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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:53 am

Our friends at IDW Publishing have supplied us with a seven page preview of Transformers: Heart of Darkness #4, enjoy!

Transformers: Heart of Darkness #4 (of 4)
Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning(w) • Ulises Farinas (a) • Farinas, Casey Coller, Livio Ramondelli (c)
THE ROAD TO “CHAOS” ENDS HERE! With his army assembled, Galvatron is ready to take the Heart of Darkness back to Cybertron. But first, he must now face down the ultimate threat, a force of unimaginable power and overwhelming darkness. Will Galvatron stand strong or will he bend to the will of inescapable evil? HoD leads directly into “CHAOS”—the first-ever TRANSFORMERS event book from IDW!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1-to-1 ratio.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:06 am

I had a very hard time reading that. Not because I am mentally deficient, but because this final product is so poorly completed.

Yay, Nemesis Prime, please destroy this title so I do not have to feel insulted when I am looking at it even though, I will feel compelled to buy it.

4 covers? WOW, this really needed four different covers? I thought the comics industry was beyond that. Livio's and Casey's covers are nice.

Ulises, keep working to improve.

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:12 am

For the love of god someone put Ulises Farinas in a small box and throw it in an active volcano. That artwork is terrible. The bots look like they got crossed with My Little Pony. Galvatron seriously needs to go on a diet too. I might like the story if I didn't get distracted by the god awful art.

by **quickmixed** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:17 am

I'm really not enjoying this series at the moment. I've read the last three and will pick up this issue just to see where they go with it and how it ends.

Also, apologies if Ive missed something along the way here, but where is Infestation meant to take place? Is it within this continuity or not? Because I cant see it fitting in with this title at all.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:19 am

INFESTATION is meant to happen after these events.

by **starwarrior1227** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:42 am

i was suprised to see RC holding onto galvatron's leg like that.
anyone know why she is?

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:49 am

IDW, if the artist can't draw robots, then don't make him illustrate a book that focuses heavily on robots. Because that just lets him look like a bad artist which makes him feel bad and your customers, it also lowers the quality of your product.

starwarrior1227 wrote:i was suprised to see RC holding onto galvatron's leg like that.
anyone know why she is?

Because she likes big buts and she cannot lie!

by **starwarrior1227** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:21 am

Dead Metal wrote:IDW, if the artist can't draw robots, then don't make him illustrate a book that focuses heavily on robots. Because that just lets him look like a bad artist which makes him feel bad and your customers, it also lowers the quality of your product.

starwarrior1227 says: i have to disagree. the artist can draw robots very well, it's how he designs the characters that bug me(like making galvatron fat). all the faces of the robots should be changed(cuz they are all ugly) and should stay the new way. i keep finding slots of comic where galvatron's face continues to change in length. he either has a short round face or a long flat face.

starwarrior1227 wrote:i was suprised to see RC holding onto galvatron's leg like that.
anyone know why she is?

Because she likes big buts and she cannot lie!

i don't know she doesn't seem to be holding his leg for sexual reasons. but i do have to say she looks hot in that pose. =P~

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:24 am

Somebody break the artists arm. It might do good for his art.

starwarrior1227 wrote:i was suprised to see RC holding onto galvatron's leg like that.
anyone know why she is?

I might be in the bayformers mood too much, but am I the only one imagining Arcee making as Wheelie did in RotF?

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:06 am

That was got to be the worst Cyclonus has looked in forever, I couldn't even tell that was him. :roll:

Also

El Duque wrote:

Dull surprise!

(Wait, in the second panel, why is Scourge's mouth where his chin should be? :???:

)

by **starwarrior1227** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:17 am

cannonfodder4000 wrote:That was got to be the worst Cyclonus has looked in forever, I couldn't even tell that was him.

Also

El Duque wrote:

Dull surprise! (Wait, in the second panel, why is Scourge's mouth where his chin should be? )

more importantly why is scrouge looking to the left side(his right) when all the horror is in front of him? my guess is he saw RC doing something off to the side...someting naughty.

News Credits: 1 · by **ShardFenix** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:44 am

The second cover looked fantastic. Get him to draw this comic. The actual artwork used looks like ass.

by **Windsweeper** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:55 pm

Who is that green TF? Is he Tap Out or G1 Wasp?

I like the 3rd cover. Reminds me of issue 79 of the UK comic from 25 years ago.

News Credits: 5 · by **Oilspill** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:34 am

The art is so bad I can't even will myself to read the story. How did anyone authorise this?

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:58 am

Windsweeper wrote:Who is that green TF? Is he Tap Out or G1 Wasp?

I like the 3rd cover. Reminds me of issue 79 of the UK comic from 25 years ago.

Just a random reborn bot, as far as I know. Call it whom you would like.

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:23 am

The story is great. Really whets the whistle for the upcoming Chaos.

However, the art was atrocious. I was hoping that the art would improve as the series went along but it wasn't the case. The last page with Galvatron's expression is awful.

It's a real mixed bag. Really disappointing considering it's Abnett & Lanning.