The full preview for IDW Publishing’s Optimus Prime #8 has been put up by CBR. As Jazz goes on live television for an interview to talk about his past and explain why the Autobots are on Earth, will he be able to convince humanity of their peaceful intentions? Unlike most of the full previews, there are only three pages of story, although two of those are still new content not in the iBooks preview. Also: a character that viewers of 1980s Hasbro cartoons might recognize makes his IDW debut! Read the pages for yourself after the break, and read the rest of the issue on June 14.
fishpop
Nosecone is a knob.
I\'m reckoning that the interviewer and his crew are gonna mess with the recording to make it seem like Jazz is saying things he didn\'t because: \"Grr, all Cybertronians are evil! Grr!\".
Dramatic Spoon
Finally Hector shows up.
I think all that's left is Beach Head having a son, right?
Bumblebee2000
Thank you. I know fill-in artists are normal, I just worry about everything.
Actually, maybe that's why I liked Red Alert as a kid saw him as a kindred spirit or something. I hope that means what I think it does. Anyway thanks. Good to hear she'll be back.
Sockie
It's just fill-in artists, MTMTE and RiD had them all the time–there's nothing going on with Zama other than that she needs time to get ahead on issues. She's doing the next one.
Bumblebee2000
Like the look so far. Suppose I can keep on for a few more issues at least (I have been saying since late-season one of RID). Great to see Coller doing a full issue, but do we know what is happening with Kama? I want to trust she'll be back but Lost Light is whispering in my ear… forget all those other times the artist came back, rememember meeeeeee…
Can't say I remember Hector but a cool nod all the same and looking at his tfwiki article (thanks God Ginrai), of course the Allspark Almanac slipped in a reference to him.
Megastar
The interviewer is just getting warmed up for the hard (hopefully) questions.
SunSwipe5
Even though I'm not really into comics, I NEED this one in my hands asap.
Joey Slick
Oh shit yeah, a full book drawn by Casey Coller. One of the best IMO. Puts Livio\'s work in perspective.
Lionheart
This issue already looks really fun. So glad to see Jazz finally getting some spotlight and an interview at that!
Heliblade
In hindsight it\'s strange that Hector did not appear earlier in IDW. His cameos in the 80\'s were what implied that all the Hasbro cartoons were all a shared universe in the first place.
QLRformer
I really hope Jazz gets something good out of this.
God Ginrai
He was the newscaster in all the Sunbow shows, mainly GI Joe where he had 3 or 4 major appearances.
Hector Ramirez – Transformers Wiki
Omegashark18
Is he a familiar character?
MaxxieOD
Ah interesting, so his name really does, in a way, translate to "Jazz" in english.
God Ginrai
Wow, I can't say I expected Hector Ramirez to appear in IDW.
Sockie
Optimus Prime #8 full preview – Transformers News – TFW2005