IDW Transformers Number 10 iTunes Preview

Sterile lines delivered by dullards walking and talking about the boring plot of this series.

Anyways looking forward to Galaxies with hope that it can salvage this thing.

I was reading it wondering if it would have said more without the dialogue at all. I mean, I try not to be negative but yawn.

Looks to be another boring issue

Is that beast wars Megatron I see marching there? In his pre-beast wars body of course

The solicit for this issue seems to be what actually happened in the last issue.

You know, aside from the general dullness this comic seems to be exuding, I wonder if part of the problem is that the comic is still being used as a toy-selling vehicle to some degree. Like, all the named characters are either based on existing toys or have precious little effort put into their design. I feel like Hasbro/IDW have put the cart before the horse; wouldn't it be better to create the comic fairly independently, and then if it sells well make toys of the characters people want?

Black Hat wrote:You know, aside from the general dullness this comic seems to be exuding, I wonder if part of the problem is that the comic is still being used as a toy-selling vehicle to some degree. Like, all the named characters are either based on existing toys or have precious little effort put into their design. I feel like Hasbro/IDW have put the cart before the horse; wouldn't it be better to create the comic fairly independently, and then if it sells well make toys of the characters people want?

Nah, cause half the cast are not tpys or are old toys. Granted, Rubble was made to die, but that Elita One has more in common with her Botcon figure than the one she got LAST YEAR. Sox Shot is not an old release per se, but he's not on shelves, Brainstprm wasnt drawn from eithrr of his two recent figures, and there's Froid.

The problem is entirely due to pacing and editting. Different Characters would still be giving the same lines.

The sad part is I really liked that panel with Megs and Bee, it shows Bee's guilt and either gives Megatron a bit of humanity bore his descent into villiany, or shows an early image of him twisting the knife in Bee's spark, but I suspect the former at play.

That's how it should be but I think hasbro has taken the reigns a lot more and thus we've lost the creative freedom IDW had in 2005

sol magnus wrote:The solicit for this issue seems to be what actually happened in the last issue.

Yeah, apparently the solicitations for 9 and 10 were swapped, so we are getting this issue what we were promised last issue.

Also, I really want Megatron to be sincere here.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:The solicit for this issue seems to be what actually happened in the last issue.

Yeah, apparently the solicitations for 9 and 10 were swapped, so we are getting this issue what we were promised last issue.

Also, I really want Megatron to be sincere here.

Which should mean Sentinel Prime, Starscream and Nautica show up this issue.

Yeah, I hate to say it but I think it's too late for this to pick up the pace with thr arrival of more main/well-known characters. Unless some serious (and interesting) exposition happens in this issue, this thing is dead.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, I hate to say it but I think it's too late for this to pick up the pace with thr arrival of more main/well-known characters. Unless some serious (and interesting) exposition happens in this issue, this thing is dead.

5 guys who comment in this forum isn't the final arbiter of what's "dead" or not.

sol magnus wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, I hate to say it but I think it's too late for this to pick up the pace with thr arrival of more main/well-known characters. Unless some serious (and interesting) exposition happens in this issue, this thing is dead.

5 guys who comment in this forum isn't the final arbiter of what's "dead" or not.

This is true, unless they mean dead to them. The fact that several issues other then the first have had to be reprinted shows that it's doing something right for some people. Would be interesting to see sales figures.

ZeroWolf wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, I hate to say it but I think it's too late for this to pick up the pace with thr arrival of more main/well-known characters. Unless some serious (and interesting) exposition happens in this issue, this thing is dead.

5 guys who comment in this forum isn't the final arbiter of what's "dead" or not.

This is true, unless they mean dead to them. The fact that several issues other then the first have had to be reprinted shows that it's doing something right for some people. Would be interesting to see sales figures.

While I get people's issues with the floppy format, even bi-weekly, I re-read the entire series in one go, and it comes off much better in that format. My opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.

i like the art

sol magnus wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, I hate to say it but I think it's too late for this to pick up the pace with thr arrival of more main/well-known characters. Unless some serious (and interesting) exposition happens in this issue, this thing is dead.

5 guys who comment in this forum isn't the final arbiter of what's "dead" or not.

Yeah, I should have been clearer. It's dead to me. Better?

