IDW has announced its IDW Rom VS Transformers: Shining Armor # 2 Multiversity Comics Preview.
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Rom VS Transformers: Shining Armor #2
Written by John Barber & Christos Gage
Illustrated by Alex Milne
Colored by Josh Perez
Lettered by Tom B. Long
Starscream forges an unholy pact with the Dire Wraiths—and Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus are hot on his trail. Unfortunately for them, Rom and the Solstar Knights don’t know the difference between Autobots and Decepticons—and they’re ready to fight all comers!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Release Date • August 23
· An all-star lineup of Christos Gage (Rom), John Barber (Optimus Prime), and Alex Milne (More Than Meets the Eye) tell the never-before-revealed secret history of Rom and the Transformers!
· Don’t miss the cover by Ominous Press creator, Bart Sears, part of our Bart Sears cover month!
Don’t forget to grab you copy this Wednesday. You can check the mirrored images after the jump and sound off at the 2005 Boards!
Mattymo
You're basing your entire assumption of it being someone else off a couple lines a dialogue. Minimus was also the wearer during the ongoing and he rolled into rodimus's camp guns blazing once he saw swindle. Sure that was before the whole minimus thing but it was still him with the power of retcon. It's a 200 year gap. Characters attitudes change. Before joining the lost light Magnus was an extremely different character. Joining the crew changed his attitude and outlook.
This is a race always changing. This bumblebee is a completely different bumblebee that was leader of the autobots. Thundercracker is completely different than who he was 5 years ago.
Spartan Prime
Still Minimus. He's the longest serving Ultra Magnus out of a total of six ever named (including the original) of a war that lasted millions of years. You think he wasn't around two-hundred of them ago? It's impossible only unless they tended to get killed every couple of decades at most and there's tens of thousands of others who served in the suit and have been completely forgotten about. Which is also, at this point, just as unlikely.
Soundwave902
I meant as is wearing the armor at the time of this engagement on account of the fact that his behavior is nowhere that of regular Minimus, even before the end of the war
Spartan Prime
Minimus
Mattymo
Same. My first thought when I saw the name was the Omnicon until I saw the shoulders and noticed it's the minicon. It's nice to see some minicons get some love
fishpop
Oh hey a Jet Vehicon!
And I thought that Skyblast was the Energon guy but it's actually the shuttle Minicon from the Requiem Blaster.
Mattymo
It is Minimus. Tyrest said he\'s worn the armor the longest out of anyone ever and there\'s only been a handful of bearers to wear the armor. Minus has worn it for thousands possibly even over a million years.
transform75
While the text seems different from his latest portrayal, it still could be him.
Spotlight ultra Magnus was not written as the recent UM, there was no plans back then of the minimus +armor.
And I recall tyrest saying his latest adventures have softened him(or something similar)
MyTea Boc
Yeah, I thought that seemed a little over zealous for Minimus, but this is war-time (and only about 200 years ago), and perhaps he has a zero tolerance policy on attacks on GC ships or some such?
kmc
Since Minimus CAN change after boarding Lost Light, he may have already changed.
Sockie
Hmm… I don't know. He seems a lot more gung ho about taking out Decepticons than Minimus ever did. "ANNIHILATE THEM!" certainly doesn't sound like something he'd say.
Danny-Boy
I'm pretty sure it's still Minimus. This story is only 200 years in the past.
maku098
Sky Blast!
Heliblade
Steve the Vehicon? What are you doing here?
Also I\'m guessing that this is a different Magnus than the present day Magnus, one of the lesser ones.
Loxobot1221
Man, it\'s nice to see the \"real\" Bumblebee.
Black Convoy
Awesome!
Soundwave902
So this is how the Wraiths took over that Council ship.
Also, I\'m still hoping we get to see who Magnus is
Omega495
Anyone else notice the Jet Vehicon on page 4 ?
Megastar
I've missed SS being evil.
Black Convoy
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