Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7
Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 12:22PM CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews, Site ArticlesPosted by: Va'al Views: 38,176
Topic Options: View Discussion · Sign in or Join to reply
Strika a Pose
(Spoiler free-ish)
(Spoiler free-ish)
Synopsis
As Windblade and her team fight their way through Elita-1’s Titan, Carcer, they face opposition at every turn to stop them from awakening the sleeping giant… and they soon find out why!
eeep
Story
Till All Are One is still keeping up the tension and the storyline that was so quickly done with in the Titans Return mini-arc (the trade was only out these past weeks, with MTMTE and Transformers joining the One-shot - all of these, their casts, and the covers and credits can be found in our database entries), and it does it in a very natural way, not forgetting its other sources and bringing in some very intriguing twists.
Fight me
The major players, as we know are Starscream and Windblade, the Council and Cybertron on one side, Elita, Obsidian and Strika, and her crew on the other (there is also the faction of undead titans, I guess, like whatever - again, full cast can be found here, though beware of some spoilers), and it's in the contrasts between the characters and the writing of their interactions that the meatier stuff comes out.
With the ever-present Bumbleghost
In particular, Strika and Obsidian get a nice dose of spotlight each this month, with the latter already playing a fairly major, menacing role on the Council as the bearer of bad news (backed up with facts and data), and we also finally see what the former can do, dipping into both of their seeding in the Beast Machines series.
..dang
What we also get in the issue, which is exciting and almost a little surprising, I'll admit, is a direct link to information and story development that were achieved in the Revolution tie-in issue for this series, in the form of the issue's resolution/cliffhanger... and more on that below.
Art
Sara Pitre Durocher delivers yet another pearl of linework and layouts, with some truly memorable Starscream and Elita-1 condescending looks, and some impressively expressive faceplated faces (Obsidian and Strika are but two). The concluding pages echo the very first Windblade series, too, with some other hints towards the Revolution tie-in, again.
He so smug, SO smug
Joana Lafuente adds to the excellent linework performance, once more, too - the panel below I believe proves it marvellously: the lighting, the shades of purple, the way they work with the inking beneath them, almost drowning out everything else in the image, all goes to show how the visual language of the medium can be fully employed.
kchoom indeed
Likewise, the lettering in the example above is an integral part to the frame (and the storytelling), actually adding weight to the word itself rather than just remaining sound - Tom B. Long does this often, and still well. The covers are also this month a full IDW TF grouping too, with Pitre Durocher on main, Priscilla Tramontano on Chromia's criminal cover, and Joana Lafuente (thumbnail) joining the theme of her other two pieces this month.
Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead
Till All Are One was ramping up the tension since issue 5. It took a potentially good story seedling in Titans Return and made sure it took roots in the ongoing series, while also connecting previous aspects of Transformers lore, the expanded mythos we are encountering across IDW, and bringing in a new-but-old major player, if the last page is to be believed.
there's those dead Titans I mentioned
We will not know what makes Elita and her crew so adamant to protect their Titan-ship, until another month at least, but we can enjoy just how hard, how strenuously, how viciously, how well laid out and constructed each scene is, and how the visual and verbal languages are co-deployed for this month. Very, very good indeed.
. 
out of
out of Credit(s): IDW
News Search
Got Transformers News? Let us know here!
Most Popular Transformers News
ROTB Optimus Prime Lead Designer Discusses Why the Face Looks Similar to the 2007 Movie
57,723 viewsMost Recent Transformers News
News Categories: Toy News, Movie Related News, Cartoon News, Comic Book News, Site News, Rumors, Event News, Digital Media News, Collectables, Sponsor News, Game News, Site Articles, Store News, Reviews, People News, Company News, Sightings, Press Releases, Unlicensed Products News, Auctions, Transtopia, Interviews, Editorials, Collector's Club News, Knock Offs, Podcast, Heavy Metal War, Contests, Book News, Top Lists
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1857950)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 8th, 2017 @ 3:48pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 8th, 2017 @ 3:48pm CST
So my big thing is... how are they making this work titan wise? Metroplex registered the titan as Tempo, Elita called it Carcer, and it is actually Vigilem? Was Plex wrong? Why would Elita even want to employ the evil prime's titan?
