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Post by dj1107 on Apr 10, 2024 14:03:24 GMT -5
Transformers this week see's a cooldown period. As the Decepticons lick their wounds Soundwave berates Starscream's leadership while challenging him for the title....Then proceeds to beat the shit out of him before tearing out some inner machinery (we all know the idiots not dead) & is proclaimed the New Leader by the Cons. Things are fairing a bit better for the Autobots though, Except Carley is now more bitter over Cliffjumper's hesitation against Starscream & is obsessed with revenge against him, Not even kinds words from Arcee who was in a similar situation before being saved by Ultra Magnus years ago help, Wheeljack still hasn't been able to reactivate the other Autobots due to Skywarp being hotwired to Teleetran 1's systems & has to do it manually, While Optimus tries to comfort Spike before returning having brief flashes of holding Spike as a baby (implying some of Sparkplug is now part of Optimus) & getting the Autobots ready to hunt the Decepticons.
Meanwhile on Cybertron Elita-1 leads a small Autobot team that gets slaughtered (Huffer, Warpath & Kup dies) before finding a harvested Transformer body implying to be Ultra Magnus, While the Military finally gets word on the Transformers antics & zeros in on Washington.
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Post by dj1107 on Mar 13, 2024 2:16:09 GMT -5
Transformers's first arc appears to have ended this week. The Autobots take on Devastator & Optimus is severely wounded as The Group lock themselves in the Ark. It appears Optimus is done for as he tries to Pass on The Matrix but Sparkplug choses to sacrifice himself by re-energizing it & restoring Optimus to full power (Given this is taking notes from the Cartoon it's likely he's in there as a force Ghost like all the Primes before Optimus), & goes on to take out Devastator. Meanwhile Cliffjumper & Carly take on Starscream resulting in Devastator dropping on top of Stsrscream forcing the Con's to retreat, Optinus attempts to make peace with Soundwave but he refuses. The Autobots have control of the Ark again & Spike awakens from his Coma asking for his dad...
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Post by dj1107 on Mar 7, 2024 20:28:08 GMT -5
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Post by dj1107 on Mar 6, 2024 5:31:54 GMT -5
While not on my normal reading list, this weeks Blue Beetle was a loving tribute to Keith Giffen as Jaime & Booster zip around time to help Ted Kord. From the JLI days to Legion's 5YL era, to Jaime's original run before getting ambushed by....Ambush Bug, Heckler & Lobo at the request of JonniDC to get things straight regarding Jaime's origins (acknowledging the magic retcon from Rebirth) before going off to deal with Huntress. Fun time all around.
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Post by dj1107 on Feb 22, 2024 0:16:14 GMT -5
After like a week delay Tranformers #5 is online.
After Starscream cannibalized Skywarp for parts, He resurrects Thundercracker, Reflector, & Frenzy to go & destroy the Autobots. While Optimus has a heart to heart with Sparkplug, Ratchet & Half-of-Wheeljack use a dam to resurrect Arcee, & Jazz just in time to fight The Cons. Reflector beefs it after Optimus uses Megatron fusion cannon on the goon & while the Decepticons destroyed the turbine the Autobots had enough replenished numbers to attempt to take back the Ark. However things go fubar as Starscream ambushes The Autobots with a freshly resurrected Constructicons & they merge into Devastator!
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Post by dj1107 on Feb 1, 2024 5:33:40 GMT -5
Duke continues as Duke gets help from Clutch before both are attacked by Rock'n'Roll & Stalker, They're captured & taken to The Pit where they are held in cells before planning on busting out with the help of a Raven Haired, Glasses wearing, Probably European prisoner being held there as well.
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Post by dj1107 on Jan 24, 2024 19:49:35 GMT -5
God I forgot how messed up Dario got after the whole Xemnu stuff.
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Post by dj1107 on Jan 17, 2024 18:43:02 GMT -5
The new Cobra Commander series hits on a plotpoint I called but also ones I didn't. This Cobra Commander borrows stuff from the cartoon such as the infamous Cobra-La but rather than be apart of the society he was a wanderer that was taken in (so chances Billy exists in this continuity) & that he's about as much a sneaky snake bastard as usual, We do learn that CC had in fact taken Megatron body & began to create weaponry out of his body while plotting his eventual takeover of Earth....but with Megatron awake it's only a matter of time before he escapes to reclaim leadership of the Decepticons.
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Post by dj1107 on Jan 11, 2024 4:05:16 GMT -5
Transformers continues to be the best book I'm reading in awhile. Starcream's a real monster in this version since not only does he gleefully splats humans like bugs but also nearly destroys a hospital to torture Optimus & then starts cannibalizing his own trooper Skywarp to fix Teletraan 1 while claiming to be the Decepticon leader forever. The Autobots are able to save the hospital & Sparkplug might help Ratchet in repowering the other Autobots while Optimus is refitted with a suspiciously familiar arm with a fusion cannon attached as the book ends with the Out of commission Megatron embedded in Ice.
Oh yeah the Duke book was pretty solid too from last week.
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Post by dj1107 on Dec 27, 2023 8:07:56 GMT -5
I haven't been reading Avengers Inc. But this weeks issue finally explains how Hank Pym is back. After Ewing's Ant-Man series Hank finally clawed his way out of the Ultron fusion (So all the retcons stating he was dead was bullshit) but it took a toll on him both physically & kinda mentally...again. He apparently became a new Scourge but faking Villains death so that he can fight Ultron only for Ultron to apparently possess Vision at the end of the issue.
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Post by dj1107 on Dec 19, 2023 16:10:09 GMT -5
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Post by dj1107 on Dec 11, 2023 15:43:20 GMT -5
I got the feeling GA was going full ongoing after GL apparently got an extension. But good. More non-Bat titles please.
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Post by dj1107 on Nov 28, 2023 15:50:14 GMT -5
Green Arrow's first arc ends this week. Turns out the one who's been pulling the strings this on blasting Lian & Connor across Space & Time was in reality Merlyn wanting petty revenge on Ollie after the Leviathan crap. Ollie, Connor & Lian are able to save each other in time for Ollie to reunite with Dinah. Meanwhile Roy & Cheshire try & locate Amanda Waller before being Ambushed by the Wall herself along with Peacemaker & Peacewrecker.
The Flash continues to be trippy as Wally & Max Mercury explore the crazy speedforce stuff & Wally runs into an old enemy in the form of the Folded Man. Max is lost in the area though let's be honest he'll be back.
Alan Scott's book gets dark. Alan's past has been retconned to fit his coming out & of course being a gay man in the 30's ment he was forced to go through Electro Shock therapy to "fix him". The rest of his history played out but the he also learns of the Red Flame building up to his new rivalry with Red Lantern.
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Post by dj1107 on Nov 21, 2023 15:15:33 GMT -5
JSA #7: Kinda disappointing that with Johns off to Image not a lot of this will matter. Anyway JSA goes about trying to recruit Helena's JSA, We learn Jean Loring became Eclipso still but got lucky & lived this time, & Salem doesn't like Khalid very much before bouncing when Khalid meets the Legion....of Substitute heroes consisting of Stone Boy, Rainbow Girl, & Animal Lad.
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Post by dj1107 on Nov 20, 2023 21:02:16 GMT -5
So is it good to fridge Bea because everyone hates Ric Era & the DickxBabs fans can celebrate more of the pandering they're given or a bad thing because Bea to my knowledge didn't deserve this kinda treatment from a character standpoint?
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