This week IDW released the eagerly-awaited Combiner Hunters One-Shot, pitting Windblade and Chromia against Arcee, at least until something bigger comes along. Was it worth the hype? Click the jump for preview pages and a review!
Race Against the Light! On Velocitron, racing isn’t a sport―it’s a matter of life and death! Windblade and Blurr put the pedal to the metal to save Cybertron―and their own lives. Once again the team of Mairghread Scott and Corin Howell have created a beautiful, interesting, and really fun issue. Hit the jump for a
Elizabeth and Kathryn joined fans of Transformers to attend the Comic-Con panel “Women in Transformers,” where several members of the creative team talked about the growing presence of both female characters and female creators, and gave the audience some tidbits about upcoming developments in the Transformers universe. (And they also gave accolades to one member
“We should’ve known. Being happy: always a sign that somebody was about to die.” —From Knight Quest: The Quest for the Knights, by Swerve of Helex. I keep waiting for James Roberts and Alex Milne to create an issue that really lets me down, a story I just don’t care for. Sure didn’t happen this time.
More worlds – more problems! After the events of Combiner Wars, Windblade and Starscream race to recruit the lost Cybertronian colonies to the Council of Worlds – but which of them will control the fate of Cybertron? The official description from IDW doesn’t quite describe how detailed, quirky, and fun this issue is. Click the link for a
This week reveals the Epilogue of The Combiner Wars; Optimus confronts Prowl, which wraps up the current arc, and Arcee faces down Galvatron, starting up the next arc. Click the jump for preview pages and a review of Transformers #42. (Minor spoilers to follow.)
With only two more issues left of IDW’s Transformers: Combiner Wars, Pixelated Geek was lucky enough to sit down with writer and editor John Barber at a signing on Free Comic Book Day at the Villainous Lair, and talk about writing for Transformers, what we can expect to see in the final chapters of Combiner