That would be awesome! With Transformers One on the horizon, hopefully more animated features will follow...including, with any luck, a Wreckers story!
I recently did a reread of the whole 2005 continuity. One book I have a weird soft spot for is RID #10 entirely because I like the way Barber was able to find a creative way to fix the Reflector continuity error from Spotlight: Wheelie(another highlight for me) and All Hail Megatron. Also I think Verity Carlo might be the best human character in any TF media.
Great to see Verity getting some more love! Great pick on RiD #10! I've come to really love those RiD issues focusing on Optimus and crew interspersed with the main story on Cybertron. Not only do they fix some continuity issues, but they push a lot of the ideas seeded by Furman back to the forefront (with Barber's own twist on them, of course).
Spotlight: Trailcutter is such a great microcosm of what the mid to late IDW comics were: Well Written, hilarious, Excellent characterwork, iconic moments... And it feels selfconclusive. It does help that Trailbreaker is my fave autobot... And the fact he got his own comic issue is brilliant to me.
Definitely a good one! I think your assessment of it as a microcosm is dead on. And I have a soft spot for Trailbreaker, so it was nice to see him get his own spotlight issue. It was cool to see the Dark Prelude spotlight issues packed in with the toys at the time, too.
@@Moonbase3 It was my first IDW comic, since it came with the T30 fig, and it was an excellent first taste of the tone and universe of the 2005 continuity. Its the one i tell people to read to see if they may like IDW.
That's awesome to hear! I think it's really cool that people found the IDW books from buying the toys at the time. I think there was a really good feedback loop with the toys and the comics back then. In my case, I ended up buying some of those Thrilling 30 figures solely because of the comics!
@@Moonbase3 it kinda depended on which one tho. Trailbreaker had his Spotlight issue packed in, which was great, but others just had random issues of Dark Prelude packed in with barely any connection. I remember Nightbeat (who i also got, real cool figure) came with a chunk of dark prelude where he just... Showed up at the back for 2 panels.
Yeah, that's true. It worked a lot better when it was the self-contained spotlight issues packed in rather than stuff from Dark Cybertron. It's a shame they couldn't have done more of those self-contained pack-in stories to coincide with the toys. I never got that Nightbeat figure - kind of wish I had.
Great list! Hit on a lot of my personal favorites. Love that IDW 2005 is getting some more attention. Such a rich and diverse continuity, while still very cohesive for as big as it is.
Thanks! I really love the 05 continuity, and a big part of that is how rich and diverse it is, as you pointed out. Plus it went on long enough that it just forms this huge, sprawling tale!
I honestly NEED transformers one to be successful because I want a full-blown animated series based directly on IDW MTMTE or an animated wreckers movie/limited series trilogy based on LSOTW, SOTW, and ROTW. Please for the love of god hasbro & paramount hear our cries!
I'm glad someone is speaking about IDW Transformers (2005 - 2018). Some of my favourite arcs from this 13-year era are: 10. Megatron Origin 9. Infiltration 8. Autocracy 7. Combiner Wars 6. Optimus Prime 25 5. Drift's miniseries from 2010 4. Spotlight: Hoist 3. Chaos 2. Robots in Disguise issues 12 - 16 1. Dark Cybertron
Good choices all around, stormbringer has one of my favourite Optimus Pime moments where after a mad bludgeon had stabbed one of his goons after rushing his pretender armour and now on the floor ripping his face off. Optimus goes up to said dieing decepticon goon and simply kneels down and holds his hand until he dies
Springer has always been one of my favorites too. I like your presentation since you don't come across as pretentious and you're clearly a diehard fan from way back. you earned my sub and I look forward to your future videos!
My top 10 would prob include the bumblebee miniseries. I really liked the art in that one and I liked the human alliance gone wrong thing it had. It kinda reminded me of like some of Budiansky's later stories in the marvel comic.
Good pick! It's funny, I'm actually re-reading that series at the moment, just finished the second issue the other night. I hadn't read it for at least 10 years. I was surprised at it being more solid than I remembered it being and how much I'm enjoying it this go around. I agree about the Marvel Comics thing - it feels like a lot of inspiration was taken from both the G1 cartoon and comic. I think I was far too dismissive of the series in the past. I'm feeling much more positively on it during this latest re-read. And Chee's art really is quite good - gives the series a very unique look!
