Transformers Generation One 3

Transformers Generation One #1

by Brad Mick

It's the triumphant return of Transformers. Long thought dead by the inhabitants of Earth, we discover that the classic metal warriors of Generation 1 are far from gone. But where have they been for so long and why only now have they chosen to return? And who is the mysterious man called Lazarus and what is his plan?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Comic Book, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

Comic

First published November 2, 2002

Reviews

[Jdetrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful art on the robots, but the story is a little weak.

[David Finger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really solid artwork and an interesting take on the Transformers. Taking place years after what appeared to be the destruction of Optimus Prime and the defeat of Megatron, this graphic novel tells an effective, if somewhat unoriginal, story about the remaining Autobots being forced to reevaluate their commitment to defending humans. Megatron comes off as a much more dangerous and frightening villain in this series, and at least one major Autobot decides to throw his lot in with Megatron. It’s a shocking twist but one which comes off as plausible and strengthens the image of a Megatron as an persuasive and inspirational leader, something that many other Transformers graphic novels failed to capture.

[James Bowman · Rating 2 out of 5]

At the time this was published, this was the first official return to the G1 Transformers characters since the end of Marvel's G2 comic (not counting convention exclusives). Unfortunately, it's not a very auspicious return. The plot is merely functional and rather cheerless; the characterizations are shallow; and the "dull surprise" artwork became a meme in Transformers fandom (carrying onward to general fandom). The only interesting aspect is that unlike most later G1 revivals, this tried to be something of a continuation of the older material (if in a generic way) rather than a total reboot. (C)

[Oneirosophos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cool cover art, average story, ungodly awful art...

[Matt Richter · Rating 4 out of 5]

The artwork in this series is the best I've seen of the modern Transformers comics!! It has more of a painted and sometimes glowy look which makes it quite beautiful -- a style which you wouldn't usually expect to see in a comic primarily containing robots. The writing is the most reminiscent of the Transformers G1 cartoons that I've come across too. The story itself is a cut above most of the cartoon stories, but not as intelligent as IDW's later work when they took over the Transformers license from Dreamwave.

[Ben Brackett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This at the time was an amazing reboot to a tired franchise that brought it from a series to sell kids toys to asking the philosophical nature of the fight between the decepticons (weapons and power) and autobots (infrastructure and stability), and the impact on human's in the conflict.

I originally read this when it was first released right after reading the entire run of the first volume of Transformers, and this is head and shoulders above any of those story arcs.

[Matt Richter · Rating 3 out of 5]

great artwork. story started ok, but the second half got all convoluted. sunstorm is a pretty poor villain imo.

[Adelaide Metzger · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.8 out of 5 stars. Review to come soon.

[Ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

Skippable.

[Rodney · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a lot of nostalgia for the original Transformers.