IDW Transformers - Unicron: The Darkest Hour #0 Released on Free Comic Book Day
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Transformers comics from IDW have participated once before, with the first issue of ReGeneration One, but it looks like 2018 is bringing us an even bigger splash in the Hasbroverse. According to Newsarama, IDW Publishing will be releasing our introduction to Unicron, who was awakened at the end of First Strike #6, in Unicron: The Darkest Hour #0! Written by John Barber, with interior art by Alex Milne and cover art by Sara Pitre-Durocher, you can give a read at the blurb below, and check out the cover, and the new logo in particular!
TRANSFORMERS: UNICRON: THE DARKEST HOUR #0
(W) John Barber (A) Alex Milne (CA) Sara Pitre-Durocher
Not a whimper, nor a bang-the end comes with a squall of entropy shrieking from the ravenous maw of death itself. The message is clear: Unicron has arrived. The Transformers lock into a desperate bid to save Rom’s homeworld from the world-killer — but why has Unicron chosen this world on his path to Cybertron... and Earth? The biggest story in the history of Transformers starts now: for Unicron’s arrival can mean nothing less than the end of a universe.
Rating: TEEN
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Posted by TreyTable on December 14th, 2017 @ 2:07pm CST
Posted by ScottyP on December 14th, 2017 @ 2:08pm CST
Posted by Rodimus Knight on December 14th, 2017 @ 2:30pm CST
Posted by Flashwave on December 14th, 2017 @ 3:09pm CST
TreyTable wrote:Bumblebee back from the dead?
That ld be Centurion,
Posted by partholon on December 14th, 2017 @ 5:24pm CST
why the hell is it become so hard to figure out how to follow an IDW event?
revolution baffled the hell out of me when i was still buying monthly and i STILL havent bought it in trade yet, let alone first strike
even their ordinary series when collected end up packaging an annual in with the numbered run so god knows how this is all going to be collected for the event proper.
i do like the idea of ROMS home world getting attacked as his crossover with the TF has been the most sucessful so far and given from how anytime ive seen him he's never bloody there we can have a genuine doubt as to whether itll survive or not. which is handy on the drama front. so it sounds good.
but ill wait till its collected so i dont end up getting something twice (like what im facing with vol 2 of Optimus Prime.)
on the vid further up the page i am somewhat baffled as to why james riaz had to go looking for work like that though. i mean jesus the art on the books has gone RIGHT down hill the last few years. . i thought IDW would be calling up everyone they ever employed to see who'll come back to the fold.
i mean is EJ Su Don Fig et al potentially laying aobut by the sidelines doing nothing cause no one in editorial thinks to ring them?
Kinda mad.
Posted by Randomhero on December 14th, 2017 @ 7:38pm CST
partholon wrote:stuff like this makes me glad ive gone trade as ive absolutely NO idea how the hell im meant to collect it in terms of reading order.
why the hell is it become so hard to figure out how to follow an IDW event?
revolution baffled the hell out of me when i was still buying monthly and i STILL havent bought it in trade yet, let alone first strike
even their ordinary series when collected end up packaging an annual in with the numbered run so god knows how this is all going to be collected for the event proper.
i do like the idea of ROMS home world getting attacked as his crossover with the TF has been the most sucessful so far and given from how anytime ive seen him he's never bloody there we can have a genuine doubt as to whether itll survive or not. which is handy on the drama front. so it sounds good.
but ill wait till its collected so i dont end up getting something twice (like what im facing with vol 2 of Optimus Prime.)
on the vid further up the page i am somewhat baffled as to why james riaz had to go looking for work like that though. i mean jesus the art on the books has gone RIGHT down hill the last few years. . i thought IDW would be calling up everyone they ever employed to see who'll come back to the fold.
i mean is EJ Su Don Fig et al potentially laying aobut by the sidelines doing nothing cause no one in editorial thinks to ring them?
Kinda mad.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeah about that. Hate to break it to you but you’re never gonna see Don back on transformers probably ever and it’s not because IDW doesn’t call him. It’s becuase IDW won’t call him but because he’s not reliable and he refuses to. He doesn’t want to draw transformers anymore and IDW doesn’t need him walking out like he's done twice.