The "gee, axe us" thing was from the Marvel continuity, and my understanding is that it was a response to unrealistic sales expectations for G2 from Marvel, not that he necessarily wanted it to happen. I'm sure Furman has had some frustrations over the years, but my impression has always been that he's taken a lot of pride in his Transformers work.
@@Moonbase3I do remember Furman saying he did at once point did resent being only remembered as that ‘transformer guy’ but he gotten over it. Reminds of Mark Hamill joking how he care for being typecast as Luke Skywalker because it guaranteed he got work.
a few fun facts about Megatron Origin 1) it started as a Dreamwave series that would expand on War Within and 2) the writer worked Hulk Ultimate Destruction. Last Stand of the Wreckers Sage works for me on all levels as it feels like a proper continuation of the Furman material prior to Costa.
That's cool about the Hulk game. I knew Holmes was primarily a game designer/writer, but I don't think I've played anything he's worked on. Re: the Dreamwave angle, there's definitely some stuff there that I want to talk about when I get to Megatron Origin in the retrospective...! :)
Thanks for the kind words! As you've maybe discovered by now, Megatron Origin was collected in paperback on its own and hardcover as part of the IDW Complete Collection. Both are out of print, unfortunately. You may be able to find copies at a reasonable price on the secondhand market, but it might be worth waiting to see if Skybound reprints the story in some fashion.
One problem I have with all the IDW series is that each comics seem to do something shocking/interesting/deadly and then the next series ignores it and XYZ is back being alive. Also the angst Optimus really turns me off big time.
I enjoyed Autocracy, but Monstrosity really amazed me with Ramondelli's gorgeous vision of Junkion. His art is always great though (e.g. Chaos, Syndromica). I also would add the Windblade miniseries for its fresh side-story and beautiful, vibrant art. Dreamwave list would be easy: War Within (1), and the Worlds Collide issues of Armada. I'm much enjoying your channel; thank you for discussing these works!
Thanks for the comment! I agree, there was some really nice art in Monstrosity (and Primacy, too). If I had gone beyond 10 entries, the first Windblade series would have been on the list for the artwork alone. It's pretty unique as far as Transformers comics art goes!
Optimus Prime is perhaps my favourite character in all of fiction, and further than that, IDW Optimus Prime is my favourite incarnation of him. I love his journey, his flaws, yet his strengths. He has everything I want with Optimus Prime but isn’t afraid to challenge him, but he never feels unlikable or a monster, it just “humanises” him. I find his story and arc so touching and quite underrated compared to other characters in IDW. I while I think MTMTE is better than RID, I believe Optimus Prime is better than Lost Light and for me, that makes The Optimus Prime ongoing series / RID season 3 my favourite. There is so many other stories and characters but basically everything that helps Shepard Optimus’s story all come together as my favourite and I love how John Barber Writes the characters but my all time favourite IDW story has to be “Chaos Theory” it’s just so great, James has a super unique voice for Optimus and Megaton, and with Orion’s speech and Prime and Megaton’s “Killing Joke” moment, it’s just so fantastic to me, even though there are tons of other great characters and stories
Well said about IDW's iteration of Prime! Both him and Megatron have pretty interesting arcs throughout the run. I feel like Autobot Megatron received the lion's share of attention, but Barber definitely doesn't get enough credit for what he did with Optimus - and he did do a LOT with him. So I'm in total agreement with you on the Optimus Prime series vs. Lost Light thing. And Chaos Theory is a great pick for a personal favorite. I'm a big fan of that one - it was tough leaving it out here, but there's just so much good stuff from this continuity!
