IDW Transformers Movie Prequel #4 Preview

IDW realy did a great job of making this look good. If this film is as big as they say and doesn't flop, I would love to see this company in the driver seat for a sequil

Liege Evilmus wrote:IDW realy did a great job of making this look good. If this film is as big as they say and doesn't flop, I would love to see this company in the driver seat for a sequil

Same here. Give Don F. the credit he deserves, those movie designs must be hard as hell to draw, and he did an amazing job. My only small complaint is Bonecrusher's head on the coloured cover doesn't look at all like it should. Neither does Barricade's on the black and white cover.

Even on the Alex Milne covers, all the head look slightly different, and the robots never seem to have the same head twice. I would think with all the complicated panels and gears and everything on their bodies, the heads would be the easiest thing to draw consistently the same way... yet this doesn't seem to be the case. Still great art and colouring! This is my favourite cover of a movie comic yet, and the colouring job looks fantastic.

I love the scene where Starscream changes form before the jet he shot down even crashes

I see thats how they turn from cybertron forms to earth forms, interesting

I love how Barricade says, "No living witnesses." What a badass. Starscream seemed really Starscreamish here, which I can only hope translates into the movie itself.

I hope we see the bots in the film changing from their cybertronian mode to their alt mode on-screen.

The story has been building up quite nicely.

I love the cons vibe. Starscream really does feel like Starscrem lol.

I love the cover in color! The art is sharp and the color is crisp!

Love to see how they explain the presence of Brawl and Bonecrusher. Frenzy and Scorponok would come with the others, but I haven't seen Brawl and Bonecrusher.

so they can self modify... cool. at least starscreams personality seems dead on

IDW have done quite a fantastic job with the movie prequal comic! I know that this movie will rock, good or bad

agreed!

On the coloured cover, has Ratchet got a moustache?

yay, tomorrows payday

Meh... not massively impressed with the way they adopt earth modes - what is to stop them picking new modes whenever they feel like it? Such as Bumblebee up against Brawl, thinks "Hmmm, maybe a tank mode might be better" and copies Brawl's earth mode? I dunno, it'll probably be explained like they can only change to something similar to cybertronian modes, or they don't have enough energy for multiple changes, but it still doesn't sit right with me....

I agree with Phoenix_306.
There has to be a distinction between shapeshifting and transforming.

Can't wait!

I got mine and escalation 6

i got mine and i love it but it seems too short..... and what's with bumblebee going to the old house and breaking down on the side of the road??????

i wonder if that was captain witwickey's hospital?

Im really happy with the preview comics. They were a bit short but worth the $16. Makes me want to see the movie even more now. Only question is why wasnt Brawl in the comic? They showed Blackout, Screamer, and Barricade on earth but no Brawl. I guess he comes in during the movie with the other Autobots. And also does any one have a pic of the prequel #3 alt cover? I cant find it.

Megatron_Wolf wrote: Only question is why wasnt Brawl in the comic? They showed Blackout, Screamer, and Barricade on earth but no Brawl. I guess he comes in during the movie with the other Autobots.

Not only Brawl but Bonecrusher too.

I'm missing issue #2. If anyone has an extra copy they wanna sell pm me.

I've enjoyed the heck out of those prequel comics.

Shinobi Rendar wrote:

Megatron_Wolf wrote: Only question is why wasnt Brawl in the comic? They showed Blackout, Screamer, and Barricade on earth but no Brawl. I guess he comes in during the movie with the other Autobots.

Not only Brawl but Bonecrusher too.

I'm missing issue #2. If anyone has an extra copy they wanna sell pm me.

I've enjoyed the heck out of those prequel comics.

I thought about Bonecrusher afew hours after i posted. I guess they come to earth in the movie. Dont know why they werent with the others. Maybe they didnt want to give evrey thing away.

The comics are done really nicely but their lenght is the only thing that bothers me. And they showed more humans then the Transformers themselves. I like the 4th comic cover.
They made Bumblebee to be very likeable character.

I like the way the Cons are portrayed, seems true to form. Overall, the prequels were done well, and do have me excited for the movie.

Rodimus Cloud wrote:The comics are done really nicely but their lenght is the only thing that bothers me. And they showed more humans then the Transformers themselves.

That, to me, was the best thing about this series. I really enjoyed it.

Phoenix_306 wrote:Meh... not massively impressed with the way they adopt earth modes - what is to stop them picking new modes whenever they feel like it? Such as Bumblebee up against Brawl, thinks "Hmmm, maybe a tank mode might be better" and copies Brawl's earth mode? I dunno, it'll probably be explained like they can only change to something similar to cybertronian modes, or they don't have enough energy for multiple changes, but it still doesn't sit right with me....

They have to find a form comparable to their natural size. So BB couldn't be a tank. Basically.

Best TF comic mini-series ever! I love the way the TF's get their alt modes because its a first for Transformers.
If these comics are anything to go buy then all I can say is.... BRING ON THE MOVIE!!!

Optimus Frimal wrote:Best TF comic mini-series ever! I love the way the TF's get their alt modes because its a first for Transformers.
If these comics are anything to go buy then all I can say is.... BRING ON THE MOVIE!!!

What do you mean by "it's a first for Transformers"?

only just bought it, its great!