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IDW Transformers King Grimlock #3 Review

Date: Wednesday, October 13th 2021 5:09pm CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews
Posted by: ScottyP

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Grimlock's adventure in Menonia continues with today's release of Transformers: King Grimlock #3 from IDW Publishing, and they've turned in a swiftly-read action comic that's indicative of everything this series has been so far. If you enjoyed the first two issues, you'll enjoy this too, though there are some shakier bits this time around. Read on to learn more, or skip to the end and look at the score blindly. It's your robot adventure.


Story-wise, things are at the "mini-boss" stage for this mini-series, which makes sense with a couple more issues still remaining after this one. Issue 3 shows the results of Grimlock's efforts to aid the Menonians in the first two chapters, resulting in a book that's light on words and big on splash pages. While it's certainly a quick read, it never feels like space is wasted. It's clear there was some conscious decision to approach this as an action comic, so more of writer Steve Orlando's wordier areas get less page real estate than the big, flashy action scenes.


The art, with lines by Agustin Padilla and colors by Jeremy Colwell, never becomes actively bad, but there are some moments that are busy and visually confusing, at least digitally. Despite some panels and pages that might not reach their intended grasp, the flow of the action always worked for me and helped tell the story of a battle effectively, with little doubt as to what the result is. Jake M. Wood's letters didn't distract from focus on the other visuals at any point, which is another credit to the artists as it rarely looked like the bubbles were fighting to have space to exist.

Three cover options are available as usual, with the "A" cover by Bryan Lee, the "B" cover by the interior art's team of Padilla and Colwell (which serves as this review's news story's thumbnail image), and a 10-copy retailer incentive cover by Alex Milne, just in case you need more MTMTE vibes from this one. As always, remember that you can find all the cover images and full credits for the issue through our Vector Sigma Database page for Transformers: King Grimlock #3.


King Grimlock is a fun series that continues to be just that with its latest issue. The art is mostly good with a few busier, rougher patches and the story continues on a predictable but logical and entertaining path. Of course, I say predictable but should mention there's a twist at the end which, while foreshadowed, maybe didn't feel super well-earned. Its worth is likely to be determined by what's done with it as the story moves towards its conclusion, so it's not really considered with much weight in the score below.



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Review for IDW Transformers Wreckers Thread and Circuits #1

Date: Tuesday, October 12th 2021 8:53pm CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews, Site Articles
Posted by: william-james88

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Man I needed this. After the IDW Transformers reboot and the new Beast Wars comic, both of which I found uninspiring for different reasons, this comic really fills a void for fun and well done Transformers comics.

This comic has everything I'd want in a Transformers comic; great art with fully realized backgrounds, likeable characters, quick pacing, world building, ramps, callbacks to Transformers lore, good guys being heroic and villains being bad. Too much to ask? Maybe, but hey I got it all with this comic.

Check out the review below and be sure to pick this issue up tomorrow at your local comic shop, through a licensed digital comics retailer, or via the Seibertron.com eBay store.



We'll start with this story, the writer cuts right to the chase with the delicious villainy at hand. Nuance can be great but I also like when the bad guys are just plain villains. The franchise was built on a very black and white Saturday morning cartoon ideology and I find the comics often excel when contrasting the villains and the heroes. And hey if you want some nuance, well there is a goal to the villains, and one could say it's a noble one, maybe. But their methods make it pretty easy to root against them. Still, their manifesto is another clever way to include some world building of the political dynamics of this world which is much more exciting in concept and execution than this sentence I just wrote. And I love the characters chosen as the villains too.



Both the heroes and villains are characters that are not often spotlighted but there will definitely be a familiarity to the grotesque looking villains. They are from the late era of G1 which included a bunch of wild concepts. And these toys concepts are woven into the story and world building like with Circuit being an action master and how much of an outsider that makes him on a planet where speed is key. This just makes me want to have a G1 Circuit toy (or Axalon, or both).



