The iTunes Apple Books Preview of Transformers issue #15 is available, thanks to the recon of TFW2005 member Lucas35.
Megatron is finally making his move!
A conspiracy unravels. The Autobots race to restore order. Megatron reaches his breaking point and Shockwave finds himself broken. There are no more Ascenticons. There is no more Rise. There are only… The Decepticons.
Mark December 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 artist Josh Perez. Then share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Stryyder
Either that or expose Shockwave as the head of The Rise then publicly take him down(do what the Autobots promised but failed to accomplish) to win more support. 2 birds, 1 stone.
Issy543
Looks like Megatron is preparing for a big showdown with Shockwave. This should be fun.
It’ll be interesting to see how the Decepticon name comes around.
KickCounterkick
Deceptioncon
Rob
Oh that would be awesome!
TeamOptimus
Yeah. Judging by one of the other covers for issue 15, my prediction is that he’s pumping himself full of energon so he can throw down with the Rise and fully take over both groups. He’s tired of Shockwave screwing up his plans.
Rob
Some good points. I tend to look at it not so much as a literal thing more of a personality to “do what it takes” and then eventually getting drunk on it.
I am not as familiar with the AEC era so I can’t comment on that, but Megatron seems to often make devil’s bargains (sometimes literally).
Yes, it’s a highly regulated society with limitations on personal freedoms, in regards to resource allocation. In other words you get x amount of energy because
A. That’s what you need to survive and we only have so much
B. You are a walking war machine to most other species at full power.
BATTLEMASTER
Isn't everyone in this continuity deliberately underfueled to save the planet's energy? Maybe he's just gearing up for war.
Haywired
S'okay. We all know it from our own continuity that doing politics drunk is perfectly valid.
Lionheart
I don't know. G1 was probably an alchoholic but most continuities from that point on didn't really feature a Megs who liked getting wasted on energon until TFP (at least to my knowledge), then in IDW and everything after he isn't seen ever getting drunk or overdosing on energon…Until now.
Bass X0
I will say that there should have been a G2 Jhiaxus by now. Whether he’s a remold of a Starscream toy or his own completely new toy. Jhiaxus’ only existing toys have been orange; the second one copying the first one. If Impactor and Straxus can get their own toys, so too should Jhiaxus.
However, here he is distinctly not G2 Jhiaxus. And neither was IDW1 Jhiaxus. This Jhiaxus is just another Decepticon scientist type character. IDW1 Jhiaxus has G2 Jhiaxus’ colors but was redesigned to look like a lumbering henchman.
Rob
that’s kind of part of his character, no?
Lionheart
Oh boy. Another Megatron who has no fear of substance abuse. When was the last time we got that? TFP? The Decepticons are in for one hell of a BAD time if he's already prepared to go unhinged as a senator.
misfire19d
On the next page, the Insecticons fight the Jumpstarters! No?
Sovietbot
Deception.
User_124141
I am loving this comic, and also love the little details they are putting like the metal scratching below Megatrons hand
Rob
Looks great! The art is looks really solid and loving the political angle of the story.
I agree, it’s Nice to have a mythology for WFC and Prime trilogy figures.
Bass X0
When Hasbro makes a G2 colors Jhiaxus toy, IDW will use that design. I think they don’t have to use the toy design but choose to just because he has a toy. And frankly, I’d rather they put toys into comics than make up new characters who don’t have toys. Transformers is a toyline first and foremost after all.
rikkomba
they filled the black holes on the arms! finally a cartoonist with some brains.
BB Shockwave
I stopped reading months ago. Nice to see nothing is happening still, but the artist at least got replaced by someone better.
But seeing ugly orange Jhiaxus… whyyyyy. Use the G2 design please.
2Sixshot
I do hope they give more of a d ecepticon point of view on how the war started.