@@Moonbase3 I struggle to put into words my exact thoughts on him and I certainly can’t get into all the details. I’ve honestly had thoughts of making a video essay on him just to get my exact thoughts out. But I 100% agree with Megatron and MTMTE overshadowing Prime and his story, which, don’t get me wrong, I love James’s version of Megatron, but i think John’s Optimus doesn’t get that same curiosity/ gets judged and criticised more, despite me thinking again that Barber’s run stuck its landing better Despite my love for Simon, James, Nick, Mairghread etc but John Barber may be my favourite TF writer, the way he is able to patch and fix all this wacky continuity together and make it not only semi coherent and solidly written and actually adds to the universe is very impressive, as a western Comic / Superhero fan, I love that stuff so his writing is right up my ally. Also his character work and moments are SO underrated, Optimus, Arcee, Alieron, Thundercracker, Prowl, Starscream, Sideswipe, Soundwave, Slug among so many are given SO much great moments and character development and in my humble opinion, get more satisfaction endings to their stories than the LL cast. I don’t want to start a tribalistic brand war fare between the titles but RID / OP is my favourite and while not perhaps reaching the soaring heights of MTMTE at its best, but RID / OP is my personal favourite from the meaning I’ve gotten for it, also I find it very underrated compared to its, don’t get me wrong, still amazing and deserving but more popular sister title
I'm loving this appreciation for Barber! Definitely doesn't need to be a tribalistic thing - they're both good in their own ways and there's a lot to say about each title. It's clear to me that you appreciate both! But I agree that Barber is certainly underrated for his contributions to the franchise. I'm looking forward to covering more of his work in my retrospective. If you ever make that Optimus Prime video essay, let us know - I'd watch it! :)
Thanks! I know not everyone will agree with my choices, and there were definitely a lot of ones that were hard to leave off. Cool pick with Spotlight Blurr, I feel like I don't see that one come up enough.
Another thing I want to say is that IDW doesn’t get enough credit for how well they write the Human’s. I know the humans in RID / Optimus Prime get flack because their too mean and skeptical towards the Cybertronians, but I love it as it actually feels real, like we’ve seen humanity ostracise, demonise and be prejudiced against fellow HUMANS, how do you think they would act to race of ALIENS, especially after something like all hail megatron. If you were on ground level for that, I’m sure you would not be a fan to say the least. But the individual characters like Verity, who again, is my favourite human character and just character in general in transformers, and Marissa, her arc and relationship with thundercracker is so great, and she truly feels like a real character who has a voice and personality, who i understand, which is another reason I love verity, she feels real and well “human”
I also thought the motivation for humanity at large made sense in the context of the IDW universe. Really tied into Revolution and First Strike nicely as well. I very much enjoyed seeing Marissa appear after Dark Cybertron and thought she got a really nice story and some great moments throughout RiD and Optimus Prime. But I agree that IDW had some really great human characters. Verity, obviously, but I even think there was some good stuff with Spike during the Costa and Barber eras. Poor Jimmy never got enough to do, though.
Yeah, I stuck with the 05 continuity for this one, but there are some IDW titles outside of that timeline that would have made the list if it was more encompassing, like those Beast Wars comics.
@@Moonbase3 I really love the 05 continuity. I'm only missing a few minis. Btw I'm glad you collect them as single issues. That's the way I do it! Old school. I don't like tbp or omnibus.
Nice! I enjoy a nice oversized hardcover from time to time, but I definitely prefer floppies. Best way to read comics, in my opinion. Although those square-bound annuals and larger issues from the 05 run are not ideal due to the binding that keeps them from laying flat. As for the Prime comics - those are in my backlog, I still haven't read them yet. Sounds like they must be pretty good to crack your list, so I should get around to reading them!
Saudações cara, vc saberia informar se "TRANSFORMERS COMPEMDIUM 1" que já está em pré venda pela Amazon, será colorido, no site não tem essa informação, quero comprar , mas estou com essa dúvida, obrigado!!!!
I would be surprised if it wasn't in color. I can't say for certain as Skybound hasn't shown any previews of what's inside, but I think it's safe to assume it'll be in color. Whether it's the original Marvel coloring or the more recent IDW recoloring is unknown.
Unfortunately, the property has changed publishers, so the collected editions are out of print and I believe that means digital editions have also been delisted - you can still find some of the print versions, but there are some that are harder to find and are kind of expensive on the secondhand market. Unfortunately, I think the best thing to do right now is wait - I'm sure they'll be coming back into print again, or at least be made available digitally now that Skybound is about to start publishing new comics.