And speaking of wanting toys, anyone who chose to get that Seige Hound redeco of Hotshot will love this comic. The alt mode looks great, drawn by Jack Lawrence, as is everything that man touches in this issue. He is definitely giving it all he has with this miniseries, with lots of detail on the bots, varying facial expressions to convey their mood and developed backgrounds. The art is well complimented by Candice Han's colours, which are especially on point in the scene revealing the villains.



This is a fun comic any Transformers fan can enjoy, with vibrant detailed art and story that wastes no time. And hardcore fans will really dig the callbacks and getting some fiction related to very niche characters. Looking forward to issue 2!


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Five Page Preview of Transformers: Wreckers - Tread & Circuits #1

Date: Tuesday, October 12th 2021 2:36pm CDT
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: ScottyP | Credit(s): IDW Publishing

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The second of two previews of new Transformers comic books for this week is for the new Wreckers themed mini-series' first issue, Transformers: Wreckers - Tread & Circuits #1. IDW Publishing has provided a five page preview of this upcoming issue which features regular editor David Mariotte on writing duties, with lineart by familiar Transformers artist Jack Lawrence and colors by Candice Han. Consider when looking over this preview that there may be more going on here than meets the eye, or just wait and find out what that might be when this issue is released tomorrow.

(W) David Mariotte (A/CA) Jack Lawrence
Out in the Cybertronian colonies, good entertainment is hard to find. Fortunately, there's always the Wreckers-brave Cybertronians broadcasting death-defying stunts and action-all as a cover for undercover operations! When the only event bigger than a new Wreckers broadcast, the Speedia 500, a race for governmental control of a whole world, is threatened, the Wreckers have a new mission: Save the most viewed race in the galaxy... without getting caught. Wreck & Rule!

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Five Page Preview of Transformers: King Grimlock #3

Date: Tuesday, October 12th 2021 2:20pm CDT
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: ScottyP | Credit(s): IDW Publishing

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After a week with no new Transformers comics, this week brings us two books from two mini-series, one of these being Transformers: King Grimlock #3. IDW Publishing has provided the usual five page preview of this upcoming issue as Grimlock's adventures in another world continue.

(W) Steve Orlando (A) Agustin Padilla (CA) Bryan Lee
King Grimlock rampages on! Confronted by the ghoulish host of the Red Wizard's Army, Grimlock leads a band of villagers into a war against their ruler. But all is not what it seems near the Red Wizard's compound. Will Grimlock lead them to freedom... or destruction?!

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IDW Transformers Halloween Special Review

Date: Thursday, September 30th 2021 11:22am CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews
Posted by: ScottyP

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When was the last time Transformers had a Halloween special of any sort? Was it for the Generation 2 comic? Regardless of what the answers to those questions were, the answer now is yesterday, as the Transformers Halloween Special 2021 was released. This side story to the Transformers Ruckleyverse features Starscream on a journey out to the spookier parts of Cybertron and while I'm easily able to file this one in the "not for me" category, it's definitely for someone and there are potentially fascinating ideas explored. Read on for more.


Transformers tends to do horror best when it's on accident, so writer Dan Watters was faced with a pretty monumental task in crafting a story that's appropriate for this property while still fitting the intended seasonal theme. I'm far from an aficionado of the horror genre so while this personally landed as a pointless story that I could have gone without ever knowing, the fact is that there's some genuinely creepy description to go along with Anna Malkova and Nahuel Ruiz's imagery. It may not be anything you didn't already think about while watching Beast Machines twenty years ago, but it puts those similar ideas in your face where you can't ignore them or wonder if you really get the idea. Here, those ideas and themes are clear and if you're into this sort of story, they're probably effective too.


There's some decent world and character building to be found for the wider Transformers (2019) continuity as well within this one-shot. There's nothing that you can't live without if you're following that story, but it's nice to see that this issue, like the Valentine's Special before it, does add on to an existing universe. There's more to learn about Cybertron and much more about Starscream in particular, who's been pretty neglected amidst the massive cast of the ongoing.


