Sneak Peek - Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #29 - Dawn of the Autobots

Dawwwwww Tailgate and Cyclonus are adorable.


Megatron is cool now i like him as a good guy better.

Yay Mirage!

So that's all protectobots except for possibly Streetwise on the lost light.

cool Broadside

Jackpot is in the Foc Jazz body neat i love the character already.


Grotusque is alive?

thought he died in chaos


Its a great moment lets hope no 1984 lovers ruin said moment

Great call Roberts having that Legislator kill Tailgate before Cyclonus can make love to him!

also from the people mentioning it in the previous topic about issue 28, got a transformer using his alt mode and transforming within the first pages

1984forever wrote:Great call Roberts having that Legislator kill Tailgate before Cyclonus can make love to him!

Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll we don't care


he is not going to kill Tailgate he is a main Character.


Please i beg of you go away you irritate me very much and i hate you not a dislike you i despise you

Great colours on these pages! I'm going to like having Joana Lafuente taking care of them for a while.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

1984forever wrote:Great call Roberts having that Legislator kill Tailgate before Cyclonus can make love to him!

Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll we don't care


he is not going to kill Tailgate he is a main Character.


Please i beg of you go away you irritate me very much and i hate you not a dislike you i despise you

Welllllllllllllllllll mirageANDjazz it seems like YOU care 2X more than everybody else.

IDW is a company that follows Hasbro's long standing tradition of not caring about it's iconic characters, so Tailgate could wind up on the scrapheap with the likes of Bumblebee and Shockwave.

Please I beg of you to use punctuation it irritates me very much I hate it when punctuation is left out i dislike run on sentences

1984forever wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

1984forever wrote:Great call Roberts having that Legislator kill Tailgate before Cyclonus can make love to him!

Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll we don't care


he is not going to kill Tailgate he is a main Character.


Please i beg of you go away you irritate me very much and i hate you not a dislike you i despise you

Welllllllllllllllllll mirageANDjazz it seems like YOU care 2X more than everybody else.

IDW is a company that follows Hasbro's long standing tradition of not caring about it's iconic characters, so Tailgate could wind up on the scrapheap with the likes of Bumblebee and Shockwave.

Please I beg of you to use punctuation it irritates me very much I hate it when punctuation is left out i dislike run on sentences

You know what i don't care i don't even read the comics but i know they wont kill Tailgate not now and not in the next page.


No one likes negativity since ever and we don't care about your opinions but someone should knock some sense in your head



Stop posting idw hate on the idw news ok its simple don't like it don't comment.


I am very close to jumping off a bridge because of people like you who can't just agree to disagree.

1984forever wrote:

IDW is a company that follows Hasbro's long standing tradition of not caring about it's iconic characters.

Are you joking?

How deluded are you?




I know people are allowed to have an opinion but Jesus pal.


Well then G1 does not care about the true Transformers

Diaclone

Twist: 1984forever IS James Roberts and he's just supremely f**king with us

*ahem* anyway, i loves me some cyclonus&tailgate. also, Roberts is a constant source of sentences that have never been said before; this time, it's "You call yourselves pallbearers?"

There is no way that isn't going to turn out to be a pet/tamed Legislator, it's too obvious a threat as displayed to be revealed for the preview.

Tiny Ancient Dude is back! Hurray!

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Downbeat wrote:There is no way that isn't going to turn out to be a pet/tamed Legislator, it's too obvious a threat as displayed to be revealed for the preview.

That's a cool idea and would actually make sense, I mean Sunstreaker has one of the Insecticon Swarm guys as a pet.

Also, Tailgate isn'T going to die now, Roberts apparently spared his life in the storyline prior to Dark Cybertron, due to his popularity. No way he does that just to kill him off in the first book of season 2.

This looks super awesome, Tailgate and Cyclonus are great. Seems most of my season 1 favs are returning and S2 looks to maybe be even better. And yes I am an original, was the perfect age of 6 in 1984, G1er and IDW is slowly becoming the "main" G1 to me.

Dead Metal wrote:

Downbeat wrote:There is no way that isn't going to turn out to be a pet/tamed Legislator, it's too obvious a threat as displayed to be revealed for the preview.

That's a cool idea and would actually make sense, I mean Sunstreaker has one of the Insecticon Swarm guys as a pet.

Also, Tailgate isn'T going to die now, Roberts apparently spared his life in the storyline prior to Dark Cybertron, due to his popularity. No way he does that just to kill him off in the first book of season 2.

I also see that highly improbable, but then, we've seen deaths happen a lot in this series.

The idea of the Legislator being controlled or owned by someone else (Atomizer, maybe, due to the arrows?) is intriguing, though..

