o.supreme wrote:ok , so I have to super careful with this, as I am not really a fan of IDW. I purchased and read every single issue of the 13 year run, most of them are forgettable, but it wasn't until I purged myself of nearly all my comic-book collection in early 2020, that I could finally put it all behind me.
That being said, naturally a "worst" list would be too long to count, but a "best" list I'm not sure if I could even come up with 5 titles or mini-series to fill that conversation.
I do take exception to All Hail Megatron being on this list though, just my opinion, it was the single best thing about IDW in it's entire 13 year run. It was The only series that held any real interest for me, and I eagerly looked forward to each month (Issues 1-12 btw, furmans useless coda was not needed). But I get it. I'm a fan of AHM, because it was different from the dull-as-dishwater stories furman had churned out up to that point, and the closest thing to the classic animated series we would ever get. *Stormbringer I seem to recall was relatively decent also, but I digress... Also while AHM obviously has a large contingent of fans that don't care for it, it is nice to see some actual support for it in the comments I've seen so far.
Combiner Wars was a missed opportunity. I envisioned it being written similar to how DW wrote the Micromasters 4 part series (basically an entire series dedicated to the various Combiner Teams), unfortunately they were just blunt instruments used by the main characters, and a shameless way to promote Windblade and Victorion. Hopefully someday the Combiners will get their due (The toys were great, but decent portrayals in modern fiction are still to be written).
All that being said, despite the shady behind-the-scenes goings on at DW, that world-building had the best foundation for Transformers in Comics I've ever read, and it is a true shame it didn't last. Of course, it died the hero, and IDW lives on to be the villain.
AcademyofDrX wrote:I love the 2019 reboot. I was going to take issue with the post dropping long shots of talking out of context, but I have to grant that it's slower-paced and has less combat per issue than your average book. But this is an extensive Cybertronian society, something we only got glimpses of in lines like Till All Are One.
Let's face it, most Transformers characterization is best summarized as "how do you feel about war" and "how do you feel about how that guy feels about war." 2019 has some of the most fully-fledged characters because while violence and power still drive the day, there are other perspectives large and small influencing the world.
lowman_x wrote:I would put the 2019 reboot series at number 1. I mean, it's the reason I stopped collecting Transformers comics and I've been collecting them since the Marvel UK/US days. I skipped a few of the crossover/miniseries events, but I never gave up on the main books. But this? No. I gave it 24 issues and ~2 years. I'll wait for the inevitable reboot and see how I feel.
Whirlkick wrote:I'm on my first read through of the entire IDW series, so it's all quite fresh in my mind. I'm currently up to Robots in Disguise Vol 1. I love that they have their FoC designs!
I defo loved everything that came before AHM, so I didn't like it when they all of a sudden switched from the Spotlights and Maximum Dinobots and all that they were establishing, to something totally different. It's like a year on, the Autobots totally lost everything, and somehow everyone goes from using 21st century vehicles to vehicles from the '80s. The Seekers went from F-22s to their G1 jets, I don't get that. If they were going to do AHM, they should've let the Decepticons succeed with their infiltration, activate Siege mode and BOOM, AHM happens. That would've been much better. AHM was also a bit too dark, like it felt gratuitous at times. I thought Mirage was going to become a 'Con after what Ironhide did but they didn't deliver there. Overall, I liked AHM as its own thing, and the ramifications it had were cool because it gave us the Transformers series which was great, it's just that it should've come later on.
The art in Galvatron's recruitment drive series was awful
Overall, I think there have been more hits than misses so far, but I'm not looking forward to all of that weird shite in Lost Light, with relationships and that BS. I prefer that slightly gritty tone that the rest of the series has.
Silverwing wrote:Also, I feel compelled to give the obligatory:
One for each year of the Movieverse's decade strong tenure. Here's to a few more explosive years!
william-james88 wrote:Whirlkick wrote:I'm on my first read through of the entire IDW series, so it's all quite fresh in my mind. I'm currently up to Robots in Disguise Vol 1. I love that they have their FoC designs!