I can understand where you're coming from. I don't mind it as a device necessarily, but it was definitely a bummer to lose an interesting character like Metalhawk so early on.
@@Moonbase3 I absolutely do mind it as a storytelling device personally because I feel it’s poorly executed so many times. Comic books in general seem to have the feeling that they think it’s a good idea to kill off characters at random points more so than other media, though I’ve definitely seen TV shows and movies guilty of the same thing. I think it *can* be executed well, but rarely is, and losing Metalhawk is definitely a bummer, especially since the character gets so little in American fiction
Fair enough. I get where you're coming from, even if I don't mind it as much. I will agree that comics as a whole frequently uses death as a way to generate a response from readers to the point where it's a little absurd, because in a lot of comics (superhero/franchise comics especially), whatever impact that death might have had is lessened when it's (usually) undone in later issues.
Interesting list. Furman's stuff didn't do much for me. I got most of the IDW run as part of a Humble Bundle and started reading them, honestly struggling with the first bits. Then I got to "All Hail Megatron," and finally started to understand why this comic run was so beloved. The Decepticons "winning" and taking over Earth was shocking to me. I also really loved the tension of the Cybertron scenes, with the Autbots at each other's throats, in a way we really hadn't seen before or since. The slow reveal of the "traitor" and learning the gut wrenching reason behind it was masterful, in my opinion. I'm not sure it's my favorite story in this run, but it ranks very highly for me, personally.
Yeah, I've seen a lot of mixed responses to Furman's run online. The nice thing about this continuity going on so long is that it feels like there's something for almost any G1 Transformers fan somewhere in there. All Hail Megatron is a good pick, to be sure. I appreciate it more now than when I first read it years ago. The artwork is really gorgeous in that one. And I agree that the whole traitor thing (and building up to the reveal) is really well done. I definitely have a lot to say about All Hail Megatron when I get there in my videos, so I'll leave it at that for now. :) Thanks for the comment!
Well, your favorites are clearly Phase 1 heavy, barely scratching into the start of Phase 2 and completely ignoring Phase 3. The Scavengers, the DJD, Megatron’s redemption arc. What I like about IDW and the MTMTE run was how it made me care about lesser characters. And actually LIKE characters such as Rodimus and Cyclonus. This being said by someone born in 1975 and who saw the TF Movie in the theater when I was 11.
You're not wrong. There was stuff that almost made the list from phase 2 and 3 that was edged out by this stuff - if I had gone to 15 or 20, you would have seen stuff like Punishment, The Life of Sideswipe from OP, Windblade v1, ROM vs TF, and probably more of the MTMTE arcs you mentioned. So I definitely still like that stuff! But I totally agree about IDW and MTMTE making you care about minor characters - that's something I like about the run as well. It's still pretty remarkable to me that I became as invested as I did in characters like Chromedome, Rewind, Skids, Swerve, and Tailgate. I ended up caring about them just as much as, if not more than the "heavy hitter" characters.
I wish Hasbro would do the dc route and adapt some of the comics into animated movies.
I would be into that!
@@Moonbase3 I've been begging for a Suicide Squad esk Wreckers movie based on last stand, it would be perfect.
That would be awesome! With Transformers One on the horizon, hopefully more animated features will follow...including, with any luck, a Wreckers story!
I’m just shocked they haven’t been doing this.
Maybe someday!
I recently did a reread of the whole 2005 continuity. One book I have a weird soft spot for is RID #10 entirely because I like the way Barber was able to find a creative way to fix the Reflector continuity error from Spotlight: Wheelie(another highlight for me) and All Hail Megatron. Also I think Verity Carlo might be the best human character in any TF media.
Great to see Verity getting some more love!
Great pick on RiD #10! I've come to really love those RiD issues focusing on Optimus and crew interspersed with the main story on Cybertron. Not only do they fix some continuity issues, but they push a lot of the ideas seeded by Furman back to the forefront (with Barber's own twist on them, of course).
Spotlight: Trailcutter is such a great microcosm of what the mid to late IDW comics were: Well Written, hilarious, Excellent characterwork, iconic moments... And it feels selfconclusive. It does help that Trailbreaker is my fave autobot... And the fact he got his own comic issue is brilliant to me.