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1857952)
Posted by Kurona on February 8th, 2017 @ 4:02pm CST
Well, Elita and her crew haven't exactly been depicted as angels either.
But my personal theory? Elita didn't want him activated; Obsidian was clearly distressed at his activation - like, beyond just disobedience of orders; this was 'this is the worst possible catastrophe you could perform' distressed - and he's even been referred to as a Prison Ship.
Elita has an intensely strong army - whose commander can apparently face off the goddamn Devastator - and if we're to assume some strong sense of duty (not out of the blue considering her colony's general philosophy)... if they came across the personal Titan of one of the greatest villains in Cybertron's history, surely the best way to keep them prisoner would be to de-activate them and keep them under your constant watch by being within them?
Posted by Kurona on February 8th, 2017 @ 4:02pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So my big thing is... how are they making this work titan wise? Metroplex registered the titan as Tempo, Elita called it Carcer, and it is actually Vigilem? Was Plex wrong? Why would Elita even want to employ the evil prime's titan?
Well, Elita and her crew haven't exactly been depicted as angels either.
But my personal theory? Elita didn't want him activated; Obsidian was clearly distressed at his activation - like, beyond just disobedience of orders; this was 'this is the worst possible catastrophe you could perform' distressed - and he's even been referred to as a Prison Ship.
Elita has an intensely strong army - whose commander can apparently face off the goddamn Devastator - and if we're to assume some strong sense of duty (not out of the blue considering her colony's general philosophy)... if they came across the personal Titan of one of the greatest villains in Cybertron's history, surely the best way to keep them prisoner would be to de-activate them and keep them under your constant watch by being within them?
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1857955)
Posted by Bounti76 on February 8th, 2017 @ 4:11pm CST
Oh gosh. I had the same question. My first thought, back when Elita One called him Carcer, was that she and the Carcerians were essentially holding Tempo hostage and mode locked in his starship form, and that Carcer was dead or his people had overthrown Tempo.
With this though, man. Maybe the Carcerians had imprisoned Vigilem to keep him from contacting or serving Liege Maximo and destroying the universe. When Elita said last issue "You can die. I can die. The galaxy can burn in flame and darkness. But Carcer will never transform." maybe she meant that because Carcer IS dead and can't transform.
Makes me REALLY curious to find out who the massive Titan on the cover to #8 is now. Thankfully we'll only have to wait a couple of weeks.
Posted by Bounti76 on February 8th, 2017 @ 4:11pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So my big thing is... how are they making this work titan wise? Metroplex registered the titan as Tempo, Elita called it Carcer, and it is actually Vigilem? Was Plex wrong? Why would Elita even want to employ the evil prime's titan?
Oh gosh. I had the same question. My first thought, back when Elita One called him Carcer, was that she and the Carcerians were essentially holding Tempo hostage and mode locked in his starship form, and that Carcer was dead or his people had overthrown Tempo.
With this though, man. Maybe the Carcerians had imprisoned Vigilem to keep him from contacting or serving Liege Maximo and destroying the universe. When Elita said last issue "You can die. I can die. The galaxy can burn in flame and darkness. But Carcer will never transform." maybe she meant that because Carcer IS dead and can't transform.
Makes me REALLY curious to find out who the massive Titan on the cover to #8 is now. Thankfully we'll only have to wait a couple of weeks.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1857957)
Posted by Bounti76 on February 8th, 2017 @ 4:14pm CST
THIS.
Though I am curious why, if the Carcerians are so powerful, Obsidian was so easily taken down by Tigatron, Moonracer and Fireshot. Granted, Strika is not only built like a tank, she IS a freaking tank, but you'd think Obsidian would have put up more of a fight than he did.
