New Comic Mini Series Last Bot Standing Coming from Nick Roche and E.J. Su

Glad IDW is doing some kind of “License’s End” series at least. RIP IDW G2, may the next series last 10+ years

AshelehsA wrote:Looks like after 10,000 years Rodimus is free! It's time to conquer Donnok

Now I'm picturing Rodimus with that voice...

Meanwhile, I'm intrigued. I like these kind of stories. Just a shame with IDW about to lose the license that they can't just finally release Legacy of Rust, too.

its a poetic bow out for sure.

getting serious superman vibes off those preview pages.

be interesting to see what story Nick tells here, and its always nice to see EJ again.

Stormshot_Prime wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

AshelehsA wrote:Looks like after 10,000 years Rodimus is free! It's time to conquer Donnok

Now I'm picturing Rodimus with that voice...

Meanwhile, I'm intrigued. I like these kind of stories. Just a shame with IDW about to lose the license that they can't just finally release Legacy of Rust, too.

Legacy of Rust! Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in years. At this point, why not?

I've always thought there has been criminally little done within the entire franchise, regarding Punch/Counterpunch and Doubledealer. There is so much potential to be mined through them. A mindset to be explored and developed. IDWverse 1.0, while they did a decent job with Dealer in the Spotlights. Legacy of Rust will forever be the "we were going to do something with Punch, but didn't".

Picked up issue 1 myself with that sweet Alex Milne cover art. It was such a joy to read. It was a lot of fun! There is a lot of good stuff already in the book, and I am really looking forward to the other 3 issues.

This comic is continuing a trend where Rodimus is slowly becoming one of my favorite TF characters, across all continuities

I bought issue 2 of the comic and finally got to read it last night.

Man, this comic is super awesome. I love old man Rodimus and the way he is written. I haven't been this invested in a TF comic story since IDW2005 with the MTMTE story. It is a lot of fun, and very well written and drawn.

the character choice is also absolutely wonderful. I love seeing RiD2015 get love like this

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Issue 1 & 2 arrived over the weekend. It is interesting. I like where this is in the Transformers timeline. Also that this isn't strictly IDW Rodimus. This could easily be OG Rodimus, who is a superior character. The MTMTE/LL iteration just wasn't a patch on the early Spotlight Hot Rod. Much like how Ultra Magnus was a significant downgrade.
An unusual use of a BW 2 character, too. No idea who the others are? But I don't think it will really matter soon enough. Given the premise. a solid 7/10 for the mini series so far.

If you are referring to Steeljaw's pack, I am super excited for the members of the team:

Steeljaw - RiD2015 Pack leader who hoped to be the next Megatron
Sharpclaw - his sister, original character made by Nick Roche's daughter
Override - Cybertron
Riotgear/Treadshock/Cyberwarp - All RiD2015 Galvatronus combiner limbs
Scylla/Moon - BWII
Wedge - RiD2001
Nitro/Vex - new characters
Lunaclub: Unite Warriors/JG1
the Veteran: going by issue 3 covers, this is Wheelie with only a head on wheels

So issue 4, was quite bittersweet.

I think by now, most comic fiction seems to end with Rodimus. This one does it well. Forgive me, but as noted above. The Antagonists may have been from other TF series, but they just didn't work for me. Steeljaw in particular, I just couldn't take seriously. A bot mode with a wolf face just looked silly.

Ultimately, I found this a fitting end to IDW's Transformers. Much in the same way as I found 'Peace' likewise for the Marvel Run. Roche managed to end this IDW run on a high. Considering the BW book and ongoing, that was quite an achievement. 9/10