IDW Transformers: Lost Light #1 Andrew Griffith / Josh Perez Variant Cover Art
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Posted by Kurona on October 25th, 2016 @ 5:17am CDT
Posted by steve2275 on October 25th, 2016 @ 5:25am CDT
Posted by ricemazter on October 25th, 2016 @ 5:39am CDT
Posted by Henry921 on October 25th, 2016 @ 6:42am CDT
ricemazter wrote:This cover just reminds me of one of the things Dying of the Light did, good read though it may be, that I disliked the most. Everyone besides our main characters elects to mutiny? Everyone? I get the logic behind it, but I would have at least liked to see some of the non-speaking role bots get booted off the ship so that not everyone becomes retroactively scummy.
Hopefully when we follow up with them in a future issue we see a few of the mutineers either locked up or exiled because they regretted the decision, and things going to hell under (presumably?) Getaway and Atomizer's leadership. My guess is a few fan favorites like Bluestreak or Blaster will eventually be given that treatment.
Hopefully not Crosscut though. Screw that guy.
Posted by ScottyP on October 25th, 2016 @ 7:10am CDT
The story explains this well, I thought. Megatron has a more or less default position as the devil incarnate when he comes on board. Everyone hates him. Mutiny occurs in issue 29? No, no need for it. They'd all join up and take out Megatron. The characters left behind by Getaway and co. are the ones that interacted with Megatron through his time aboard and came to like him. You'll note that Bluestreak, Preceptor, and Riptide (presumably Crosscut as well, which has been pointed out) are all characters with "speaking roles" through 28-55 that stay aboard with the mutineers.ricemazter wrote:This cover just reminds me of one of the things Dying of the Light did, good read though it may be, that I disliked the most. Everyone besides our main characters elects to mutiny? Everyone? I get the logic behind it, but I would have at least liked to see some of the non-speaking role bots get booted off the ship so that not everyone becomes retroactively scummy.
Preceptor's a good example of a bot that everyone wanted to show up as part of the "good guys" that didn't. If you go back and read #38, you see why he wouldn't care much about Megatron. That little scuffle they have? Yeah I can see that being important.
Anyhow, that divergence aside, I see the desire to have some background characters as part of the abandoned crew, but it wouldn't fit in the narrative. Unless of course, said story called for some red shirts to get pwned by Tarn's army. There'd be people that'd complain about that too.
Posted by Big Grim on October 25th, 2016 @ 8:57am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on October 25th, 2016 @ 9:46am CDT
Kurona wrote:So evil they get their own variant cover! Bastards!
I am still so surprised to see Blaster there. He's always such a good guy, I dont know why he would ever vote for a mutiny.
Posted by Va'al on October 25th, 2016 @ 10:06am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:So evil they get their own variant cover! Bastards!
I am still so surprised to see Blaster there. He's always such a good guy, I dont know why he would ever vote for a mutiny.
Reminder: Megatron has been the evilest evil in the Cybertronian civil war for millions of year. It is not unreasonable to dislike, hate, fear, be disgusted by him. Especially if you were in the war, opposing him.
It doesn't mean Getaway is any nicer - I still dislike him to the end of my dislike bar - but it's not 'evil' to be confused by how easily a genocidal despot has been accepted as your new best buddy and captain.
That's how I see it anyway!
Posted by william-james88 on October 25th, 2016 @ 10:27am CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:So evil they get their own variant cover! Bastards!
I am still so surprised to see Blaster there. He's always such a good guy, I dont know why he would ever vote for a mutiny.
Reminder: Megatron has been the evilest evil in the Cybertronian civil war for millions of year. It is not unreasonable to dislike, hate, fear, be disgusted by him. Especially if you were in the war, opposing him.
It doesn't mean Getaway is any nicer - I still dislike him to the end of my dislike bar - but it's not 'evil' to be confused by how easily a genocidal despot has been accepted as your new best buddy and captain.
That's how I see it anyway!
Nice way of seeig it. That brigs up a question I have, was Megatron fighting or 4 million years in the IDW continuity? I thought he and Prime were asleep for that time like in G1.
That Brings up another question, in the G1 cartoon, who was leading the decepticons and autobots while their two leaders were asleep for 4 million years? Man, I didnt know I would have so many questions all of a sudden.
Posted by Big Grim on October 25th, 2016 @ 10:41am CDT
william-james88 wrote:That brings up a question I have, was Megatron fighting or 4 million years in the IDW continuity? I thought he and Prime were asleep for that time like in G1.