Don has seriously walked out on IDW not once but twice. Halfway through the beast wars second mini he said he was done and didn’t want to draw anymore transformers. He was tired of being only known for transformers so they had to have Guido Guidi finish the series. Jump a couple years later and the ongoing happened and Don was back with his over complex redesigns with monster faces because he really wasn’t that good and wasn’t doing anything else and once again halfway through a big story he walked away again and said he was done with transformers and they had to get Alex Milne to come on and finish the story.
Posted by Insurgent on December 14th, 2017 @ 11:41pm CST
Posted by Va'al on December 15th, 2017 @ 3:17am CST
Insurgent wrote:So if we can't get to a comic shop on that particular day, we'll miss Unicron's debut? That's a bit naff. And why is bottom left blacked out? I do like the look of the chaos bringer.
Full image from IDW:
The issue will obviously be included in any collected trade at a later date, and is not a full 20 page issue, in any case. More of a long teaser, really.
Posted by Insurgent on December 15th, 2017 @ 6:55am CST
And who is that between Starscream and Prime?
Posted by Randomhero on December 15th, 2017 @ 7:50am CST
It’s also an IDW comic. They usually don’t sell out on free comic day. I managed to get to regeneration one and transformers vs Gi Joe a week or so later
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 15th, 2017 @ 9:47am CST
Insurgent wrote:And who is that between Starscream and Prime?
I think a weirdly drawn Arcee
Posted by ScottyP on December 15th, 2017 @ 10:11am CST
I would bet money it gets reprinted in the backs of other books later on like the Revolution and First Strike "0" issues. Or at the start of issue 1 of the actual series, like what happend with Action Man and Rom a couple years back.Insurgent wrote:So if we can't get to a comic shop on that particular day, we'll miss Unicron's debut? That's a bit naff.
In general, there is something really funny to me about comments on a news story about a free comic being so terrible and negative, but maybe that's just me.
Posted by Randomhero on December 15th, 2017 @ 11:05am CST
ScottyP wrote:I would bet money it gets reprinted in the backs of other books later on like the Revolution and First Strike "0" issues. Or at the start of issue 1 of the actual series, like what happend with Action Man and Rom a couple years back.Insurgent wrote:So if we can't get to a comic shop on that particular day, we'll miss Unicron's debut? That's a bit naff.
In general, there is something really funny to me about comments on a news story about a free comic being so terrible and negative, but maybe that's just me.
There’s something to be said about the negativity over a certain show that’s completely free and optional to watch to watch and people treating like it like the worst thing ever and feeling entitled to more.
Posted by Insurgent on December 15th, 2017 @ 12:33pm CST
And no, i wasn't saying it was terrible abd negative,simply that it it would be nice if the first appearance of such a major character wasn't in something that gave you one day to get it without resorting to secondary market BUT I UNDERSTAND FROM A MARKETING REASON WHY.
Bye.
Posted by Va'al on February 18th, 2018 @ 5:29am CST
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ytf/40719/
We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on February 18th, 2018 @ 5:40am CST
If Unicron devours the Organic side of IDWverse... No great loss...
Posted by Va'al on February 18th, 2018 @ 12:01pm CST
The images are mirrored below, but please be aware there are some spoilers concerning a well known Transformers character on the second page, alongside Rom the Space Knight, Optimus Prime, Pyra Magna, Arcee, and Wheeljack. With the recent news that the IDW continuities currently running may be coming to an end, do you think this is its beginning? Join the discussion!
Not a whimper, nor a bang-the end comes with a squall of entropy shrieking from the ravenous maw of death itself. The message is clear: Unicron has arrived. The Transformers lock into a desperate bid to save Rom’s homeworld from the world-killer — but why has Unicron chosen this world on his path to Cybertron... and Earth? The biggest story in the history of Transformers starts now: for Unicron’s arrival can mean nothing less than the end of a universe.
Posted by Randomhero on February 18th, 2018 @ 12:34pm CST
I’m very bummed after hearing from the QnA panel that everything is coming to an end this year for IDW. I know they also said the comics will continue but it’s still sad to know we’re probaly more than likely getting rebooted next year.
