Happy 2022 to your comics pull list, with PREVIEWSworld making these introductions in the New Year: Transformers Best of Optimus Prime, Transformers #39, Transformers Beast Wars #12 and Transformers: Wreckers — Tread & Circuits #4.
Discuss the artwork, creator credits and synopsis details for these publications on the 2005 boards!
Transformers Best of Optimus Prime
(W) Brian Ruckley, Flint Dille, Chris Metzen, James Roberts, Bob Budanisky (A) Don Perlin, Alex Milne, Livio Ramondelli, Kei Zama, Bethany McGuire-Smith (CA) James Biggie
Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, hero of the cosmos, protector of all life stands tall in the minds of fans around the world! Collected for the first time in this oversized edition are some of Optimus Prime’s finest moments from his most beloved creators-from video game battles to the death to claiming the matrix to some of his most climatic heroic stands! Best of Optimus Prime collects The Transformers (1984) #24 “Afterdeath”, The Transformers (2009) #23 “Chaos Theory, Part 2”, Transformers Autocracy #9 “Transformation”, Optimus Prime #25, and Transformers (2019) #6 “Orion Pax: Free Fall”. With a new cover by master artist James Biggie!
Transformers #39
(W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova (CA) Alex Milne (CA) Stefano Simeone (CA) Blacky Shepherd
The rescue continues! Chromia has led a team deep into Decepticon controlled Iacon to rescue a captive Autobot, but how will they get out and back to Crystal City? Meanwhile, Cyclonus’s reunion with Provoke takes a new turn as a long-held secret is revealed!
Transformers: Beast Wars #12
(W) Erik Burnham (A) Josh Burcham (CA) John Yurcaba (CA) Phil Murphy (CA) Jamel Jones
“Maximals Strike Back,” Part Three! Comes to a stunning conclusion as we see the Maximals and Predacons battle come to a head! Will Megatron get his way? Will Optimus be able to fight back the might of the Predacon forces?
Transformers: Wreckers — Tread & Circuits #4
(W) David Mariotte (A/CA) Jack Lawrence (CA) Josh Burcham, featured (CA) Sara Pitre-Durocher
The Speedia 500 is over, so now Velocitron’s attention turns to the swearing in of the new Senate-led by the race’s winner! This is the Wreckers’ last chance to put an end to Mayhem’s rampage! But will they wreck and rule or be wrecked themselves?!
Omegax80
I always thought Cheetor and Rattrap were the originators of "snark" and other characters developed that behavior as time went on during the run of the CGI series.
I feel like Rhinox became king of sarcasm by the last season.
Omegax80
Yep. I think it got bumped to 20?
Lore Keeper
Just got done reading the new Beast Wars. While reading I realize, "Ya know what's nice about this? It's pure Beast Wars action. No pontificating over who's hooking up with who. Just pure fun."
Then, someone in the mailbag section praises the relationship between Primal and Dinobot and says they hope it "develops into something… more". This endless need to ship characters is exactly how TF comics have ended up where they are now.
Please, keep online blog ships out of stories. They are so much better without them. Beast Wars and Shattered Glass are the last TF comics I truly enjoy anymore because they know how to tell good Transformers stories.
BombSquad
I think it was supposed to be, but it sold well enough to get upgraded to an ongoing.
POSSESSED_DIGIT
Ah ok. I thought I remembered it being a 12 issue limited series. Guess I remembered wrong. Thanks
BombSquad
Beast Wars? It's an ongoing until all the IDW stuff ends at the end of the year.
omegafix
More shit art
POSSESSED_DIGIT
I haven’t been paying attention: is this an ongoing? Or a limited series?
Hyoumaru
Maybe its me, but all these characters sound the same, just "snark" all around.
It's particularly weird for Cheetor.
Omegax80
I'll just throw in I have been enjoying the latest releases.
Wreckers was good, left it open for more. Maybe we'll get a one-shot to wrap things up.
AzT
IDW’s Transformers Beast Wars: 5-Page Preview of Issue #12 – Transformers News – TFW2005
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Gladius
Damn yes, more Smokescreen.
Also glad seeing Griffith's art again. Storywise I think it would be nice if the Autobots could win just once and kill and capture some of the 'Cons this time. I would love to seem them conquering a city at some point, to make the war more complex. There has to be a place where the majority isn't siding with Megatron, especially not after the coup. The old life wasn't that bad.
TargetmasterJoe
Last I read of it, the original article from THR said Kirkman is expected to *not* be writing any of the supposed TF comics by Skybound.
That being said, the Skybound deal is still not set in stone and Kirkman is still under fire with that colorist guy suing him over pay regarding the Invincible cartoon. So if no one nips that in the bud, I would not be surprised if Hasbro opts to shop the TF comic license elsewhere.
AzT
IDW’s Transformers (2019) Comic Series: 5-Page Preview of Issue #39 – Transformers News – TFW2005
Downwash
I tend to agree with you here. I'm not a big WD fan but I certainly respect his work, but yeah just not sure if that's the reboot I would enjoy either. I only mentioned it because when the rumors first broke, a lot of people had jumped on that assumption of him handling it himself.
T-Hybrid
I dunno if I *want* Kirkman writing anything for TF. He's got a style that might work as a one-off series but I don't want all of the franchise going that direction.
Cyberverse showed you could mix drama in a show aimed at younger audiences. Even the original BW did that. It doesn't need to be grimdark.
fallenspartan
I never thought Kirkman was gonna write even an issue of a TF comic to be honest.
Downwash
I'm remaining optimistic about it (I'm a big fan of most of IDW1 but I agree they've run their course with what they can do with the license) but I'd caution everyone just assuming Kirkman is going to write any new TF series once that deal is done. It COULD happen but just looking at similar histories with other IPs, I think it's more likely he hires writers as the company owner. And they very well could be in the same vein as some of the IDW writers that people here love to hate. Time will tell.
fallenspartan
I wonder how things will turn out when Skybound issues it’s first TF comic.
T-Hybrid
What's funny is the whole idea of alternates is to put a diverse number of artists and styles out there. If all alternates had the same artists/styles then what's the point? I like seeing the characters rendered in different styles. And this particular variant is more cartoony, but then you've got the more "real" style of the "A" cover to balance it out. Just like we see when the cover's are the more Animated style of the interior and the variants lean towards the "real."
I'm also thinking back to the original series and how the art style was cool…but also not what ultimately made us all like the show. Code of Hero is still Code of Hero even if it's animated differently.