Definitely a good one! I think your assessment of it as a microcosm is dead on. And I have a soft spot for Trailbreaker, so it was nice to see him get his own spotlight issue. It was cool to see the Dark Prelude spotlight issues packed in with the toys at the time, too.
@@Moonbase3 It was my first IDW comic, since it came with the T30 fig, and it was an excellent first taste of the tone and universe of the 2005 continuity.
Its the one i tell people to read to see if they may like IDW.
That's awesome to hear! I think it's really cool that people found the IDW books from buying the toys at the time. I think there was a really good feedback loop with the toys and the comics back then. In my case, I ended up buying some of those Thrilling 30 figures solely because of the comics!
@@Moonbase3 it kinda depended on which one tho. Trailbreaker had his Spotlight issue packed in, which was great, but others just had random issues of Dark Prelude packed in with barely any connection. I remember Nightbeat (who i also got, real cool figure) came with a chunk of dark prelude where he just... Showed up at the back for 2 panels.
Yeah, that's true. It worked a lot better when it was the self-contained spotlight issues packed in rather than stuff from Dark Cybertron. It's a shame they couldn't have done more of those self-contained pack-in stories to coincide with the toys.
I never got that Nightbeat figure - kind of wish I had.
More than meets the eye 4-5 gives us the best boy, first aid, what a legend
That's true! And those issues are a great introduction to the character.
Great list! Hit on a lot of my personal favorites. Love that IDW 2005 is getting some more attention. Such a rich and diverse continuity, while still very cohesive for as big as it is.
Thanks! I really love the 05 continuity, and a big part of that is how rich and diverse it is, as you pointed out. Plus it went on long enough that it just forms this huge, sprawling tale!
I honestly NEED transformers one to be successful because I want a full-blown animated series based directly on IDW MTMTE or an animated wreckers movie/limited series trilogy based on LSOTW, SOTW, and ROTW.
Please for the love of god hasbro & paramount hear our cries!
I'd love to see that!
I have to say. I didnt see where this list would end up but i couldnt agree more. What a pleasant surprised
I'm glad someone is speaking about IDW Transformers (2005 - 2018). Some of my favourite arcs from this 13-year era are:
10. Megatron Origin
9. Infiltration
8. Autocracy
7. Combiner Wars
6. Optimus Prime 25
5. Drift's miniseries from 2010
4. Spotlight: Hoist
3. Chaos
2. Robots in Disguise issues 12 - 16
1. Dark Cybertron
Nice! Awesome choices on this list. I'm always curious to see what someone's absolute favorites are. Thanks for the comment! 👍
Good choices all around, stormbringer has one of my favourite Optimus Pime moments where after a mad bludgeon had stabbed one of his goons after rushing his pretender armour and now on the floor ripping his face off. Optimus goes up to said dieing decepticon goon and simply kneels down and holds his hand until he dies
Yeah, that is a great little character moment! Stuff like that really makes Optimus an endearing, noble character.
@@Moonbase3 indeed it does
Springer has always been one of my favorites too. I like your presentation since you don't come across as pretentious and you're clearly a diehard fan from way back. you earned my sub and I look forward to your future videos!
Awesome to hear, thanks! Much appreciated. Glad to have you aboard!
So glad I found your channel!
Thanks! Glad to have you here!
My top 10 would prob include the bumblebee miniseries. I really liked the art in that one and I liked the human alliance gone wrong thing it had. It kinda reminded me of like some of Budiansky's later stories in the marvel comic.
Good pick! It's funny, I'm actually re-reading that series at the moment, just finished the second issue the other night. I hadn't read it for at least 10 years. I was surprised at it being more solid than I remembered it being and how much I'm enjoying it this go around. I agree about the Marvel Comics thing - it feels like a lot of inspiration was taken from both the G1 cartoon and comic. I think I was far too dismissive of the series in the past. I'm feeling much more positively on it during this latest re-read. And Chee's art really is quite good - gives the series a very unique look!
I love the fact that Firmin hated writing some of these.
He even named Jhiaxus as a pun of 'Gee, Axe Us!'
