The iTunes Apple Books Preview of Transformers issue #12 is available, thanks to the recon of TFW2005 member Lucas35.
It’s time for Nautica to shine in the story as Sentinel Prime wants to get the order back on Cybertron.
Out in the vast galaxy, Cybertronian explorers encounter all manner of beings—some friendly and some in stern opposition to Cybertronian expansion. When relations start to crumble and violence is threatened, there’s only one bot to turn to—Nautica, head of xeno-relations.
Mark September 18, 2019 for the release date of this issue. Click on the bar to see the mirrored images on this news post together with Cover A by fan-favorite artist Alex Milne. Then share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
SeiberBirdR
This issue was enjoyable. More characters, more backround into the complexities of the universe.
Sentinel Prime came across as significantly less obtuse than he did in mentions and his brief time back on Cybertron. My impression is that he is shrewd and capable, but fallen to complacency and dismissiveness about who he leads back home.
The Nautica and Road Rage story was engaging. It established these characters well, and gave us a good glimpse into interspecies relations of this comic. I am enjoying there are important events occurring beyond the main plot.
As to the art, it was good but I already miss the previous art.
Mechabreaker
Surprisingly not that bad of an issue. I found Nautics to be quite compelling as a character and bringing Road Rage into the fray was a nice touch.
Shepard Prime
Sure, if that's how you want to interpret "folks have just moved to other sites to engage in constructive criticism and/or praise."
Dinobot Snarl
I think they should have gone the shadowplay route, I found that story captivating. But, I won't pile on.
Bass X0
Even the worst MTMTE/LL comic was far better than any issue of this new continuity. And there were bad issues, but even so I always found every issue to be entertaining and just plain fun to read. Even the bad ones like Swearth and the personality ticks. Maybe so with the personality trait checklist but I’d rather that than the absolute zero personality of all the IDW2 characters which check none of the boxes for me. A summary of an IDW2 comic makes the issue sound interesting but actually reading it is just a tedious chore that I just can’t connect with.
And yet I feel compelled to read IDW2 just because it’s Transformers. I like to be informed of what happens in even the comics I call bad. I wouldn’t read it if it wasn’t Transformers though.
Haywired
For the first season, then both main IDW books started retreading and rehashing their formula. That got boring very fast. But I suppose it's different strokes and all…
Starscream Gaga
Whilst this isn’t exactly false, what they were talking about was written in a way that was infinitely more interesting then what IDW2 hasn’t churned out so far. I understand the story IDW2 wants to be telling and I don’t hate the concept, but thus far they’ve failed to make it interesting.
As much as I loved MTMTE it definitely had its faults. However, the one fault it didn’t have was being boring. Even if I didn’t love what was currently happening, I was never bored. IDW2 thus far has failed to capture my interest ever.
Ultimately though, IDW Phase 1 was mostly extremely average to poor too. I hope that one day IDW2 finds its Last Stand of the Wreckers or Chaos Theory or Death of Optimus Prime and kick starts some really quality stories. God knows it took the original IDW a long time to get into a stride.
Haywired
I remember a character so painfully obviously designed to be cute dorky girl archetype that her behavior and characterization never really extended past the checklist list of required personality traits. But then, I actually read the comics without blindly worshiping the author.
SuperTitanHans
The question is, with all the time you spend on message boards disciplining publishers for all of the bad comics you don’t read, how do you have time for anything else? It must be exhausting.
Bass X0
I remember Roberts Nautica to be a likeable and charming character. But then I actually read the comics.
Haywired
Funny enough, "characters starting and talking" is pretty much what MTME/LL was most of its time.
It ain't bad. I can already can tell that this Nautica is less insufferable than Robert's one.
Rodimus Prime
In other words, they found somewhere they could create a hugbox? View attachment 28396422
Bass X0
Blame It Doesn’t Work comics, not me.
justiceg
This is an elaborate analogy to be sure, but flawed priority wise for reasons I hope I don’t need to explain.
Bass X0
If your dog poops in your house, they need to be disciplined every time. When a publisher poops out a comic in your LCS, they need to be disciplined every time as well with bad reviews. No stinky houses, no stinky LCS.
Megastar
Or they've slowed their interaction with other fans online.
justiceg
This is a really bizarre take to me; I can't imagine Hasbro is going to take the passions of a message board seriously. Particularly when it's already been noted the sales are actually improved over the last couple of years of the previous IDW stuff so if anything the disappointment on this message board would be inverse to the sales. Was this supposed to be in blue text maybe?
You *have* to?
TeamOptimus
I love Anna Malkova’s art in previous issues. Especially those Megatron scenes in issue 11.
Treadshot 2.0
Sarah Pitne-Durocher's return is EXTREMELY welcome. More of this, please
Flash1087
As someone that defended the previous art, I feel like what we've seen from this issue is much more in line with what Lost Light/MTMTE used to offer, and I'm digging it.
I also like that they're sort of jumping around in time now – presumably with this one 'taking place' a few issues ago, the start of the next arc is going to revolve more around Sentinel laying down the law after the two murders, and how that probably results in the existence of the Decepticons. I know everyone was mad that it started slow, but I feel like we're gonna start getting some pretty big advancements and seeing shit go down pretty soon.