Posted by Bounti76 on February 8th, 2017 @ 4:14pm CST
Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So my big thing is... how are they making this work titan wise? Metroplex registered the titan as Tempo, Elita called it Carcer, and it is actually Vigilem? Was Plex wrong? Why would Elita even want to employ the evil prime's titan?
Well, Elita and her crew haven't exactly been depicted as angels either.
But my personal theory? Elita didn't want him activated; Obsidian was clearly distressed at his activation - like, beyond just disobedience of orders; this was 'this is the worst possible catastrophe you could perform' distressed - and he's even been referred to as a Prison Ship.
Elita has an intensely strong army - whose commander can apparently face off the goddamn Devastator - and if we're to assume some strong sense of duty (not out of the blue considering her colony's general philosophy)... if they came across the personal Titan of one of the greatest villains in Cybertron's history, surely the best way to keep them prisoner would be to de-activate them and keep them under your constant watch by being within them?
THIS.
Though I am curious why, if the Carcerians are so powerful, Obsidian was so easily taken down by Tigatron, Moonracer and Fireshot. Granted, Strika is not only built like a tank, she IS a freaking tank, but you'd think Obsidian would have put up more of a fight than he did.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858007)
Posted by Sunstar on February 8th, 2017 @ 8:03pm CST
Posted by Sunstar on February 8th, 2017 @ 8:03pm CST
Wow, Ominous..
One thought though inCARCERation makes sense if he was called a prison ship.
One thought though inCARCERation makes sense if he was called a prison ship.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858023)
Posted by Bounti76 on February 8th, 2017 @ 9:11pm CST
"Carcer" is Latin for prison. At least, according to TFWiki.
Posted by Bounti76 on February 8th, 2017 @ 9:11pm CST
Sunstar wrote:Wow, Ominous..
One thought though inCARCERation makes sense if he was called a prison ship.
"Carcer" is Latin for prison. At least, according to TFWiki.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858174)
Posted by Sunstar on February 9th, 2017 @ 10:55am CST
then there may be something to my thinking now.
Posted by Sunstar on February 9th, 2017 @ 10:55am CST
Bounti76 wrote:Sunstar wrote:Wow, Ominous..
One thought though inCARCERation makes sense if he was called a prison ship.
"Carcer" is Latin for prison. At least, according to TFWiki.
then there may be something to my thinking now.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858183)
Posted by ScottyP on February 9th, 2017 @ 11:29am CST
On a different note, maybe it's a prison ship because that's where Maximo was keeping bots as candidates for domestication while he did his messed up stuff on the farm? This is to assume they're borrowing some stuff from The Covenant of Primus but from what we saw in MTMTE 47, 56, and 57 with the Roboids I'd guess that's the journey we're on.
I'm also going to assume that Carcer is dead, Tempo is dead, and Vigilem is using one of their bodies since we've seen that Titan brains can kinda just get jumped from one place to another.
Posted by ScottyP on February 9th, 2017 @ 11:29am CST
From what little we've seen of Tigatron, that kitty ain't no slouch. Or it's just the most powerful of Cybertronian Relics: good ol Plot ArmorBounti76 wrote:Though I am curious why, if the Carcerians are so powerful, Obsidian was so easily taken down by Tigatron, Moonracer and Fireshot. Granted, Strika is not only built like a tank, she IS a freaking tank, but you'd think Obsidian would have put up more of a fight than he did.
On a different note, maybe it's a prison ship because that's where Maximo was keeping bots as candidates for domestication while he did his messed up stuff on the farm? This is to assume they're borrowing some stuff from The Covenant of Primus but from what we saw in MTMTE 47, 56, and 57 with the Roboids I'd guess that's the journey we're on.
I'm also going to assume that Carcer is dead, Tempo is dead, and Vigilem is using one of their bodies since we've seen that Titan brains can kinda just get jumped from one place to another.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858345)
Posted by Sunstar on February 9th, 2017 @ 6:10pm CST
Posted by Sunstar on February 9th, 2017 @ 6:10pm CST
is Vigilem a pre existing character?
