This page contains affiliate links. We may earn commissions when readers interact with or purchase items through these links. For more information, see our affiliate disclosures here.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Discuss anything about the Transformers cartoons and comics! You can discuss anything from G1 to Cybertron as well as the comics from Marvel, Dreamwave, IDW and more!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby El Duque » Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:01 am

Motto: "I ain't got time to bleed!"
Weapon: Gattling Gun
From our friends at IDW Publishing we have the preview for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14, due in shops tomorrow. Enjoy the preview below!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Andrew Griffith, Casey Coller (c)
FALL OF THE AUTOBOTS! The day the AUTOBOTS hoped would never arrive… is here. CYBERTRON is burning, BUMBLEBEE’s government is crumbling, and the end is near! Sides are chosen… and heroes fall.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant cover:
Variant Marcelo Matere cover!

Bullet points:
RID’s first mega-arc reaches its penultimate issue!
Secrets are revealed and answers are at hand!


Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image
User avatar
El Duque
Matrix Keeper
Posts: 9760
News Credits: 5749
Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:57 pm
Location: tornado alley

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby budmaloney » Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:11 am

Weapon: Sub-Machine Gun
Looks like it hit the fan. I can't wait to pick this up. If it wasn't for that preview I don't know how I would have made it till Wednesday.

But what I really can't wait for is MTME 14.
I have a bad habit of not replying on time....you've been warned
budmaloney
Minibot
Posts: 189
Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:02 pm
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 7
Speed: 6
Endurance: 8
Rank: 6
Courage: 7
Firepower: 9
Skill: 7

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Nemesis Maximo » Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:03 am

Motto: "Always Be’s-ing and do’s-ing, never cheesing or choosing!"
Weapon: Gatling Cannon
WHAT WHEELJACK?! WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT?!

the suspense is killing me!
Back at it again!
Marvel Legends Domino

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.

Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*

carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
User avatar
Nemesis Maximo
Gestalt
Posts: 2658
Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:59 pm
Location: Northern Lower Michigan
Alt Mode: Lounge Lizard
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 5
Endurance: 6
Rank: 5
Courage: 10
Firepower: 10+
Skill: 7

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Henry921 » Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:56 pm

Motto: "All I have to be is exceptional."
Weapon: Battle Blades
Prowl's plan is just coming together. He was getting a bit predictable before... the last time he really surprised me was when he talked about Spike and "shot" Bombshell.

Barber's got a lot of long running, slow burning plot threads in here. This is but one of dozens of agendas already being foreshadowed.

Blasphemy though it might be... I think I'm enjoying this one more than MTMTE.
User avatar
Henry921
Brainmaster
Posts: 1355
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:52 pm
Strength: 7
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 4
Endurance: 6
Rank: 8
Courage: 10+
Firepower: 3
Skill: 8

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Sodan-1 » Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:34 pm

Motto: "Motive is a universal weakness."
This is all awesome. I can barely believe this is a Transformers story.

What's slightly annoying is we've been told we're getting a figure based on Megatron's design in these comics, and now he's going to go and bloody upgrade. :BANG_HEAD:
Sodan-1
Gestalt
Posts: 2345
News Credits: 1
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:35 am
Location: Right where you'd least expect me to be.

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Nemesis Maximo » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:20 pm

Motto: "Always Be’s-ing and do’s-ing, never cheesing or choosing!"
Weapon: Gatling Cannon
Henry921 wrote:Prowl's plan is just coming together. He was getting a bit predictable before... the last time he really surprised me was when he talked about Spike and "shot" Bombshell.

Barber's got a lot of long running, slow burning plot threads in here. This is but one of dozens of agendas already being foreshadowed.

Blasphemy though it might be... I think I'm enjoying this one more than MTMTE.

It's not blasphemy, I too like TID over MTMTE. It might be...nostalgia. Does Barber's writing strike you as similar to Furman's?

I much prefer LSotW over MTMTE - I think Roberts' style of writing is more suited to the TPB mini-series format.
Back at it again!
Marvel Legends Domino

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.

Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*

carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
User avatar
Nemesis Maximo
Gestalt
Posts: 2658
Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:59 pm
Location: Northern Lower Michigan
Alt Mode: Lounge Lizard
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 5
Endurance: 6
Rank: 5
Courage: 10
Firepower: 10+
Skill: 7

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Henry921 » Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:49 pm

Motto: "All I have to be is exceptional."
Weapon: Battle Blades
Nemesis Maximo wrote:
Henry921 wrote:Prowl's plan is just coming together. He was getting a bit predictable before... the last time he really surprised me was when he talked about Spike and "shot" Bombshell.

Barber's got a lot of long running, slow burning plot threads in here. This is but one of dozens of agendas already being foreshadowed.

Blasphemy though it might be... I think I'm enjoying this one more than MTMTE.

It's not blasphemy, I too like TID over MTMTE. It might be...nostalgia. Does Barber's writing strike you as similar to Furman's?

I much prefer LSotW over MTMTE - I think Roberts' style of writing is more suited to the TPB mini-series format.



Actually, it reminds me of Brad Mick/James McDonough. A lot of foreshadowing for future events in earlier issues, a lot of characters with hidden agendas that become obvious upon a second reading... Roberts may do dialogue better than anyone in the business, but Barber's plot has me intrigued and very optimistic about future issues. I also like more of his characters than the cast of MTME, as a general rule of thumb.
User avatar
Henry921
Brainmaster
Posts: 1355
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:52 pm
Strength: 7
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 4
Endurance: 6
Rank: 8
Courage: 10+
Firepower: 3
Skill: 8

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Nemesis Maximo » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:02 pm

Motto: "Always Be’s-ing and do’s-ing, never cheesing or choosing!"
Weapon: Gatling Cannon
Henry921 wrote:
Nemesis Maximo wrote:
Henry921 wrote:Prowl's plan is just coming together. He was getting a bit predictable before... the last time he really surprised me was when he talked about Spike and "shot" Bombshell.

Barber's got a lot of long running, slow burning plot threads in here. This is but one of dozens of agendas already being foreshadowed.

Blasphemy though it might be... I think I'm enjoying this one more than MTMTE.

It's not blasphemy, I too like TID over MTMTE. It might be...nostalgia. Does Barber's writing strike you as similar to Furman's?

I much prefer LSotW over MTMTE - I think Roberts' style of writing is more suited to the TPB mini-series format.



Actually, it reminds me of Brad Mick/James McDonough. A lot of foreshadowing for future events in earlier issues, a lot of characters with hidden agendas that become obvious upon a second reading... Roberts may do dialogue better than anyone in the business, but Barber's plot has me intrigued and very optimistic about future issues. I also like more of his characters than the cast of MTME, as a general rule of thumb.

I never had the pleasure of reading his issues of the DW comics. I always did like what I saw, but I got into the comics after DW flopped, and didn't want to read an unfinished story. Anyway...

Looking very far forward to this issue. It's gonna be big.
Back at it again!
Marvel Legends Domino

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.

Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*

carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
User avatar
Nemesis Maximo
Gestalt
Posts: 2658
Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:59 pm
Location: Northern Lower Michigan
Alt Mode: Lounge Lizard
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 5
Endurance: 6
Rank: 5
Courage: 10
Firepower: 10+
Skill: 7

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Va'al » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:46 pm

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"
Come on, six hours six hours six hours.

Really looking forward to this one.

EDIT:
...
WHAT?
...
WHAT?!
...
WHOAH.
User avatar
Va'al
God Of Transformers
Posts: 17010
News Credits: 6188
Joined: Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:00 am
Location: Italy
Buy from Va'al on eBay

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Nemesis Maximo » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:46 am

Motto: "Always Be’s-ing and do’s-ing, never cheesing or choosing!"
Weapon: Gatling Cannon
All I can say is:

:shock:
Back at it again!
Marvel Legends Domino

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.

Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*

carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
User avatar
Nemesis Maximo
Gestalt
Posts: 2658
Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:59 pm
Location: Northern Lower Michigan
Alt Mode: Lounge Lizard
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 5
Endurance: 6
Rank: 5
Courage: 10
Firepower: 10+
Skill: 7

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Va'al » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:55 am

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"
Nemesis Maximo wrote:All I can say is:

:shock:


I know right?!

