I had been meaning to do a re-read of this one: it had been a favorite--easily my favorite ongoing when it was running--and it still mostly holds up! From 2016,
Transformers: Lost Light, written by James Roberts, art by Brendan Cahill, Casey Coller, E.J. Su, Alex Milne, Sara Pitre-Durocher, Jack Lawrence, and more.
Actually, this involved re-reading all of the previous series,
More Than Meets the Eye, so like 57 issues, an
annual, and "
the Death of Optimus Prime." The latter is a bit of dramatic license, as at the end of the several million year Decepticon/Autobot war, with Cybertron coming back to life and thousands of non-aligned Transformers returning to the planet, Optimus thought maybe he could just be Orion Pax again. Not yet, anyway!
But, most of
Lost Light--plotwise, at least--was about Rodimus trying to get revenge on the mutinous Getaway, a long redemption arc for Megatron that still might not be enough, the conclusion of the quest for the Knights of Cybertron and their sad fate, and the invasion of the Transformers' darkest timeline, the Functionalist universe. But it's really almost entirely about friendship and found family; but a million times less cheesy than I'm making that sound. It's sincere in the best way. That and even though the theology of the Transformers is an important piece, the characters still say things like "God! Can I be chained to somebody else, please?" when they're pissed at each other. For being based on the lower echelons of characters based on toys, everyone is personable as all get out.
EDIT: I almost forgot to mention the Decepticon side of the equation, the Scavengers! The absolute worst of them, but only as far as being effective soldiers; they're affable, damaged dorks. They get a couple decent assists, and a bit of a moment when Megatron himself recognizes them, the lowest guys on the totem pole. And the Scavengers have their own ship, the
W.A.P. That's
Weak Anthropic Principle...wait, you thought W.A.P. stood for what?
That's about another 84 issues to my Humble reading total there! In the editorial wrapping up the last issue, Roberts gives a little advice on how to fudge his numbers, starting with a few one shots and a couple prose stories, to get to a solid 100. Which means I still have a couple to find later.
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Huh. Well based off the clear hilarity of the provided panels, I think I’m FINALLY going to give this long light series a try & read some of it. I used to be a big TF fan, especially of the original ongoing series and was absolutely devastated when it ended. Didn’t care for the next reboot after that & I pretty much stopped buying or paying attention to TF comics after that, though I briefly bought an issue or two of the Pat Lee Dreamwave stuff back in the day. I remember you mentioning how good the 2016 TF stuff was & how much you lamented it ending due yet another reboot and relaunch, so I’m long overdue to see what got you so hooked on it.
I remember Gateway from the original series, specifically the late 60’s of the original G1 series and I’m just now seeing what a genuine & manipulative piece of poo he turned into later on.
In Getaway's defense, Rodimus is kind of a terrible captain: he had zero attention span and had been known to play dead to get out of conversations...Getaway's methods would've been too far for mutiny under Captain Bligh, though.
There's a great bit where Rodimus explains why he always asked Ultra Magnus (rule-obsessed stickler) and Drift (spiritual space cadet) for advice: they would inevitably disagree, freeing Rodimus to do whatever he was going to do anyway.
Ok Rodimud sounds horrible now! #GetawayDidNothingWrong
I don’t know- sounds kinda Kirk-ish to me.
If you think this is crazy, you should check out the wiki! I thought it was just the fans that were out there, but apparently some of them actually get to write for the universe and he’s one of them.
@H: Getaway’s or Rodimus’? I definitely read Getaway’s & he’s definitely portrayed nearly as manipulative in the G1 era of the comics compared to the more recent ones
Rodimus- Kirk definitely would’ve played dead if he could and I feel like he did something similar to the Ultra Magnus/Drift thing with Kirk and Bones.
I mean Spock and Bones.
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