Va'al wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Downbeat wrote:There is no way that isn't going to turn out to be a pet/tamed Legislator, it's too obvious a threat as displayed to be revealed for the preview.

That's a cool idea and would actually make sense, I mean Sunstreaker has one of the Insecticon Swarm guys as a pet.

Also, Tailgate isn'T going to die now, Roberts apparently spared his life in the storyline prior to Dark Cybertron, due to his popularity. No way he does that just to kill him off in the first book of season 2.

I also see that highly improbable, but then, we've seen deaths happen a lot in this series.

The idea of the Legislator being controlled or owned by someone else (Atomizer, maybe, due to the arrows?) is intriguing, though..

Atomizer has definitely had a hand in fighting him that's for sure. Didn't notice the arrows at first.
The fact that its speech bubble says "Ten.." may also be a tipoff to it not attacking. The attack orders they usually have start with "Nineteen".
So the "ten..." might be counting down to something, judging by the series till now, I would say ... a game of hide and seek.

Yea, a lot of deaths, but it seems very unlikely to change a script last minute so he survives, just to then kill him right after we see him for the first time since his last appearance. That's too cruel even by Roberts' standards.

I really want a FOC Jazz repainted as Blackjack, that'd be awesome!

Hypershock wrote:Twist: 1984forever IS James Roberts and he's just supremely f**king with us

*ahem* anyway, i loves me some cyclonus&tailgate. also, Roberts is a constant source of sentences that have never been said before; this time, it's "You call yourselves pallbearers?"

okay, you got me. As a reward I'm going to include a special sneak peak of the 4th page of MTMTE#29!

We cut away from the Legislator/Tailgate scene to see Optimus showing off the contents of his new trailer, which he has just had modified for Megatron's trial. Prowl looks on in amazement as Prime's trailer folds open to reveal a mobile Kangaroo Court!

(click here for 4th page preview)

If the link didn't work for you it's because...

A) I'm not James Roberts
or

B) your computer or device has beef with you... in which case you should try porking it

So far, so good. I'm glad that Cyclonus is getting some screen time.

Interesting to see Megatron helping w/ BB's funeral. I wonder who will be able to make it.

Tailgate eluded to Rodimus getting voted out. I know he (Rodimus)didn't take that too well. I must admit he is one of my favorites. I just wish that Prowl would've gotten demoted for all of the mess that he pulled before Bombshell's cerebro chip. Or at least give Fortmax a few minutes alone with him to get some stuff off of his chest.

Dead Metal wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Downbeat wrote:There is no way that isn't going to turn out to be a pet/tamed Legislator, it's too obvious a threat as displayed to be revealed for the preview.

That's a cool idea and would actually make sense, I mean Sunstreaker has one of the Insecticon Swarm guys as a pet.

Also, Tailgate isn'T going to die now, Roberts apparently spared his life in the storyline prior to Dark Cybertron, due to his popularity. No way he does that just to kill him off in the first book of season 2.

I also see that highly improbable, but then, we've seen deaths happen a lot in this series.

The idea of the Legislator being controlled or owned by someone else (Atomizer, maybe, due to the arrows?) is intriguing, though..

Atomizer has definitely had a hand in fighting him that's for sure. Didn't notice the arrows at first.
The fact that its speech bubble says "Ten.." may also be a tipoff to it not attacking. The attack orders they usually have start with "Nineteen".
So the "ten..." might be counting down to something, judging by the series till now, I would say ... a game of hide and seek.

Yea, a lot of deaths, but it seems very unlikely to change a script last minute so he survives, just to then kill him right after we see him for the first time since his last appearance. That's too cruel even by Roberts' standards.

the numbers were the the specific parts of the law the offending bot had broken. 19:80:4 was the section about thought warfare, for example, which is why they were saying that when chasing Skids.

craggy wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Downbeat wrote:There is no way that isn't going to turn out to be a pet/tamed Legislator, it's too obvious a threat as displayed to be revealed for the preview.

That's a cool idea and would actually make sense, I mean Sunstreaker has one of the Insecticon Swarm guys as a pet.

Also, Tailgate isn'T going to die now, Roberts apparently spared his life in the storyline prior to Dark Cybertron, due to his popularity. No way he does that just to kill him off in the first book of season 2.

I also see that highly improbable, but then, we've seen deaths happen a lot in this series.

The idea of the Legislator being controlled or owned by someone else (Atomizer, maybe, due to the arrows?) is intriguing, though..

Atomizer has definitely had a hand in fighting him that's for sure. Didn't notice the arrows at first.
The fact that its speech bubble says "Ten.." may also be a tipoff to it not attacking. The attack orders they usually have start with "Nineteen".
So the "ten..." might be counting down to something, judging by the series till now, I would say ... a game of hide and seek.