Rodimus Prime wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, I hate to say it but I think it's too late for this to pick up the pace with thr arrival of more main/well-known characters. Unless some serious (and interesting) exposition happens in this issue, this thing is dead.

5 guys who comment in this forum isn't the final arbiter of what's "dead" or not.

Yeah, I should have been clearer. It's dead to me. Better?

Much.

In a very slightly related (to the series) note, Hasbro is releasing a Cyberverse Deadlock figure. It would be awesome to have Deadlock play into the Siege era series. Galaxies, maybe?

sol magnus wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah, I hate to say it but I think it's too late for this to pick up the pace with thr arrival of more main/well-known characters. Unless some serious (and interesting) exposition happens in this issue, this thing is dead.

5 guys who comment in this forum isn't the final arbiter of what's "dead" or not.

Yeah, I should have been clearer. It's dead to me. Better?

Much.

In a very slightly related (to the series) note, Hasbro is releasing a Cyberverse Deadlock figure. It would be awesome to have Deadlock play into the Siege era series. Galaxies, maybe?

I hope they use deadlock later when we see decepticons,
but let me clarify, i don't hate this new idw comics, it's just not what i want to read (except issue 6, the art was surprising and i loved the megs/optimus friendship situation).
Nonetheless, because i only buy trades lately, i won't but these.

Thanks to a head's up from IDW's Twitter we've learned that PiexelatedGeek.com has a brief interview with IDW's Transformers Galaxies writer Tyler Bleszinski. This is broken into both a written portion excerpted below along with a supplemental five minute interview with Mr. Bleszinski.

In the video portion Tyler touches on how this story will take place recently after the Constructicons have been forged and follows them as they make choices that will shape their darker destiny. He doesn't want to spoil how Devastator comes into play, but states this will be a character quite unlike the Devastator we saw way back in the old G1 cartoon. Enjoy the interview below and click on the embedded video for a few extra cool tidbits from Tyler on the origins of his interest in the characters and the Transformers brand as a whole

Don't forget to share your thoughts in the forums and stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!


"This September we’ll be getting a brand new anthology series from IDW – Transformers: Galaxies. The first four-part story will focus on the original combiner team, the Constructicons.
At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con we had a chance to sit down with writer Tyler Bleszinski to talk about why he wanted to write this story, why the Transformers, and specifically the Constructicons, are so important to him, and what we can expect from the series"

"After we turned off the cameras we talked with Tyler a little more; I always like the little conversations you have with people after the recording’s over, everybody’s more relaxed when they don’t have a camera in their face. Lucky for me, the backup recording was still going, so I caught a little of the conversation."

"Tyler: There’s so much to learn from seeing them in action, seeing them do what they do, even if it’s just as much as them building something. To me, that was the was the coolest thing about the Constructions. I always thought, man, they’re like these builder bots, they should really be Autobots. How did they become Decepticons? And then the cartoon…I don’t know if you followed the cartoon..
Elizabeth: It was the one with Omega Supreme, right?
Yes, the cartoon basically swept it away because Megatron had a Robosmasher that brainwashed them. I mean…really?
It takes it away from them.
There’s no choice! As much as I loved that episode because the Constructicons are featured so prominently, I always hated that aspect of it, that they didn’t make a choice to do what they did, they were forced into it. And while there’s there’s an aspect of them being forced into certain things here too, it’s choices that they make to bring them there."

"The thing I loved about the old IDW series was when they showed how Megatron became Megatron. In the cartoon the Decepticons were bad bad bad, evil evil evil, the Autobots heroic, awesome, incredible, The Best. And when I read the IDW series that featured Megatron being a miner, and then wising up to rebel against the bourgeois Autobot senate, I was like “Damn, finally somebody gets it, there should be layers here! Like Walter White or Tony Soprano, that should be Megatron!” Not like, cookie cutter villain."

A Contructicon focused history sounds cool.

Kinda sounds like what the Combaticons part of TAAO should have been. Or at least what I expected it to be. Anyway, I'm looking forward to this, it can't be worse than the current series.

Stargrave wrote:"The thing I loved about the old IDW series was when they showed how Megatron became Megatron. In the cartoon the Decepticons were bad bad bad, evil evil evil, the Autobots heroic, awesome, incredible, The Best. And when I read the IDW series that featured Megatron being a miner, and then wising up to rebel against the bourgeois Autobot senate, I was like “Damn, finally somebody gets it, there should be layers here!

