Soundwave and a majority of the decepticon soldiers crewed the ship. The series showed how, early on, megatron was a noble character, and how as. Legends of the dark knight, detective comics starring batman, dark xmen. K mobile armored strike kommand series, and a tiein to the revolution event. Transformers prime theme brian tyler all footage and images in this video are property of hasbro and idw publishing. Megatronstarscream transformers works archive of our own. With transformers comics decoded, i do a panelbypanel breakdown of my transformers comic book collection. New idw transformers trade paperbacks listed transformers. Transformers megatron origin 01 of 4 2007 viewcomic.
So when megatron origin became available in tpb a few months ago, i was pretty excited. When roberts took over parts of the tf franchise he created a fresh political backstory and changed some of the tf dynamics. Transformers is a series of robot toys created by hasbro and takara tomy that typically turn into cars and other vehicles. Very difficult to understand whats happening in many of the sequences. He is a giant cosmic cybertronian god who serves as a multiversal singularity desiring to find peace by consuming and destroying all reality around him, as well as the twin brother and archnemesis of primus, the creator of the transformers. Initially a line of transforming mecha toys rebranded from takaras diaclone and microman toylines, the toy line began in 1984 with the transformers toy line, and centers on extraterrestrial factions of sentient selfconfiguring modular robotic lifeforms often the autobots and the. So this means comics such as regeneration one, transformers vs g. Similarly, megatron as a megalomaniac stereotypical evil dictator is not nearly as fun to play with as is megatron the disenfranchised manual laborer who rallied the troops to overthrow a corrupt political system. Megatron origin is a comic book limited series by idw publishing exploring the origin of megatron in its rebooted g1 universe. How idws transformers movie comics outshine michael bays films.
Idw has given us some really interesting story arcs and character reinventions. Starscream almost always is portrayed with the same characterization. A final, devastating showdown with sentinel prime seals the origin of megatron, sees the naming of the decepticons and unleashes the opening shots of the war without end. All music created by myself using propellerhead reason 4. Thank you for helping us reach our goal at record speed. Idw publishing a division of idea and design works is an american comic book company. Before allegiance, rank and functionbefore wara civilian will become a warrior, and warrior will become a leader. So for example, chaos theory would happen before megatron. I would even argue that theyre far superior to the michael bay movies.
This story arc shows what lead a hard working miner named megatron into a dark life of being an underground gladiator. Megatron begins his fateful march on the road of conquest, flanked by starscream and soundwave. Shane is a freelance writer whose work has been published internationally by dc comics, marvel comics, and idw to name a few. Autobot megatron, no matter how absurd, will forever be one of my favorite iterations of the character. The idw tf books have lost about a third of their readers over a period of 12 months and its specifically the agenda writing that bothers the people ive spoken with.
It was produced by cartoon network studios and hasbro and animated by the answer studio, mook animation, and studio 4c shorts. Formerly being a scientist, starscream is a treacherous, high ranking decepticon who turns into a jet and is known to often. Since 2005 idw publishing has excelled with their transformers comics. K miles mayhems decades long plans are finally coming to fruition, but will the revealed secrets he has hidden from matt trakker create a. On the other hand, i feel like a reboot is the only natural next step. The early idw transformers comics assembled into something resembling a reading order. The transformers universe is vast and full of ongoing conflict between the autobots and decepticons. The civil war that has raged for millions of years between autobots and decepticons is finally at the end and only one side will survive. Jul 16, 2010 similarly, megatron as a megalomaniac stereotypical evil dictator is not nearly as fun to play with as is megatron the disenfranchised manual laborer who rallied the troops to overthrow a corrupt political system. May 01, 2014 the other major transformers miniseries from idw in 2007 was megatron origin. Transformers is a japaneseamerican media franchise, coproduced by the toy companies takara tomy and hasbro. I hate it that idw squandered all that after beginning it in megatron origins.
Also known as the lord of chaos, the chaos bringer, and the planet eater, he is dedicated to consuming the transformers multiverse. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a podcast, and more than meets the eye. New idw transformers trade paperbacks listed posted on february 21, 2017 at 11. Dec 25, 2007 so when megatron origin became available in tpb a few months ago, i was pretty excited. Robots are cool, cars are cool and so they became popular. Idw transformers complete reading order 20052018 page. Idws transformers comics can be difficult to start reading.