No, they've both been active during that 4 million years to the best of my knowledge.
Posted by Kurona on October 25th, 2016 @ 3:32pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:So evil they get their own variant cover! Bastards!
I am still so surprised to see Blaster there. He's always such a good guy, I dont know why he would ever vote for a mutiny.
Reminder: Megatron has been the evilest evil in the Cybertronian civil war for millions of year. It is not unreasonable to dislike, hate, fear, be disgusted by him. Especially if you were in the war, opposing him.
It doesn't mean Getaway is any nicer - I still dislike him to the end of my dislike bar - but it's not 'evil' to be confused by how easily a genocidal despot has been accepted as your new best buddy and captain.
That's how I see it anyway!
Nice way of seeig it. That brigs up a question I have, was Megatron fighting or 4 million years in the IDW continuity? I thought he and Prime were asleep for that time like in G1.
That Brings up another question, in the G1 cartoon, who was leading the decepticons and autobots while their two leaders were asleep for 4 million years? Man, I didnt know I would have so many questions all of a sudden.
Well it's the G1 cartoon, so it's not exactly like there aren't a billion plotholes...
But Shockwave was shown to be left in charge of Cybertron by Megatron in the first episode, and later on Elita-1 showed up leading the Female Autobots. One can then either assume Elita-1 was the absolute Autobot leader during that time, or there were multiple various Autobot resistance cells making Shockwave's life hell.
But yeah, that's the thing about the mutiny that hurts so much - it's completely justified. If the comic hadn't focused on Megatron and instead just showed him in the background being the captain suddenly - ie, like how pretty much everyone on the mutiny had seen him - you'd be right there with them thinking this is a good decision. He's Megatron. This was going to happen at some point or another.
Something I haven't seen brought up though is that curiously, all the bots shown drawn here were ones specifically shown in 50 has being part of the mutiny rather than showing any other randoms like Grotusque or Thunderclash or Perceptor. This says to me that the artist was just taking inspiration from 50 and we won't really be seeing these guys much in the issue.
Posted by Whifflefire on October 25th, 2016 @ 5:27pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 25th, 2016 @ 5:51pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on October 25th, 2016 @ 5:52pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm wondering what they will do when Getaway finds out Megatron is alive, but his partner died. Or what will Getaway do/feel when that Galactic council fellow tells him that all of them died in the geobomb and that he doesn't remember saying he would spare the Autobots
Probably use it as an excuse to change his name to Breakway as a Titans Return cross-sell.
Posted by ScottyP on October 25th, 2016 @ 9:05pm CDT
Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm wondering what they will do when Getaway finds out Megatron is alive, but his partner died. Or what will Getaway do/feel when that Galactic council fellow tells him that all of them died in the geobomb and that he doesn't remember saying he would spare the Autobots
Probably use it as an excuse to change his name to Breakway as a Titans Return cross-sell.

Posted by ScottyP on October 25th, 2016 @ 9:11pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:That Brings up another question, in the G1 cartoon, who was leading the decepticons and autobots while their two leaders were asleep for 4 million years? Man, I didnt know I would have so many questions all of a sudden.
Cartoon: Shockwave and Alpha Trion/Elita-One (unclear which and the Autobots' leadership is never mentioned as an important thing during this period iirc)
Comic: Straxus and Emirate Xaaron
Posted by Big Grim on October 26th, 2016 @ 9:36am CDT
ScottyP wrote:Comic: Straxus and Emirate Xaaron
Straxus and Xaaron were awesome. So pleased to see Xaaron made it to IDW.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 26th, 2016 @ 9:46am CDT
Big Grim wrote:ScottyP wrote:Comic: Straxus and Emirate Xaaron
Straxus and Xaaron were awesome. So pleased to see Xaaron made it to IDW.
And Xaaron is a Lost Light crewmember too to boot, so he fits right in here
Posted by bodrock on November 3rd, 2016 @ 1:34am CDT
I honestly haven't read a series in a long time, but Tarn's design as a character got me interested in the first place (SPOIL'd already lol)....so much I had ro have that MMC Kultur!

Posted by Rodimus Prime on November 3rd, 2016 @ 10:14am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on November 3rd, 2016 @ 11:34am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:I hope we get an answer to who dragged Pharma into that portal. Unless we did and I just missed it? Where is Tyrest?
I assumed Tyrest, Pharma and Starsabre are all together somewhere, beyond the portal.
