Three Page Preview for IDW Transformers: Lost Light #13
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CABIN FEVER! Crammed into a dead Decepticon astropod that's ten sizes too small, the displaced crew of the Lost Light face their most serious threat yet: each other. As tensions rise and tempers fray, only one Autobot is arrogant enough to think he can save the day. Enter Rodimus, expert mediator.
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Posted by Moody magpie on January 12th, 2018 @ 5:02pm CST
Posted by LE0KING on January 13th, 2018 @ 12:15am CST
Moody magpie wrote:So nice to see Alex Milne returning to the series, he has been missed.
Ah, that explains it. I was just thinking how beautiful this was. I thought maybe the new guy was stepping up his game... should have known.
Can we just give Alex a new series? Preferably written by M. Scott.
Posted by Tigertrack on January 13th, 2018 @ 7:06am CST
We see, of course.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 13th, 2018 @ 10:11am CST
Posted by Sunstar on January 13th, 2018 @ 10:43am CST
Posted by Deadput on January 13th, 2018 @ 12:31pm CST
Yay...
Posted by Va'al on January 14th, 2018 @ 4:36am CST
Featuring the return of the Scavengers, Grimlock included, we might find out where they ended up after being caught in the middle of a battle during the Mutineers' Trilogy - as (Commander) Nickel also makes an appearance. Check it out, and join the speculation-filled discussion in the Energon Pub.
MACGUFFIN QUEST! The Scavengers have never had it so good. The war is a receding memory, their patchy service records have been forgotten, and the five of them can roam the galaxy as they please. All’s well that ends well? Not quite. Because unbeknownst to Krok and Co., their next adventure… will be their last.
Posted by Va'al on January 14th, 2018 @ 4:41am CST
Posted by BATTLEMASTER IIC on January 14th, 2018 @ 6:02am CST
Posted by Sunstar on January 14th, 2018 @ 11:22am CST
Posted by Va'al on January 14th, 2018 @ 1:26pm CST
And while we're here, we also have some line art by artist Alex Milne, who is covering some of the interior artwork of issue #13 of the series, as seen in the three-page preview newsed here - and a look at the never actually seen alt-mode for Megatron in his More Than Meets the Eye redesign. Both are mirrored below!
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on January 14th, 2018 @ 1:30pm CST
Posted by Bounti76 on January 17th, 2018 @ 9:35pm CST
(W) James Roberts (A) Alex Milne (CA-Cvr B) Nick Roche (CA-RI) Brendan Cahill;
SECRETS AND LIES! As the Scavengers' journey reaches its ignoble end, the architect of their downfall puts the fate of half the Cybertronian race in their hands. Only one question remains: Are the worst Decepticons prepared to become the ONLY Decepticons?
On Cover B, Nick Roche gives us a spectacular shot of the long-absent (until recently) Scorponok, who looks all too happy to be greeting Misfire and Fulcrum.
And taking a look at the Retailer Incentive cover, done by Brendan Cahill, we see what seems to be one of the greatest mismatches of all time! Scorponok vs.....Nickel?!?
Coming sometime in the next several weeks (thanks, IDW!), do these covers whet your appetite for the Scavengers misadventures?
Posted by Bounti76 on January 17th, 2018 @ 9:55pm CST
MACGUFFIN QUEST! The Scavengers have never had it so good. The war is a receding memory, their patchy service records have been forgotten, and the five of them can roam the galaxy as they please. All's well that ends well? Not quite. Because unbeknownst to Krok and Co., their next adventure... will be their last
Posted by Deadput on January 18th, 2018 @ 12:27am CST
Ugh
Posted by Bounti76 on January 18th, 2018 @ 2:05am CST
Deadput wrote:This cover reminds me why I really hate every single thing about Nickle.
