Synopses for IDW Transformers Bumblebee: From Cybertron with Love Issues #1-3
Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 3:19AM CDT
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There are some spoilers, of course, so read along below at your own peril of reduced enjoyment of the series, and let us know if you'll be picking this up as it comes out, in preparation for the movie in December!
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #1 (of 4)
Some call him Goldfender, but the name's Bee... Bumblebee. On loan to MI6 and teamed with a human partner, Bee's trapped in the middle of a Cold War plot to disrupt British Secret Intelligence. But when things go wrong, it's up to Bee to discover if there's a traitor in their midst. In the spy world, allegiances can change just as easily as a Transformer.
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #2 (of 4)
THE LIVING HEADLIGHTS! In swinging 1960s London, Bumblebee teams with a pair of bickering master spies to unravel a Decepticon conspiracy— but is one of Bee’s friends a double agent?
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #3 (of 4)
Energon is Forever. It's war in the streets of swinging 1960s London, baby—and it's freaking Bumblebee out! The Decepticon scheme to lure the world's top espionage organizations into war shifts into high gear—so Bee and his super-spy friends call in some international help!
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Posted by Bronzewolf on June 13th, 2018 @ 6:58pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on June 13th, 2018 @ 9:34pm CDT
Bronzewolf wrote:This concept is campy as all hell and ridiculous, but I am here for it! My question is, how do I get a hold of that B cover? Is it a retailer exclusive? Or just a luck of the draw thing?
The best thing to do is reserve it at your local comic book store. Its not a retailer exclusive.
Posted by Va'al on June 14th, 2018 @ 2:20am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Bronzewolf wrote:This concept is campy as all hell and ridiculous, but I am here for it! My question is, how do I get a hold of that B cover? Is it a retailer exclusive? Or just a luck of the draw thing?
The best thing to do is reserve it at your local comic book store. Its not a retailer exclusive.
Yep, A and B covers can be easily ordered from the store, just ask them to be put aside.
The others take some extra fiddling, but if your store orders in enough, you might get some of the extras (depending on their order number).
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 16th, 2018 @ 9:42pm CDT
Check out the preview below, and let us know what you think of this upcoming prequel comic, the first movie comic in some time that wasn't a one-shot, below!
Some call him Goldfender, but the name's Bee... Bumblebee. On loan to MI6 and teamed with a human partner, Bee's trapped in the middle of a Cold War plot to disrupt British Secret Intelligence. But when things go wrong, it's up to Bee to discover if there's a traitor in their midst. In the spy world, allegiances can change just as easily as a Transformer.
Posted by TulioDude on June 16th, 2018 @ 11:35pm CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on June 17th, 2018 @ 12:57am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 17th, 2018 @ 6:14am CDT
Posted by DeadCaL on June 17th, 2018 @ 11:03am CDT
WreckerJack wrote:His skin couldn't breathe? That just sounds awkward. Makes me think of stinky feet.
<cough> James Bond reference <cough>
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 20th, 2018 @ 9:06pm CDT
Check it out below, and let us know what you think of this new IDW movie series comic, the first in a long time (other than that one about the Schick Hydro bot) we might add! And be ready, for the first issue is set to hit the streets here very soon!
Posted by DeadCaL on June 21st, 2018 @ 1:17pm CDT
Posted by RotorstormNZ on July 6th, 2018 @ 7:15pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 7th, 2018 @ 3:30am CDT
RotorstormNZ wrote:Has anyone here picked up or read #1 yet? There's a very detailed TFWiki page already!
Review incoming! Just had a bad connection this week..
Posted by Va'al on July 11th, 2018 @ 2:03am CDT
(Spoiler free-ish)
Synopsis
Some call him Goldfender, but the name's Bee... Bumblebee. On loan to MI6 and teamed with a human partner, Bee's trapped in the middle of a Cold War plot to disrupt British Secret Intelligence. But when things go wrong, it's up to Bee to discover if there's a traitor in their midst. In the spy world, allegiances can change just as easily as a Transformer.
Story
It has been a very long time since we saw anything in print or digital as a tie-in or lead-in or even just promotion, for the Paramount live action universe, as directed by Michael Bay. It looks as though, now that the plans are changing - and very much so - we're back in business however, and the old movie comics making team is back for the ride!
