Slightly more meandering issue this time, but still with top-notch art. I struggled to care about the Marrissa revelation, although Thundercracker was on form. Other GOOD: * Soundwave is a compelling narrator, and I enjoyed his quizzing himself about how non-telepathic beings can possibly understand each other. * Barber continues to do good work with continuity, using the segments set in the past to address how Soundwave can be a killer as well as an idealist. * The council meeting was very impressively handled, with all sides getting in some reasonable points. Mild spoiler for TAAO - it seems Windblade is injured after the events of Titans Return. Other BAD: * The part of the plot set in the past ultimately didn't move on very far at all. Lots of talking and no new leads. * Quite a lot of subplots being balanced makes the general pace pretty slow - Barber has to make heavy use of his caption identification boxes. I'm not even sure what the point in Jazz's brief scene was - he's a character at a loose end. * Generally, my worry is that after a sure-footed #1 and a cracking #2, Barber is settling into more of a trudge, with lots of chess pieces moving haltingly around the board but not building toward anything truly substantial.
They're already on issue three of Optimus Prime? Is Lost Light on some sort of every seven weeks schedule?
Lost Light started a month after Optimus Prime, and the second issue has been delayed by a week. If it had been out today, everything would have been perfectly in step. I'm more alarmed by the fact that TAAO is still releasing its part of a crossover event that finished in the other two books three months ago. Rather takes the tension out of Scott's script when we can already see the relatively tame aftermath in this issue.
I think I might read this as a trade later, when it's discounted. The story so far seems interesting enough to be read some time, but not interesting enough for me to cash out so much money for a few pages all the time.
Well, as the implication is that it was Starscream's point-for-point argument that's made it clear for him, I guess it would be that he needs to get Earth sorted out with an official representative. You'd assume it would be a human...
You know I only started following MTMTE on a monthly basis after the infamous delays and now that we're still on LL#1 I'm experiencing what it's like to wait for delayed issues and it's, odd mostly. Seeing 3 issues of Optimus Prime first and still only 1 issue of Lost Light, that's weird. XD
i love how they referenced g1 by having marissa be flints daughter. i really hope that rum-maj is the nasty one and wreck gar turns out to be a good guy and joins optimus' crew, i just love that nut ball. so, what i think this issue is drivinhg towards, and i really hope it is, is that marrissa becomes the representative for earth on the council of worlds.
Really digged this one. Several scenes dedicated to the multiple members of the cast while developing their different sides of the story which brings a lot of content and variety to the issue. Kei Zama's artwork might be growing on me. I'm appreciating more and more the complexity in the designs and characters. Also, did Thundercracker just meet his future father in law?
A father in law who's millions upon millions of years younger than him.... funny how Earth marital customs work.
Enjoyed the issue. A lot of pieces moving into place but I'm very intrigued. I love soundwave under barber more and more, and the narration was excellent. Cosmos! I get a big laugh out of Statler and Waldorf, er, buzzsaw and laserbeak. The flashbacks were cool. I like jazz reaching out to humans. Motherfuckin' Flint. Thundercracker is so much fun. Sharkticonnnnnnnns So, interesting. The junkions are NOT Cybertronian, albeit another mechanical race out there. And soundwave makes some interesting comments in his narrative. Like... If people knew the extent of his outlier powers they would be appalled? Sounds like there is something more to it.
The interaction between Flint, Marissa, and Thundercracker was definitely the best part of this issue. I also wonder if Thundercracker's aware that Skywarp's running around with GI Joe now. I wonder how that conversation will go down when they inevitably meet again.
As happy as I am that Cosmos has rejoined the cast, I'm reeeeeeeally hoping next issue doesn't open with his severed head in some Sharkticon's mouth. Was also surprised that it was Rumble and Frenzy who went with Cosmos rather than Laserbeak and Buzzsaw, but it made for some good interactions. Soundwave's narration was fascinating, and does raise the question of how much other people know about his powers; is this a callback to Megatron's not trusting him back in the RiD two-parter about his history? Also happy to see Jazz getting focus--I'm highly interested to see where his story goes, especially with that one Griffith cover for #4. And oh yeah, Zama and Burcham's art is still AMAZING. Practically every page is gold, but especially that last page. Wowza.
I sure hope he doesn't die, I mean just got back! And those Sharkticons look like they jumped right out off the movie. I'm as well looking forward to see what Jazz's storyline with that teenager goes. The arcs halfway done now, and things are starting to go sour for everyone. Plus, we now know that this takes place after TAAO's Titan's Return arc.
Thoughts: Strika and Obsidianbeing at the council table tells us that Carcer/tempo is still part of the council of worlds after taao's tr tie-in arc. Still Loving Kei Zama's art, may she ascend to Jack Kirby/Jim Lee levels of stardom I'm liking where Jazz is going as a character. I suspect this is preparing him to be spun out of OP and into the Jem comic. (It seems to me that Idw is loaning transformers to each of the other books in attempts to bolster sales) Sharkticons! I suspect Junkion to be another lost colony world.
If she ascends to that level of superstardom, she'll be too expensive for IDW...but I agree, her art is amazing...
Not terribly surprised by this since it was hinted last issue that Obsidian seemed to value the alliance more highly than his boss. Well Thundercracker is living pretty on Earth while Skywarp could be considered working under asylum as a fugitive from the rest of Cybertron.
I know there was that Misfits poster cameo, but that's not really the vibe I got at all. Also, G.I. Joe's the only book really loaning a Transformer; you could argue Revolutionaries, but that's pretty much a TF spin-off. And about Junkion being a lost colony world--it seems unlikely, as the Autobots and Decepticons used the planet as a battleground and they never knew about the colonies until Caminus. I think the Junkions are being established as entirely their own thing.