Yea, a lot of deaths, but it seems very unlikely to change a script last minute so he survives, just to then kill him right after we see him for the first time since his last appearance. That's too cruel even by Roberts' standards.

the numbers were the the specific parts of the law the offending bot had broken. 19:80:4 was the section about thought warfare, for example, which is why they were saying that when chasing Skids.

Yea I know. But all the low numbered laws we've encountered till now have been minor ones. In fact I believe Magnus even said in an early issue that a crooked Autobrand was an offence against section ten of the Tyrest Accord. I'll go and check on that.

Dead Metal wrote:

craggy wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Downbeat wrote:There is no way that isn't going to turn out to be a pet/tamed Legislator, it's too obvious a threat as displayed to be revealed for the preview.

That's a cool idea and would actually make sense, I mean Sunstreaker has one of the Insecticon Swarm guys as a pet.

Also, Tailgate isn'T going to die now, Roberts apparently spared his life in the storyline prior to Dark Cybertron, due to his popularity. No way he does that just to kill him off in the first book of season 2.

I also see that highly improbable, but then, we've seen deaths happen a lot in this series.

The idea of the Legislator being controlled or owned by someone else (Atomizer, maybe, due to the arrows?) is intriguing, though..

Atomizer has definitely had a hand in fighting him that's for sure. Didn't notice the arrows at first.
The fact that its speech bubble says "Ten.." may also be a tipoff to it not attacking. The attack orders they usually have start with "Nineteen".

So the "ten..." might be counting down to something, judging by the series till now, I would say ... a game of hide and seek.

Yea, a lot of deaths, but it seems very unlikely to change a script last minute so he survives, just to then kill him right after we see him for the first time since his last appearance. That's too cruel even by Roberts' standards.

the numbers were the the specific parts of the law the offending bot had broken. 19:80:4 was the section about thought warfare, for example, which is why they were saying that when chasing Skids.

Yea I know. But all the low numbered laws we've encountered till now have been minor ones. In fact I believe Magnus even said in an early issue that a crooked Autobrand was an offence against section ten of the Tyrest Accord. I'll go and check on that.

That would make sense as Tailgate just got his brand new

liking Lafuente's colours there, but going to have to see the whole issue (or a few) before feeling okay about Josh Burcham's departure.

craggy wrote:liking Lafuente's colours there, but going to have to see the whole issue (or a few) before feeling okay about Josh Burcham's departure.

She also did LSotW and the Ironhide mini-series, iirc, and those were pretty darn good. I'm ok with Josh being gone for awhile if she's the substitute, I think she'll live up to his superb standard quite fine.

ScottyP wrote:

craggy wrote:liking Lafuente's colours there, but going to have to see the whole issue (or a few) before feeling okay about Josh Burcham's departure.

She also did LSotW and the Ironhide mini-series, iirc, and those were pretty darn good. I'm ok with Josh being gone for awhile if she's the substitute, I think she'll live up to his superb standard quite fine.

oh sure, Wreckers was great. She did Spotlight Cliffjumper as well which was one where I thought the colours particularly stood out as being good.

Next up, on news from IDW Publishing, is something very different from the Transformers of old - yes indeed, it's the sitcom space-opera with a very very dark twist: More Than Meets the Eye #29! The full preview is below, and make sure to head back here tomorrow to discuss the issue over the Seibertron.com review.

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #29: Dawn of the Autobots
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)
STAND-OFF! While the crew of the Lost Light react to MEGATRON’s arrival with characteristic maturity (calling him names behind his back and ignoring him when he speaks) one AUTOBOT is convinced that a more direct approach is needed. Guess what happens when a one-time tyrant is told he’s not wanted? Yeah, exactly.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
- DAWN OF THE AUTOBOTS continues!
- The secrets of MEGATRON joining the Lost Light are revealed!
- Variant Cover by Marcelo Matere!

Don't give in, Rodimus...

Along with the full preview for IDW Publishing's Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #29, we also get a look at a clean version of the variant Nick Roche/Josh Burcham cover, featuring a very smug indeed Megatron on trial, courtesy of the colourist's Twitter account. Take a look below!

he's being tried for multiple counts of genocide standing in a see of Cybertronian skulls, and he's got a creepy smile The hell is going on in his mind?

Flashwave wrote:he's being tried for multiple counts of genocide standing in a see of Cybertronian skulls, and he's got a creepy smile The hell is going on in his mind?

I don't think Megatron's all that bashful, in regards to what he's done. >:oP

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Flashwave wrote:he's being tried for multiple counts of genocide standing in a see of Cybertronian skulls, and he's got a creepy smile The hell is going on in his mind?

