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Transformers (2023) (Single Issues)
Transformers #8 CVR D 25 Copy Incentive Ethan Young Variant
WELCOME TO CYBERTRON As the Autobots and Decepticons make some tough choices to survive on Earth, the return of SPOILER will change the war on Cybertron forever.
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32 pages, Comic
Published January 1, 2024
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Daniel Warren Johnson
165 books392 followersDaniel 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.
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May 10, 2024
Fear not, it's still good!
I was worried that the first arc would be lightening in a bottle. So many comics now a days start with the Ad team and drop off by issue 7 but Transformers keeps on delivering and I will stay on this ride as long as it remains this good.
I was worried that the first arc would be lightening in a bottle. So many comics now a days start with the Ad team and drop off by issue 7 but Transformers keeps on delivering and I will stay on this ride as long as it remains this good.
June 7, 2024
Feels like the world is really opening up. Exciting
May 14, 2024
Transformers #8 Review
Writer: Daniel Warren Johnson
Artist: Jorge Corona
Colorist: Mike Spicer
Letterer: Rus Wooton
Cover Artists: Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer; Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer; Karen S. Darboe; Ethan Young; Paul Azeceta; Adam Gorham; Alex Milne; Alan Quah; Marcus Williams; Alessandro Micelli; Gabriele Dell’Otto; Tyler Kirkham; Von Randal & Neil Cervantes
Publisher: Image
Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2024
On Cybertron, Elita sacrificed Huffer, Kup, and Warpath in her rescue mission. On Earth, Soundwave deposed Starscream, Spike mourns his father’s passing, and anger consumes Carly. With a strategist like Soundwave leading the Decepticons, are the Autobots finished? And how will the US Navy greet our alien newcomers? Let’s recharge our Energon batteries, leap into Transformers #8, and follow Spike and Carly's transformative journey!
Story
After Jimmy and Sparky's deaths, Spike has no family left. Nor does Carly, who channels her pain into a rage. She blames her friend Cliffjumper because he couldn’t kill Starscream. And Arcee still mourns Ultra Magnus, who died thanks to her thirst for vengeance. Back on Cybertron, Elita wonders if her sacrifice was worth it. The person she gave her all to rescue wants to die.
Unlike his predecessor, Soundwave has a plan. Instead of squashing insignificant Humans for his amusement, Soundwave channels their strengths to further his aims. He proves no less merciless toward Humans than Starscream, but Soundwave regrets the killing. While Soundwave makes deals with powerful allies and earns their respect, no one mentions Megatron could lead the Decepticons more effectively.
In Transformers #8, the Decepticons rule by strength, while Autobots draw strength from forgiveness. Yet desperate times demand compromises. Starscream forced Soundwave to perform concentration camp experiments. Yet, as Optimus transforms into something new and perhaps better, he enslaves another. The needs of the many may outweigh the needs of the few. Still, that doesn’t make it right. Optimus Prime knows that, making it one more stain on his soul.
Many writers struggle to serve so many plot lines while developing interpersonal drama. Yet, like Slippery Jim diGriz, Daniel Warren Johnson accomplishes the seemingly impossible. Along the way, he even enhances our understanding of how the Cybertronians arrived on Earth. All Hail The Stainless Steel Turborat!
Art
Carly urges Spike to share his feelings as she rolls his wheelchair to the lakeshore. Yet when Cliffjumper joins them, Carly mimics Arcee by turning away and gazing into the distance. Elita carries her companion’s broken body. When he asks her to kill him, tears streak down her face. The captain of the USS Henry Harrisson crosses his arms over his chest as he waits for his fighters to intercept the approaching robots. Then his planes fall on the aircraft carrier, Soundwave lands amid the explosion, and Thundercracker shoves the remaining fighters into the ocean.
Jorge Corona laces drama with tenderness, enhances action with big-budget spectacle, delivers vast and compelling sets, and showcases drama and action amid breathtaking natural beauty. Mike Spicer takes Corona's magic to the next level with a loaded palette of colors that adds contrast, interest, and nuance. Scenes evoke reality even when showing vast differences in scale. Yet nothing matches the epic scope when the Decepticons leap into the Pacific and watch a lavender structure rise from the ocean floor.
Rus Wooten portrays Human speech with large-size black letters in white dialogue balloons. Transformers use italicized black letters in rectangular balloons with lightning bolt arrows, while Soundwave commands yellow words into blue balloons. Alarms blare as a fighter screams off the deck before spinning back into the control tower, and a massive boom rocks the aircraft carrier. While the fists banging into blast doors strike fear into Decepticons, the whoosh of a rocket and the resultant explosion prove the most powerful in Transformers #8.
Thanks to Image Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Hasbro for providing a copy for review.
Final Thoughts
Friends hurt each other yet draw strength from togetherness, while brokenness, pity, and vengeance rock Autobots, Decepticons, and Humans alike in Transformers #8.