Ugh
*Nickel
Posted by Bounti76 on January 18th, 2018 @ 2:13am CST
Posted by steve2275 on January 18th, 2018 @ 2:26am CST
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on January 18th, 2018 @ 5:14am CST
Posted by snavej on January 18th, 2018 @ 6:30am CST
Posted by Va'al on January 18th, 2018 @ 6:42am CST
Targetmaster Kup wrote:That coloring on the B Covers is horrendous!
How so?
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 18th, 2018 @ 7:15am CST
As for the covers, the grimlock one is awesome and I do find the scorpoknok v Nickel cover hilarious, even if it would always be a one sided fight.
Posted by Hydrargyrus on January 18th, 2018 @ 8:23am CST
Posted by misfire19d on January 18th, 2018 @ 11:51am CST
Va'al wrote:Targetmaster Kup wrote:That coloring on the B Covers is horrendous!
How so?
How is it not horrendous?
shill
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 18th, 2018 @ 4:24pm CST
Posted by Daniel Adkins on January 18th, 2018 @ 5:01pm CST
misfire19d wrote:Va'al wrote:Targetmaster Kup wrote:That coloring on the B Covers is horrendous!
How so?
How is it not horrendous?
shill
It would help if you actually described your problems with it.
Posted by Va'al on January 19th, 2018 @ 3:23am CST
Daniel Adkins wrote:misfire19d wrote:Va'al wrote:Targetmaster Kup wrote:That coloring on the B Covers is horrendous!
How so?
How is it not horrendous?
shill
It would help if you actually described your problems with it.
Indeed! I was just asking to see if I understand the misgivings, whether I accept them or not.
Posted by Deadput on January 19th, 2018 @ 8:10am CST
ZeroWolf wrote:@Deadput what's so bad about Nickel? Please don't just answer back saying "everything", I'm genuinely curious as to why you don't like her.
Late reply but the answer is...
Everything
There is nothing I like about Nickel, I hate her personality and find it annoying as hell, I hate how she bosses the DJD and god damn Deathsaurus (Commander Nickel god kill me or actually better yet kill her), I hate how she basically ruined the DJD by being one of the first things that took away any credibility the DJD had as a threat and made them pathetic with her role being their team "mom" (Later other aditions ruined them further), I hate how she's this "cute" character similar to how far they took Tailgate (And ruined him as well).
Why the hell did she take command over Deathsaurus when she did absolutely nothing to deserve it literally nothing she's a prime example of a really bad oc.
The only thing I don't hate is her design instead I just simply don't like it since it's a "chibi" design I don't think works well.
Sorry I don't like badly written shoehorned in Robert Oc's (I only like Rung out of the "main" oc's he's introduced in MTMTE/LL the others I either hate such as Anode (Who I almost hate as much as Nickel), think are stale and boring (Nautica and Ambulon the only other ones I don't hate but I still don't find them great, Tyrest who is a generic insane bad guy among a sea of generic insane bad guys who so happen to be the only kind of character Roberts can attempt to write), have been ruined by bad writing (The DJD, Rapidfire as an example of wasted potential) or have not had enough time to be shown for me to have an opinion such as the rest of Thunderclash's and Firestar's Oc crew.
Edit: I forgot about Riptide and Fulcrum...probably because of how forgettable and bland they are.
I just irrationally hate her, every time I see or remember her my blood boils, I hate her more then any bad human in a Micheal Bay Transformers movie and is in my top 3 most hated characters in the whole franchise.
Posted by Lore Keeper on January 19th, 2018 @ 8:44am CST
Posted by Deadput on January 19th, 2018 @ 9:03am CST
Lore Keeper wrote:I agree with people that Nickel suddenly being the commander of Deathsaurus's forces comes from out of nowhere. But, I give James Roberts enough credit to expect that an explanation is forthcoming, and it will probably be delightfully humorous and interesting. Or I'm wrong and Nickel's the biggest Mary Sue ever.
Not with this series track record, it's gonna be a stupid explanation.