I have another torrent which collects the comics from marvel 19841995, dreamwave 20022004, devils due 20032007, and 3h 19972004, as well as the idw marvel reprints. Shane mccarthy presently resides in perth, western australia, officially one of the top ten most furtherest away from everywhere places on the planet. Throughout animation, unicron was voiced by the late orson welles in 1986s. The transformers more than meets the eye viewcomic. Megatron origin is fair, but the art is a big drawback. Jul 30, 2017 idw transformers complete reading order 2005 2018 discussion in transformers comics discussion started by agamus, jul 30, 2017. The series debuted on cartoon network on december 26, 2007, and ended on may 23, 2009. Check out our budget to know how your donations help keep us growing.
Megatron led his army against sentinel primes men, killed sentinel himself, and took control of kaon, now ready to turn his insurgency into a fullblown war. Idw editorinchief chris ryall first revealed the existence of the story on his message board, originally to be titled megatron. This is basically a chronological list of when the issues came out. Idws transformers chronological reading order checklist. Before allegiance, rank and function before war a civilian will become a warrior, and warrior will become a leader. With peter cullen, judd nelson, wil wheaton, nolan north. Simon furman is a writer for comic books and tv animation, his name inextricably linked to transformers, the 80s toy phenomenon. These are only being used for entertainment purposes. Jul 11, 2015 with transformers comics decoded, i do a panelbypanel breakdown of my transformers comic book collection. He is one of the most prolific characters in the transformers fictional work, appearing in almost all incarnations of the story. His massive form is powered by the consumption of planets, moons, stars, and even the very fabric of existence.
Idw to end their transformers comics universe with unicron. None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. The other major transformers miniseries from idw in 2007 was megatron origin. Idw transformers complete reading order 20052018 page 2. By eric holmes and the artist of the transformers movie adaptation, alex milne. Unicron is the embodiment of chaos from the transformers media franchise. These datatracks from idws timeline of events, recorded for further study represent the saga as it unfolded. Animated is an american animated television series based on the transformers toy line. These datatracks from idw s timeline of events, recorded for further study represent the saga as it unfolded. Megatron origin told the story of how megatron started out as a simple miner before fighting as a gladiator in the pits of kaon and rising to lead a revolution as leader of the decepticons. There are 6 transformers comic book series listed below. The issues are sorted into folders based on which continuityfamily they belong to and then numbered into a reading order based mostly on publication date. A war that stretches across the galaxy and throughout time. Using the concepts the classic generation 1 canon as their base, idw took the classic characters and concepts and made it their own while still staying true to what makes transformers so good.
Transformers megatron origin tpb 2007 idw comic books. It details the rise of megatron from a lowly energon miner to the leader of the decepticons. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title publisher of the year under 5%. Oct 17, 2016 idw has done a lot of different types of transformers comics, but the ones i am focusing on are the ones that are part of the idw generation 1 continuity. As a leader he will learn of the most powerful weapon on the planet a weapon powerful enough to bind legions to his will a faction named decepticon. Starscream is a fictional character in the transformers franchise. Megatron origin is a prequel to idws transformers comic franchise. Megatron joins autobots written by zechs on saturday, january 18 2014 and posted in news with benefits. I joe, marveldreamwave reprints or anything that ties into moviestv shows are not included in this. Shooter then reassigned the project to a writerpenciller and newlyturned special projects editor bob budiansky, who renamed and refined megatron, autobot scientist wheeljack and countless others, all during the weekend before thanksgiving. The transformers later retitled as transformers is a comic book series by idw publishing, based upon hasbros transformers characters and toy line following dreamwave productions bankruptcy in 2005, idw picked up the rights and hired longtime transformers writer simon furman to craft a rebooted generation 1based continuity, similar to ultimate marvel.
He has written literally hundreds of stories about the wartorn robots in disguise, for marvel comics us and uk, dreamwave, and idw publishing. Guido guidi is an italian artist who has worked extensively on transformers titles for both idw and dreamwave, specifically transformers. Also introduced is autobot leader, sentinel prime and his quest to halt megatrons actions. The fallen ordered megatron to put his sarcophagus on the ship and then stay behind to fight optimuss forces and safeguard the allspark. Meanwhile, on cybertron, civil war raged between optimuss autobots and megatrons decepticons. Megatron origin is a 4issue miniseries published by idw publishing in 2007, set in the 2005 idw continuity. Transformers comics part 2 idw, funpub, and other download. The transformers last edited by pikahyper on 010120 06. Unicron is the overarching antagonist of the transformers franchise.
Download free dc, marvel, image, dark horse, dynamite, idw, oni. Written by eric holmes, the story explored the beginnings of the decepticons and the great war, and serves as a prequel to the various idw g1 transformers stories such as the transformers. Unicron is the eternal archenemy of his twin brother primus. From cybertron to earth, this is the story of the transformers. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users. But with multiple series, dozens of oneshots, different. This list is dope but its not exactly what i was expecting based on the thread title.
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