Turmoil's returning? That could be cool - although I wouldn't consider him a "fan-favorite" character.

The Decepticon Justice Division? Oh, this ought to be good! It's good to see that just because there are two wide mixtures of characters going about trying to re-establish Cybertron's prosperity in their own ways, it doesn't mean that the war is completely over. By the way, isn't the DJD the area of the Decepticon forces that Agent 113 is a mole in?

And as far as Regeneration One is concerned, I'm not interested, but it does sound cool for fans of the original Marvel continuity.

 

Wow, the Decepticon Justice Division sounds awesome! Cover art looks great as well. Can't wait to read this! Looks like we might see some Autobot casualties after this.

 

Hm... whose gonna be in the DJD?

I wonder if Black Shadow will be among their numbers; given his 'out-of-nowhere' appearance on the montage page in MTMTE #3? Being a Phase-6 caliber Decepticon would go a long way towards counting him as one of their most dangerous.

Of course, given Roberts' affinity for hi-then-die bots, we're just as likely to be treated to a bunch of blokes we've never seen before.

...but who're they after?

Safe money? I wanna say Drift. He's a main character of the book. Not only did he refuse Megatron's summons when Lockdown tracked him to New Crystal City; but he also went over the wall and joined the Autobots. If that's not a betrayal... I don't know what is.

*edit* The cover to MTMTE #7 is positively chilling. Can I *please* get a clean, hi-res image of that? Pretty please?

 

A rogue/harline team of Decepticon's probably won't just track someone down to say 'Tag, you're it!' or even just a chat. With that in mind, Lockdown fits both roles perfectly. Anyone like Octopunch or Spinister could be cool, but perhaps that's thingking tooo far along the lines of Thunderwing's team in the old comics? On that note, Black Shadow could be cool yet probably overpowered.

In any case I wish I was following all this closely, but my current plan is to focus on/save for my figure collections and then rack up all the IDW material bar LSotW - which I own - in hardcover volumes.

 

Ok, looks like I'm not the only one thinking along those lines!   Also, with Turmoil being back from the dead in some fashion, I cannot help being reminded of Banzai-Tron, though when last I was informed, he as Arcee's punchbag.

 

But that's the point.

 

I wonder who that warlord who will "change everything" is.

Leige Maximo?
A reborn Overlord?
Galvatron II?
Nemesis Prime?
Deathsaurus?

 

I think Warlord was still referring to Turmoil.

 

That MTMTE cover is amazing!

Give me a toy of that right now damn it!!!!

 

Marvel's original US Transformers comic ended July 1991.

 

When did Turmoil become a fan favorite?

 

Whoever that is on the cover of MTMTE 7, he needs a toy as soon as possible. As in, cease development on all other toys until I have it in my hands.

 

Same time McCarthy became fan favorite writer (if I remember corectly, they said so in one of the Drift mini solicitation)?  

Then again, those two seems to be pretty fan favorite on IDW forum... 

 

Shame that due to PRID i wont afford comics for some time  

 

That MTMTE cover is fucking rad. Shame it probably gonna be Dorifturu-chan focused.

Ha ha ha ha ha.

This made me laugh genuine.

Oh Shane McCarthy, you dummy...

 

Love the MTMTE cover. Who dat Con?

I know the art on the Regeneration cover is supposed to be "old-fashioned" but I think it's also just a bit... awkward...like in a bad way. Not digging it. Maybe the new-style colouring disrupts the retro-ness of it?

Turmoil? I have to say, he is one guy I care little to see again. He was already a totally disposable, generic "bad-guy commander" in the first place. Put Motormaster's mind in Onslaught's body and give him an arm-cannon. Yawn. Hopefully Barber will do something interesting with him.

Oh, c'mon... that Drift hating/baiting is sooooo old now. Nobody should be so fixated. Someone introduced a new character to Transformers OH NO! So far Drift has been remarkable in the comics for being nowhere near as obtrusive and obnoxious as the backlash against him. I even like the way Roberts is playing him subversively as a sort of an extra obsequious new-age ideologue.

Seriously? You're actually contesting the fact that Milne so cleanly immersed his style into Nick Roche's on this book? I think it's pretty impressive. To shift gears like that artistically, and succeed so well at it, is quite a feat. My hat's off to Milne.

zmog

 

"Ah Starscream, finally you have gotten me the toilet paper! What kept you?"  

Seriously though, awesome art, but... July only? I thought it'd come in may... ah well. I can wait. I waited 20 years!