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 19th, 2018 @ 10:37am CST
Deadput wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:@Deadput what's so bad about Nickel? Please don't just answer back saying "everything", I'm genuinely curious as to why you don't like her.
Late reply but the answer is...
Everything
There is nothing I like about Nickel, I hate her personality and find it annoying as hell, I hate how she bosses the DJD and god damn Deathsaurus (Commander Nickel god kill me or actually better yet kill her), I hate how she basically ruined the DJD by being one of the first things that took away any credibility the DJD had as a threat and made them pathetic with her role being their team "mom" (Later other aditions ruined them further), I hate how she's this "cute" character similar to how far they took Tailgate (And ruined him as well).
Why the hell did she take command over Deathsaurus when she did absolutely nothing to deserve it literally nothing she's a prime example of a really bad oc.
The only thing I don't hate is her design instead I just simply don't like it since it's a "chibi" design I don't think works well.
Sorry I don't like badly written shoehorned in Robert Oc's (I only like Rung out of the "main" oc's he's introduced in MTMTE/LL the others I either hate such as Anode (Who I almost hate as much as Nickel), think are stale and boring (Nautica and Ambulon the only other ones I don't hate but I still don't find them great, Tyrest who is a generic insane bad guy among a sea of generic insane bad guys who so happen to be the only kind of character Roberts can attempt to write), have been ruined by bad writing (The DJD, Rapidfire as an example of wasted potential) or have not had enough time to be shown for me to have an opinion such as the rest of Thunderclash's and Firestar's Oc crew.
Edit: I forgot about Riptide and Fulcrum...probably because of how forgettable and bland they are.
I just irrationally hate her, every time I see or remember her my blood boils, I hate her more then any bad human in a Micheal Bay Transformers movie and is in my top 3 most hated characters in the whole franchise.
Thank you for replying and admitting it is irrational. See if don't find her annoying and maybe it's a sign that Roberts sense of humour isn't to everyone's tastes. I'm all for adding original character's especially more fembots and I know that people say there's still a lot of characters who were introduced in the toy lines that haven't seen any love but I think there's room for more.
Still I'm now curious as to who your other hated characters are.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 19th, 2018 @ 10:57am CST
I got my LL V1 last week and I read it, and I tolerated Lawrence's art more, but it also brought up a huge question for me: Anode. I have really disliked this character since her intro, but after issue 8 and then rereading Volume 1, there are some major issues.
Volume 1 our universe establishes her as being from Caminus. She was in the same sorority as Velocity, she was a blacksmith, she abandoned the place and left after failing to create a protoform. The same volume also had her knowing about Cybertron and Luna 2 and the Decepticons 500 years ago thanks to her leaving Caminus.
Volume 1 Functionist universe had her as being from Cybertron, still a female, still a blacksmith. But with the new functionist order, the colonies were not found. the history was altered well after the colony titans left, so that is not an issue, just that her colony would not have been found. Yet here she is a resident of Cybertron, still female.
Issue 8 then has her from Cybertron in our universe, and she traveled around a lot and decided to switch over from a he to a she.
So in short, in the space of 8 issues, she was shown to be from Caminus as a she, from Cybertron as a she, and from Cybertron as a he that became a she. Was this discrepancy ever brought up to Roberts and he answered? I'd really like to know.
Posted by ArmadaPrime on January 19th, 2018 @ 11:14am CST
As for the functionist-U anode, I'm not sure it's been directly addressed. It /could/ be that simply through talking with those who'd visited multiple-choice planets (organic or metallic), she realised what fit for her in much the same way as if she'd visited herself (as discussed in LL8), but I don't think that's been stated outright.
This is all of the top of my head, so I could well be wrong! There's a Tumblr account which collates all of Roberts' MTMTE-related answers to twitter questions, I'll see if I can find it when I get home
Posted by Daniel Adkins on January 19th, 2018 @ 2:27pm CST
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on January 19th, 2018 @ 5:33pm CST
It's looking better and better!
