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Angelus wrote:And that is why we need Furman to continue the Marvel series.
More nonsens will happen in 6 issues...

I really don't get this comment. Even AHM-lovers agreed that the first 6 issues were way too slow-paced. And then it looked like McCarthy wanted to solve everything in the following 6 issues, by doing lots of weird things without a real explanation:
* Prime being as good as dead, Ratchet not being sure if they'd be able to repair him... and Prime being all healthy and cheerful just a few pages later (not even in the next issue).
* The autobots having little to no energy at all, and all of a sudden being able to fight the swarm and then fly to Earth to fight the decepticons too! So all they needed from the beginning of the series was just a transport?
* Prime not being able to kill Megatron for millenia, yet a single shot by a human (yeah, the weapon was based on Shocwave's cannon... oh please) put the tyrant to rest?
* "I don't know what to do with this human character Furman worked on, perhaps with a purpose and all that... Oh yeah, I'll kill him, that will look big, and tragic, and original. Oh wait, it didn't".


Anyway. While I'd like to read more original-G1 comics by Furman, it would be a pity that the IDW-verse started sooo nicely (with what I think it was a more mature take on the war and the characters, by Furman of course) only to become a dull ongoing with quite a cartoony aproach to plots... and then have Furman continue the original G1 run that he'd most definitely write in a more mature way than 20 years ago (so it would be like Infiltration-Escalation-etc). I mean... come on, you know what I'm trying to say, right? Doesn't it sound a bit absurd?


Oh boy, sorry for my english.

Dr. Heavy B wrote:

Cyberstrike wrote:

Dr. Heavy B wrote:soooooo its one big ass bi-weekly retcon? COOL

memo to IDW: KEEP SHANE MCCARTHY FAR, FAAAAAAAAAAAAR AWAY.

IDW should bring Shane McCarthy back full time on ongoing.

Shane ignored most of the prior story lines going into All Hail Megatron, making this bi-weekly retcon needed.

Do you know what became of Ore-13?
Do you know how hunter came into decepticon hands AFTER being rescued at the end of maximum dinobots?
Do you know how cybertron suddenly became bearable to reside on DESPITE the supposed deadly atmosphere shown in stormbringer?

these are questions that bug the hell out of me, and i place blame on shane for not reading anything put out prior. dont get me wrong, I did enjoy AHM, but those question bother me to this day.

BTW, what ever happened to jimmy?

My theories:
Ore-13 is very rare and was used up by Megatron. IIRC after Escalation #6 Furman never brought up Ore-13 again.

Most likely somewhere in between the events of Maximum Dinobots #5 and All Megatron #1 Hunter was trying to help the Autobots, (probably without their knowledge or consent) and was captured by Megatron.

Cybertron has been slowly before the events of Stormbringer to begin with. Thunderwing's defeat and new technology allows the Autobots to survive on the planet. In one of the spotlights, (I think it was Galvatron), showed the Autobots having some kind of force field that allowed them to remain safe on Cybertron, the Autobots scientists could have just mircoinized it for personal use.

I hope that Jimmy is dead. He was bland.

Cyberstrike wrote:

Dr. Heavy B wrote:

Cyberstrike wrote:

Dr. Heavy B wrote:soooooo its one big ass bi-weekly retcon? COOL

memo to IDW: KEEP SHANE MCCARTHY FAR, FAAAAAAAAAAAAR AWAY.

IDW should bring Shane McCarthy back full time on ongoing.

Shane ignored most of the prior story lines going into All Hail Megatron, making this bi-weekly retcon needed.

Do you know what became of Ore-13?
Do you know how hunter came into decepticon hands AFTER being rescued at the end of maximum dinobots?
Do you know how cybertron suddenly became bearable to reside on DESPITE the supposed deadly atmosphere shown in stormbringer?

these are questions that bug the hell out of me, and i place blame on shane for not reading anything put out prior. dont get me wrong, I did enjoy AHM, but those question bother me to this day.

BTW, what ever happened to jimmy?

My theories:
Ore-13 is very rare and was used up by Megatron. IIRC after Escalation #6 Furman never brought up Ore-13 again.

Most likely somewhere in between the events of Maximum Dinobots #5 and All Megatron #1 Hunter was trying to help the Autobots, (probably without their knowledge or consent) and was captured by Megatron.

Cybertron has been slowly before the events of Stormbringer to begin with. Thunderwing's defeat and new technology allows the Autobots to survive on the planet. In one of the spotlights, (I think it was Galvatron), showed the Autobots having some kind of force field that allowed them to remain safe on Cybertron, the Autobots scientists could have just mircoinized it for personal use.

I hope that Jimmy is dead. He was bland.

Grindcore and Straxus were mining ore-13 in revelations to power their space bridge, claiming earth to be rich in the material.