I blame ScottyP...this is all your fault dude. Wanting Unicron for so long
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 18th, 2018 @ 12:36pm CST
Though I think this will lead up to a similar place as cybertron (the animated series) I. E. Unicron becomes a massive black hole in whatever continuity follows this reset. Allowing the possibility that Unicron may return for another event
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on February 18th, 2018 @ 12:57pm CST
Posted by Ironhidensh on February 18th, 2018 @ 1:02pm CST
Va'al wrote:So is Unicron actually devouring the whole IDWverse? Looks like it might be the case after all...
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ytf/40719/We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
Now I feel as if I've wasted my time with the series.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on February 18th, 2018 @ 1:03pm CST
Ironhidensh wrote:Now I feel as if I've wasted my time with the series.
I thought that at The Death of Optimus Prime...
Posted by Randomhero on February 18th, 2018 @ 1:28pm CST
Ironhidensh wrote:Va'al wrote:So is Unicron actually devouring the whole IDWverse? Looks like it might be the case after all...
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ytf/40719/We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
Now I feel as if I've wasted my time with the series.
Not if you’ve enjoyed the ride. My favorite comic Invincible ended this week. 15 years, was that a waste? When Chew ended last year did that too feel like years wasted? Hell no! If you enjoy something and it ends it’s never a waste.
That’s like saying you feel like you wasted your childhood after watching all of G1 as a kid becuase rebirth was the finale.
Posted by That_Guy on February 18th, 2018 @ 1:56pm CST
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on February 18th, 2018 @ 1:58pm CST
Bearing in mind I tapped out of IDWverse with Death of Optimus Prime yet, if these stories are indication of what IDWverse has become... Unicron should devour it
Posted by Ironhidensh on February 18th, 2018 @ 2:20pm CST
Randomhero wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Va'al wrote:So is Unicron actually devouring the whole IDWverse? Looks like it might be the case after all...
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ytf/40719/We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
Now I feel as if I've wasted my time with the series.
Not if you’ve enjoyed the ride. My favorite comic Invincible ended this week. 15 years, was that a waste? When Chew ended last year did that too feel like years wasted? Hell no! If you enjoy something and it ends it’s never a waste.
That’s like saying you feel like you wasted your childhood after watching all of G1 as a kid becuase rebirth was the finale.
I don't feel time was wasted because it's ending, I feel time was wasted because I'm willing to bet Hasbro is ending it so the IDW comics can be turned into a toy commercial first, and a story a distant second.
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 18th, 2018 @ 2:22pm CST
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on February 18th, 2018 @ 2:24pm CST
ZeroWolf wrote:They're really putting those issues out of order aren't they? Dark Cybertron was almost two years before all hail optimus.
It's pretty random how they pair the volumes. Dark Cybertron was Vol.60, All Hail Optimus Vol. 71. It is clear that a lot happened in the interim.
Posted by ricemazter on February 18th, 2018 @ 3:35pm CST
That_Guy wrote:Guess this is IDW’s version of Flashpoint to reset the continuity? I’m all for it, not all of the new 52 was bad.
Eh, I'm not sure how I feel about this. IDW got the transformers universe into a really interesting place. I don't want to have to spend another decade going through the war all over again, reintroducing each character and scrapping all the current story directions instead of fixing the ones that don't work as of now. Thee war ending was probably the best thing to happen to transformers.
Also, I thought it was odd that the TAAO annual would put Windblade in charge with significant changes to Cybertron while the rest of the titles ignore what happened and play catch up in between. Now I know why, because they planned to flush everything down the toilet anyway, so who cares what happens in the nebulous future if the universe is going to explode before that happens? Ugh.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on February 18th, 2018 @ 3:49pm CST
ricemazter wrote:That_Guy wrote:Guess this is IDW’s version of Flashpoint to reset the continuity? I’m all for it, not all of the new 52 was bad.
Eh, I'm not sure how I feel about this. IDW got the transformers universe into a really interesting place. I don't want to have to spend another decade going through the war all over again, reintroducing each character and scrapping all the current story directions instead of fixing the ones that don't work as of now.
Reminds me of when the -Ations ended and AHM took over. Shattering everything interesting that Furman was building, for Sunbow 2.0. All the more disappointing was that AHM was successful, indicating to Hasbro and IDW, Sunbow was all people actually wanted from Transformers.
