AHM #12 Spoilers within!

Good issue, solid series.
Prime seemed a little underpowered, I wish he could have been more of a challenge to Megatron. But, the 'cons are gone.

I wonder if the 'bots help rebuild Manhattan and make Metroplex as a result.

Poor Sideswipe, I think he did feel bad for Hunter and unplugged him in mercy. I hope Bombshell sticks around he's a real sadist in AHM. Worse then Tarantulas!

I've really enjoyed how Bombshell has been characterized in this series. I got the same notion when Sideswipe pressed the off switch to the head...err Hunter.


I felt the same way about Prime. Which to me is a weak point in this issue. Megatron battled Devy and the Insecticons, yet he was still able to beat Prime. Which means that Devy didn't really hurt Megatron all that much, or Prime might not have been 100% either at the start of the fight. However I do suppose it lends more to the title, All Hail Megatron, that he should win in a one on one fight.

The final page actually made me rage. D:

Yeah.... poor Hunter. That was harsh. I agree that this was the best issue of AHM, though that's rather damning it with faint praise. Kup coming up behind Dropshot and the subsequent panel of him and the general chatting on the Decepticons' carcass was hilarious. "What's a cigar?"
I look forward to the filling in of all the gaps in the coda and seeing what's coming next. They said a different direction was coming at Botcon, so hopefully I'll like it more than AHM.

Though man, the Autobots should record Omega's voice and play it whenever they're having trouble. Apparently saying "I am OMEGA SUPREME!" lets you do anything. I also find it hilarious Prime told Omega to get out of the city because he was destroying it, so Omega flies Devastator to the nearest landmark and then SHOOTS A BIG HOLE IN IT.

And Octane is officially renamed Tankor now. Interesting.

I also have to say... I thought the whole scene with Skywarp and Thundercracker seemed pointless. How the slag did Thundercracker detonate the bomb without getting caught in the ungodly large explosion? And then he does all that and Skywarp just randomly warps and kills him anyway. Would've been simpler and a better way to go out if Thundercracker had just died in the explosion.

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I agree that this was probably the best issue of the lot. No pointless meandering, alot tighter than most of the series has been. Also leaves us with an interesting status quo, thoguh it remains to be seen where IDW will go from here.


One major point of contention though is the callous disposal of Hunter O'Nion. Unlike some, I enjoyed the slow build up of the Infiltration Arc, as a good introduction arc to the new IDWverse as well as making me attached to the new Human cast. Hunter's progression was especially interesting. From a guy dedicating his life to finding out about alien robots from outer space, to actually being made into a being who is literally of both worlds, he would have offered a unique perspective on Transformers-Human relations, and could have played a pivotal role in the new status quo with the rift between the two species. What a waste of a potentially useful character.

Part of me hopes that his character gets "Ressurected", even if it is through tired ol' comic book cliches. For instance, Replicant technology is still out there in the IDWverse, who's to say some interested third party like Shockwave or Bombshell did not make away with him earlier, leaving a replicant to die in his place?

Optimus Prime. Transcending the generations and still a one man army.

AHM #14 has "Sunstreaker" as one of it's 2-part features. We may get a flashback, an epilogue or possibly a ressurection of SS or Hunter. The binary bond allowed Prime to come back in the old Marvel days thanks to Hi-Q. So who knows? I agree, there's good storytelling potential there.

I don't see Sideswipe's actions as callous, largely because humans are not meant to be machines. I think that's what the scene was really aiming to illustrate. People in real life face that same decision every day, and there comes a point when many feel it's better to preserve the dignity of life. It's clear that when Sideswipe found Hunter, he was entirely machine. The decision to end his life showed a respect for the inherent differences between man and machine.

Actually I meant the writer's choice to kill him off was somewhat callous, not so much Sideswipe's actions.

Optimus Prime. Transcending the generations and still a one man army.

As I stated on the first page of this thread, the irony in Hunter's death is that when he discovered Sunstreaker in the same situation, hunter tried to save him. Sideswipe decided to let Hunter go.

One has to wonder if he let him go because of how far gone Hunter was, or how it was Sunstreaker's desire to see all the humans die for what was done to him. (tho it could be argued that it was Scorponok who really did it to him.)