The end is coming for Earth! The skies grow dark as the vast chaos bringer Unicron reaches Earth – leading to yet another memorable panel in this final Transformers comic event! But this is not the story about the fight against Unicron, instead it is the continuation of the altogether more personal dramas of Optimus Prime and his colonist soldiers – with the colonists set to take matters into their own hands as they finally reach their breaking point after several issues of discontent. It’s the penultimate issue of Optimus Prime – check out a preview attached to this post.
Barachiel
Incorrect. I care about Optimus, Thundercracker, Buster, Arcee, and Marissa. Everyone else can burn in the fires of Unicron.
Huh. I'd completely forgotten that!
I'll do YOU one better! WHY is Ironhide and Aileron?!
…
I'll show myself out.
StarEpsilon
I find it interesting that this rendition of Prime appears to be so similar to his G1 self on the surface, but is actually very different. With quotes like "freedom of is the right of all sentient beings", and a stubborn dedication to his unwillingness to cause any harm to innocent, sentient life (which actually caused his death in the Marvel comics), a Prime that focuses on the "big picture" is definitely alien to me! I've always liked the idea that his inability to do harm is his ultimate weakness, as is the case with most classic superhero types.
Having said this, I've yet to read any of the IDW Prime comics, so maybe there's something I don't know.
Megastar
No, that's the sound of me pressing the ignore button.
Chopperface
I like that the more shadowy art of OP makes Unicron look darker and more intimidating as he looms over Earth out of the blackness of space.
Dinoprime09
I got to admit the art is absolutely gorgeous but Unicron\'s scale does seem a bit off at some points I figured that would happen sooner or later I mean it can\'t be helped when your drawing something this big. While I have enjoyed this series despite it\'s faults Optimus will definitely continue to be me favourite character, however that being said I\'m really having a hard time keeping track of the rights and wrongs in this series in regards to the morally grey aspects. How John Barber intends to conclude this is beyond me. I guess we\'ll just have to wait and see, while keeping an open mind set.
Hadlen_Weltall
The time dilation of what's happened in MTMTE is between months and years from the rest of the 'verse. It'll be interesting to see come the end of the books, the Lost Light returns, everyone's got something on them to reflect more off panel adventures, and the first thing Rodimus says is "What'd we miss?"
Danny-Boy
The Scavengers aren't in this book.
dvieregge
I just hope the Scavengers survive! And maybe a Shattered Glass Universe storyline!
unknown456
God, the images of Unicron hovering over the Earth on pages 4 and 5 are just gorgeous. It really looks beautiful. And, I guess this will explain some of the issues people had with Unicron #5, that being, why he's just standin… er, floating there, not doing much of anything.
Androzani84
Because that’s what he is here.
Hadlen_Weltall
Stardrive makes the point I've been concerned with. Outside of a few growls of "I… HUNGER…" Unicron has said practically nothing that develops him as some mythological God incarnate, and he's been more of an unstoppable force of nature in Cybertronian form.
Hyoumaru
I just can't give a damn about Aileron
if the point was to use her to showcase the neutral party not borne in wartime reacting to the war, then she completely fell flat to me.
Hooper_X
SO ANYWAY
Slide is making an important point here – who and what are we willing to sacrifice for the greater good? Optimus is so focused on the broader scheme of things that the very beings he\'s said he\'s here to protect are dying at the hands of his own troops, and those troops are not facing any sort of reprisal. It\'d be different if Slag was thrown in the brig until this whole thing was resolved (if it\'s resolved) or even a \"I promise you, Slag will be put on trial for killing Gimlet once this is over\" but Optimus is just \"You have to look at the big picture!!!\"
Optimus is RIGHT, in the sense that Unicron is going to eat everybody, including Slag and Slide, but he\'s also WRONG in the sense that he is just letting these actions go unpunished without even pretending he\'ll take action at a later date. Again, a simple \"once this is over, I promise you we will get justice for your friends\" is better than nothing.
Omegashark18
Optimus Prime is pretty good. But it has it’s rough spots, a few unlikable characters being among them.
But the art is a definite highlight, but it’s not for everyone.
justiceg
To be fair here, I think that’s what *he* meant. Saying a company deserves to go bankrupt != “I want everyone involved to lose their jobs”. Assuming these are talented people, they’d be just fine.
(I personally would like IDW to stay alive because I don’t think TF comics have much of a future outside of them)
Chopperface
I’ll do you one better, add Ironhide and Aileron to that list.
Hyoumaru
Replace Arcee with Ironhide and I agree.
I'm never going to miss IDW Arcee.
Lucas35
I have not won News Credit yet?
Mattymo
In other words “I don’t care about anything in this series! By the way I have some questions about people in this series…”
Jalaguy
I mean, it was the G1 cartoon that made Flint her father. IDW just stuck to what was already established.