At Lights End, Titans RiseA semi-spoilerish Seibertron.com Review of More Than Meets The Eye 57
Hold back your tears for a little longer folks SynopsisEND OF THE ROAD! On Luna 1, the scale of SENTINEL PRIME's ambition becomes shockingly apparent—and while RED ALERT struggles to separate friend from foe, PROWL convinces FORTRESS MAXIMUS to take the ultimate gamble.
StoryMore Than Meets The Eye has taken us on some amazing voyages, traveling space, time, and all manner of other things. And here we are, issue 57, the last issue to bear the
More Than Meets The Eye banner. And the series conclusion was nothing to be disappointed about either.
The Titans Return crossover to end the title is still a bit wonky seeing as how
Transformers has yet to hit shelves, but we do reach this conclusion and
Transformers can still tie up its part of the story. But for now, let's focus in on a few characters, namely Red Alert. As with last issue, I loved the Red Alert arc, and he once again made the issue. Red Alert's long standing mental trauma is finally brought to the light it was meant to be in, and it is handled very well. All the flashbacks, all the inner-mind battles, and Red Alert makes his character and owns the storyline as if it were his, not the titans.
Yeah, this guy... Of course there are other characters, and they get their fair share of the light. Prowl goes some way towards incorporating his
Sins of the Wreckers experiences, while still mainly being the momentous prick we've come to know him as. Fortress Maximus shows his character development as well, and Cerebros makes a good stand of himself despite only appearing in 2 whole issues out of 57. Serious, Cerebros got some good character in these 2 issues, and he has become one of my favorites. Sovereign doesn't skimp on his part either, and Sentinel is just... Sentinel.
...and this guy. Awesome... and slightly funny ArtPriscilla Tramontano once more takes up art duties and once again she does a very good job of bringing these characters to life. If there is one thing that I could pick over the others, it would need to be her use of expressions. Several of the characters in this story have faceplates, and she somehow makes them almost
more expressive than those with actual faces, and it makes for a great read. Cerebros once again nails it in this category, and there is no one panel that he looks bad in.
When I try to tell Va'al he's wrong Coloring is done by Joana Lafuente, and her colors mesh well with Tramontano's lines and expressions. Darkness and light blend together in beautiful shades, and the story's main setting at night is done well, with the sky dark and lighting up as the events of the story unfold underneath it.
Lettering is once more done by the great Tom B. Long, and his words and action phrases flash across the screen as they should: pronounced when need be, emphasized when need be, always looking good. (We're not letting Red analyze his speech patterns again)
Oh, and Table flips. We get one more of those.
And when Va'al realizes I Was Right Final ThoughtsAnd here we are, 57 stories into
More Than Meets The Eye, and we have found the end of this road. A journey that started almost 5 full years ago has hit a final point, the end of the quest, the final voyage. And it could not have gone out on a better note. This story was a joy to read and well worth picking up. It feels like the finale it was meant to be, and it is very entertaining to many audiences. The series has been a great read, and this story symbolizes all that was good about and with it.
And with that, everyone is good. Every loose plot line has been tied up, the fate of all the characters ever introduced to the series has been finalized. Everyone is happy. Success has happened. The story is fully complete.
And so it E---
but wait, it never Ends....
More Than Meets The Eye may be over, but the story will continue on! Transformers:
Lost Light will pick up where we have ended, and is essentially Season 3 of
More Than Meets The Eye in everything but in name, similar to how
Transformers: Prime picked up that
Beast Hunters line.
Now, your comics shops will see the new title and not the fact that they are the same story, so make sure you are subscribing to
Lost Light, and we will start anew, all those plot threads ready to be continued on, in December!