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858347)
Posted by Kurona on February 9th, 2017 @ 6:12pm CST
Vigilem is not a name that has existed in the franchise before, no.
Posted by Kurona on February 9th, 2017 @ 6:12pm CST
Sunstar wrote:is Vigilem a pre existing character?
Vigilem is not a name that has existed in the franchise before, no.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858371)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 9th, 2017 @ 7:56pm CST
But the name was mentioned in the Till All Are One Revolution one-shot, noted as being Liege Maximo's titan, and he was evil
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 9th, 2017 @ 7:56pm CST
Kurona wrote:Sunstar wrote:is Vigilem a pre existing character?
Vigilem is not a name that has existed in the franchise before, no.
But the name was mentioned in the Till All Are One Revolution one-shot, noted as being Liege Maximo's titan, and he was evil
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858402)
Posted by Sunstar on February 9th, 2017 @ 9:08pm CST
Posted by Sunstar on February 9th, 2017 @ 9:08pm CST
I am not sure I got that one shot or not. I googled it. thanks
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858465)
Posted by Va'al on February 10th, 2017 @ 7:28am CST
Posted by Va'al on February 10th, 2017 @ 7:28am CST
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858477)
Posted by ScottyP on February 10th, 2017 @ 8:22am CST
Posted by ScottyP on February 10th, 2017 @ 8:22am CST
Is that Obsidian's rotor blade in his mouth? That's how I'm going to interpret it anyhow, really 
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1858517)
Posted by Va'al on February 10th, 2017 @ 11:14am CST
Yup, it's Sara playing about with art.
Posted by Va'al on February 10th, 2017 @ 11:14am CST
ScottyP wrote:Is that Obsidian's rotor blade in his mouth? That's how I'm going to interpret it anyhow, really
Yup, it's Sara playing about with art.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1862297)
Posted by Va'al on February 23rd, 2017 @ 3:44am CST
Posted by Va'al on February 23rd, 2017 @ 3:44am CST
From Sara PD:
Also, made me chuckle (from here):
Also, made me chuckle (from here):
What are Onslaught and Blast Off doing?
They're just being bros, man. Two bros, just hangin' out, one embracing the other tenderly, the other looking up at him as if to say "I feel safe in your arms, bro", as all best bros do.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1862315)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 23rd, 2017 @ 7:04am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 23rd, 2017 @ 7:04am CST
Airachnid man, Airachnid. I found her to be the creepiest and scariest of the cons from Prime, and probably from ever. The fact they are bringing her in as a mnemosurgeon is very unsettling but very cool
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1862316)
Posted by Kurona on February 23rd, 2017 @ 7:07am CST
Wait, they're what?!
Did I miss something in an issue because I never heard this before. That's friggin' amazing!
Posted by Kurona on February 23rd, 2017 @ 7:07am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Airachnid man, Airachnid. I found her to be the creepiest and scariest of the cons from Prime, and probably from ever. The fact they are bringing her in as a mnemosurgeon is very unsettling but very cool
Wait, they're what?!
Did I miss something in an issue because I never heard this before. That's friggin' amazing!
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1862327)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 23rd, 2017 @ 7:52am CST
Issue 10 cover, the one Va'al posted above and in the May solicites
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 23rd, 2017 @ 7:52am CST
Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Airachnid man, Airachnid. I found her to be the creepiest and scariest of the cons from Prime, and probably from ever. The fact they are bringing her in as a mnemosurgeon is very unsettling but very cool
Wait, they're what?!
Issue 10 cover, the one Va'al posted above and in the May solicites
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1862335)
Posted by Va'al on February 23rd, 2017 @ 8:11am CST
Doesn't say she's a mnemosurgeon though!