Posted by Kurona on November 3rd, 2016 @ 11:35am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 3rd, 2016 @ 1:40pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I hope we get an answer to who dragged Pharma into that portal. Unless we did and I just missed it? Where is Tyrest?
I assumed Tyrest, Pharma and Starsabre are all together somewhere, beyond the portal.
Tyrest has disappeared to who knows where thanks to the season 1 Magnus trick of having a recall trigger in his hand.
Pharma was dragged through that portal, and no one knows where yet. That is still a big thing.
No idea where Star Saber went. He and Tyrest I can see being together somewhere. Pharma is somewhere else entirely.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 16th, 2016 @ 10:32pm CST
That's right folks. Lost Light #1 is set to be released on December 14, a little under a month away. Lost Light will pick up where issue 55 of More Than Meets The Eye left off, and will serve as a "season 3" to the series, a similar pattern that Transformers: Prime went through with Beast Hunters. To go along with the release of the first issue, James Roberts and Jack Lawrence will be visiting Orbital Comics that Friday, December 16, to sign issues of Lost Light from 5 to 7pm.
Orbital comics is located in London, and the address is: 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA.
You can read the description that Orbital Comics provided below, and stay tuned! We can expect a preview of the first issue to be coming up very shortly!
To celebrate the release of Transformers: Lost Light #1, Orbital Comics is pleased to welcome writer James Roberts and artist Jack Lawrence to the store!
They will be signing copies of the comic on Friday December 16th, from 5-7pm.
Also, while you’re in store, check out our gallery, featuring an exhibition of artwork from Jack Lawrence.

Posted by Kurona on November 17th, 2016 @ 12:20am CST
Posted by Va'al on November 17th, 2016 @ 2:08pm CST
Lost Light #1 peeks
- Necroworld for a bit
- new threads – not like MTMTE #1, definitely part 1 of multi issue storyline
- similar in tone/scope as Dying of the Light, multiple characters, sometimes their own thing sometimes impacting on each other
- telling old readers ‘this is the same thing you liked’, telling new readers ‘here’s what TFs are’
- nine covers
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 17th, 2016 @ 2:57pm CST
Dr Va'al wrote:Came across an interview, not much said other then the following:
Lost Light #1 peeks
- Necroworld for a bit
- new threads – not like MTMTE #1, definitely part 1 of multi issue storyline
- similar in tone/scope as Dying of the Light, multiple characters, sometimes their own thing sometimes impacting on each other
- telling old readers ‘this is the same thing you liked’, telling new readers ‘here’s what TFs are’
- nine covers
Saw on twitter last night (not sure if this is serious) that Roberts said that there are 5 pages of "story so far" in the first issue.
I'm really looking forward to this issue. I have been in need of some Lost Light. Been too long
Posted by Kurona on November 17th, 2016 @ 3:54pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:Came across an interview, not much said other then the following:
Lost Light #1 peeks
- Necroworld for a bit
- new threads – not like MTMTE #1, definitely part 1 of multi issue storyline
- similar in tone/scope as Dying of the Light, multiple characters, sometimes their own thing sometimes impacting on each other
- telling old readers ‘this is the same thing you liked’, telling new readers ‘here’s what TFs are’
- nine covers
Saw on twitter last night (not sure if this is serious) that Roberts said that there are 5 pages of "story so far" in the first issue.
Just enough to take up a whole preview. That bloody evil genius.
Posted by Va'al on November 22nd, 2016 @ 12:50pm CST
UPDATE: The second cover is by artist Sonny Liew.
Posted by hinomars19 on November 22nd, 2016 @ 1:31pm CST
Posted by Kurona on November 22nd, 2016 @ 1:38pm CST
hinomars19 wrote:Why is Rodimus changing his colours? What am I missing?
We don't know yet. Been a bit of a mystery since the first cover was revealed
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 22nd, 2016 @ 2:19pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on November 22nd, 2016 @ 4:12pm CST
hinomars19 wrote:Why is Rodimus changing his colours? What am I missing?
Ha! I didnt even realize that was rodimus.
Posted by ebo716 on November 22nd, 2016 @ 5:22pm CST
Posted by Kurona on November 22nd, 2016 @ 5:31pm CST
ebo716 wrote:10/10 best chin
Guess Animated Season 4 isn't as cancelled as we all thought.
Posted by hinomars19 on November 22nd, 2016 @ 5:44pm CST
Kurona wrote:hinomars19 wrote:Why is Rodimus changing his colours? What am I missing?