The "gee, axe us" thing was from the Marvel continuity, and my understanding is that it was a response to unrealistic sales expectations for G2 from Marvel, not that he necessarily wanted it to happen. I'm sure Furman has had some frustrations over the years, but my impression has always been that he's taken a lot of pride in his Transformers work.
@@Moonbase3I do remember Furman saying he did at once point did resent being only remembered as that ‘transformer guy’ but he gotten over it.
Reminds of Mark Hamill joking how he care for being typecast as Luke Skywalker because it guaranteed he got work.
I guess I could see that. Glad he seems to have made peace with it, though!
a few fun facts about Megatron Origin 1) it started as a Dreamwave series that would expand on War Within and 2) the writer worked Hulk Ultimate Destruction. Last Stand of the Wreckers Sage works for me on all levels as it feels like a proper continuation of the Furman material prior to Costa.
That's cool about the Hulk game. I knew Holmes was primarily a game designer/writer, but I don't think I've played anything he's worked on.
Re: the Dreamwave angle, there's definitely some stuff there that I want to talk about when I get to Megatron Origin in the retrospective...! :)
Great list. I haven’t thought about a lot of these books in a long time.
Thanks! Think you might be interested in a re-read sometime, or have you moved on from them?
A great list, especially your choice of #1-loved it. Must look to see if megatron:origins is in collected edition.
Thanks for the kind words! As you've maybe discovered by now, Megatron Origin was collected in paperback on its own and hardcover as part of the IDW Complete Collection. Both are out of print, unfortunately. You may be able to find copies at a reasonable price on the secondhand market, but it might be worth waiting to see if Skybound reprints the story in some fashion.
One problem I have with all the IDW series is that each comics seem to do something shocking/interesting/deadly and then the next series ignores it and XYZ is back being alive. Also the angst Optimus really turns me off big time.
Love these videos there’s definitely not enough transformers comic content on youtube, keep up the good work!!
Thank you - much appreciated!
I enjoyed Autocracy, but Monstrosity really amazed me with Ramondelli's gorgeous vision of Junkion. His art is always great though (e.g. Chaos, Syndromica).
I also would add the Windblade miniseries for its fresh side-story and beautiful, vibrant art.
Dreamwave list would be easy: War Within (1), and the Worlds Collide issues of Armada.
I'm much enjoying your channel; thank you for discussing these works!
Thanks for the comment! I agree, there was some really nice art in Monstrosity (and Primacy, too). If I had gone beyond 10 entries, the first Windblade series would have been on the list for the artwork alone. It's pretty unique as far as Transformers comics art goes!
Good job ❤
Thank you!
Spotlight Shockwave is the greatest single issue Transformers story of all time.
It's an excellent issue, no doubt! Instrumental to the continuity as a whole, but also just a great story on its own.
Optimus Prime is perhaps my favourite character in all of fiction, and further than that, IDW Optimus Prime is my favourite incarnation of him.
I love his journey, his flaws, yet his strengths. He has everything I want with Optimus Prime but isn’t afraid to challenge him, but he never feels unlikable or a monster, it just “humanises” him.
I find his story and arc so touching and quite underrated compared to other characters in IDW.
I while I think MTMTE is better than RID, I believe Optimus Prime is better than Lost Light and for me, that makes The Optimus Prime ongoing series / RID season 3 my favourite. There is so many other stories and characters but basically everything that helps Shepard Optimus’s story all come together as my favourite and I love how John Barber Writes the characters but my all time favourite IDW story has to be “Chaos Theory” it’s just so great, James has a super unique voice for Optimus and Megaton, and with Orion’s speech and Prime and Megaton’s “Killing Joke” moment, it’s just so fantastic to me, even though there are tons of other great characters and stories
Well said about IDW's iteration of Prime! Both him and Megatron have pretty interesting arcs throughout the run. I feel like Autobot Megatron received the lion's share of attention, but Barber definitely doesn't get enough credit for what he did with Optimus - and he did do a LOT with him. So I'm in total agreement with you on the Optimus Prime series vs. Lost Light thing.
And Chaos Theory is a great pick for a personal favorite. I'm a big fan of that one - it was tough leaving it out here, but there's just so much good stuff from this continuity!
