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 […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek vs. Transformers #1
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek vs. Transformers #1… In the latest clash of the comic book titans we’re served Star Trek vs Transformers #1, something (I’ll be brutally honest) I never thought I’d see in my sci-fi loving lifetime. Saying that, only a few years back we saw Star Trek/Planet of the Apes so it’s only […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: Unicron #3
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Unicron #3… Answers are revealed and stakes are raised in Transformers: Unicron #3 as the sins of Cybertron’s past literally comes back to destroy it. John Barber writes an engrossing issue with several great character moments and new moral dilemmas they must face in order to survive Unicron’s onslaught. As the halfway marker […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #22
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #22… With Unicron’s arrival in the IDW universe, Optimus Prime #22 takes an unusual step in showing more of the lead-up to Unicron, an event that is already halfway through its series. This is in part because of the delays IDW has put its Transformers titles through over the past few months, but it negatively […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: Unicron #2
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Unicron #2… After the huge battle in its inaugural issue, Transformers: Unicron #2 takes a bit of a breather as the characters regroup and plan what their next move against the planet-eater will be. Barber uses the time to build upon some of the recent events out of Optimus Prime and even Till All Are […]
Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #21
Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #21… ‘The Falling’ finally concludes in Optimus Prime #21 as Optimus, Bumblebee and Pyra Magna put a stop to Shockwave’s plan, yet leave the door open for new threats as the series leads into Transformers: Unicron. John Barber subverts expectations though with what Shockwave’s ultimate goal in this phase was, […]