We don't know yet. Been a bit of a mystery since the first cover was revealed
I see! Thanks

Posted by snavej on November 23rd, 2016 @ 3:03pm CST

Posted by Javelin on November 25th, 2016 @ 5:07pm CST
snavej wrote:Megatron seems to be getting plumper!
It's that Fool's Energon. Does nothing, tastes like crap...full of empty calories.
Posted by Javelin on November 25th, 2016 @ 5:14pm CST
hinomars19 wrote:Why is Rodimus changing his colours? What am I missing?
I think we're going to see a more sombre Rodimus (for a while, at least). He prob feels responsible for what happened, and this may be his way of doing away with the old, irresponsible Rodiums (flames and flash) and being more serious, mature.
Or he could have just decided he's tired of red/yellow. It IS Rodimus, who knows?

Posted by WreckerJack on November 26th, 2016 @ 1:06am CST
hinomars19 wrote:Why is Rodimus changing his colours? What am I missing?
He caught the ... EMO!
https://youtu.be/MHPW6AuPrEM?t=32s
Posted by sol magnus on November 27th, 2016 @ 8:17am CST
Kurona wrote:william-james88 wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:So evil they get their own variant cover! Bastards!
I am still so surprised to see Blaster there. He's always such a good guy, I dont know why he would ever vote for a mutiny.
Reminder: Megatron has been the evilest evil in the Cybertronian civil war for millions of year. It is not unreasonable to dislike, hate, fear, be disgusted by him. Especially if you were in the war, opposing him.
It doesn't mean Getaway is any nicer - I still dislike him to the end of my dislike bar - but it's not 'evil' to be confused by how easily a genocidal despot has been accepted as your new best buddy and captain.
That's how I see it anyway!
Nice way of seeig it. That brigs up a question I have, was Megatron fighting or 4 million years in the IDW continuity? I thought he and Prime were asleep for that time like in G1.
That Brings up another question, in the G1 cartoon, who was leading the decepticons and autobots while their two leaders were asleep for 4 million years? Man, I didnt know I would have so many questions all of a sudden.
Well it's the G1 cartoon, so it's not exactly like there aren't a billion plotholes...
But Shockwave was shown to be left in charge of Cybertron by Megatron in the first episode, and later on Elita-1 showed up leading the Female Autobots. One can then either assume Elita-1 was the absolute Autobot leader during that time, or there were multiple various Autobot resistance cells making Shockwave's life hell.
But yeah, that's the thing about the mutiny that hurts so much - it's completely justified. If the comic hadn't focused on Megatron and instead just showed him in the background being the captain suddenly - ie, like how pretty much everyone on the mutiny had seen him - you'd be right there with them thinking this is a good decision. He's Megatron. This was going to happen at some point or another.
Something I haven't seen brought up though is that curiously, all the bots shown drawn here were ones specifically shown in 50 has being part of the mutiny rather than showing any other randoms like Grotusque or Thunderclash or Perceptor. This says to me that the artist was just taking inspiration from 50 and we won't really be seeing these guys much in the issue.
Thunderclash just faded into the background, but he is on the Necrobot's planet with Team Rodimus.
Posted by Kurona on November 27th, 2016 @ 8:27am CST
sol magnus wrote:Kurona wrote:william-james88 wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:So evil they get their own variant cover! Bastards!
I am still so surprised to see Blaster there. He's always such a good guy, I dont know why he would ever vote for a mutiny.
Reminder: Megatron has been the evilest evil in the Cybertronian civil war for millions of year. It is not unreasonable to dislike, hate, fear, be disgusted by him. Especially if you were in the war, opposing him.
It doesn't mean Getaway is any nicer - I still dislike him to the end of my dislike bar - but it's not 'evil' to be confused by how easily a genocidal despot has been accepted as your new best buddy and captain.
That's how I see it anyway!
Nice way of seeig it. That brigs up a question I have, was Megatron fighting or 4 million years in the IDW continuity? I thought he and Prime were asleep for that time like in G1.
That Brings up another question, in the G1 cartoon, who was leading the decepticons and autobots while their two leaders were asleep for 4 million years? Man, I didnt know I would have so many questions all of a sudden.
Well it's the G1 cartoon, so it's not exactly like there aren't a billion plotholes...
