2005 Boards member Issy543 has just given us the heads up that the IDW’s Transformers (2019) Comic Series: Issue #17 Full Preview is available via popculthq website.
Megatron is faced with the ultimate decision. He can forge ahead on the path he’s started down, or he can take the last chance at doing things by the book. Either way, Cybertron is on the verge of change, and after this, nothing will ever be the same.
Creator credits: Writer: Brian Ruckley; Artists: Anna Malkova, Beth McGuire-Smith; Colorists: Joana Lafuente, John-Paul Bove
Letterers: Jake M. Wood, Neil Uyetake
Cover Artists: Livio Ramondelli (Cover A), Brendan Cahill w/ Josh Burcham (Cover B), Marcelo Matere (Retailer Incentive Cover)
Pick up this issue from your preferred comics retailer later this month and in the meantime, sound off on the 2005 boards!
AzT
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RNSrobot
No, dude. The idea that you or a "fan" needs to be invested or look at EVERY piece of your fandom. It's not necessary, it's rarely enjoyable, and frankly, it's unhealthy.
If you don't like a thing, you don't have to, even if it's about a thing you like on a broader sense. I love Transformers; a lot if it is crap and I don't need to spend my money or TIME on things that aren't enjoyable. I love Tolkien; I hate the hobbit movie and didn't waste my time or money on the next movies.
AzT
Marcelo Matere on Instagram: “@idwpublishing showed my latest cover! Hope you guys like it! You can the original art this weekend at @fanexpovancouver ! See you there!…”
weevil
That megatron cover looks like Us\'s poster.
Lionheart
That's true. He hasn't even patched up the wound yet. A few issues later he just says it gives him an ache in his t-cog whenever he's in tank mode.
Treadshot 2.0
It's like a running gag among the Autobots in general. Read the Valentine's Day issue.
ProtectronPrime
Not really. Commander class, assuming Slipstream is a deluxe.
That said, Astrotrain is probably exercising some mass shifting as he immediately transforms into his transport mode to allow the boarding party.
Requiem Prime
I haven't been keeping up. Is this our first Astrotrain? You'd need a Titan class to that scale.
ProtectronPrime
"Oh my God! You launched Gears! You bastard!"
TeamOptimus
Love the Risers.
And I know I shouldn’t get my hopes up (again)….but can Orion please do something interesting this issue? I’ve been waiting nearly a YEAR.
Kaleb Hart
Possible foreshadowing of his possible demise?
Scrapmaker
Well, according to the backup story in the valentines comic, this is apparently a regular occurrence for poor Gears. Cosmos is usually the one getting him back. Kind of disconcerting that it happens so often that they treat it with little worry.
Kaleb Hart
I love how everyone just kinda casually watches Gears get thrown into the stratosphere via explosion and Wheeljack is like: oh yeah we should probably go get him.
Treadshot 2.0
… you mean aside from beating the living shit out of Chromia and Windblade, while shrugging off the effects of being impaled all the way through his torso with a sword as if it were nothing?
The little bit we've seen of him actually fighting made him seem pretty badass to me.
Treadshot 2.0
…which would have also given us a de-facto MP Astrotrain. *sigh* what could have been…
Bass X0
No, I’m going to continue doing so and review them as I see fit. I’ll praise the good comics and criticise the bad comics.
Novaburnhilde
I really like that cover with Megatron holding the mask.
Lionheart
See the big issue here is that he has been established as some unbeatable badass. In issue #13 Elita-1 claims he's a one man army who took down an entire fortified astroid prison by himself and rescued hostages during the Expansion era. Since taking down Windblade and Chromia he's been operating on lower doses of energon like the rest of the Rise so you could say he's just malnourished right now like Shockwave claims the Rise is, but you're not entirely wrong. I hope he does something soon that warrants the frightening reputation.
ProtectronPrime
Apparently my brain isn't remotely working this AM. That said, I reserve the right to be a pendantic turd and point out that he ordered those explosions as opposed to actually doing it himself. So there.
The bottom line is that I have really not liked how they've used Sixshot here. I don't need to see him be some unbeatable edgelord nonsense, but given how he's been used he may as well be basically anybody else.
Lionheart
You're forgetting his skirmish with Windblade and Chromia. The explosions he ordered put Windblade into a coma.
That being said, I do find it hilarious how little he's actually done so far to warrant all the anger from the protagonists but because he's the Rise lieutenant, naturally, he's public enemy #1.
He's actually done this before.