Posted by Va'al on February 23rd, 2017 @ 8:11am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Airachnid man, Airachnid. I found her to be the creepiest and scariest of the cons from Prime, and probably from ever. The fact they are bringing her in as a mnemosurgeon is very unsettling but very cool
Wait, they're what?!
Issue 10 cover, the one Va'al posted above and in the May solicites
Doesn't say she's a mnemosurgeon though!
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1862337)
Posted by Va'al on February 23rd, 2017 @ 8:15am CST
Posted by Va'al on February 23rd, 2017 @ 8:15am CST
We continue today with some more comics news, in the form of new listings on online retailer Amazon.com, for books released by IDW Publishing in the near future! Next we have the third collected volume of the one of three staple ongoings in the Transformers universe, with Till All Are One - more info and mock cover below, due in November 2017.
After the costly victory against the Titans, Iacon is in shambles and Starscream finds himself on shakier ground than ever. The key to his political (and likely literal) survival rests in the outcome of a very unlikely event: the trial of the Council's first official war criminal—Chromia of Caminus! Collects issues #9–12.
Series: Transformers (Book 3)
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: IDW Publishing (November 14, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1684050863
ISBN-13: 978-1684050864
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1862338)
Posted by Kurona on February 23rd, 2017 @ 8:18am CST
Posted by Kurona on February 23rd, 2017 @ 8:18am CST
I wouldn't worry too much. She'll invoke an ancient long-forgotten law that she can only be judged by a Prime, kickstarting a new spin-off book where Chromia teams up with the Fort Max's gang to find Microspace.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1862435)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 23rd, 2017 @ 3:25pm CST
Look at those fingers! Those are Domey styled needles if I've ever seen them! Besides, in Prime her whole schtick was mind controlling insecticons, so it would totally fit if she were someone who does surgery on the mind
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 23rd, 2017 @ 3:25pm CST
Va'al wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Airachnid man, Airachnid. I found her to be the creepiest and scariest of the cons from Prime, and probably from ever. The fact they are bringing her in as a mnemosurgeon is very unsettling but very cool
Wait, they're what?!
Issue 10 cover, the one Va'al posted above and in the May solicites
Doesn't say she's a mnemosurgeon though!
Look at those fingers! Those are Domey styled needles if I've ever seen them! Besides, in Prime her whole schtick was mind controlling insecticons, so it would totally fit if she were someone who does surgery on the mind
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1862553)
Posted by Va'al on February 24th, 2017 @ 2:54am CST
Oh, it's very likely and possible, and probably true - but we don't know that yet.
Posted by Va'al on February 24th, 2017 @ 2:54am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Va'al wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Kurona wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Airachnid man, Airachnid. I found her to be the creepiest and scariest of the cons from Prime, and probably from ever. The fact they are bringing her in as a mnemosurgeon is very unsettling but very cool
Wait, they're what?!
Issue 10 cover, the one Va'al posted above and in the May solicites
Doesn't say she's a mnemosurgeon though!
Look at those fingers! Those are Domey styled needles if I've ever seen them! Besides, in Prime her whole schtick was mind controlling insecticons, so it would totally fit if she were someone who does surgery on the mind
Oh, it's very likely and possible, and probably true - but we don't know that yet.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1864608)
Posted by Va'al on March 6th, 2017 @ 5:29am CST
Posted by Va'al on March 6th, 2017 @ 5:29am CST
From Previews World, we have a whole bunch of variant covers shown for IDW Publishing Transformers and Hasbro Universe comics, starting with Till All Are One #8 - and featuring Nelson Daniel once more (already seen on both Lost Light and Optimus Prime). Check it out below!
(W) Mairghread Scott (A) Sara Pitre-Durocher (CA) Nelson Daniel
This is it: the final stand for Cybertron! Will Starscream and Windblade's gamble finally pay off or will all of Iacon be destroyed by the zombie titans?
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1865263)
Posted by Sunstar on March 8th, 2017 @ 6:50pm CST
Posted by Sunstar on March 8th, 2017 @ 6:50pm CST
OOOh, any idea when?