John Barber is clearly having fun with this mini-series, even just from the first issue, as the puns are aplenty, the references even more so, and the dynamic between Bumblebee and Omega Zero / David Reeve is hard to shake too far away from Ian Noble-Action Man and Kup, from the pages of Revolutionaries. The action is worthy of something that can be a movie blockbuster for sure, but it's their dialogue (and the acronyms) that sticks the most.
That said, I am a little confused at the pitching of this series - as it's intended to be aimed at a younger audience, yet has very pulp, noir, crime references and context which a younger audience may very well not get at all. Plus, if it is indeed to lead into the upcoming Bumblebee movie, I'm very curious to see what this story established about the current Cybertronian situation on Earth.
Art
As team is back, Andrew Griffith returns next to Barber to work on the visuals for the former's script as the A.R.T.I.S.T., and as we already knew, his mechanical-but-organic, movie designs work amazingly (as does his architecture), and are dynamic without fault in their execution - which cannot otherwise be entirely said about some of the human renditions of the other side of the cast, unfortunately. It may, at this point, just be my personal taste getting in the way, however.
Priscilla Tramontano does some seriously impressive work as the C.O.L.O.R.I.S.T. to go with the excellent base lines, and manages to bring both a fresh coat over some old-style looks, and make it all work as a new perspective on an old visual aesthetic. Partnering that up with some well placed, even spot on, SFX from regular L.E.T.T.E.R.E.R. Tom B Long, and you get an explosive mix that works extremely well with the punchy script for this opening issue.
The covers for this series so far have been a huge selling point for myself and several other fans online, be it the regular Griffith / Tramontano variant, the Fico Ossio, Megatron-cameoing version, or the pulpy Sara Pitre Durocher take on the story - you can view them all in our comics database here, with credits!
Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead
Consider my interest very slightly piqued, at least insofar as we're getting some more human-bot interaction from Barber - as well as his usual net weaving, with Sector Seven, various continuity issue jugglings and fun dialogue - along with what this story will say about Bee losing his voice, how the movie version we saw develops from this very different character, and what other cameos might make it in both character and style.
The movie aesthetic may turn off a fair few regular IDW style accustomed readers, but keeping the target in mind, younger fans will probably have grown up with this style and it's a great idea to have something Transformers comics based for them in the hands of Griffith and Tramontano. The covers are definitely also a big draw, and not one to be underestimated.
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 11th, 2018 @ 3:50am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on July 11th, 2018 @ 8:58am CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 19th, 2018 @ 3:08pm CDT
THE LIVING HEADLIGHTS! In swinging 1960s London, Bumblebee teams with a pair of bickering master spies to unravel a Decepticon conspiracy— but is one of Bee’s friends a double agent?
Posted by Va'al on July 24th, 2018 @ 8:34am CDT
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #2 (of 4)—Cover A: Andrew Griffith
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)
THE LIVING HEADLIGHTS! In swinging 1960s London, Bumblebee teams with a pair of bickering master spies to unravel a Decepticon conspiracy—but is one of Bee’s friends a double agent?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #2 (of 4)—Cover B: Fico Ossio
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a)• Fico Ossio (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
The prequel to the new Bumblebee film (coming this winter), geared toward a younger audience!
Sometimes serious, sometimes campy action spy adventure for fans of James Bond or Mission Impossible!
Variant cover by Andrew Griffith!
Posted by Va'al on August 5th, 2018 @ 4:13pm CDT
The third chapter (out of four) features the usual main and retail incentive work from Griffith, coloured (without credit, again) in the former and with plain line art in the latter, while Fico Ossio (plus colourist) takes on the B variant for the issue. Check them out below!
Energon is Forever. It's war in the streets of swinging 1960s London, baby-and it freaks Bumblebee out! The Decepticon scheme to lure the world's top espionage organizations into war shifts to high gear-so Bee and his super-spy friends call in some international help!