Kudos to them. That, I took notice of. Directly referencing Megatron: Origin in relation to the "old IDW series", not any of the silly retcon that came later.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Stargrave wrote:"The thing I loved about the old IDW series was when they showed how Megatron became Megatron. In the cartoon the Decepticons were bad bad bad, evil evil evil, the Autobots heroic, awesome, incredible, The Best. And when I read the IDW series that featured Megatron being a miner, and then wising up to rebel against the bourgeois Autobot senate, I was like “Damn, finally somebody gets it, there should be layers here!

Kudos to them. That, I took notice of. Directly referencing Megatron: Origin in relation to the "old IDW series", not any of the silly retcon that came later.

my hero

Thanks again to our own ScottyP we've learned that Previews World has updated their listings with the incentive cover for IDW's Transformers issue #11 with art by none other than fan favorite Guido Guidi! Depicted in this cover is Quake still hanging onto his Titans Return wardrobe but sporting his old double Targetmaster pals Tip Top and Heater in their combined super weapon form. Anyone who's been reading the series so far will note neither Targetmaster (Battlemaster? Micromaster?) has made an appearance so far and as of this writing it is unknown if this is just a nod to the fans or actual foreshadowing of characters to debut in the issue.

Written by Brian Ruckley with art by Andrew Griffith and Bethany McGuire-Smith the issue is due August 28th at a comic shop near you. Pick up a copy and share your thoughts with your fellow Seibertronians in the forum and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

From Preview World's description:
"Chromia and Windblade raid a Rise base in search for clues about the identity of Brainstorm's murderer, only to be discovered-and the Rise isn't happy. Meanwhile, Bumblebee sees his first bit of action as the Ascenticon Guard is called to defend a building under siege! As questions are answered, more mysteries abound! Who commands the Rise? In Shops: Aug 28, 2019"

It is almost as if the cover, alongside verbs such as 'raid ' 'bit of action' and 'under siege' in the solicit are intentionally trying to address vocal responses to this book?

Honestly, if the galaxies book turns out as interesting as the above article suggests, they should just cut their losses with the "main" book.

What do you mean "Hanging on to his TR Wardrobe"? He looks nothing like that figure outside the head

Prime Target wrote:What do you mean "Hanging on to his TR Wardrobe"? He looks nothing like that figure outside the head

Shoot and I have TR Quake right here on the shelf I goofed. I thought he’d been sporting his TR shell earlier in the series I think I was going off that memory. My bad. Good call.

Stargrave wrote:

Prime Target wrote:What do you mean "Hanging on to his TR Wardrobe"? He looks nothing like that figure outside the head

Shoot and I have TR Quake right here on the shelf I goofed. I thought he’d been sporting his TR shell earlier in the series I think I was going off that memory. My bad. Good call.

In the series, he's using the Titans Return retooled Hardhead body, IMS.

sol magnus wrote:

Stargrave wrote:

Prime Target wrote:What do you mean "Hanging on to his TR Wardrobe"? He looks nothing like that figure outside the head

Shoot and I have TR Quake right here on the shelf I goofed. I thought he’d been sporting his TR shell earlier in the series I think I was going off that memory. My bad. Good call.

In the series, he's using the Titans Return retooled Hardhead body, IMS.

Ok so I’m not completely off. Just jumped the gun a bit in regards to the cover, which does look awesome I really like Guidi’s art.

Thanks to an update at Comixology we have summaries for the first two issues of Transformers Galaxies! While some fans have found the new regular ongoing Transformers title fulfilling others have been left wanting. These same fans are hoping the new Transformers Galaxies series will help fill the void left when IDW's previous universe ended their continuity. Each issue is listed at $3.99 with issue 1 expected September 25th and issue 2 expected October 30th. Enjoy the summaries below and let us know your thoughts in the forums, and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!


Issue #1:
Written by: Tyler Bleszinski
Art by: Livio Ramondelli
"Cybertron, a planet of vast beauty and extraordinary cities, wasn’t always so perfect. After the War Against the Threefold Spark, Cybertron was decimated, and new bots—the Constructicons—emerged to help rebuild it grander and more amazing than ever before. But where are these bots now? Why have they been erased from Cybertron’s history? And what are they planning to do about it? Find out in “Constructicons Rising,” Part One!"