IDWverse does need a reboot now though. It's become too convoluted and bloated. It started with the Primacy trilogy and the pointless retcons and later by shoehorning too many other properties into Transformers.
ricemazter wrote:The war ending was probably the best thing to happen to transformers.
Not in IDW, as the war never really took off in this continuity. Furman gave highlights, some tertiary battlegrounds such as Earth in Infiltration. Then AHM "ended" the Sunbow War and now we are at "people in robot suits".
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 18th, 2018 @ 4:23pm CST
Though IDW if you're listening please let some other series serve as a launch pad for new stuff this time round, give the Transformers a break.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on February 18th, 2018 @ 4:30pm CST
They have characters such as Thundercracker decrying all the killing and destruction they have witnessed, yet we haven't be shown any of that.
Posted by ricemazter on February 18th, 2018 @ 5:27pm CST
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ricemazter wrote:That_Guy wrote:Guess this is IDW’s version of Flashpoint to reset the continuity? I’m all for it, not all of the new 52 was bad.
Eh, I'm not sure how I feel about this. IDW got the transformers universe into a really interesting place. I don't want to have to spend another decade going through the war all over again, reintroducing each character and scrapping all the current story directions instead of fixing the ones that don't work as of now.
Reminds me of when the -Ations ended and AHM took over. Shattering everything interesting that Furman was building, for Sunbow 2.0. All the more disappointing was that AHM was successful, indicating to Hasbro and IDW, Sunbow was all people actually wanted from Transformers.
IDWverse does need a reboot now though. It's become too convoluted and bloated. It started with the Primacy trilogy and the pointless retcons and later by shoehorning too many other properties into Transformers.ricemazter wrote:The war ending was probably the best thing to happen to transformers.
Not in IDW, as the war never really took off in this continuity. Furman gave highlights, some tertiary battlegrounds such as Earth in Infiltration. Then AHM "ended" the Sunbow War and now we are at "people in robot suits".
We had,I think, plenty of highlights from the war itself. Unlike the Sunbow cartoon, the IDW war was a massive galaxy spanning affair taking place on multiple fronts. Last Stand of the Wreckers was a good example of the war itself, and we saw it again multiple times throughout MTMTE, like in the first couple Scavengers issues and when Sunder got loose, not to mention the various spotlights. I think the war was always something best left implied and kept to singular stories as it was never very interesting. The fallout and implications of the war were, however and all we needed were snippets. I think any ongoing series that seriously used the war as a focus would get very boring very quickly, which is why the spotlights worked so well.
Also, with the specifics of the war being kept vague, any writer could come in and do a prequel story at any point and make an interesting or crazy setting like in ROM vs Transformers. Heck, if we did want to go back to the war, we wouldn't even need a reboot. There's 4 million years of untold stories just waiting for someone to take a crack at.
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 18th, 2018 @ 6:15pm CST
Posted by Randomhero on February 18th, 2018 @ 6:54pm CST
If only
Posted by Stormshot_Prime on February 18th, 2018 @ 7:42pm CST
Randomhero wrote:QUICK! EVERYONE RUN TO THE FUNCTIONALIST UNIVERSE! MEGATRON HAS BEEN PREPPING IT FOR US!!!!!
If only
I think you might be onto something. Why suddenly dump Megatron away like that? There’s probably a lot in the planning of this, as truncated as it is probably going to be.
What if Lost Light? Is that just going to fade out on it’s own? Seems like there’s some universe shattering stuff coming up there too.
Posted by Randomhero on February 18th, 2018 @ 8:23pm CST
Stormshot_Prime wrote:Randomhero wrote:QUICK! EVERYONE RUN TO THE FUNCTIONALIST UNIVERSE! MEGATRON HAS BEEN PREPPING IT FOR US!!!!!
If only
I think you might be onto something. Why suddenly dump Megatron away like that? There’s probably a lot in the planning of this, as truncated as it is probably going to be.
What if Lost Light? Is that just going to fade out on it’s own? Seems like there’s some universe shattering stuff coming up there too.