Josh Perez on Twitter pointed out the background of RiD #4, which is also present in the panel where Prowl shoots Bombshell in the same issue: swirly-wirlies.
User avatar
Va'al
God Of Transformers
Posts: 17010
News Credits: 6188
Joined: Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:00 am
Location: Italy
Buy from Va'al on eBay

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Nemesis Maximo » Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:17 pm

Motto: "Always Be’s-ing and do’s-ing, never cheesing or choosing!"
Weapon: Gatling Cannon
Va'al wrote:
Nemesis Maximo wrote:All I can say is:

:shock:


I know right?!

Josh Perez on Twitter pointed out the background of RiD #4, which is also present in the panel where Prowl shoots Bombshell in the same issue: swirly-wirlies.

I just checked that issue, and I have a question: do ever actually see the wounds that Prowl's "victims" suffer? You always see it from behind. Epic foreshadowing.
Back at it again!
Marvel Legends Domino

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.

Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*

carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
User avatar
Nemesis Maximo
Gestalt
Posts: 2658
Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:59 pm
Location: Northern Lower Michigan
Alt Mode: Lounge Lizard
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 5
Endurance: 6
Rank: 5
Courage: 10
Firepower: 10+
Skill: 7


Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby El Duque » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:25 pm

Motto: "I ain't got time to bleed!"
Weapon: Gattling Gun
The official Transformers facebook page has shared this week's Creator Commentary for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14. IDW Senior Editor and writer John Barber gives us some insight into this issue's first five pages. We've mirrored the commentary below for those of you without facebook access.


Image
PAGE 1- The rioting Decepticons, as seen in the previous issue, are gone thanks to Metalhawk's efforts. Having introduced the character in the first year of RID, how do you think the character has changed from issue 1 to where we are now?

JOHN BARBER: Metalhawk was away from the action for most of the war. When he came back to Cybertron, back at the start of this series, he didn’t know who was who, who’d done what, or why anybody was acting like they were. He’s definitely learned the lay of the land since then, but he’s still very much an outsider in terms of really understanding the main conflict. He gets it a little more now, but he hasn’t been on the front lines like Bumblebee or the others.

As readers, I think we’ve learned more about him, and what makes him tick, a little more. At first, the idea was that we wouldn’t be able to tell if he was honest or if he had Machiavellian plans going on. Plus, as readers, we’ve been privy to all kinds of details about the Autobot/Decepticon war, and that, combined with Metalhawk’s general demeanor, kinda made him irritating. Now I think we know him a little more—we’ve seen his contradictions and his flaws and he’s a little more human… well, you know what I mean. I know some people don’t trust him yet—fans, I mean—and maybe they’re right.

Whatever the case—he can still be pretty insufferable. But he was able to get most of the population off the streets, when Starscream and Bumblebee’s efforts were fruitless.

Image
PAGE 2- Metalhawk reports in and Prowl’s deception from the previous issue is revealed. Events have been building up to the next few moments. When actually coming to doing the issue, were any pages like this clearly pre-though out or did they just lay themselves in any surprising ways?

JOHN BARBER: Well, everything with Prowl was planned from the outset, and his actions over the course of the series were very deliberate. I mean, everything he did had to map onto what he was pretending to do, and also what he was actually doing. If that makes sense. Like, if Prowl gave an impassioned speech to Bumblebee to keep Bee going, it had to make sense in terms of what the reader thinks Prowl was doing, not just what artist Andrew Griffith (and editor Carlos Guzman) knew he was really doing.

So, in that sense, everything had to be pretty much thought out. In terms of this scene, and the reactions of characters… Blurr is ready to believe the worst—and not without reason—but even Sideswipe has to admit he sees his point. There are little surprises here and there with how characters have grown over the series, and how they react to events. Like, when Bumblebee ordered that the Autobots open fire on Megatron when he returned—that wasn’t in the original outline, I just realized that that was what Bumblebee would do at that point. And Megatron wasn’t counting on that, either, so events had to adjust. Anyway—Andrew just does such a great job making it all sing and acting the reactions of Sideswipe and Blurr and everybody.