In Shops: Aug 29, 2018
Posted by MarkNL on August 6th, 2018 @ 2:34pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on August 25th, 2018 @ 2:30am CDT
Energon is Forever can be seen in the images below, and we get the first (chronological, at least) appearance of jet Blitzwing, plus more wordplay, references and acronyms than a single news post can handle. Check it out, and let us know what you think!
Description
Energon is Forever. It's war in the streets of swinging 1960s London, baby—and it’s freaking Bumblebee out! The Decepticon scheme to lure the world's top espionage organizations into war shifts into high gear—so Bee and his super-spy friends call in some international help!
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 25th, 2018 @ 2:53am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 27th, 2018 @ 7:27pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on August 28th, 2018 @ 5:02am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 28th, 2018 @ 5:08am CDT
Va'al wrote:I'm glad we are getting Blitzwing introduced here, actually! It clarifies more about why he's the one we see in the movie (though clashes with the alleged Cybertron opening).
I was wondering about that myself, the weird thing is that this series could easily work with the previous films. I have to wonder why there's a disconnect between this and how the Bee movie opens...unless this prequel ends with bee back in cybertron to set up the movie.
Posted by Va'al on August 29th, 2018 @ 2:48am CDT
Check it out mirrored below thanks to flickeringmyth, and let us know what you think in the discussion thread!
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #3 (of 4)—Cover A: Andrew Griffith
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)
Energon is Forever. It's war in the streets of swinging 1960s London, baby—and it’s freaking Bumblebee out! The Decepticon scheme to lure the world's top espionage organizations into war shifts into high gear—so Bee and his super-spy friends call in some international help!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
The prequel to the new Bumblebee film (coming this winter), geared toward a younger audience!
Sometimes serious, sometimes campy action spy adventure for fans of James Bond or Mission Impossible!
Black and white variant cover by Andrew Griffith!
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 29th, 2018 @ 3:29am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 29th, 2018 @ 7:46am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 29th, 2018 @ 9:44am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:i still find it extremely jarring to see bumblebee with a human like face and talking. Like my brain can't seem to accept that's the same character I've watched in movies the past decade and have multiple toys of.
I have a feeling that in the final issue, he won't be looking the same
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 29th, 2018 @ 9:51am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:i still find it extremely jarring to see bumblebee with a human like face and talking. Like my brain can't seem to accept that's the same character I've watched in movies the past decade and have multiple toys of.
I have a feeling that in the final issue, he won't be looking the same
maybe but it kinda bugs me that they've even done that to him to begin with.
Posted by Va'al on September 24th, 2018 @ 6:25am CDT
Take a look below, with a reminder of the blurb, and join the conversation in the Energon Pub!
(W) John Barber (A/CA) Andrew Griffith
In 1960s England, Bumblebee and his super-spy allies infiltrate the Decepticons' clandestine island headquarters. Is it a trap? Of course it's a trap. But in the high-stakes game of counterintelligence, who's trapping who?
The prequel to the new Bumblebee film (coming this winter), geared toward a younger audience!
Sometimes serious, sometimes campy action spy adventure for fans of James Bond or Mission Impossible!
In Shops: Oct 03, 2018
SRP: $3.99
Posted by Va'al on September 29th, 2018 @ 11:31am CDT
The comic is allegedly out next week, but in the world of direct markets and IDW Publishing scheduling, all is possible. Stay tuned for updates once we have them, and join the discussion in the Energon Pub discussion boards.
In 1960s England, Bumblebee and his super-spy allies infiltrate the Decepticons’ clandestine island headquarters. Is it a trap? Of course it’s a trap. But in the high-stakes game of counterintelligence, who’s trapping who?
Posted by Va'al on October 2nd, 2018 @ 2:01am CDT
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #4 (of 4)—Cover A: Andrew Griffith
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)
In 1960s England, Bumblebee and his super-spy allies infiltrate the Decepticons’ clandestine island headquarters. Is it a trap? Of course it’s a trap. But in the high-stakes game of counterintelligence, who’s trapping who?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
• The prequel to the new Bumblebee film (coming this winter), geared toward a younger audience!
• Sometimes serious, sometimes campy action spy adventure for fans of James Bond or Mission Impossible!
• Black & white variant cover by Andrew Griffith!