Transformers #3

Transformers (2023) (Single Issues)

by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer (cover_art)

THE BIGGEST LAUNCH OF THE YEAR CONTINUES HERE! Outnumbered and overpowered, it’s time for the Autobots to stand their ground, as Optimus Prime goes toe to toe with Skywarp!

Genres: Comics, Comic Book

30 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 6, 2023

About the author

Daniel Warren Johnson is a Chicago-based comic book writer, artist, and illustrator. He's worked on titles for most major publishers, including Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image. His current series with Skybound/Image Comics is EXTREMITY, a sci-fi/fantasy title he is writing and drawing, and continues to update his webcomic Space-Mullet in his spare time.

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Optimus Prime unleashed. No hesitation, like a seasoned veteran that fought a war that has gone on too long, century after century.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Teil 3 der Transformers Reihe von 2023. Der Krieg Autobots vs. Decepticons geht weiter und die Menschen versuchen sich zu wehren, sind allerdings nur Spielball und es gibt reichlich Action, Kämpfe und Blut. Absolut hooked!

Issue 3 of the 2023 Image Run of the Transformers and it's still a blast! The War of the Transformers rages on on earth and the humans aren't more than casualties. Blood, fight, death pretty stunning and intriguing. got me hooked already.

[Leslie Carnahan · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I'm going to save your boy"
This comic can be so gut wrenching.
I'm telling you... I didn't give a damn about Transformers until Daniel Warren Johnson hopped on board. It's been a wild and fun ride.

[Nathaniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Time to go home, everyone. Transformers comics have officially peaked with Optimus Prime beating a Decepticon with his severed arm.

[Edward Covington · Rating 5 out of 5]

More stunning work from DWJ and his team. This guy is a generational talent.

[Dingleberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did Optimus just hit Skywarp with a BURNNING HAMMER!? This series is so much fun.

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daniel Warren Johnson SABE lo que está cocinando con esta run comiquera de los robotitos transformables. Está claro que cuando pasas de la infancia, el hecho de que unos seres alienígenas gigantes lleven su conflicto armado a nuestro ya conflictivo planeta no se mostraría de forma TAN ingenua como en unos usuales dibujos de desayuno de sábado. Tampoco es que todo tenga que ser una revisión totalmente oscura y depresiva, y aquí es donde se agradece que un autor como Warren Johnson que siempre abandera ese estilo crudo y salvaje con la emoción más pura a flor de piel en todas sus historias, esté a cargo de esta licencia en una revisión canónica de la llegada de Optimus y su aliados a la Tierra... y los Decepticons.

Este número lleva la acción a ese increíble dinamismo que puede darnos unos combos wrestling entre Transformers e inventiva como esa nueva arma para Optimus "Chad". Pero también termina de encarar a todo el plantel adulto del pueblo anexo al "Despertar de Cybertron" en esta presencia hostil. Dejando una desoladora radiografía de un país que sabe que su belicismo histórico ha calado en la gran mayoría que además ven el tener fácil acceso a armamento para no dudar en apretar los gatillos al más mínimo atisbo de peligro... Pero las balas no diferencian enemigos de aliados...


Por otra parte siguen llegando "teasers" de la parcela G.I. JOE de este relanzamiento comiquero de las licencias jugueteras de Hasbro en forma de Universo Compartido. Siendo el pérfido Comandante Cobra el protagonista de un nuevo cómic del que aquí vemos que sus amenazas no solo serán en forma de su siseo verbal.

[Marcus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeez Optimus, you didn’t need to go as HARD as you did in here. I swear the way Daniel draws and writes him makes me feel like a kid again.

This series continues to surprise me so early on. Every battle has weight and feels like it has stakes, the deceptions feel like an actual threat to be afraid of, our heroes get hurt no matter how skilled they may be, and the human element works quite well in tandem with the transformer’s plights. The marriage of art and writing has made this one of the most enjoyable series I’ve read in some time.

[Stephen Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Action keeps coming

Fast and kinetic. The story moves at a good clip and continues to draw you in. Loving it. I'm definitely picking up issue 4.

[M Sholihin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even though the art work of this run is lacking, the story and the panel-to-panel experience are excellent. Love it as a Transformers fan since the 80s.

[Winne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was fantastic. Daniel Warren Johnson is an excellent writer and artist.

[Icarus Casey · Rating 4 out of 5]

The war continues to heat up in this astonishing issue, showing just how gritty you can push Transformers G1-based media without entering the realm of insane gore

[David Beer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the art style, love the story, edgy transformers but with that wonderful 80’s feel still 🥰

[David Dalton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Robot action all the way! Loved it.

[Ross]

Its good

Its all starting to tie together and its really enjoyable. Duke, Cobra Commander, and now Optimus Prime all on a collision course. Its worth a gander.

[Adelaide Metzger · Rating 5 out of 5]

7/17/24 - I gasped. I actually gasped out loud. These are excellent!

[Dennis Brock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic Issue 4.5/5

[Utornik]

SOUNDWAVEEE

[ComicBookCult Luke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Optimus Prime is one hell of a fighter. Action, galore and an occasional powerbomb

[Chris Loan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another amazing issue!! There’s so much emotion, and action, and humor in this book already!

[Oakdoorframe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best one yet. I'm excited for the rest of the story. Only reason that it's not 5 stars is because I'm annoyed at the humans for having a reasonable reaction to gigantic robots (my least favorite Transformers trope). I liked the running gag with Cliffjumper getting shot. And I literally had to put the book down when I got to the scene with Spike. I was not ready for that.

[Cammie · Rating 4 out of 5]

(83%)
Straight to the action, Cliffjumper and Carly are such a good duo, Optimus using his own arm to beat sky-warp was peak!