@@Moonbase3 I struggle to put into words my exact thoughts on him and I certainly can’t get into all the details. I’ve honestly had thoughts of making a video essay on him just to get my exact thoughts out.
But I 100% agree with Megatron and MTMTE overshadowing Prime and his story, which, don’t get me wrong, I love James’s version of Megatron, but i think John’s Optimus doesn’t get that same curiosity/ gets judged and criticised more, despite me thinking again that Barber’s run stuck its landing better
Despite my love for Simon, James, Nick, Mairghread etc but John Barber may be my favourite TF writer, the way he is able to patch and fix all this wacky continuity together and make it not only semi coherent and solidly written and actually adds to the universe is very impressive, as a western Comic / Superhero fan, I love that stuff so his writing is right up my ally. Also his character work and moments are SO underrated, Optimus, Arcee, Alieron, Thundercracker, Prowl, Starscream, Sideswipe, Soundwave, Slug among so many are given SO much great moments and character development and in my humble opinion, get more satisfaction endings to their stories than the LL cast.
I don’t want to start a tribalistic brand war fare between the titles but RID / OP is my favourite and while not perhaps reaching the soaring heights of MTMTE at its best, but RID / OP is my personal favourite from the meaning I’ve gotten for it, also I find it very underrated compared to its, don’t get me wrong, still amazing and deserving but more popular sister title
I'm loving this appreciation for Barber! Definitely doesn't need to be a tribalistic thing - they're both good in their own ways and there's a lot to say about each title. It's clear to me that you appreciate both! But I agree that Barber is certainly underrated for his contributions to the franchise. I'm looking forward to covering more of his work in my retrospective.
If you ever make that Optimus Prime video essay, let us know - I'd watch it! :)
I would have included the rest of MTMTE, the final Wreckers history and Spotlight Blurr before histories like Revelation, but it´s a good list
Thanks! I know not everyone will agree with my choices, and there were definitely a lot of ones that were hard to leave off. Cool pick with Spotlight Blurr, I feel like I don't see that one come up enough.
Another thing I want to say is that IDW doesn’t get enough credit for how well they write the Human’s. I know the humans in RID / Optimus Prime get flack because their too mean and skeptical towards the Cybertronians, but I love it as it actually feels real, like we’ve seen humanity ostracise, demonise and be prejudiced against fellow HUMANS, how do you think they would act to race of ALIENS, especially after something like all hail megatron. If you were on ground level for that, I’m sure you would not be a fan to say the least. But the individual characters like Verity, who again, is my favourite human character and just character in general in transformers, and Marissa, her arc and relationship with thundercracker is so great, and she truly feels like a real character who has a voice and personality, who i understand, which is another reason I love verity, she feels real and well “human”
I also thought the motivation for humanity at large made sense in the context of the IDW universe. Really tied into Revolution and First Strike nicely as well.
I very much enjoyed seeing Marissa appear after Dark Cybertron and thought she got a really nice story and some great moments throughout RiD and Optimus Prime.
But I agree that IDW had some really great human characters. Verity, obviously, but I even think there was some good stuff with Spike during the Costa and Barber eras.
Poor Jimmy never got enough to do, though.
I'm surprised no Beast Wars Ascending or Gathering in the list but still a solid list. Stormbringer and Escaltion are faves of mine.
Yeah, I stuck with the 05 continuity for this one, but there are some IDW titles outside of that timeline that would have made the list if it was more encompassing, like those Beast Wars comics.
@@Moonbase3 I really love the 05 continuity. I'm only missing a few minis. Btw I'm glad you collect them as single issues. That's the way I do it! Old school. I don't like tbp or omnibus.
@Moonbase3 aside of the 05... another minis I really love is the TF Prime show comics like Beast Hunters and Rage of the Dinobots.
Nice! I enjoy a nice oversized hardcover from time to time, but I definitely prefer floppies. Best way to read comics, in my opinion. Although those square-bound annuals and larger issues from the 05 run are not ideal due to the binding that keeps them from laying flat.
As for the Prime comics - those are in my backlog, I still haven't read them yet. Sounds like they must be pretty good to crack your list, so I should get around to reading them!