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 19th, 2018 @ 6:43pm CST
Posted by Lore Keeper on January 19th, 2018 @ 7:09pm CST
Posted by Rodimus Prime on January 19th, 2018 @ 8:37pm CST
Posted by Bounti76 on January 20th, 2018 @ 2:22am CST
Transformers: Lost Light #13
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Jack Lawrence (c)
CABIN FEVER! Crammed into a dead Decepticon astropod that's ten sizes too small, the displaced crew of the Lost Light face their most serious threat yet: each other. As tensions rise and tempers fray, only one Autobot is arrogant enough to think he can save the day. Enter Rodimus, expert mediator.
Posted by Bounti76 on January 20th, 2018 @ 2:34am CST
Posted by BeePrime on January 20th, 2018 @ 3:28am CST
Bounti76 wrote:UGH. After reading that preview, I'm glad I canceled my subscription to Lost Light. After last issue, and the way super-powered super strong Star Saber took out Defensor like a chump (where was his forcefield??) and sliced Mirage to pieces....not to mention Rook being blown to bits......we go in this issue with Anode and she's back to being annoying as all hell. Does Roberts genuinely think he's so hilarious making everything that comes out of her mouth so "clever" and "witty"? The way she's being written, I seriously hope she meets up with Star Saber, too. An extra head up her robo-a**?? Are you KIDDING me?? It's almost over-the-top embarrassing to read her dialogue and storylines because the way it's written is so cringeworthy.
Seconded. I still read the synopsis on TFWiki though, because I guess I LIKE punishment...
Posted by Bounti76 on January 20th, 2018 @ 4:33am CST
BeePrime wrote:Bounti76 wrote:UGH. After reading that preview, I'm glad I canceled my subscription to Lost Light. After last issue, and the way super-powered super strong Star Saber took out Defensor like a chump (where was his forcefield??) and sliced Mirage to pieces....not to mention Rook being blown to bits......we go in this issue with Anode and she's back to being annoying as all hell. Does Roberts genuinely think he's so hilarious making everything that comes out of her mouth so "clever" and "witty"? The way she's being written, I seriously hope she meets up with Star Saber, too. An extra head up her robo-a**?? Are you KIDDING me?? It's almost over-the-top embarrassing to read her dialogue and storylines because the way it's written is so cringeworthy.
Seconded. I still read the synopsis on TFWiki though, because I guess I LIKE punishment...
I do, too. I can skip the far-too-clever dialogue and still get the gist of the story, but I'm convinced Roberts has lost his touch, and is now making his original characters do and say the most over the top crap..... if it turns out that there's some spectacular story he's building, and I just can't see it, I'll eat my words gladly, LL is too silly, over the top and all over the place with story to earn my money.
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on January 20th, 2018 @ 5:32am CST
Va'al wrote:Daniel Adkins wrote:misfire19d wrote:Va'al wrote:Targetmaster Kup wrote:That coloring on the B Covers is horrendous!
How so?
How is it not horrendous?
shill
It would help if you actually described your problems with it.
Indeed! I was just asking to see if I understand the misgivings, whether I accept them or not.
Lack of depth.
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 20th, 2018 @ 5:44am CST
The star saber thing, I've got a couple of theories:
1# he's received a power up to make him more of a threat, he was injured in his last fight so it makes sense that tryest would repair him and make him stronger.
2# this is based on the theory that getaway is stuck in a memory loop as well. Now starsaber was only able to do that to Defensor due to getaway believing that would be the result, basically, starsaber is as strong as getaway thinks he is. Although starsaber would have no trouble with mirage at all.
Posted by Randomhero on January 20th, 2018 @ 5:59am CST
ZeroWolf wrote:I didn't think she was annoying, but I guess my humour aligns quite well here in what is supposed to be the lighter half of the tf comics. Also not all the blame falls on Roberts as there is someone above him, checking all these ideas. The editor is someone who seems to never get the blame I'm these circumstances, I wonder why that is...
