Genericon #378 on April 27th, 2016 @ 12:11pm CDT
Posted by Genericon #378 on April 27th, 2016 @ 12:11pm CDT
Ok, this is just getting ridiculous. Who thought of the great idea that was "kill all the actually interesting characters and leave every predictable character alive"? I can literally predict what the remaining characters will do. Impactor and Guzzle will murder more interesting characters, Kup and Springer will be the only interesting characters left, Prowl will do some stupid treachery shit, and Tarantulas will be a dick to everyone.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784568)
Posted by Randomhero on April 27th, 2016 @ 12:17pm CDT
Posted by Randomhero on April 27th, 2016 @ 12:17pm CDT
I don't know what is about this series but it's just not really amazing to me anymore. I don't hate it, I like it but 'the wow factor' isn't there. I don't want to blame the 2 month delay or the fact we know prowl comes out fine in this and that Arcee and Kup are fine as well but it's just kind of a forgettable story and comic. I get the stakes are high but we know how this ends in the larger picture of things. Prowl doesn't change by the end of this. He's not nicks character anymore, he's john's. Maybe that's it.
It's like I've said before, this is not the series everyone really wanted as a sequel to LSOTW. I think it's a good story and I do enjoy it but I find myself asking "is this story relevant in the current era of transformers comics that we're getting because it's a story doesn't matter if it happened or not because other bigger things are happening in James and Johns books"
It's like I've said before, this is not the series everyone really wanted as a sequel to LSOTW. I think it's a good story and I do enjoy it but I find myself asking "is this story relevant in the current era of transformers comics that we're getting because it's a story doesn't matter if it happened or not because other bigger things are happening in James and Johns books"
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784623)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 27th, 2016 @ 1:56pm CDT
Really? You had to pick that one huh?
Overall not bad. Kinda got what I was anticipating too. Now just gotta wait for the finale
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 27th, 2016 @ 1:56pm CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:
Really? You had to pick that one huh?
Overall not bad. Kinda got what I was anticipating too. Now just gotta wait for the finale
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784689)
Posted by Optimizzy on April 27th, 2016 @ 5:21pm CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on April 27th, 2016 @ 5:21pm CDT
I dunno. I like this series. I like how they are incorporating different transformers and themes into this one universe and in a way that makes since. I stoked on the beast modes now because they make a lot more since. I like what is going on but I do have to agree that I wish we didn't already know these characters fates.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784692)
Posted by Mindmaster on April 27th, 2016 @ 5:24pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on April 27th, 2016 @ 5:24pm CDT
Can't even find it on iBooks so I can read it and share my own thoughts...
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1784736)
Posted by Randomhero on April 27th, 2016 @ 7:04pm CDT
For whatever reason it wasn't on iBooks, I just went and picked it up on comixology.
Posted by Randomhero on April 27th, 2016 @ 7:04pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:Can't even find it on iBooks so I can read it and share my own thoughts...
For whatever reason it wasn't on iBooks, I just went and picked it up on comixology.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1785199)
Posted by LE0KING on April 29th, 2016 @ 5:02am CDT
Posted by LE0KING on April 29th, 2016 @ 5:02am CDT
I got to agree with randomhero here. If this story was given to us before RID and MTMTE it would be great. But we have a higher quality of tf comics out now and this just doesn't make the cut.
Every character besides tidal wave has the same boring personality and make the same bad jokes. Hi, I'm angry and sarcastic. Me too. Me too.
Im just disappointed to see the wreckers story reduced to this.
Every character besides tidal wave has the same boring personality and make the same bad jokes. Hi, I'm angry and sarcastic. Me too. Me too.
Im just disappointed to see the wreckers story reduced to this.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1789436)
Posted by Va'al on May 13th, 2016 @ 4:36pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 13th, 2016 @ 4:36pm CDT
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1789970)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 16th, 2016 @ 5:37am CDT
Hehehe! That is a good one. I love these stupid little GIFs
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 16th, 2016 @ 5:37am CDT
Hehehe! That is a good one. I love these stupid little GIFs
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1790272)
Posted by Dagon on May 17th, 2016 @ 9:30am CDT
I haven't read the rest of the content of this thread, but I'm just going to agree with this comment. I was really hoping for something on par with the Last Stand of the Wreckers story, and Sins has been a let down for me. I don't have any investment in the Wreckers, and I generally think they are a really overhyped bunch, but Last Stand was an excellent story, so I was hopeful that there would have been more of that here, and I haven't found it. I'd love to see there be some kind of penalty for Prowl being this really terrible, manipulative guy, but there isn't, and I'm going to go out on a limb here and say there won't be at the end of this series either. Most of the characters in his feel like another round of "hey!! It's that guy!! Cool!" and that is crappy.
I do like Tidal Wave though.
Posted by Dagon on May 17th, 2016 @ 9:30am CDT
LE0KING wrote:I got to agree with randomhero here. If this story was given to us before RID and MTMTE it would be great. But we have a higher quality of tf comics out now and this just doesn't make the cut.
Every character besides tidal wave has the same boring personality and make the same bad jokes. Hi, I'm angry and sarcastic. Me too. Me too.
Im just disappointed to see the wreckers story reduced to this.
I haven't read the rest of the content of this thread, but I'm just going to agree with this comment. I was really hoping for something on par with the Last Stand of the Wreckers story, and Sins has been a let down for me. I don't have any investment in the Wreckers, and I generally think they are a really overhyped bunch, but Last Stand was an excellent story, so I was hopeful that there would have been more of that here, and I haven't found it. I'd love to see there be some kind of penalty for Prowl being this really terrible, manipulative guy, but there isn't, and I'm going to go out on a limb here and say there won't be at the end of this series either. Most of the characters in his feel like another round of "hey!! It's that guy!! Cool!" and that is crappy.
I do like Tidal Wave though.
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1793243)
Posted by BATTLEMASTER IIC on May 28th, 2016 @ 12:00pm CDT
Posted by BATTLEMASTER IIC on May 28th, 2016 @ 12:00pm CDT
Calling it now: What ever Tarantulas did to Verity is going to turn her into an animorph.
We've seen some non-TV Beast Wars characters in this story, so what not?
We've seen some non-TV Beast Wars characters in this story, so what not?
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1793259)
Posted by Va'al on May 28th, 2016 @ 1:14pm CDT
Why not a HeadTitanmaster..?
Posted by Va'al on May 28th, 2016 @ 1:14pm CDT
BATTLEMASTER IIC wrote:Calling it now: What ever Tarantulas did to Verity is going to turn her into an animorph.
We've seen some non-TV Beast Wars characters in this story, so what not?
Why not a HeadTitanmaster..?
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1793261)
Posted by Mindmaster on May 28th, 2016 @ 1:17pm CDT
*mindblown*
I'd be down for that. Who'd it be for if it happens, I wonder? Arcee, maybe?
Posted by Mindmaster on May 28th, 2016 @ 1:17pm CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:BATTLEMASTER IIC wrote:Calling it now: What ever Tarantulas did to Verity is going to turn her into an animorph.
We've seen some non-TV Beast Wars characters in this story, so what not?
Why not a HeadTitanmaster..?
*mindblown*
I'd be down for that. Who'd it be for if it happens, I wonder? Arcee, maybe?
Re: IDW Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #3 Review (1793268)
Posted by BATTLEMASTER IIC on May 28th, 2016 @ 1:38pm CDT
Posted by BATTLEMASTER IIC on May 28th, 2016 @ 1:38pm CDT
If that were the case, a titanmaster for Roadbuster would make more sense considering he has a need to get ahead in life now.
