Ricky Church reviews Transformers Vol. 3: All Fall Down… Since the beginning of IDW’s reboot on its Transformers continuity, writer Brian Ruckley has been playing the long game as he’s led Cybertron to the brink of its infamous, millions-year long war between the Autobots and Decepticons. All throughout his series we’ve seen the small sparks of war […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 11
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 11… In the next installment of IDW’s Transformers collection, plenty of stories come to a head as writers John Barber and James Roberts begin the climaxes of their “second seasons” of their respective Transformers series. Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 11 features exciting action, tension and emotional […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 10
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 10… IDW’s latest collection of their previous Transformers continuity features some good stories, but ones that aren’t quite as connected to each other as most of the previous collections have been. Rather Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 10 feels fairly episodic, though […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers Vol 1: The World in Your Eyes
Ricky Church reviews Transformers Vol 1: The World in Your Eyes… IDW’s relaunch of its Transformers series takes fans back to a pre-war Cybertron where Optimus Prime is still Orion Pax and Megatron is a popular but troublesome politician as writer Brian Ruckley weaves a complex tale leading up to Cybertron’s Great War. There are certainly several […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #7
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #7… After taking a bit of a break from the main plot in the previous issue, Brian Ruckley emphasizes how much more drastic the situation on Cybertron has become in the aftermath of Rubble’s murder. Transformers #7 is pretty effective in its emphasis of what this means for many of the characters going […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #4
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #4… We’re another chapter into IDW’s Transformers reboot, but with four issues it doesn’t feel like the story has advanced in any meaningful way since the reboot began. Brian Ruckley continues to extensively explore this new version of Cybertron, but it comes at the expense of the murder mystery as well as even […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 7
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Volume 7… Throughout the history of Transformers, there are several tropes which are often repeated no matter the interpretation of the franchise: Optimus Prime dies and returns at least once, Unicron plays a role of some kind and the Decepticons, in almost every case, start the […]