Well I think this is all just hype. IDW isn’t losing the rights or anything. They said the comics will come after this event. The entire “Unicron is coming to destroy everything” is just hype. He’s not going to eat earth, he’s not gonna eat Cybertron. The universe is not getting reset. Comics do this all the time. Unicron will be defeated and we wil be entering into phase 4(?) of the IDWverse.
Lost light? I don’t know. I can’t even imagine but I don’t think that series is really ending but maybe it is. We got this Scavengers story ending and it’s supposedly their final story and then we got this story about Rodimus and crew “Dying” so I means that would leave around 7-8 issues to get the crew to Cyberutopia and conclude...maybe that’s enough I don’t know.
Even IF lost light ends let’s all be grown ups for a moment and look at the real picture. It’s james Roberts. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, he is this generations Simon Furman. He will always have a place writing transformers fiction. Just like Simon did for the span of 25 years if James wants to continue and he more than likely will if offered. Just like how John has cemented himself as one of the best writers too. Unless these guys don’t want to continue doing it or IDW doesn’t want them which I find hard to believe considering how their relationships with the company are they won’t be going anywhere. John may not be editor anymore but let’s not kid ourselves he’s still running this whole universe for transformers,
While I don’t want a new start but let’s not deny that over 13 years so far we’ve gotten way more good stories than bad and it’s the longest running continuity that transformers has ever had. It’s been a helluva run
Over 300issue I think. That’s damn good for company like IDW
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on February 18th, 2018 @ 8:33pm CST
Posted by Randomhero on February 18th, 2018 @ 8:36pm CST
Targetmaster Kup wrote:The comics are all selling far below what TAAO was selling when it got cancelled. So ending it all and then rebooting makes sense from that standpoint for sure. Especially since the first issues of First Strike outsold any Transformers comic that month. Events comics are selling. The regulate comics are not.
Comics are a dying thing and that’s only physical numbers. Digital ones aren’t released and I’m actually one of those people. I haven’t bought a physical comic since 2013
Posted by Windsweeper on February 18th, 2018 @ 9:51pm CST
Randomhero wrote:Stormshot_Prime wrote:Randomhero wrote:QUICK! EVERYONE RUN TO THE FUNCTIONALIST UNIVERSE! MEGATRON HAS BEEN PREPPING IT FOR US!!!!!
If only
I think you might be onto something. Why suddenly dump Megatron away like that? There’s probably a lot in the planning of this, as truncated as it is probably going to be.
What if Lost Light? Is that just going to fade out on it’s own? Seems like there’s some universe shattering stuff coming up there too.
Well I think this is all just hype. IDW isn’t losing the rights or anything. They said the comics will come after this event. The entire “Unicron is coming to destroy everything” is just hype. He’s not going to eat earth, he’s not gonna eat Cybertron. The universe is not getting reset. Comics do this all the time. Unicron will be defeated and we wil be entering into phase 4(?) of the IDWverse.
Lost light? I don’t know. I can’t even imagine but I don’t think that series is really ending but maybe it is. We got this Scavengers story ending and it’s supposedly their final story and then we got this story about Rodimus and crew “Dying” so I means that would leave around 7-8 issues to get the crew to Cyberutopia and conclude...maybe that’s enough I don’t know.
Even IF lost light ends let’s all be grown ups for a moment and look at the real picture. It’s james Roberts. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, he is this generations Simon Furman. He will always have a place writing transformers fiction. Just like Simon did for the span of 25 years if James wants to continue and he more than likely will if offered. Just like how John has cemented himself as one of the best writers too. Unless these guys don’t want to continue doing it or IDW doesn’t want them which I find hard to believe considering how their relationships with the company are they won’t be going anywhere. John may not be editor anymore but let’s not kid ourselves he’s still running this whole universe for transformers,
While I don’t want a new start but let’s not deny that over 13 years so far we’ve gotten way more good stories than bad and it’s the longest running continuity that transformers has ever had. It’s been a helluva run
Over 300issue I think. That’s damn good for company like IDW
I agree with most of what you said apart from Barber being one of the best writers.
I can't stand the stuff he's done. I hate Thundercracker's screenwriting nonsense, his dog and the mess he made of Prowl. To say nothing of going back to Earth and focussing far too much on the humans.