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1865310)
Posted by Va'al on March 9th, 2017 @ 1:53am CST
Which one?
Posted by Va'al on March 9th, 2017 @ 1:53am CST
Sunstar wrote:OOOh, any idea when?
Which one?
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1865357)
Posted by Sunstar on March 9th, 2017 @ 12:17pm CST
Posted by Sunstar on March 9th, 2017 @ 12:17pm CST
You have a point - TAAO
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1867357)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 17th, 2017 @ 2:27pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 17th, 2017 @ 2:27pm CDT
iTunes has updated with the next Transformers comic preview, this time in the form of Till All Are One #8! Issue 8 picks up where 7 left off, with the evil Titan Vigilem coming online, and it features Metroplex realizing the great evil has once again awoken, despite taking his name and his memories from him. Check out the preview below and let us know what you think in the comments section!
This is it: the final stand for Cybertron! Will Starscream and Windblade’s gamble finally pay off or will all of Iacon be destroyed by the zombie titans?
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1867376)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 17th, 2017 @ 3:04pm CDT
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 17th, 2017 @ 3:04pm CDT
Oh, this just keeps getting better and better!
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1867536)
Posted by Dagon on March 18th, 2017 @ 12:16pm CDT
Posted by Dagon on March 18th, 2017 @ 12:16pm CDT
I don't want to be too much of a wet blanket, but does this story ever actually go anywhere? I dropped all the Transformers comics over a year ago, at least, when the synopsis for every issues was "Titans walking around; Starscream and Windblade stare at each other and try to determine whether or not they've done something bad!"
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1867538)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 18th, 2017 @ 12:19pm CDT
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 18th, 2017 @ 12:19pm CDT
The Titans Return aftermath ends in TAAO 8
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1867815)
Posted by Big Grim on March 20th, 2017 @ 8:47am CDT
I hear ya. I'm loving Lost Light and Til All Are One! Both are just awesome!
Posted by Big Grim on March 20th, 2017 @ 8:47am CDT
Nik Hero wrote:Oh, this just keeps getting better and better!
I hear ya. I'm loving Lost Light and Til All Are One! Both are just awesome!
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1867817)
Posted by Kurona on March 20th, 2017 @ 9:07am CDT
Posted by Kurona on March 20th, 2017 @ 9:07am CDT
Definitely agree on that. I really hope this gets to be a full-on ongoing instead of being yet another short series that we'll get a sequel to in a year. That situation's plagued the Windblade comics since they began and I'd love to see it remedied...
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1867985)
Posted by Bounti76 on March 20th, 2017 @ 10:06pm CDT
I'd like to think it will. This series is more Cybertron-and-its-inhabitants focused than JUST focused on Windblade. Optimus Prime is focused on Earth, and Lost Light on outer space. Three very different stages for different stories to focus on. If the solicits for issue #9 aren't misleading, it'll focus mostly on Chromia, Starscream, and the council, and The Mistress of Flame will likely be sitting in for Windblade as she did in the Annual.
Posted by Bounti76 on March 20th, 2017 @ 10:06pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Definitely agree on that. I really hope this gets to be a full-on ongoing instead of being yet another short series that we'll get a sequel to in a year. That situation's plagued the Windblade comics since they began and I'd love to see it remedied...
I'd like to think it will. This series is more Cybertron-and-its-inhabitants focused than JUST focused on Windblade. Optimus Prime is focused on Earth, and Lost Light on outer space. Three very different stages for different stories to focus on. If the solicits for issue #9 aren't misleading, it'll focus mostly on Chromia, Starscream, and the council, and The Mistress of Flame will likely be sitting in for Windblade as she did in the Annual.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1869259)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 25th, 2017 @ 3:24pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 25th, 2017 @ 3:24pm CDT
Also in comic news today, Newsarama has uploaded the full preview for IDW's Till All Are One #8, which is set to finish off the Titans Return story arc! Check out the preview, and get ready for some mass chaos as the evil titan Vigilem comes online!
