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Comic Book Review – Transformers #6

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

IDW unveils first look preview of Transformers/Ghostbusters #1

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Two of the biggest franchises of the 80s are crossing paths this summer as IDW Publishing releases the crossover series Transformers/Ghostbusters, and you can take a look at an unlettered first-look preview of the first issue here… “GHOSTS OF CYBERTRON” PART 1! After years of civil war, the Autobots fled Cyberton, leaving their home planet […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8

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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 […]

Bumblebee director discusses his original plans for Megatron appearance

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This past December, every Generation One fan’s childhood was brought to life on the big screen by director Travis Knight in the all-too-brief Cybertron battle sequence in Paramount Pictures’ Transformers spinoff Bumblebee. The sequence featured cameo appearances from some of the franchise’s most beloved characters in their classic 80s designs. Unfortunately, the film’s ties to […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers #2

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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 […]

Bumblebee sequel will feature “a little more Bayhem” says Transformers producer

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While December’s Bumblebee movie didn’t reach the financial heights of past Transformers films, it certainly managed what no Michael Bay instalment before it had accomplished, fully embracing its source material to please both fans and critics alike. Those fans with a dislike for Bay’s brand of Transformers received another boost in February when it was […]

Get a sneak peek at the Bumblebee – Sector 7 Adventures comic book

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Those of you picking up the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee on 4K Ultra HD or Blu-ray will get your hands on a free comic entitled Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome which picks up some time after the conclusion of the movie. Take a look at a three-page preview of the comic right here… […]