Image
PAGE 3- Dirge reveals that Prowl has been working with the recently returned Megatron for quite some time. It’s a question of what to do next. With his world collapsing around him, is the focus still going to be how Bumblebee deals with situations as a leader, even in the most dire of circumstances?

JOHN BARBER: Well, Dirge doesn’t say anything about time, or how long anything’s been going on.

Bumblebee… well, it would be nice if Bumblebee figured out what to do here, yeah.

Image
PAGE 4- Prowl and the Decepticons together, and Megatron requires a new body. How much design work goes into producing these Cybertronian looks for the characters? Are they made with other products in mind?

JOHN BARBER: It’s super-easy for me! I just type their names and say to make them look cool, and boom, there they are!

Seriously, Andrew Griffith knocks himself out on these. He sometimes bases the designs on existing toys or on the video game looks, but always brings a little flair to it. And other times they’re new designs entirely, like Prowl… and you’ll find out why Prowl is like that later this issue.

We don’t really have other products like toys in mind per se, but there’s a lot of back and forth between the comics and the toys, as you might have seen at Toyfair, where Hasbro revealed some new Transformers figures that tie in directly with the comics. It’s all great fun—the guys making the toys are loving what we’re doing; everybody making the comics are loving what they’re doing. It’s a fun time.

Image
PAGE 5- Bumblebee, Metalhawk and others are pondering about the Decepticons next move. This issue marks a huge shift in the series. Has it always been the intention to explore the facets of peace and how they affect a given society?

JOHN BARBER: Um. Yeah, this is a big change. We’ve been looking at how a society tries to stay together, and rebuild after a war. There are always questions of freedom and security and justice looming over everybody. Sometimes imagined threats, or perceived problems, can give room for bigger, real threats and problems to grow. It’s also about a society trying to change… there are always forces from within that want to stop any change from occurring.
User avatar
El Duque
Matrix Keeper
Posts: 9760
News Credits: 5749
Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:57 pm
Location: tornado alley

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Down_Shift » Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:56 am

Motto: "Everyone has a bad hobby or a bad habit and I'd rather have a bad hobby over a bad habit."
Weapon: Rust Ray Gun
A question. Who designed the stealth body for Megatron? Was it Don?
Image

TFcon Third Party Host
www.tfcon.ca
www.cybertron.ca - Canadian Transformers News First!

Blurrz wrote:Down_Shift is a god...
User avatar
Down_Shift
Faction Commander
Posts: 4055
News Credits: 335
Joined: Sun Nov 25, 2001 9:45 am
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Strength: 7
Intelligence: 9
Speed: 8
Endurance: 8
Rank: 7
Courage: 7
Firepower: 8
Skill: 6

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Va'al » Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:04 pm

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"
Down_Shift wrote:A question. Who designed the stealth body for Megatron? Was it Don?


The first story he shows up in (Heart like a Wheel, Ongoing #13) is written by Mike Costa and drawn by Nick Roche.
So unless someone else has other knowledge, I'd say it's their idea.
User avatar
Va'al
God Of Transformers
Posts: 17010
News Credits: 6188
Joined: Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:00 am
Location: Italy
Buy from Va'al on eBay

Re: Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #14 Preview

Postby Down_Shift » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:19 pm

Motto: "Everyone has a bad hobby or a bad habit and I'd rather have a bad hobby over a bad habit."
Weapon: Rust Ray Gun
Va'al wrote:
Down_Shift wrote:A question. Who designed the stealth body for Megatron? Was it Don?


The first story he shows up in (Heart like a Wheel, Ongoing #13) is written by Mike Costa and drawn by Nick Roche.
So unless someone else has other knowledge, I'd say it's their idea.


I wonder if it's his original concept or if it's someone elses. Doesn't seem like a Roche design to me. But, I could be wrong.
Image

TFcon Third Party Host
www.tfcon.ca
www.cybertron.ca - Canadian Transformers News First!

