AHM #12 Spoilers within!

Didn't see a thread for this yet.

What I liked:
1. THUNDERCRACKER!! Sure he falls into the cliched "I'm a baddy, BUT with honor" but atleast he finally does something to back it up instead of standing around looking all gloomy while the rest of the cons are blowing stuff up. Plus at the end when he's confronted by Skywarp. Nice interaction and really shows that Skywarp is just a thug.

2. Starscream showing that he actually took Megatron's words in the previous issue to heart when he steps in to rescue Megatron.

3. Spike's shot didn't actually kill Megatron, but it seemingly blinded him and allowed Prime to get his shots in.

4. Kup walking out of the water on an unsuspecting Dropshot? I think that's his name.

5. Drift getting his hand slapped away by Thundercracker. I haven't hated the Drift character as others have, but even I found that amusing.

6. The ending was handled nicely. Between Optimus and Spike's convo and the last page with Sideswipe and Hunter.

What I didn't like:
1. We get it...your name's OMEGA SUPREME....

2. Probably others, just can't think of it at the moment.

Yeah, just read over lunch and the series ended on an upswing. Thundercracker vs. Skywarp was nice. Still, this should have been the last of six issues, not 12.

And I hope Omega's got a good lawyer, Bloomberg is going to sue his ass for the Statue of Liberty.

spoilers indeed. holy moly what an issue. hands down the best of all 12.

i liked the grimmer artwork from the earlier issues. i think the shift came after megatron's fight against devastator or around when the autobots arrived on earth. or maybe i'm seeing things.

-it's a bit of a shame that even after he was worn down by devastator, megs was still able to take down prime. this prime could learn a thing or two from RoTF prime
-i was a little annoyed at the 'i am omega' line again too
-starscream and thundercracker stepping up, pretty legit - skywarp taking out his bro, that was a surprise
-sideswipe ending the hunter/streaker plotline-- heartbreaking. but, IT NEVER ENDS, DOES IT?

I LOVED it from start to finish. Wow, just wow! This is what I want from TFs, not what RotF ended up being. Sideswipe's pain, Kup the badaft, Op slugging Megs with his own fusion cannon - classic!, "honorable" Starscream - such a neat twist, Hunter - sniff, and my favorite Con ever, TC, SAVES THE HUMAN RACE, only to die and become of victim of the same thing he accused Drift of by Skywarp. Never have I seen TC better used to his full potential like that. I don't care what anyone says, I love AHM! Rarely have I anticipated a comic story more and can't wait for all the character coda pieces that come next, as well as whatever the next story arc is, I'm full of anticipation for what happens now.

The Omega Supreme thing was overkill though, on that I agree. How dare he do that to the Statue of Liberty too! ;-)

Okay, synopsis made it seem bleugh, but I'll try to find an issue to leap through, to see if the writing was actually any good...

*Boring, cartoon style fight, with plenty of long-winded quips, and everyone forgetting that guns exist*

Megatron: Time to die, Optimus!

Optimus: I'm a good guy because I came back to save the day! You're a bad guy because you kill people!

Megatron:...What?

Badass/GI Joe Guy: Magic wand... FIRE!!!

Megatron: Ow.

Optimus: Now see how much of a good guy I am when I mercilessly beat you to death with you're own pen-... uh... gun.

Starscream: You can't kill Megatwon. Megatwon said I could be leader.

Optimus: What?

Starscream: BYE!

*Everyone sees nuclear bomb*

Optimus: And that took 6 months to get here? Oh shit. We're screwed.

Thundercracker: I'll save the day!

DRIFT-SAN!!!: You wanna be an Autobot?!

Thundercracker: Go die in a hole. You are fan-fiction gone wrong. I am fan-fiction gone right.

Everyone: Why are you doing this?!

Thundercracker: Because nothing we've done this entire f**kin' year has been the Decepticon cause! Megatron was just talking a load of goddamn bullshit! Why the hell have we been killing bloody humans? Huh? HUH?!?! What the hell was the point in all this?! Could somebody please for the love of Primacron TELL ME WHY?!?!

*Does the heroic stuff*

Thundercracker: Oh, thank the Source it's finally over.

Skywarp: Your three scenes of character development over the course of an entire year have come full circle!

Ka-blam!

Optimus: Hey Mr Army Man, wanna be friends?

Army Man: We hate all of you now. (Speculation) From now one, you'll be forced into transforming and hiding amongst the population, emerging only to save the day from the Decepticons, behind the vale of secrecy. Exactly where we were at 4 years ago. Or this will become a boring space opera, like Season 3, where transforming is superfluous to anything. (END Speculation)

Sideswipe: COMA PATIENTS MUST DIE!

G'night.

I found it ironic that while Hunter, when he found Sunstreaker's head, opted to try and save him despite all of the odds, found himself in much the same place as Sunstreaker in the end. Only to have Sideswipe disconnect him rather than try and save him as Hunter did Sunstreaker.

It was a very powerful ending given Spike's response to Prime. It's too bad that Hunter couldn't be saved as he was the last character in the whole IDW universe left that could truly see both sides equally.

...They killed off Hunter? Yeah, **** the writer.

So Thundercraker and Hunter both die? Fuck it....

aww c'mon. war has consequences and it's good we finally get to see that, not just the death of random characters, but ones we have a connection to. i applaud shane for taking the series there-- i appreciate the darker undertones and look forward to coda.

Killed Hunter hunh?

:/