How to make Transformers comics good again!

It's no secret that I despise all of the IDW comics. I have feelings of disgust and hatred for all of their titles. Even Deviations was a massive letdown because the dialogue was off and the characters were way out of character. I post what I don't like about a certain book and then people choose to comment about me, saying stuff like "you haven't liked anything since '84!" and "stop reading!" or "They're not for you!" Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Well, here's what I would do if I had the Transformers license. You can comment on my ideas or post your own because IMO anything is better than what IDW is squelching out now.
Most Transformers would speak and act exactly as they did on the G1 cartoon, Dreamwave managed to pull this off very well, so it works. Some exceptions would be Mirage, who in my world would be a snob and much more of a deserter than a traitor. Mirage's "high priced friends" would be Autobot's like Tracks or the famous architech Grapple. Mirage would consider Autobots like Sunstreaker to be "new money" types that made their fortunes in the pits and wasted most of it in the Energon bars and Auto spas. Mirage's cloaking ability would be the result of a very expensive upgrade he purchased when he had no choice but to fight to survive as the war escalated. Bluestreak, who because of his Tech Specs courage rating of 2, would secretly be a coward leaving his fellow Autobots to get scrapped because he was scared to shoot or too nervous to enter the battle at all.
The Quintessons would be the creators of the Transformers. The Quints sold the Decepticon military line to alien warlords who desired warriors who transformed into Jets and Tanks, or spies and assassins who could disguise themselves as inanimate objects. The Quintessons marketed the Autobots as mostly cars you could drive around inside of,and who could transform into a bodygaurd to protect you if needed. Autobots built to mimic inanimate objects served as hidden bodyguards. Like the Decepticons, they also had the ability to shrink down small enough to a size where they could be carried in a pouch. Decepticon cars served as "curbside assassins" who would either lay in wait for their targets, or were built to resemble their targets' transports for purposes of abduction. Some customers desired Transformers with a more feminine design, which is the reason why female Transformers exist and why there are so few of them. Autobots like Hot Rod or Orion Pax would be attracted to them without knowing why. Factories would continue to produce new Autobots and Decepticons long after the Quintessons were driven off because no Transformer knew how to create another Transformer from scratch. They only knew how to upgrade and remold the Quints designs. During the great war, Transformer assembly plants were important military objectives to either be captured or destroyed. Some were relocated underground or off planet. A pass key like the Creation Matrix would have to be obtained to operate one.
There would be two main titles. The first title would start in 1984 and feature the '84 and '85 characters with the Aerialbots, Stunticons and Combaticons added in as the series progresses (i'll get to the Protectobots later). The Autobots and humans would be the permanent underdogs against the might of the Decepticons. Air warriors would be used to swell the ranks of the Decepticons. Megatron's primary objective would be to convert Earth's resources into Energon to power his army, most of whom previously had to be put in stasis until a new source of energy could be found. Victories would be far and few, with the Autobots grateful for just being able to prevent the Decepticons from getting what they wanted, or surviving against them. Since the series would start in '84, Soundwave and his cassettes alt modes would not have to be changed or explained. The writer would be free to progress the story months or years ahead if they wished, with the human characters aging appropriately.
The second title would take place hundreds of years from now and star most of the '86-'91 characters. The Autobots will have mostly won control of the Earth, but lost Cybertron and the rest of the universe to the Decepticons. The whereabouts and final fates of the characters of the first title would be known to the stars of the second, but just not known to us, the readers. We would see older versions of surviving characters like Grimlock who would be wiser, or more efficient and deadly like the Combaticons. It would be fun to see a newer group like the Protectobots outfitted with futuristic (to us) alt modes and sent off to face a battle tested group like the Combaticons who will have had centuries more experience fighting on Earth as a unit. Hot Rod (or Rodimus) Ultra Magnus, Kup, Arcee etc. could travel from Cybertron to Nebulos and beyond fighting or liberating worlds from Decepticon control. They would occasionally draw the attention of the Decepticon elite, consisting of Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge. Starscream would be a ghost who disrupts plans and generally irritates Galvatron.
Most Transformers would speak and act exactly as they did on the G1 cartoon, Dreamwave managed to pull this off very well, so it works. Some exceptions would be Mirage, who in my world would be a snob and much more of a deserter than a traitor. Mirage's "high priced friends" would be Autobot's like Tracks or the famous architech Grapple. Mirage would consider Autobots like Sunstreaker to be "new money" types that made their fortunes in the pits and wasted most of it in the Energon bars and Auto spas. Mirage's cloaking ability would be the result of a very expensive upgrade he purchased when he had no choice but to fight to survive as the war escalated. Bluestreak, who because of his Tech Specs courage rating of 2, would secretly be a coward leaving his fellow Autobots to get scrapped because he was scared to shoot or too nervous to enter the battle at all.
The Quintessons would be the creators of the Transformers. The Quints sold the Decepticon military line to alien warlords who desired warriors who transformed into Jets and Tanks, or spies and assassins who could disguise themselves as inanimate objects. The Quintessons marketed the Autobots as mostly cars you could drive around inside of,and who could transform into a bodygaurd to protect you if needed. Autobots built to mimic inanimate objects served as hidden bodyguards. Like the Decepticons, they also had the ability to shrink down small enough to a size where they could be carried in a pouch. Decepticon cars served as "curbside assassins" who would either lay in wait for their targets, or were built to resemble their targets' transports for purposes of abduction. Some customers desired Transformers with a more feminine design, which is the reason why female Transformers exist and why there are so few of them. Autobots like Hot Rod or Orion Pax would be attracted to them without knowing why. Factories would continue to produce new Autobots and Decepticons long after the Quintessons were driven off because no Transformer knew how to create another Transformer from scratch. They only knew how to upgrade and remold the Quints designs. During the great war, Transformer assembly plants were important military objectives to either be captured or destroyed. Some were relocated underground or off planet. A pass key like the Creation Matrix would have to be obtained to operate one.
There would be two main titles. The first title would start in 1984 and feature the '84 and '85 characters with the Aerialbots, Stunticons and Combaticons added in as the series progresses (i'll get to the Protectobots later). The Autobots and humans would be the permanent underdogs against the might of the Decepticons. Air warriors would be used to swell the ranks of the Decepticons. Megatron's primary objective would be to convert Earth's resources into Energon to power his army, most of whom previously had to be put in stasis until a new source of energy could be found. Victories would be far and few, with the Autobots grateful for just being able to prevent the Decepticons from getting what they wanted, or surviving against them. Since the series would start in '84, Soundwave and his cassettes alt modes would not have to be changed or explained. The writer would be free to progress the story months or years ahead if they wished, with the human characters aging appropriately.
The second title would take place hundreds of years from now and star most of the '86-'91 characters. The Autobots will have mostly won control of the Earth, but lost Cybertron and the rest of the universe to the Decepticons. The whereabouts and final fates of the characters of the first title would be known to the stars of the second, but just not known to us, the readers. We would see older versions of surviving characters like Grimlock who would be wiser, or more efficient and deadly like the Combaticons. It would be fun to see a newer group like the Protectobots outfitted with futuristic (to us) alt modes and sent off to face a battle tested group like the Combaticons who will have had centuries more experience fighting on Earth as a unit. Hot Rod (or Rodimus) Ultra Magnus, Kup, Arcee etc. could travel from Cybertron to Nebulos and beyond fighting or liberating worlds from Decepticon control. They would occasionally draw the attention of the Decepticon elite, consisting of Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge. Starscream would be a ghost who disrupts plans and generally irritates Galvatron.