Saudações cara, vc saberia informar se "TRANSFORMERS COMPEMDIUM 1" que já está em pré venda pela Amazon, será colorido, no site não tem essa informação, quero comprar , mas estou com essa dúvida, obrigado!!!!
I would be surprised if it wasn't in color. I can't say for certain as Skybound hasn't shown any previews of what's inside, but I think it's safe to assume it'll be in color. Whether it's the original Marvel coloring or the more recent IDW recoloring is unknown.
Moon base is there anyway to get the full run of the idw comics? I've read bits and pieces over the years but never got to read everything
Unfortunately, the property has changed publishers, so the collected editions are out of print and I believe that means digital editions have also been delisted - you can still find some of the print versions, but there are some that are harder to find and are kind of expensive on the secondhand market. Unfortunately, I think the best thing to do right now is wait - I'm sure they'll be coming back into print again, or at least be made available digitally now that Skybound is about to start publishing new comics.
I get what they were going for with Metalhawk’s death but I’ve never liked sudden character deaths as a gimmick
I can understand where you're coming from. I don't mind it as a device necessarily, but it was definitely a bummer to lose an interesting character like Metalhawk so early on.
@@Moonbase3 I absolutely do mind it as a storytelling device personally because I feel it’s poorly executed so many times. Comic books in general seem to have the feeling that they think it’s a good idea to kill off characters at random points more so than other media, though I’ve definitely seen TV shows and movies guilty of the same thing. I think it *can* be executed well, but rarely is, and losing Metalhawk is definitely a bummer, especially since the character gets so little in American fiction
Fair enough. I get where you're coming from, even if I don't mind it as much. I will agree that comics as a whole frequently uses death as a way to generate a response from readers to the point where it's a little absurd, because in a lot of comics (superhero/franchise comics especially), whatever impact that death might have had is lessened when it's (usually) undone in later issues.
Interesting list. Furman's stuff didn't do much for me. I got most of the IDW run as part of a Humble Bundle and started reading them, honestly struggling with the first bits.
Then I got to "All Hail Megatron," and finally started to understand why this comic run was so beloved.
The Decepticons "winning" and taking over Earth was shocking to me. I also really loved the tension of the Cybertron scenes, with the Autbots at each other's throats, in a way we really hadn't seen before or since. The slow reveal of the "traitor" and learning the gut wrenching reason behind it was masterful, in my opinion.
I'm not sure it's my favorite story in this run, but it ranks very highly for me, personally.
Yeah, I've seen a lot of mixed responses to Furman's run online. The nice thing about this continuity going on so long is that it feels like there's something for almost any G1 Transformers fan somewhere in there.
All Hail Megatron is a good pick, to be sure. I appreciate it more now than when I first read it years ago. The artwork is really gorgeous in that one. And I agree that the whole traitor thing (and building up to the reveal) is really well done. I definitely have a lot to say about All Hail Megatron when I get there in my videos, so I'll leave it at that for now. :)
Thanks for the comment!
@@Moonbase3 I look forward to it!
I would have to put last stand as the best followed by sins the. Dying of the light shadow play
Great pics! 🔥
Well, your favorites are clearly Phase 1 heavy, barely scratching into the start of Phase 2 and completely ignoring Phase 3. The Scavengers, the DJD, Megatron’s redemption arc. What I like about IDW and the MTMTE run was how it made me care about lesser characters. And actually LIKE characters such as Rodimus and Cyclonus. This being said by someone born in 1975 and who saw the TF Movie in the theater when I was 11.
You're not wrong. There was stuff that almost made the list from phase 2 and 3 that was edged out by this stuff - if I had gone to 15 or 20, you would have seen stuff like Punishment, The Life of Sideswipe from OP, Windblade v1, ROM vs TF, and probably more of the MTMTE arcs you mentioned. So I definitely still like that stuff!
But I totally agree about IDW and MTMTE making you care about minor characters - that's something I like about the run as well. It's still pretty remarkable to me that I became as invested as I did in characters like Chromedome, Rewind, Skids, Swerve, and Tailgate. I ended up caring about them just as much as, if not more than the "heavy hitter" characters.