IDW have released a preview of the third issue of the Drift: Empire of Stone miniseries. Empire of Stone’s third issue sees Drift squaring off against not only Gigatron, but also Hellbat – and his own past misdeeds! Be sure to pick up this issue when it arrives this Wednesday for the next instalment of this adventure!
THE STONE ARMY! The secrets of DRIFT’S past become his present-day problems… and RATCHET’S none too happy about being dragged along!
Rotorstorm
I got mine on monday, think it must have been delayed in the US, MTMTE this week
Hellbat has always been a sadistic opportunistic traitor with an inferiority complex. It's why I liked him in Victory, it made him like a Starscream who wasn't so stupid to boast about wanting to usurp his leader.
Megastar
Hellbat just wants to watch the universe burn.
SPLIT LIP
shumworld
Drift Age 12.
YoungPrime
Not really, to me he's more of a cross between "Chief Justice Tyrest" and the DJD w/o the righteousness. Overlord is a sadistic bully with 5x's the strength.
Decepticons
Hellbat's rant better lead to something good and not lackluster. That entire conversation actually sparked some of my interest, but I'm hesitant.
And, my god, that repitition is irritating.
Shatterpoint
Yeah, I fixed it.
I tend to forget that McCarthy exists and my brain defaults to the only other Shane worth mentioning.
Oracle_Aesir
Got the comic last week
Autovolt 127
Hellbat is a total ripoff of Overlord.
You mean Shane McCarthy right?
Shatterpoint
And it's gonna be even worse in a TPB.
optimusmegas
oh christ i was right…god dammit….the shitty writing from windblade is indeed contagious..THIRD ISSUE IN AND WE'RE STILL DOING THE "MY NAME IS DRIFT AND I USED TO BE A DECEPTICON AND BLAH BLAH BLAH"
YOUR NAME IS ON THE COVER WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE STOP THE SHITTY NARRATIONS. IT SUCKED IN WINDBLADE AND IT SUCKS NOW.
god…sorry rant fuckin over….
supernova222
wow, very interesting it raises some very important and interesting ideas about transformers life and how they view that life. this looks to be a very good issue. can wait to see how ratchet and drift counter hellbats views
also, while the mouth gives more depth to the character, hellbat looked cooler without one.
Nocturne
Oh yes, that repetitiveness.
"My name is Drift. I know that's the name of the series, and I reiterate that point every issue, but I just wanted to make sure you guys knew that… Did I mention I used to be a Decepticon AND an Autobot?"
Rakzo
Yeah, I'm not going to lie, that writing can be a bit blunt.
I'm one of the people who actually liked McCarthy's All Hail Megatron but the narration here is really repetitive.
bithomas
In that case, I guess it's a good thing this series is written by Shane McCarthy!
Shatterpoint
My username is Shatterpoint.
I use to think Shane McCarthy was a terrible writer.
I still do.
And I think it's only getting worse from here.
tusko
I didn't get it last week and I'm in Canada.
Oh well…. eventually. I love the art.
Thelonicon
It was delayed to this week in the US.
Napalm
He's been around long enough to see that Cybertronians aren't the norm. Magnus said in MTMTE it's hard to reconcile the implications of being a mechanical being in a predominantly organic universe.
Interesting.
His rant has made me interested in this book.
scubaboy31
Weird. I bought this book last week. Was it not released in the US?