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word of advice : Spoilers for Transformers # 3Image Comics ' controversial conclusion to begin Skybound Entertainment ’s newTransformerscomic during G1 has surprisingly been warrant in its first two issues and even thepreview pageboy of the upcomingTransformers#3 . After the original 1980s animated cartoon that launched G1 , no one ever thought that setting any twirl - off serial publication on Earth with human nipper again would be a good approximation . Michael Bay ’s movies may have been successful , but they mostly shied away from the tiddler - friendly story that the G1 stories focus on in the 1980s . Bringing that dynamic successfully into other mediums , specially cartoon strip , was unbelievable .
WhatImage ’s newTransformersseries effectively accomplishesis capturing just how dark and even wrench a mammoth golem invasion of Earth would be , even for those who are trying to coexist there peacefully . The 1980s cartoon definitely could n’t accomplish this considering the time it initially publicise , specially since there were kidskin involved , and Michael Bay ’s movies were mostly focused epical fighting scenes and comedy .
This is understand flop from the beginning of the newTransformersseries by writer and artist Daniel Warren Johnson , colorist Mike Spicer and letterer Rus Wooten . Over the track of the first way out alone , numerous man are kill rather than just getting tossed aside like shred dolls but quixotically surviving . The second issue then premise a more nuanced site when Optimus Prime circumstantially ill-treat on and kills a deer , effectively exhibit that even the most peaceable Transformers are n’t capable of living on Earth without unwittingly harm the delicate lifeforms there . How much this devastates Optimus further underscores just how incompatible valet and machine are with each other . Optimus even makes a comparing about how just tread on the ground is different from Cyberton ’s intemperate , metal floor .
Scenes from Image’sTransformersWouldn’t Appear in the 1980s Cartoon or Michael Bay’s Movies
The preview Page of the coming third issue of Transformers go even further by exemplify how Autobots can be erroneously lumped in with monsters like Decepticons . When Cliffjumper attempts to protect an armed man from a rampaging Decepticon , the Autobot gets repaid with a rifle to the school principal . The irony is that Cliffjumper had earlier expressed disgust of humans in Transformers # 2 , but was finally strong - armed into admit them . There ’s even a annihilating scene where a girl appoint Carly learns that her father was just murdered by one of the Decepticons .
These character of vista could never have happened in the original G1 cartoon . Instead , simple fry are somehow capable to defeat battle - ready Decepticons that are subject of shoot down military vehicles . At least , Michael Bay ’s Shia LaBeouf was uproarious and catch into amusing spot . The children in the G1 cartoon just minimize the magnitude of what the Transformers were able of . These examples were underscored by the epic oscilloscope and setting of IDW’sTransformersseries that had been in publication before Skybound purchased the rights to the franchise . That series chronicled the declination of Cybertron while document Megatron and Optimus ' relationship in scrupulous item before their fallout . The death of Bumblebee ’s Forgling was also devastating , since it also resulted inBumblebee becoming an assassin .
The New Transformers Are Subverting Fan Expectations
No one would have expected the black spin that Image Comics has give to the Transformers in just a few egress . The ploy of using the relatively " dependable " generation fan would be familiar with from the 1980s cartoon , and making it more violent and naturalistic , is so far pay off . Even the most skeptical fans are likely look forward to how the rest ofTransformers#3 will turn out and , of course , the many issues that will conform to .
Transformersis available from Image Comics .