I defo loved everything that came before AHM, so I didn't like it when they all of a sudden switched from the Spotlights and Maximum Dinobots and all that they were establishing, to something totally different. It's like a year on, the Autobots totally lost everything, and somehow everyone goes from using 21st century vehicles to vehicles from the '80s. The Seekers went from F-22s to their G1 jets, I don't get that. If they were going to do AHM, they should've let the Decepticons succeed with their infiltration, activate Siege mode and BOOM, AHM happens. That would've been much better. AHM was also a bit too dark, like it felt gratuitous at times. I thought Mirage was going to become a 'Con after what Ironhide did but they didn't deliver there. Overall, I liked AHM as its own thing, and the ramifications it had were cool because it gave us the Transformers series which was great, it's just that it should've come later on.
The art in Galvatron's recruitment drive series was awful
Overall, I think there have been more hits than misses so far, but I'm not looking forward to all of that weird shite in Lost Light, with relationships and that BS. I prefer that slightly gritty tone that the rest of the series has.
Dont you worry, More Than Meets The Eye will be super dark as well at times.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:william-james88 wrote:Whirlkick wrote:Overall, I think there have been more hits than misses so far, but I'm not looking forward to all of that weird shite in Lost Light, with relationships and that BS. I prefer that slightly gritty tone that the rest of the series has.
Dont you worry, More Than Meets The Eye will be super dark as well at times.
Offset by the distracting level of chibi-like art. It verged on being a Skottie Young book at times.
hausjam wrote:I am going to go with whichever one featured the dumbass idea of turning Megatron into an autobot. That alone made Transformers comics the laughing stock of the universe.
Tuned Agent wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:william-james88 wrote:Whirlkick wrote:Overall, I think there have been more hits than misses so far, but I'm not looking forward to all of that weird shite in Lost Light, with relationships and that BS. I prefer that slightly gritty tone that the rest of the series has.
Dont you worry, More Than Meets The Eye will be super dark as well at times.
Offset by the distracting level of chibi-like art. It verged on being a Skottie Young book at times.
What chibi-like art?
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Tuned Agent wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:william-james88 wrote:Whirlkick wrote:Overall, I think there have been more hits than misses so far, but I'm not looking forward to all of that weird shite in Lost Light, with relationships and that BS. I prefer that slightly gritty tone that the rest of the series has.
Dont you worry, More Than Meets The Eye will be super dark as well at times.
Offset by the distracting level of chibi-like art. It verged on being a Skottie Young book at times.
What chibi-like art?
Swerve and Tailgate in particular. But it did veer into the overly exaggerated features from the rest, on occasion.
Rodimus Prime wrote:I just remembered pregnant Scorponok...
Yeah, Furman made him a great character back in the day, in both Marvel and IDW. And that hack roberts just used him for a macguffin for a story line that was garbage to begin with. And he turned the most bad ass character ever into a blubbering mess. Hopefully he's never allowed around TF comics ever again.Quantum Surge wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I just remembered pregnant Scorponok...
I remember laughing at that out loud back when a former friend told me about it.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:1) TF vs Visionaries: Killing Kup, a crucial character in IDW, in such a fashion and then bragging about it, and proceeding to make a pretty bad story even after that? That one was the worst. Only followup it ever got was a brief mention in Unicron #4 I think? Outside that, everyone dropped visionaries and tried to pretend it didn't happen.
william-james88 wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Tuned Agent wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:william-james88 wrote:Whirlkick wrote:Overall, I think there have been more hits than misses so far, but I'm not looking forward to all of that weird shite in Lost Light, with relationships and that BS. I prefer that slightly gritty tone that the rest of the series has.
Dont you worry, More Than Meets The Eye will be super dark as well at times.
Offset by the distracting level of chibi-like art. It verged on being a Skottie Young book at times.
What chibi-like art?
Swerve and Tailgate in particular. But it did veer into the overly exaggerated features from the rest, on occasion.
For my money, Casey Coller and Alex Milne are the greatest TF artists of all time.
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