Issue #2:
Written by: Tyler Bleszinski
Art by: Livio Ramondelli
"“CONSTRUCTICONS RISING,” PART 2! The Constructicons are training—they know their time is coming. They’re almost ready to stand at their once glorious height. They just need a sign and some energon. When a mysterious benefactor arrives promising to provide both, how can the Constructicons resist?"

I will pick these up but I wish they'd get rid of Livio. Not a fan of his art at all.

Windsweeper wrote:I will pick these up but I wish they'd get rid of Livio. Not a fan of his art at all.

Agreed. Never liked it. The Primacy Trilogy is largely unreadable with no discernible visual narrative (aside from it being meaningless retcon, of course) and most of CHAOS, too. I thought the reboot was supposed to be a fresh start on every level.

Thanks to a post to artist Clayton Crain's website we've learned of an alternate cover to Transformers: Galaxies #1. Mr. Crain has certainly constructed an amazing piece of art showing the king of the Combiners in mid assembly. The issue is written by Tyler Bleszinski with art by long time Transformer artist Livio Ramondelli. The issue is expected to ship next month which is just a few weeks away. Also shown below is the finalized art for the regular retail cover, and also an interview with the writer and artist from the San Diego Comic Con last month where they go into detail of their own personal histories with the characters. Enjoy the images and as always share your view with the Seibertron crew in the forums. Make sure to stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Finalized regular retail cover for issue #1:


Interview from SDCC from pexelatedgeek.com with Tyler Bleszinski and Livio Ramondelli from the SDCC2019:




Cover for issue #2:

Artwork looks great. Im very interested in this series and where it goes. Do we know if it's a mini series or another, longer run?

soundwave765 wrote:Artwork looks great. Im very interested in this series and where it goes. Do we know if it's a mini series or another, longer run?

The way I understood I think it's sort of like the old Spotlight stuff, but instead of a series of one shots, it's effectively a collection of mini series focused on different characters. According to the wiki after the Constructicons they'll be looking at Cliffjumper, then Arcee, then Ultra Magnus.

Thanks! That would be nice. A bit more bread and butter to the characters versus a one shot. Now I'm really optimistic about this series.

soundwave765 wrote:Thanks! That would be nice. A bit more bread and butter to the characters versus a one shot. Now I'm really optimistic about this series.

Hey Soundwave we’ve done a few articles about this so far including a way cool panel interview from SDCC2019 just go up to the main forums and type in Galaxies and that should pull you up everything we’ve got so far. Hope that helps if you’re this excited now wait till you hear the writers talk about the issues coming down the road. It totally got me pumped.

This series is looking like it has a lot of potential and I believe is currently planned as a 12 issue maxi-series but I could easily see this going beyond that.

This mini series, in concept, does open up a really maligned idea of Transformers and Combiner Teams specifically. What they actually do, their role within Cybertronian society? Why "Constructicons": Obvious yet ignored explanation: They are the builders of Cybertron!

If Galaxies follows through with this concept, it could literally add the last untapped concept of depth to the G1 characters.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:This mini series, in concept, does open up a really maligned idea of Transformers and Combiner Teams specifically. What they actually do, their role within Cybertronian society? Why "Constructicons": Obvious yet ignored explanation: They are the builders of Cybertron!

If Galaxies follows through with this concept, it could literally add the last untapped concept of depth to the G1 characters.

Exciting stuff right? Gets me all goosebumpy

I’m totally ready for it.

Stargrave wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:This mini series, in concept, does open up a really maligned idea of Transformers and Combiner Teams specifically. What they actually do, their role within Cybertronian society? Why "Constructicons": Obvious yet ignored explanation: They are the builders of Cybertron!

If Galaxies follows through with this concept, it could literally add the last untapped concept of depth to the G1 characters.

Exciting stuff right? Gets me all goosebumpy

I’m totally ready for it.

Infinitely more interesting than the lame duck that is the Regular Series...

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Stargrave wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:This mini series, in concept, does open up a really maligned idea of Transformers and Combiner Teams specifically. What they actually do, their role within Cybertronian society? Why "Constructicons": Obvious yet ignored explanation: They are the builders of Cybertron!