The star saber thing, I've got a couple of theories:
1# he's received a power up to make him more of a threat, he was injured in his last fight so it makes sense that tryest would repair him and make him stronger.
2# this is based on the theory that getaway is stuck in a memory loop as well. Now starsaber was only able to do that to Defensor due to getaway believing that would be the result, basically, starsaber is as strong as getaway thinks he is. Although starsaber would have no trouble with mirage at all.
Or option three: bad writing.
You’re giving way too much credit and thinking way too hard
Posted by Moody magpie on January 20th, 2018 @ 6:45am CST
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 20th, 2018 @ 7:51am CST
Randomhero wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I didn't think she was annoying, but I guess my humour aligns quite well here in what is supposed to be the lighter half of the tf comics. Also not all the blame falls on Roberts as there is someone above him, checking all these ideas. The editor is someone who seems to never get the blame I'm these circumstances, I wonder why that is...
The star saber thing, I've got a couple of theories:
1# he's received a power up to make him more of a threat, he was injured in his last fight so it makes sense that tryest would repair him and make him stronger.
2# this is based on the theory that getaway is stuck in a memory loop as well. Now starsaber was only able to do that to Defensor due to getaway believing that would be the result, basically, starsaber is as strong as getaway thinks he is. Although starsaber would have no trouble with mirage at all.
Or option three: bad writing.
You’re giving way too much credit and thinking way too hard
No, he isn't. Robert's is probably the greatest Transformers writer we've ever had. I may not like the direction the story is going, but that does not make it a bad story.
Posted by LE0KING on January 20th, 2018 @ 9:53am CST
Ironhidensh wrote:Randomhero wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I didn't think she was annoying, but I guess my humour aligns quite well here in what is supposed to be the lighter half of the tf comics. Also not all the blame falls on Roberts as there is someone above him, checking all these ideas. The editor is someone who seems to never get the blame I'm these circumstances, I wonder why that is...
The star saber thing, I've got a couple of theories:
1# he's received a power up to make him more of a threat, he was injured in his last fight so it makes sense that tryest would repair him and make him stronger.
2# this is based on the theory that getaway is stuck in a memory loop as well. Now starsaber was only able to do that to Defensor due to getaway believing that would be the result, basically, starsaber is as strong as getaway thinks he is. Although starsaber would have no trouble with mirage at all.
Or option three: bad writing.
You’re giving way too much credit and thinking way too hard
No, he isn't. Robert's is probably the greatest Transformers writer we've ever had. I may not like the direction the story is going, but that does not make it a bad story.
Did you read Till all are one? In my opinion Scott wrote circles around Roberts last year. Ever since John Barber stopped editing him, James has continued to make bad decisions and add poorer dialogue.
I don't know if Barber was holding him in check, or he's lost his touch, or what, but Lost Light feels like a poor shadow of mtmte.
Posted by ArmadaPrime on January 20th, 2018 @ 11:03am CST
The cloak though, now *that* interests me. The Benzene cluster is roughly where the LL is, and the Warren, which is presumably the cause of the cloaks inaccuracy. If this is a thread to bring Max, Red, Outrigger/Beak and (most importantly) Cerebros into the main plot again, I am super on board.
Posted by Deadput on January 20th, 2018 @ 11:10am CST
Ironhidensh wrote:No, he isn't. Robert's is probably the greatest Transformers writer we've ever had. I may not like the direction the story is going, but that does not make it a bad story.
If Transformers greatest write is James Roberts then that just means Transformer is always a horribly written franchise.
The only decently written parts of MTMTE was the first season right up to Remain in Light after that is when things started to fall apart narrative wise.
Lost Light is miles wide but has the depth of a puddle.
He can get a story and characters going but he sure as hell can't stay on course and it doesn't help that his ego has been fed by the rabid fans who clamor for more silly random crap.