Alex Milne / Josh Perez Cover for IDW Transformers: Lost Light #25

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Thanks to the source directly, artist Alex Milne over on Twitter, we have both the lineart and the main coloured cover (courtesy of regular visual collaborator Josh Perez) for the last issue of IDW Publishing's Transformers: Lost Light.

That's right, issue #25 is just round the corner - barring any bizarre scheduling issues, which would surprise absolutely no one - and a lot of readers are getting ready to deal with the aftermath of 'no comics' for a little while. In the meantime, take a look below, and let us know what you think of this homage to Milne's first cover for the series TPB, back in More Than Meets the Eye!

So IDW was kind enough to allow me to share this cover with all of you This is my final cover for Lost Light. My approach was to bookend this image with the first MTMTE TPB cover I did. Colors by the Amazing @dyemooch . #transformers #mtmte #lostlight #idw

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Re: Alex Milne / Josh Perez Cover for IDW Transformers: Lost Light #25 (view post)

Comment by Deadput Oct 2, 2018

Ah, all of those characters who never did anything but stand in the background.

What purpose did characters like Hound served to the plot?

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Oct 2, 2018

That is an amazing cover!!!

It's also kinda sad how many characters on that cover did not live through the series

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Comment by Tommy T. Oct 2, 2018

Who's that orange guy next to the T

Re: Alex Milne / Josh Perez Cover for IDW Transformers: Lost Light #25 (view post)

Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Oct 2, 2018

Tommy T. wrote:Who's that orange guy next to the T

Rollout, in G1 an Action Master. Milne has drawn him several times for commissions surprisingly, and he has shown up several times, including in alt mode in MTMTE 33 (I think) for the very first time

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Comment by Randomhero Oct 2, 2018

Deadput wrote:Ah, all of those characters who never did anything but stand in the background.

What purpose did characters like Hound served to the plot?

Yeah I did the same thing on tfw2005 about those guys and no scavengers. Milne actually chimed in and said he added them to fill space and he didn’t add them because they’d be so small in the picture was kind of offended and now I feel bad

Re: Alex Milne / Josh Perez Cover for IDW Transformers: Lost Light #25 (view post)

Comment by Wireless_Phantom Oct 2, 2018

Although personally I liked the concept of Autobot Megatron and thought it was well done in the comics, I look forward to seeing what the next comic iteration of him will be like.

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Comment by Ironhidensh Oct 2, 2018

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:That is an amazing cover!!!

It's also kinda sad how many characters on that cover did not live through the series

The feels..... i gots 'em

Re: Alex Milne / Josh Perez Cover for IDW Transformers: Lost Light #25 (view post)

Comment by WreckerJack Oct 2, 2018

Just finished LL24 and I gotta say it was a hell of a good issue. Here is to hoping 25 lives up to the hype.

Can I start reading the Unicron comics now?

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Comment by Va'al Oct 3, 2018

WreckerJack wrote:Just finished LL24 and I gotta say it was a hell of a good issue. Here is to hoping 25 lives up to the hype.

Can I start reading the Unicron comics now?

They're almost entirely unconnected so far, so ideally you'd catch up on Optimus Prime before heading into Unicron! Check the chronology that ScottyP is putting together: the-transformers-idwverse-a-chronology-t105238s100.php#p1982662

(obviously Lost Light has so far nothing to do with it, so keep that in mind)

Re: Alex Milne / Josh Perez Cover for IDW Transformers: Lost Light #25 (view post)

Comment by X3ROhour Oct 3, 2018

does anyone
other than me
think it would be awesome
if
in this final issue
someone
anyone
Tailgate or Swerve, maybe
:PRAY:

puts a blaster behind Megatron's auditory receptor and blows his brains out?

i mean
he still deserves to be punished
for the billions of deaths
and countless suffering
he was
and is
directly
and indirectly
STILL responsible for!

right?

soooo....
wats up widdat?

:-?

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Comment by Big Grim Oct 3, 2018

Z3ROhour wrote:does anyone
other than me
think it would be awesome

Nope. The redemptive arc of Megatron has been entirely enjoyable.

That cover. Absolutely awesome!

