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So it's Galvatron, Shockwave, and Bludgeon. Good to see that Shockwave's fate will be explained. Last he was shown in the US was when he was attacked by both Megatron and Galvatron.

As for the cover art, I like the retro look, but the first one looks too much like some of the UK covers I've seen. And "Dinobot month?" The Dinobots should have their own series.

SENIOR?!

I mean...

How nice.

Rodimus Prime wrote:So it's Galvatron, Shockwave, and Bludgeon. Good to see that Shockwave's fate will be explained. Last he was shown in the US was when he was attacked by both Megatron and Galvatron.

Up until Regeneration One was conceived, it was pretty much assumed that he was killed in the Ark crash when Ratchet forced it down in an attempt to take out four powerful Decepticons--Megatron, Shockwave, Galvatron II, Starscream--at once, along with himself.

Though, Galvatron II survived the crash, but was then defeated by Fortress Maximus afterward.

And the G.I. Joe comics leading up to the G2 comics revelaed Megatron's survival as well, who would go on to revive Starscream too.

So, so much for Ratchet's efforts.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So it's Galvatron, Shockwave, and Bludgeon. Good to see that Shockwave's fate will be explained. Last he was shown in the US was when he was attacked by both Megatron and Galvatron.

Up until Regeneration One was conceived, it was pretty much assumed that he was killed in the Ark crash when Ratchet forced it down in an attempt to take out four powerful Decepticons--Megatron, Shockwave, Galvatron II, Starscream--at once, along with himself.

Though, Galvatron II survived the crash, but was then defeated by Fortress Maximus afterward.

And the G.I. Joe comics leading up to the G2 comics revelaed Megatron's survival as well, who would go on to revive Starscream too.

So, so much for Ratchet's efforts.

Who knows, maybe he survived as well. Afterall, in the comics, he was Optimus's best friend.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So it's Galvatron, Shockwave, and Bludgeon. Good to see that Shockwave's fate will be explained. Last he was shown in the US was when he was attacked by both Megatron and Galvatron.

Up until Regeneration One was conceived, it was pretty much assumed that he was killed in the Ark crash when Ratchet forced it down in an attempt to take out four powerful Decepticons--Megatron, Shockwave, Galvatron II, Starscream--at once, along with himself.

Though, Galvatron II survived the crash, but was then defeated by Fortress Maximus afterward.

And the G.I. Joe comics leading up to the G2 comics revelaed Megatron's survival as well, who would go on to revive Starscream too.

So, so much for Ratchet's efforts.

Who knows, maybe he survived as well. Afterall, in the comics, he was Optimus's best friend.

Simon Furman hinted at Ratchet's survival in Regeneration One. And he was indeed revived in the Classics comics (in his Henkei! Henkei! toy body, no less). But it's still a shame that he kicked the bucket in the original G1-G2 version of the story.

What about Generation 2 series which was written by Simon Furman, wasn't that a continuation of from issue 80? And if so, does that mean that series will be ignored?

Death's Head 35 wrote:What about Generation 2 series which was written by Simon Furman, wasn't that a continuation of from issue 80? And if so, does that mean that series will be ignored?

Yes and no. There will be elements of the G2 comics in these (like, there are images of Jhiaxus and budding in 80.5), but the overall story of the G2 comics is out of continuity with Regeneration One. There will be no Swarm, no Liege Maximo, etc.

My favorite comic was the G1 Transformers. I got hooked from Headmasters #3. While I loved the stories, I personally hate Geoff's art. In fact, I hated all the artists that ever did Transformers G1 with one exeption, Andy Wildman. Wildman totally revolutionized the imagery of the book.

When you look at the artwork from ANY Transformer books in the last ten years you can see a radical improvement from the original series.

Geoff had/has potential maybe. But the awkward poses, misshapen anatomy in every panel, it all just looks like he's not giving them the respect they deserve. He doesn't capture the awe that the TFs should invoke. The shading is often confusing. It all looks rushed.

I hate to be the complainer. But I was 11 years old and frustrated that my TFs were poorly drawn.

And yes, my friends and I always envisioned poseable, proportioned Tfs. Finally the Laser Rods launched the era of poseablitlity. Why Hasbro didn't do this much earlier baffles me. I mean, kids can imagine ways to make TFs way better. I'm glad that the toy makers are a lot more in tune with the fans than they were then. I love the G1 toys. But poseability and some measure of uniform sizes are a great improvement.

Adimus Prime wrote:My favorite comic was the G1 Transformers. I got hooked from Headmasters #3. While I loved the stories, I personally hate Geoff's art. In fact, I hated all the artists that ever did Transformers G1 with one exeption, Andy Wildman. Wildman totally revolutionized the imagery of the book.

When you look at the artwork from ANY Transformer books in the last ten years you can see a radical improvement from the original series.

Geoff had/has potential maybe. But the awkward poses, misshapen anatomy in every panel, it all just looks like he's not giving them the respect they deserve. He doesn't capture the awe that the TFs should invoke. The shading is often confusing. It all looks rushed.

I hate to be the complainer. But I was 11 years old and frustrated that my TFs were poorly drawn.

And yes, my friends and I always envisioned poseable, proportioned Tfs. Finally the Laser Rods launched the era of poseablitlity. Why Hasbro didn't do this much earlier baffles me. I mean, kids can imagine ways to make TFs way better. I'm glad that the toy makers are a lot more in tune with the fans than they were then. I love the G1 toys. But poseability and some measure of uniform sizes are a great improvement.

Overall I loved most of the artists. The only person I never got into was Dan Reed. Don't get me wrong he does some great work, I just never thought his art was right for Transformers, to me it didn't look right. For me Andrew Wildman, Geoff Senior and Lee Sullivan were my favorites, they could do know wrong, and as young kid tried to copy there art style, with poor results!

I do agree that the artwork has improved and currently the artwork on the recent Transformer titles have been nothing short of superb, some really great stuff.