The originals... ok, not exactly, but the original named "The TransFormers" anyway. Take THAT, Diaclone! Generation 1, Generation 2 - Removable fists? Check. Unlicensed vehicle modes? Check. Kickass tape deck robot with transforming cassette minions? DOUBLE CHECK!!!
Except that was a temporary powerup, and Side Burn has literally never been named Hot Rod. Or Hot Shot, for that matter. (Why aren't we debating the Spychanger dude here?)
BWprowl wrote:The internet having this many different words to describe nerdy folks is akin to the whole eskimos/ice situation, I would presume.
People spend so much time worrying about whether a figure is "mint" or not that they never stop to consider other flavours.
Onslaught Six wrote:Except that was a temporary powerup, and Side Burn has literally never been named Hot Rod. Or Hot Shot, for that matter. (Why aren't we debating the Spychanger dude here?)
Speaking of Spychangers, I'm sure Prowl 2 had a massive inferiority complex. "Why didn't they give me my own name?!?"
Issue 94:
This is mostly a big fight issue. Bludgeon's army sieges the planet. Magnus and Galvatron more or less replay their fight from "Target: 2006". The outcome is different, but the pacing of the fight (and some of the panels) are clearly meant to evoke their first meeting on page 25+ years ago. And, Hot Rod gets sent in to Zero Space as a lead in to next month's issue zero.
It is not a bad book. But, there is not much to say about this issue.
Grade: B/C
Aside: Jetfire appears in one panel. (Suck it Harmony Gold!)
Dominic wrote:Issue 94:
This is mostly a big fight issue. Bludgeon's army sieges the planet. Magnus and Galvatron more or less replay their fight from "Target: 2006". The outcome is different, but the pacing of the fight (and some of the panels) are clearly meant to evoke their first meeting on page 25+ years ago. And, Hot Rod gets sent in to Zero Space as a lead in to next month's issue zero.
It is not a bad book. But, there is not much to say about this issue.
Grade: B/C
Aside: Jetfire appears in one panel. (Suck it Harmony Gold!)
I missed Jetfire. I'll have to go back and look for him. Otherwise I generally agree, though having never read Target 2006 I can't comment on the similarities to that fight. I have seen it referenced, so I figured this was something of a replay. Who won originally, Magnus or Galvatron?
I did enjoy the issue quite a bit though. Nice to see some all-out action after all the buildup and maneuvering of pieces into place. I liked the reference to Primus having "died" when Unicron destroyed Xaron... I was wondering if that had been forgotten. It's good to see Bludgeon actually use Warworld and the army he's built, since his plans were aborted by Megatron and the second generation Cybertronians in G2. We're getting some fun "alternate history" in this series. It elevates Bludgeon, who has taken the time to build an army and an arsenal rather than just diving headlong at the planet without backup as Galvatron did.
Dominic wrote:Never read "Target: 2006"? That is one of the most reprinted TF comics around. (It is worth reading, but not as good as some people say.)
Like so many other stories, I just haven't ever gotten around to it. I've read very little of the Transformers UK run for that matter. One of these days I've got to remedy that.
My local comic shop did not get any of the incentive/exclusive covers. I pulled the modern style Wildman cover (Jhiaxus and Boltax) as the retro-style Guidi cover was too evocative of "Carwash of Doom" for my tastes.
Numbering conventions aside (zero issues being almost unheard of circe 1991), this issue is further evidence that Tokar/Furman and the other had "Transformers" planned out long past issue 80, and that this series is at least derived from those plans. As Hot Rod jumps through the time-stream, he ends up in what I am guessin is the "future" (now almost a decade past) shown in "Rythms of Darkness" (US #67?). The call-back to a comic published 20+ years ago is too smooth to have not been planned. (And, it only would have required that Furman/Tokar plan maybe a year or so longer than they actually had on the book).
I got the same cover Dom did. It was great to see some art by Geoff Senior, and that was probably one of my favorite parts of the book. Not to mention the fact that we finally get some story behind this version of Jhiaxus, thus justifying his presence on the cover. The flashback and flash-sideways visions that Hot Rod has fill in some gaps (such as the fate of Buster).
There was always an implication that Hot Rod had some connection to Primus, and that particular plot finally plays out as Primus has personally intervened in the Transformers conflict and sent Hot Rod to a reality where the Matrix still exists, and can empower him to really step up to the plate as Rodimus Prime.
