Ricky Church reviews Transformers #12… After Transformers #11‘s Decepticon-heavy development, Brian Ruckley takes another break from the series’ main story to take us back a little bit in time and more fully introduce his version of Nautica and other bots who have been missing in the series up until now. It was a fun one-off tale […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #11
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #11… Brian Ruckley took a big leap forward in Transformers #11 as several story threads came together and left fans on a big cliffhanger that only spells doom for the Autobots and all of Cybertron. The story was very focused and on point with great charactizations of most of the cast, particularly Megatron. […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #10
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #10… Brian Ruckley has really been putting momentum on his Transformers series these last few issues. Transformers #10 ups the ante in some big ways as the true leader of The Rise is revealed. Things are moving along pretty quick as Ruckley continues some interesting and compelling takes on these classic characters. Unlike the previous […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #8
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #8… One of the common criticisms of IDW’s new Transformers series is the slow pacing its had since the second issue. Writer Brian Ruckley’s slow burn approach has been nice in terms of world-building, but when it’s come to the actual plot of Brainstorm’s murder and other story points, not much has really […]
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 #6
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #6… Over the course of IDW’s first few issues of the new Transformers series fans haven’t gotten a whole lot of information on the backstory of Cybertron, or when they have it’s been through second-hand accounts. Brian Ruckley uses Transformers #6 as a break from the main story, and the previous issue’s cliffhanger, […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #5
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #5… IDW’s latest issue of Transformers makes a couple interesting developments in the story, though it’s still plagued somewhat by the same problems of the previous couple of issues. Brian Ruckely doesn’t focus as much on the world-building aspect this time around as he instead moves characters further into their journeys. However, some […]
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 #3
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #3… The central mystery of Brainstorm’s murder takes a backseat as Transformers #3 features a lot of exposition as other characters are introduced. There’s a lack of tension given the way the second issue ended with an apparent assassination attempt on Megatron’s life, but in place of that is more world-building from […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #2
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #2… After setting up an intriguing new world in IDW’s reboot of Transformers, Brian Ruckley delivers a nice follow-up in the series’ second issue. Picking up almost immediately after the first issue’s discovery of Cybertron’s first murder in millions of years, Transformers #2 builds off that development in some interesting ways as the […]