As mentioned earlier, Anna Malkova handles the lineart while Nahuel Ruiz is on color duty for this extra-large issue. Things have been too busy for me to pick up my physical copy of the book, so while on the low-res/low-dpi review sample I can find times where the lineart looks sloppy and confusing, especially with some of the landscapes, experience leads me to believe it will look much better on the printed page. Ruiz's best color work is found in the lighting effects, as well as on Malkova's technorganic circuitry detailing panels. Jake M. Wood handles the letter work as is the usual case these days, and the only critical point on these would be for one of the interactions between Starscream and the organic creature he encounters where the organic's "ook" feels out of place when reading top-to-bottom, left-to-right - but maybe this is a case where most people read in a circular fashion, or would on the printed page, so this criticism may be a moot point. I'm going to blame the digital review sample again if so because for those of you that don't know, these things are potato quality.

There are two covers currently available, the regular one by Nicole Goux and a ten-copy retailer incentive cover by Livio Ramondelli which is featured as this review's news post's thumbnail. There's an exclusive cover as well which I have no idea how one gets ahold of, you can see that and the other covers plus full credits for the issue through our Vector Sigma Database page for Transformers Halloween Special 2021.


This latest seasonal special serves a purpose while doing a little building-work in the wider continuity where it's set, features some creative writing by Dan Watters and even provides a little bit of action somehow. The art seems to probably be ok despite some potential issues, but either way it complements the story being told to deliver what looks like a pretty creepy package overall. If you like the horror genre and Transformers, you'll probably be into this. I'm only into one of those things so I could take it or leave it, but can't deny that is is for someone.

Not for me, but for someone, so I won't go too hard on it.


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A review of IDW Transformers Shattered Glass #2

Date: Wednesday, September 29th 2021 10:33pm CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews
Posted by: Mr.MicroMaster

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The new Shattered Glass series from IDW continues to deliver. This delivers an incredibly enjoyable read with splendid art.

The writing for this series continues to be superb. Lore is especially adept at writing incredibly compelling characters. I found Starscream and Megatron to be both intriguing and compelling characters. The conversation between Starscream who sees Megatron as his noble leader and Megatron who sees himself as nothing less than abject failure and a pathetic excuse for a leader comes across as both a fresh and unique take. Said conversation also allows us to explore Megatron’s beings on cybertron and the war on earth. The dynamic between Megatron and Starscream allows Lore to weave a wonderfully captivating narrative.

You can find full credits for Transformers Shattered Glass #2 in our Vector Sigma Database entry for this issue


The art in this issue is done by Daniel Khanna with colors by John-Paul Bove and lettering done by Neil Uyetake. Khanna’s art in this issue is phenomenal for the most part. There are a couple issues that detract from it. The first panel we see of Megatron pre-war, something is off with it and I am not sure if it is drawn differently or if it is the colors or something else, but it just does not jive with the rest of the book. Besides that, the rest of this book features competent and strong art with incredibly emotive faces. You can see the fear and shock on Prowl’s face when Megs picks him up. The great thing about Bove’s coloring is that it seems to work with any artist no matter how varied or similar in style. Uyetake’s lettering is equally well done. Despite a few hiccups the art in this issue is fantastic.

Overall, this book is a home run of which IDW, and the creative team can be proud of. As long as this book keeps up the pace it just may go down as the best transformers book of 2021. This issue is a definite recommend.


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Five Page Preview of IDW Transformers Halloween Special 2021

Date: Tuesday, September 28th 2021 9:57am CDT
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: ScottyP | Credit(s): IDW Publishing

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Spooky season arrives to Cybertron with tomorrow's release of the Transformers Halloween Special 2021 from IDW Publishing. This extra large one-shot looks to fall somewhere in the universe of IDW's latest ongoing Transformers series, or at least it appears to based on the five page preview they've shared with us.

(W) Dan Watters (A) Bethany McGuire-Smith (CA) Nicole Goux
Whispers of a disembodied spark howling alone in the desert are floating around Cybertron. Whispers of Starscream's loyalty to Megatron's cause are also floating around. Frustrated and needing some space to clear his head, Starscream visits the desert and is surprised to actually hear the rumored screams. He follows the sound and is met with a creature that makes him question what it means to be a cybernetic being. Starscream faces off with this grotesque experiment in "I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream," by Dan Watters (Home Sick Pilots, Lucifer, The Sandman Universe).