To me, Barber is the Michael Bay of the comics.
Mairghead, James, Nick and Simon are great writers though.
Posted by WreckerJack on February 18th, 2018 @ 9:53pm CST
Posted by Hydrargyrus on February 18th, 2018 @ 10:18pm CST
We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
I took this as: Unicron is coming to devour stuff, everybody has to fix the problem. And then there will be the aftermath, where things start happening again.
Posted by Va'al on February 19th, 2018 @ 2:08am CST
MagicDeath wrote:I'm pretty sure the interview person just mis-used the word continuity. About 90% sure. Like how they ended 'continuity' with Death of Optimus Prime and Revolution.We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
I took this as: Unicron is coming to devour stuff, everybody has to fix the problem. And then there will be the aftermath, where things start happening again.
That is indeed a possible reading of what is meant!
The entire TF comics Twitter is buzzing right now, with Roberts talking of News, Griffith tweeting a new Barber scripted issue #1 of Something.. we'll find out as soon as the solicits are out this week.
Posted by Ironhidensh on February 19th, 2018 @ 7:00am CST
Va'al wrote:MagicDeath wrote:I'm pretty sure the interview person just mis-used the word continuity. About 90% sure. Like how they ended 'continuity' with Death of Optimus Prime and Revolution.We are wrapping up current IDW continuities this year, Unicron is coming to devour everybody. The intention is to continue after that, whatever comes next. Towards end of year we should know more, but we will collaborate on more stories.
I took this as: Unicron is coming to devour stuff, everybody has to fix the problem. And then there will be the aftermath, where things start happening again.
That is indeed a possible reading of what is meant!
The entire TF comics Twitter is buzzing right now, with Roberts talking of News, Griffith tweeting a new Barber scripted issue #1 of Something.. we'll find out as soon as the solicits are out this week.
There is still just so much left unfinished in LL, I don't think know I can handle a massive direction change.
Optimus Prime, I'm not so invested in, so that will be fine, but I barely survived (as a reader) the shake up of MTMTE changing to Lost Light. I really don't want to do it again.
Rebooting has gotten way to popular in comics. If that is what is required for survival, maybe it is time for the industry to fade away.
Posted by Big Grim on February 19th, 2018 @ 7:03am CST
Posted by Galactic Prime on February 19th, 2018 @ 8:23am CST
I want to read about TRANSFORMERS, I don't want G.I.Joe, M.A.S.K., Rom, Visionaries, or Micronauts.
I want Autobots VS Decepticons.
I don't want Autobots Shooting down other Autobots or hacking them in Half with a sword (Here's looking at you LOST LIGHT GARBAGE).
They should take the ENTIRE license from IDW, it started out as GARBAGE and was barely readable and now it's just a shitty ass bunch of books. Good riddance.
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 19th, 2018 @ 8:35am CST
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on February 19th, 2018 @ 9:01am CST
What if they want to write about the Beast Wars? Or the rivalry between Fort Max and Scorponok? Exploring the potential of a symbiotic hive mind between Scourge and the Sweeps?
They can't do that in present IDW, let's also be clear about this: Indie books can continue a narrative for years, decades etc Licensed properties don't have that luxury.
Maybe this potential "End of Days" for IDWverse and the recent cancellation of future Bayformers isn't coincidental??
Posted by Va'al on February 19th, 2018 @ 9:09am CST
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 19th, 2018 @ 10:59am CST
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Which brings up the reason reboots exist. What if the next upcoming IDW TF Writers don't want to write about Autobot Megatron, Metrotitans, Functionism, Autobot psychiatry, Colony worlds with oddly gender specific Transformers etc etc
What if they want to write about the Beast Wars? Or the rivalry between Fort Max and Scorponok? Exploring the potential of a symbiotic hive mind between Scourge and the Sweeps?
They can't do that in present IDW, let's also be clear about this: Indie books can continue a narrative for years, decades etc Licensed properties don't have that luxury.
Maybe this potential "End of Days" for IDWverse and the recent cancellation of future Bayformers isn't coincidental??
The IDWverse is still continuing though...they will all still be connected plus if writers wanted to write those stories they could pitch it to IDW who could put out a miniseries for that.
@Vaal I can understand your frustration.