If Galaxies follows through with this concept, it could literally add the last untapped concept of depth to the G1 characters.

Exciting stuff right? Gets me all goosebumpy

I’m totally ready for it.

Infinitely more interesting than the lame duck that is the Regular Series...

The Spotlights kind of served as a bridge in a lot of ways in the prior run wouldn’t you say? Very much from that first phase into the gosh would it be Dark Cybertron? It’s starting to all blur together. I’m wondering if there may be a similar template at play here. Like time to kick things up. Maybe. We’ll see. The regular series has me not wanting to get my hopes up too much.

The -Ations intermixed with the Spotlights, was one of the most creative and innovative ways I've seen, to establish world building very quickly. The first phase (Origin up until Last Stand of The Wreckers) was probably the best Transformers has ever been, in print.

Having read quite a bit of the post-Death of Optimue Prime, via the part work now, I don't rate any of it as comparable. In my view (just like IDW 2.0) they either lost sight of or didn't know how to convey Transformers stories. So they just told the stories they wanted to tell and slapped Transformers likenesses and branding on top of it.

Personality I rate the stuff after death of Optimus Prime better then before then the pre all hail Megatron series (-ations series and spotlights) then AHM and most of the Costa run. But of course this is all opinions.

The thing with MTMTE/RiD/LL/OP/TAAO I found, with different character designs, is they could be anything. LSoTW, -Ations, Origin, Spotlights (well, most of them) etc have an unmistakable Transformers air/vibe to them. I think the post-DoOP stuff was more interested in being quirky, with slapstick comedy and GoT type intrigue, than in sticking to the source material. I've said before, Furman left virtually everything from Headmasters to Micromasters to Pretenders, in play following Spotlight: Sideswipe. They literally had the entire Transformers toybox open to them and what did they do with it? Absolutely nothing...

Just like IDW 2.0

Maybe thought that's why they didn't touch them? Because Furman had used them? Using Hasbro's characters is one thing (and bowing to their authority on certain issues like character designs matching forthcoming toys or forced appearances) but having to stick by a previous writers limitations is another. I'm glad the writers did their own things, every creator should leave their mark. I'd say that is a, big problem with version 2, that the writers aren't leaving a mark. Again though, this is just opinions. Clearly some people do like this version as otherwise they wouldn't have had to do reprints of so many issues

That's just it, Furman's run didn't leave "limitations", instead he basically said "They're all here, all canon in this universe. Feel free to use whoever you like". The only latter characters he put any development into were the Pretenders, via Stormbringer. Even then, it was superficial characterisation at best. I just think the last era of IDWverse thought the limitation was the Source Material. Hence all the nonsensical retcons that were never necessary for a series that was barely a decade old.

Reprints are not always indicative of sales either. Sometimes it is just a sign of limited supply.

I really like that Crain cover, it's pretty good!

I'm interested to see where Galaxies takes us. It has an interesting concept, I want to see it followed through on

awesome cover, all the détails are very impressive.

IDW is really letting the green and purple fly with a series of Transformers Galaxies: Constructicons Rising promotional material. First off we have two exclusive covers for issue #1 by story arc artist Livio Ramondelli. Livio posted both of these to his account on Twitter. The covers, one in line art, one completed, depict the king of the Combiners sitting on a throne of fallen Autobots. These are exclusive through Torpedo comics and can be found here. They are limited to only 500 copies so act fast and don't miss out!




Then just this morning on the official IDW Twitter they have posted two slick Constructicon Wallpapers!
From the post: "They built Cybertron’s gleaming spires, but were erased from the planet’s history. Where did the Constructicons go... and what are they planning? Get ready for TRANSFORMERS: GALAXIES with these wallpapers! Pre-order the series with your local comic shop! --comicshoplocator.com"





The title is due out September 29th. Do you feel the excitement building? Are you assembling your comic stacks and making room for Transformers Galaxies at the top? Are you ready to get totally Devastated by Devastator? Let us know in the forum and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Yikes, well those exclusive covers look awful. The head looks terrible and the angle is all kinds of wrong. Livio's art in a nutshell, I guess.


At least those wallpapers look decent.