Blurrz wrote:Down_Shift is a god...
User avatar
Down_Shift
Faction Commander
Posts: 4055
News Credits: 335
Joined: Sun Nov 25, 2001 9:45 am
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Strength: 7
Intelligence: 9
Speed: 8
Endurance: 8
Rank: 7
Courage: 7
Firepower: 8
Skill: 6


Return to Transformers Cartoons and Comics Forum

Transformers and More @ The Seibertron Store

Visit our store on eBay
These are affiliate links. We may earn commissions when you purchase items or services through these links.
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "Transformers Spotlight RAMJET RI 1:10 IDW Comics 2007 (CA) Musso 231208R"
Transformers Spotl ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "Transformers My Little Pony MAGIC OF CYBERTRON #1 RI-A 1:10 IDW Comics 2021 1RIA"
Transformers My Li ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "Transformers LAST BOT STANDING #4 Cvr A IDW Comics 2022 JUN221673 4A (CA) Roche"
Transformers LAST ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "TRANSFORMERS #21 Cvr B IDW Comics 2020 BOLD NEW ERA 21B MAR200701 (CA) Su"
TRANSFORMERS #21 C ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "Transformers ENERGON #20 Dreamwave Comics DW 2004 (W) Furman (A/CA) Guidi"
Transformers ENERG ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "TRANSFORMERS #10 Cover A IDW Comics 2019 BOLD NEW ERA 10A (CA) McGuire-Smith"
TRANSFORMERS #10 C ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "TRANSFORMERS ESCAPE #3 Cvr A IDW Comics 2021 DEC200470 3A (CA) McGuire-Smith"
TRANSFORMERS ESCAP ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "THE TRANSFORMERS #43 Marvel Comics 1988 (W) Macchio (CA) Trimpe 231222W"
NEW!
THE TRANSFORMERS # ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "Transformers LAST BOT STANDING #4 RI 1:10 IDW Comics 2022 JUN221677 4RI (CA) Su"
Transformers LAST ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "TRANSFORMERS GENERATION 2 #4 Marvel Comics 1994 (W) Furman (CA) Yaniger 230915P"
TRANSFORMERS GENER ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "DUKE #2 Cvr B Image Comics 2024 2B GI JOE 1123IM273 (CA) Ortiz (W) WIlliamson"
DUKE #2 Cvr B Imag ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "TRANSFORMERS #43 Cvr A IDW Comics 2022 MAR220501 43A (CA) Simeone"
TRANSFORMERS #43 C ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "Transformers ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #46 IDW Comics 2015 (CA) Griffith (W) Barber"
Transformers ROBOT ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS #11 Cvr B IDW Comics 2021 OCT210410 11B (CA) Yurcaba"
TRANSFORMERS BEAST ...
* Price and quantities subject to change. Shipping costs, taxes and other fees not included in cost shown. Refer to listing for current price and availability.
Find the items above and thousands more at the Seibertron Store on eBay
Transformers Podcast: Twincast / Podcast #346 - Gas Station Jamboree
Twincast / Podcast #346:
"Gas Station Jamboree"
MP3 · iTunes · RSS · View · Discuss · Ask
Posted: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024

Featured Products on Amazon.com

These are affiliate links. We may earn commissions when you purchase items or services through these links.
Buy "Transformers Attacker 15 Kramer Action Figure" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers: Bumblebee -- Energon Igniters Nitro Series Barricade" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers: Generations Power of The Primes Legends Class Battleslash" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Studio Series 07 Leader Class Movie 4 Grimlock" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Toys, Power Charge Bumblebee Action Figure - Spinning Core, Lights and Sounds - Toys for Kids 6 and Up, 10.5-inch" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Generations Power of The Primes Evolution Nemesis Prime (Amazon Exclusive)" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Power of the Primes Punch-Counterpunch and Prima Prime" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers: Generations Power of The Primes Solus Prime Prime Master" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Generations, Platinum Edition, One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Generations Titans Return Legends Class Decepticon Rumble(Discontinued by manufacturer)" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Generations Titans Return Titan Master Monxo and Wolfwire" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers: Generations Siege on Cybertron 5-Figure Pack" on AMAZON