But Shockwave was shown to be left in charge of Cybertron by Megatron in the first episode, and later on Elita-1 showed up leading the Female Autobots. One can then either assume Elita-1 was the absolute Autobot leader during that time, or there were multiple various Autobot resistance cells making Shockwave's life hell.
But yeah, that's the thing about the mutiny that hurts so much - it's completely justified. If the comic hadn't focused on Megatron and instead just showed him in the background being the captain suddenly - ie, like how pretty much everyone on the mutiny had seen him - you'd be right there with them thinking this is a good decision. He's Megatron. This was going to happen at some point or another.
Something I haven't seen brought up though is that curiously, all the bots shown drawn here were ones specifically shown in 50 has being part of the mutiny rather than showing any other randoms like Grotusque or Thunderclash or Perceptor. This says to me that the artist was just taking inspiration from 50 and we won't really be seeing these guys much in the issue.
Thunderclash just faded into the background, but he is on the Necrobot's planet with Team Rodimus.
He isn't.
Posted by sol magnus on November 27th, 2016 @ 8:31am CST
Kurona wrote:sol magnus wrote:Kurona wrote:william-james88 wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:So evil they get their own variant cover! Bastards!
I am still so surprised to see Blaster there. He's always such a good guy, I dont know why he would ever vote for a mutiny.
Reminder: Megatron has been the evilest evil in the Cybertronian civil war for millions of year. It is not unreasonable to dislike, hate, fear, be disgusted by him. Especially if you were in the war, opposing him.
It doesn't mean Getaway is any nicer - I still dislike him to the end of my dislike bar - but it's not 'evil' to be confused by how easily a genocidal despot has been accepted as your new best buddy and captain.
That's how I see it anyway!
Nice way of seeig it. That brigs up a question I have, was Megatron fighting or 4 million years in the IDW continuity? I thought he and Prime were asleep for that time like in G1.
That Brings up another question, in the G1 cartoon, who was leading the decepticons and autobots while their two leaders were asleep for 4 million years? Man, I didnt know I would have so many questions all of a sudden.
Well it's the G1 cartoon, so it's not exactly like there aren't a billion plotholes...
But Shockwave was shown to be left in charge of Cybertron by Megatron in the first episode, and later on Elita-1 showed up leading the Female Autobots. One can then either assume Elita-1 was the absolute Autobot leader during that time, or there were multiple various Autobot resistance cells making Shockwave's life hell.
But yeah, that's the thing about the mutiny that hurts so much - it's completely justified. If the comic hadn't focused on Megatron and instead just showed him in the background being the captain suddenly - ie, like how pretty much everyone on the mutiny had seen him - you'd be right there with them thinking this is a good decision. He's Megatron. This was going to happen at some point or another.
Something I haven't seen brought up though is that curiously, all the bots shown drawn here were ones specifically shown in 50 has being part of the mutiny rather than showing any other randoms like Grotusque or Thunderclash or Perceptor. This says to me that the artist was just taking inspiration from 50 and we won't really be seeing these guys much in the issue.
Thunderclash just faded into the background, but he is on the Necrobot's planet with Team Rodimus.
He isn't.
I guess I was thinking about the beginning when they are on Millarium. sp
You're right. He's not.
Posted by Javelin on November 28th, 2016 @ 6:26pm CST

Posted by Kurona on November 28th, 2016 @ 7:17pm CST
Javelin wrote:I have a question. I was reading somewhere about the end of the Lost Light series (the wrap up, getting ready for the new series coming out in Dec), and someone said, "Now that we know what happened to Pharma's body, and what the geobomb did... DID we find that out? Was it explained in other series (Robots in Disguise, for instance?) because I pretty much just follow MTMTE and I want to have everything clued up before I start the Dec series. Because I would REALLY like to know those answers!Especially what the hell happened to Pharma, the bastard.
That was in the writer's endnote of MTMTE #57, done completely in jest - we haven't found out either of those things; it's just a joke.
Posted by Va'al on December 1st, 2016 @ 12:57pm CST
Posted by ScottyP on December 1st, 2016 @ 5:46pm CST
This is just me being cynical though. Hope it's a blast for all who get to attend!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 1st, 2016 @ 8:41pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 2nd, 2016 @ 8:27am CST
Five years ago, Rodimus and a collection of traumatised, lovelorn and/or sarcastic Autobots set off on a quest to find Cyberutopia. So far, they've made a right hash of it. They've misplaced their map. They've lost their ship, the Lost Light, to a mutinous escapologist. Oh, and they're dead.