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1869319)
Posted by Bounti76 on March 25th, 2017 @ 8:03pm CDT
Posted by Bounti76 on March 25th, 2017 @ 8:03pm CDT
Ooooh, this is gonna be good.
My guess is, Windblade is able to keep Vigilem dormant, but take control of his body (parts of which he took from Tempo) to fight off the zombie Titans. But the strain is too much, and she goes into stasis lock.
My guess is, Windblade is able to keep Vigilem dormant, but take control of his body (parts of which he took from Tempo) to fight off the zombie Titans. But the strain is too much, and she goes into stasis lock.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1869394)
Posted by steve2275 on March 26th, 2017 @ 1:18am CDT
Posted by steve2275 on March 26th, 2017 @ 1:18am CDT
business is about to pick up
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1869423)
Posted by Evil Eye on March 26th, 2017 @ 9:56am CDT
Posted by Evil Eye on March 26th, 2017 @ 9:56am CDT
Good lord, Elita looks...robust.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1869458)
Posted by DeadCaL on March 26th, 2017 @ 2:20pm CDT
She's a tough old bird, that Elita
Posted by DeadCaL on March 26th, 2017 @ 2:20pm CDT
Black Hat wrote:Good lord, Elita looks...robust.
She's a tough old bird, that Elita
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870277)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:12pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:12pm CDT
So.... how about that Liege Maximo?
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870303)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 29th, 2017 @ 2:46pm CDT
Do you think more people will be willing to try it now that Windblade is apparently dead for a while?
Lots of people claimed that as their biggest problem with the series.
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 29th, 2017 @ 2:46pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So.... how about that Liege Maximo?
Do you think more people will be willing to try it now that Windblade is apparently dead for a while?
Lots of people claimed that as their biggest problem with the series.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870305)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 29th, 2017 @ 2:49pm CDT
But the thing is... A. she's not dead. Other issues already out confirmed it
B. The whole point of this series is to be spotlight: Starscream and Windblade, so it doesn't make sense that taking her away would solve problems cause she is basically the series, or at least half of it
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 29th, 2017 @ 2:49pm CDT
Nik Hero wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So.... how about that Liege Maximo?
Do you think more people will be willing to try it now that Windblade is dead?
Lots of people claimed that as their biggest problem with the series.
But the thing is... A. she's not dead. Other issues already out confirmed it
B. The whole point of this series is to be spotlight: Starscream and Windblade, so it doesn't make sense that taking her away would solve problems cause she is basically the series, or at least half of it
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870309)
Posted by Kurona on March 29th, 2017 @ 2:58pm CDT
C. She's a pretty damn good character honestly. It's a shame CW Machinima and Hasbro's shilling her out at every opportunity makes her extremely unappealing on the surface because I find it very easy to put her in the top 5 best female Transformers characters.
Posted by Kurona on March 29th, 2017 @ 2:58pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Nik Hero wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So.... how about that Liege Maximo?
Do you think more people will be willing to try it now that Windblade is dead?
Lots of people claimed that as their biggest problem with the series.
But the thing is... A. she's not dead. Other issues already out confirmed it
B. The whole point of this series is to be spotlight: Starscream and Windblade, so it doesn't make sense that taking her away would solve problems cause she is basically the series, or at least half of it
C. She's a pretty damn good character honestly. It's a shame CW Machinima and Hasbro's shilling her out at every opportunity makes her extremely unappealing on the surface because I find it very easy to put her in the top 5 best female Transformers characters.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870322)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 29th, 2017 @ 3:51pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 29th, 2017 @ 3:51pm CDT
Ok, so I just came to a realization: the whole 13 ores ending up on the planets that the 13 primes ended up on is starting to fall apart more.
it was already in danger because of Alpha Trion being on cybertron, thus leaving 13 ores to 12 primes, and then micronus being in a whole other universe (though the entropy cloud as an ore can still be said to make sense).