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Comment by ZeroWolf Oct 3, 2018

Z3ROhour wrote:does anyone
other than me
think it would be awesome
if
in this final issue
someone
anyone
Tailgate or Swerve, maybe

puts a blaster behind Megatron's auditory receptor and blows his brains out?

i mean
he still deserves to be punished
for the billions of deaths
and countless suffering
he was
and is
directly
and indirectly
STILL responsible for!

right?

soooo....
wats up widdat?

Punish death with death... >:oP

nothing would change, an eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind

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Comment by snavej Oct 3, 2018

Deadput wrote:Ah, all of those characters who never did anything but stand in the background.

What purpose did characters like Hound served to the plot?

Someone had to do the chores while popular characters did interesting things! It's all part of the family dynamic.

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Comment by Va'al Oct 5, 2018

Via the official page of the Previews World website, we have one of the many variants due with the last issue of IDW Publishing's Transformers: Lost Light ongoing series - allegedly out at the end of October - by main artist on the series Jack Lawrence, and colours by someone clearly not important enough to include in the solicitations (regular Joana Lafuente is the guess).

Check out below the cast ensemble for one final curtain call, in 'How to Say Goodbye and Mean It, pt II', and join us in the discussion until the book's release!

(W) James Roberts (A/CA) Jack Lawrence
MORE THAN MET THE EYE. The quest is over, the dust has settled, and everything has changed-forever. But before the fond farewells, before the parting of ways, before the unkept promises to stay in touch, there's time-surely, there's time-for one last drink...

Extra-long final issue! Tying together and putting a bow on stories from the last 13 years!
The final fate of the whole Lost Light crew revealed!
From the Death of Optimus Prime to now: 85 issues of the Lost Light cast!
In Shops: Oct 31, 2018
Final Orders Due: Oct 08, 2018

Re: Alex Milne / Josh Perez Cover for IDW Transformers: Lost Light #25 (view post)

Comment by avarathriul Oct 5, 2018

this cover is breaking what little i had left of a heart

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Comment by X3ROhour Oct 5, 2018

Big Grim wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:does anyone
other than me
think it would be awesome

Nope. The redemptive arc of Megatron has been entirely enjoyable.

That cover. Absolutely awesome!

i truly
TRULY
enjoy born-again Megatron.

i do.

but nothing
NO-THING
can
or ever will
be able to remove,
cover
or
lighten
the tarnish
and Inermost Energon
& BLOOD
that this MONSTER
has splashed,
knelt in
and ground his heals upon
in his 4 million year
"misunderstanding"

he is simply
UNREDEEMABLE.
period.

i wish it were not so.

but the quest being concluded
its time to face the music
GUILTY AS CHARGED.

sorry.

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Comment by X3ROhour Oct 5, 2018

Va'al wrote:

no Megatron

:-?

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Comment by X3ROhour Oct 5, 2018

ZeroWolf wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:does anyone
other than me
think it would be awesome
if
in this final issue
someone
anyone
Tailgate or Swerve, maybe

puts a blaster behind Megatron's auditory receptor and blows his brains out?

i mean
he still deserves to be punished
for the billions of deaths
and countless suffering
he was
and is
directly
and indirectly
STILL responsible for!

right?

soooo....
wats up widdat?

Punish death with death... nothing would change, an eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind

then face the darkness
with head held high,
strength of the Spark,
back unbent
and
conviction of morals
and
justice.

Some crimes are beyond flimsy philosophy.

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Comment by ZeroWolf Oct 5, 2018

How would his executioners be any different then him? There's supposed to be a difference between Autobot and cons (though IDW have shown that to be murkier) thus Autobot justice would have execution off the table. If you read the other IDW titles then it suggests that Prime may have charges of his own to answer for, look at Sins of the Wreckers for example where its revealed that Prowl bombed nonaligned areas to boost Autobot recruitment.

Re: Alex Milne / Josh Perez Cover for IDW Transformers: Lost Light #25 (view post)

Comment by X3ROhour Oct 5, 2018

ZeroWolf wrote:How would his executioners be any different then him? There's supposed to be a difference between Autobot and cons (though IDW have shown that to be murkier) thus Autobot justice would have execution off the table. If you read the other IDW titles then it suggests that Prime may have charges of his own to answer for, look at Sins of the Wreckers for example where its revealed that Prowl bombed nonaligned areas to boost Autobot recruitment.

that should be dealt with as well b4 IDW concludes.

i bet Prowl sacrifices himself against Unicron
or somesuch

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