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Five Page Preview of IDW Transformers: Shattered Glass #2

Date: Tuesday, September 28th 2021 9:57am CDT
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: ScottyP | Credit(s): IDW Publishing

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Good bad guys and bad good guys await in tomorrow's release of Transformers: Shattered Glass #2 from IDW Publishing. Sure, you could wait for Hasbro Pulse to deliver this issue when your SG Megatron figure gets dropped off, but did you see the way they packed Blurr's comic? You'll probably want to buy this from somewhere that knows what bags and boards are. IDW has, as usual, provided a five page preview to further tempt you to do just that for an issue they describe as:

(W) Danny Lore (A) Dan Khanna (CA) Alex Milne
Shattered Glass isn't your average Transformers tale... "Shards" is the story of the ongoing battle between the power-hungry Autobot autocrats and the freedom-fighting Decepticon laborers. Join author Danny Lore (James Bond, King in Black: Captain America, Champions) in exploring this fractured alternate universe just before it shatters.
In issue #2, Megatron is the only bot who can stop the three Autobot warlords from acquiring information that could reignite the war, but can he forgive his past mistakes and take up the mantle of Deception leader again

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Date: Thursday, September 23rd 2021 1:30pm CDT
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IDW Beast Wars #8 Review

Date: Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 6:42am CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews
Posted by: ScottyP

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The title of Beast Wars #8 is "Pod Part 02", as in the second part of a longer story just called "Pod". In my review of issue 7, I took issue with the book's pacing, and the same issues linger here. It's not terribly slow, but things don't pick up quickly with this most recent release either. As the last mention of this for most of the remainder of this particular review, I'll let Blackarachnia share a word for you if you had expectations that this latest installment would avoid the "writing for the trade" pace the series has been taking -


Writer Eric Burnham does well in this issue at making the events that do happen feel engaging. Even with an idea in mind on roughly what will happen (unless you're new to Beast Wars entirely) there's a sense of tension and plenty of character-appropriate dialogue, resulting in a final product that was very easy to get absorbed in. Outside of Nyx who is pure background decoration in this issue, Burnham shows that he knows who these characters are effectively communicates some of their traits as the story moves along.


Without going into spoiler territory, it can be pointed out that while this issue (and presumably this story arc as a whole) is repeating the beat from the show's plot about recovering Maximal Protoforms from orbit, there's enough difference here to be encouraged by what may be yet to come. Put another way, while you may still generally know from point A on page 1 to point B on page 20 that point B was always the destination, there's some road construction on the way with enticing potential for the future.


The artistic team on issue 8 is the same from 7, meaning Winston Chan's on the lineart again with colors by SidVenBlu and letters by Jake M. Wood. There's a lot to like here, with fun action scenes and a regular helping of close-up character portrayals during the scenes of just dialogue. There's a particular instance where Cheetor's running through the Axalon in cheetah mode and the panel layout has him overlapping multiple panels to express a sense of speed, which was very enjoyable and clever, at least to me. There were some instances again when I thought Chan's expressions went a bit stiff or where some characters' poses looked unnatural that prevent a full helping of solid praise for the art, but in general it's well executed here and still feels consistent with the rest of the series so far.

Cover options include Andrew Griffith's take on Optimus Primal and Megatron duking it out, Martin Gee's Blackarachnia cover which is used for this review's news story's thumbnail, as well as a 10-copy retailer incentive cover featuring both spider Predacons by Ryan Miller. As always, you can find all the cover images and full credits for the issue through our Vector Sigma Database page for Beast Wars #8.


Beast Wars #8 was more fun to read than I expected, with just enough beneath the surface layer of plot to make things compelling despite a general overall expectation of events that went mostly fulfilled. The character development is proceeding smartly in most cases and while the art's not by any means perfect this time around it conveys the story effectively while still providing a standout moment or two. I'm excited to see where things develop, but please, please start getting us there quicker.

I really wanted to go up to a 4/5 this time, which is "very good" on my scale, but the pacing just won't allow me to go above the "good" below.


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