But this does break it. Liege Maximo was onboard Carcer AKA Vigilem, who I really think had some salvaged Tempo parts forming him, hence how Metroplex detected that titan as Tempo. But if Liege Maximo was on board that titan the whole time, then was the titan resting on a planet where an ore was planted, only to take off later? or is this a continuity order with the 13 ores and the 13 primes?
it was already in danger because of Alpha Trion being on cybertron, thus leaving 13 ores to 12 primes, and then micronus being in a whole other universe (though the entropy cloud as an ore can still be said to make sense).
But this does break it. Liege Maximo was onboard Carcer AKA Vigilem, who I really think had some salvaged Tempo parts forming him, hence how Metroplex detected that titan as Tempo. But if Liege Maximo was on board that titan the whole time, then was the titan resting on a planet where an ore was planted, only to take off later? or is this a continuity order with the 13 ores and the 13 primes?
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870324)
Posted by Kurona on March 29th, 2017 @ 4:02pm CDT
IIRC, Shockwave planted the Ores where he thought the Primes had gone. There was no indication of just how correct he was, if he got all of them right if any at all; nor any indication of if he knew Trion was a Prime or not. It's very possible that Shockwave was simply incorrect.
Posted by Kurona on March 29th, 2017 @ 4:02pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Ok, so I just came to a realization: the whole 13 ores ending up on the planets that the 13 primes ended up on is starting to fall apart more.
it was already in danger because of Alpha Trion being on cybertron, thus leaving 13 ores to 12 primes, and then micronus being in a whole other universe (though the entropy cloud as an ore can still be said to make sense).
But this does break it. Liege Maximo was onboard Carcer AKA Vigilem, who I really think had some salvaged Tempo parts forming him, hence how Metroplex detected that titan as Tempo. But if Liege Maximo was on board that titan the whole time, then was the titan resting on a planet where an ore was planted, only to take off later? or is this a continuity order with the 13 ores and the 13 primes?
IIRC, Shockwave planted the Ores where he thought the Primes had gone. There was no indication of just how correct he was, if he got all of them right if any at all; nor any indication of if he knew Trion was a Prime or not. It's very possible that Shockwave was simply incorrect.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870361)
Posted by ScottyP on March 29th, 2017 @ 5:36pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on March 29th, 2017 @ 5:36pm CDT
I think this series is only primarily about Windblade if you have a preconceived notion framing it that way and you aren't able to divorce said notion from your thoughts. This particular series has done an excellent job of building more of an ensemble feeling and giving other minor characters more moderate roles and making supporting cast of the past come front and center. She's a main character, yes, but not always the focus character.
Yeah, this particular issue focuses quite a bit on Windblade, but also on Chromia. And Elita. And Titans. Some Ironhide and Starscream too, plus Obsidian filling a nice role, and of course the spoiler mentioned several times above.
Yeah, this particular issue focuses quite a bit on Windblade, but also on Chromia. And Elita. And Titans. Some Ironhide and Starscream too, plus Obsidian filling a nice role, and of course the spoiler mentioned several times above.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870372)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 29th, 2017 @ 6:27pm CDT
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 29th, 2017 @ 6:27pm CDT
I agree that some haters wrongly think this is Windblade Vol. 3, so maybe if they thought this issue ended that, they might jump on.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870380)
Posted by ScottyP on March 29th, 2017 @ 7:03pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on March 29th, 2017 @ 7:03pm CDT
I hope so! The print sales figures are not good. This is just as good and some months even better than OP and LL, at least for me.Nik Hero wrote:I agree that some haters wrongly think this is Windblade Vol. 3, so maybe if they thought this issue ended that, they might jump on.
Re: Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #7 (1870382)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 29th, 2017 @ 7:12pm CDT
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 29th, 2017 @ 7:12pm CDT
Lost Light lost me. I'm dropping Optimus Prime after #6. The coloring drives me nuts, but I'm a fool for Shartikons and Junkions. TAAO is the best of the 3 for sure!
