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 vs. Terminator #1
Ricky Church reviews Transformers vs. Terminator #1… A new Transformers crossover has begun and this time the Transformers are facing down another set of popular sci-fi robotic villains in Transformers vs. Terminator #1. The idea of Autobots and Decepticons fighting T-800s and Skynet is rife with potential that writers John Barber and David Mariotte not only fulfill, […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers IDW Collection Phase Two – Volume 9
Ricky Church reviews Transformers IDW Collection Phase Two – Volume 9… IDW’s deluxe collections of their previous Transformers continuity have now reached a ninth volume, combining stories from Transformers, More Than Meets The Eye and Windblade into one book. The titles mostly have a different tone and feel to each other, particularly More Than Meets The Eye‘s crazy and meta-filled narrative, but each […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek vs. Transformers
Ricky Church reviews Star Trek vs. Transformers… IDW’s latest crossover features something that is actually fairly easy to imagine as Captain Kirk and the rest of the crew of the USS Enterprise encounter a new lifeform in the galaxy: Cybertronians, or better know as the Transformers. Veteran Transformers writer John Barber and Star Trek author Mike Johnson […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8… While IDW has started a new Transformers series with a fresh continuity, the publisher is still releasing its previous series in deluxe format with Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8. Collecting several issues from Transformers, More Than Meets The Eye, the Drift: Empire of […]
Why IDW’s Transformers run was among the best of the franchise
Ricky Church on IDW’s Transformers run… Just a couple weeks ago, IDW ended their Transformers universe after 13 years of stories with Optimus Prime #25. Over the years, there have been many stories that have added great new elements to the franchise that have only enriched it. From Simon Furman to the team of John Barber and James […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #25
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #25… The end has come as Optimus Prime #25 serves not just as a conclusion to the series and an epilogue to Unicron, but to IDW’s Transformers continuity as a whole. Running from 2005 to now, the IDW universe has had its highs and lows while reshaping familiar elements of the franchise and putting entirely new […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: Unicron #6
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Unicron #6… The end of Transformers: Unicron has come and with it, the penultimate issue of IDW’s current Transformers continuity. John Barber closes out his story in a pretty spectacular fashion as Optimus Prime, Arcee, Starscream and their allies throw everything they have for one last assault against Unicron. The miniseries wraps up fairly well […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: Unicron #5
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Unicron #5… Transformers: Unicron #5 doesn’t just mark the penultimate issue of the series, but of IDW’s whole continuity for Transformers, G.I. Joe and R.O.M. The issue delivers a lot of action as the heroes mount their final defense against Unicron and his invading forces, but there is also a nice amount of introspection from a […]
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