I don't think Megatron's all that bashful, in regards to what he's done. >:oP

Let's face it, he doesn't have anything to hide. He's Megatron. They could get Overlord, the DJD, Pharma, Tyrest, and Whirl all hammered and ask them to come up with new horrors and they couldn't come up with anything that Megatron didn't already do. What Megatron is probably smirking about, what he's really keeping secret, is what Optimus has done. He stands on a mountain of skulls knowing that Prime stands on one too.

zodconvoy wrote:Let's face it, he doesn't have anything to hide. He's Megatron. They could get Overlord, the DJD, Pharma, Tyrest, and Whirl all hammered and ask them to come up with new horrors and they couldn't come up with anything that Megatron didn't already do. What Megatron is probably smirking about, what he's really keeping secret, is what Optimus has done. He stands on a mountain of skulls knowing that Prime stands on one too.

Dang. That's kinda cool.


Also, the stuff with Rodimus...man.

Synopsis
STAND-OFF! While the crew of the Lost Light react to MEGATRON’s arrival with characteristic maturity (calling him names behind his back and ignoring him when he speaks) one AUTOBOT is convinced that a more direct approach is needed. Guess what happens when a one-time tyrant is told he’s not wanted? Yeah, exactly.



Story

Only a couple of weeks after the last comic, and in fact, the last MTMTE it was too, here we are again back on the Lost Light! Last we saw of space was the floating coffin with Autobot insignia just outside the ship, and it seems as thought captain Megatron decides to bring it on board pretty quickly. Meanwhile, Tailgate (completely absent for pretty much the entirety of Dark Cybertron) is reunited with Cyclonus, and everyone else on the ship.



In another six month flashback, we return to Megatron's planet-wide trial, too. But the centre stage is taken by some behind the scenes Rodimus action (well, more or less) and the prosaic, verbose, eloquent, melodramatic, narcissistic duly appointed ruler of Cybertron itself: Starscream. Who gets even further excellent characterisation, along with the big M himself. He looooves to talk, but he does know what to say. Usually.



But what is really impressive in this issue's writing, as has been for the series pre-Dark Cybertron too, is James Roberts' attention to detail. Or to disseminating details, references, clues, scraps of information about where the story might go, where it came from, with the coffin and Skids and Nautica, Riptide, Nightbeat and the rest of the crew. Add to that a number of little nudges towards other series, shows and lores. Seriously, it's riddled with them.



In terms of actual action, there is probably even less than last issue, but my oh my is there still a lot going on. Chromedome's mourning, Nightbeat's solving, Trailcutter's drinking/forcefielding, THE TRIAL. If anything, it can at times still feel a little cramped if you are trying to pay attention to all the details on the first read.

Art

We get Alex Milne on artwork, confirming and earning his post as the main artist for the series. And it really really works with the tone of the stories being told. And the expressions, especially with Rodimus' reactions during the trial. And Starscream's. But the best parts are some of the perspectives in the ship, around the ship, outside the ship (there's a double page spread that is breathtaking), and Cybertron again, with some excellent montage styled panelwork for the trial scenes.



It's also the first issue with Joana Lafuente on full colours! And she delivers amazingly. There are some plays on light and shadows in the conversation between Nightbeat and Chromedome that really set the tone, and some excellent hues for Trailcutter's scenes and other snippets around the issue.



Lettering is once more a brilliant Tom B. Long, who does some serious fonting and captioning of scenes, with some truly excellent touches to the already stellar visual components. And the covers are brilliant, too: Milne and Priscilla Tramontano stand-off on A, a smug Nick Roche/Josh Burcham B, and a throwback Marcelo Matere and Tramontano incentive (thumbnail).

Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead

Some of my concerns from #28 return here, in terms of multiple storylines. But there is definitely more of a focus and a bringing together of events, causes and consequences. The ending is a ridiculous cliffhanger or three, there may be ghosts, and it all looks absolutely amazing, with some priceless expressions around characters. It feels less like it's building up, and more like a sustained tension of suspense.



As I said above, in some parts it feels as though there is even more cramped into this issue than the previous one, but give it time. And if, on the other hand, it feels like something is missing, maybe it's just Roberts making it so. Read the issue more than once, take your time, and if it's still gone.. then it's definitely an intentional loss. Just ask Nightbeat.

The testimony Starscream gave was some his best dialogue ever in any continuity. I would love to see Roberts write the original 1984 characters in a traditional Autobots vs. Decepticons story set on Earth... instead of this crap. This "adult" version of Transformers where the Autobots mainly sit around drinking the Cybertronian equivalent of "Wild Irish Rose" and "Thunderbird".

What a waste

I love the writing and art work. It is some of the best stuff I have read. There just seems to be the right flow of words that fit each character.