MTMTE and RID annuals

[Onslaught Six]

The Wiki certainly says nothing about it, and Rodimus got it directly preceding his appearance in AHM, which I read everything of up until he Ongoing, so unless they mention it there...

[Dominic]

And, here is a preview of the annual.

http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/tr ... view-4938/

The first few pages are heavily stylized in terms of writing and art. The rest looks to be standard RiD. Starscream makes uncomfortable points and Barber showcases Metalhawk a bit.


Dom
-really looking forward to this.

[andersonh1]

I love how the flashback sequence looks and reads like old school comics, both in printing style and overblown dialogue. That's always fun, and makes a genuine contrast with the present day sequences. Nice.

[Dominic]

Robots in Disguise annual:

The good:
The styliized art and dialogue for the flash-back sequences is used through-out the story to differentiate the then and now scenes. More books, particularly in the capes and tights genre, should be doing this sort of thing for flash-backs. There is less direct conflict between Prowl and Starscream than the previews imply, with Metalhawk being the Point of View character.

Problems:
It is not clear what caused the explosion that nearly killed Blurr.
It feels like IDW is subtley setting up for a "return to the way things were" for the series. Apparently, TFs were made to fight.... (On the other hand, I trust Barber enough to make it worth sticking around to see what he does next with Starscream.)


Grade: A/B



Dom
-still reeling from the idea of picking up two new TF comics on one trip to the comic shop.

[Onslaught Six]

You're right, I somehow missed entirely that Blurr randomly is hit by an explosion. (Although it's possible that he was hit by the Metrotitan actually teleporting in.)

I'm a little disappointed that the Metrotitan apparently dies here; I was hoping we might get a little more out of him.