Rating 9.8/10
Writer: Daniel Warren Johnson
Artist: Jorge Corona
Colorist: Mike Spicer
Letterer: Rus Wooton
Cover Artists: Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer; Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer; Karen S. Darboe; Ethan Young; Paul Azeceta; Adam Gorham; Alex Milne; Alan Quah; Marcus Williams; Alessandro Micelli; Gabriele Dell’Otto; Tyler Kirkham; Von Randal & Neil Cervantes
Publisher: Image
Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 8, 2024
On Cybertron, Elita sacrificed Huffer, Kup, and Warpath in her rescue mission. On Earth, Soundwave deposed Starscream, Spike mourns his father’s passing, and anger consumes Carly. With a strategist like Soundwave leading the Decepticons, are the Autobots finished? And how will the US Navy greet our alien newcomers? Let’s recharge our Energon batteries, leap into Transformers #8, and follow Spike and Carly's transformative journey!
Story
After Jimmy and Sparky's deaths, Spike has no family left. Nor does Carly, who channels her pain into a rage. She blames her friend Cliffjumper because he couldn’t kill Starscream. And Arcee still mourns Ultra Magnus, who died thanks to her thirst for vengeance. Back on Cybertron, Elita wonders if her sacrifice was worth it. The person she gave her all to rescue wants to die.
Unlike his predecessor, Soundwave has a plan. Instead of squashing insignificant Humans for his amusement, Soundwave channels their strengths to further his aims. He proves no less merciless toward Humans than Starscream, but Soundwave regrets the killing. While Soundwave makes deals with powerful allies and earns their respect, no one mentions Megatron could lead the Decepticons more effectively.
In Transformers #8, the Decepticons rule by strength, while Autobots draw strength from forgiveness. Yet desperate times demand compromises. Starscream forced Soundwave to perform concentration camp experiments. Yet, as Optimus transforms into something new and perhaps better, he enslaves another. The needs of the many may outweigh the needs of the few. Still, that doesn’t make it right. Optimus Prime knows that, making it one more stain on his soul.
Many writers struggle to serve so many plot lines while developing interpersonal drama. Yet, like Slippery Jim diGriz, Daniel Warren Johnson accomplishes the seemingly impossible. Along the way, he even enhances our understanding of how the Cybertronians arrived on Earth. All Hail The Stainless Steel Turborat!
Art
Carly urges Spike to share his feelings as she rolls his wheelchair to the lakeshore. Yet when Cliffjumper joins them, Carly mimics Arcee by turning away and gazing into the distance. Elita carries her companion’s broken body. When he asks her to kill him, tears streak down her face. The captain of the USS Henry Harrisson crosses his arms over his chest as he waits for his fighters to intercept the approaching robots. Then his planes fall on the aircraft carrier, Soundwave lands amid the explosion, and Thundercracker shoves the remaining fighters into the ocean.
Jorge Corona laces drama with tenderness, enhances action with big-budget spectacle, delivers vast and compelling sets, and showcases drama and action amid breathtaking natural beauty. Mike Spicer takes Corona's magic to the next level with a loaded palette of colors that adds contrast, interest, and nuance. Scenes evoke reality even when showing vast differences in scale. Yet nothing matches the epic scope when the Decepticons leap into the Pacific and watch a lavender structure rise from the ocean floor.
Rus Wooten portrays Human speech with large-size black letters in white dialogue balloons. Transformers use italicized black letters in rectangular balloons with lightning bolt arrows, while Soundwave commands yellow words into blue balloons. Alarms blare as a fighter screams off the deck before spinning back into the control tower, and a massive boom rocks the aircraft carrier. While the fists banging into blast doors strike fear into Decepticons, the whoosh of a rocket and the resultant explosion prove the most powerful in Transformers #8.
Thanks to Image Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Hasbro for providing a copy for review.
Final Thoughts
Friends hurt each other yet draw strength from togetherness, while brokenness, pity, and vengeance rock Autobots, Decepticons, and Humans alike in Transformers #8.
Rating 9.8/10
July 19, 2024
La guerra continúa. Y este número sigue defendiendo la propuesta argumental de Daniel Warren Johnson, buscando en la devastada e iracunda Carly, ese elemento de temor y suspense en cómo los Autobots deben aprender a lidiar su cruenta guerra de otro mundo en suelo terráqueo. Pero los Decepticons no lo pondrán fácil, y el calculador liderazgo de Soundwave ya deja una gran amenaza en ciernes.
Jorge Corona aún tiene unas páginas más para amoldarse previo a lo que se espera como nuevo ramalazo de acción y emoción propuesta por Warren Johnson en esta pieza clave del Universo Energon. El cual sigue construyéndose como vemos en el anticipo de una miniserie de Scarlet, de G.I. Joe.
Jorge Corona aún tiene unas páginas más para amoldarse previo a lo que se espera como nuevo ramalazo de acción y emoción propuesta por Warren Johnson en esta pieza clave del Universo Energon. El cual sigue construyéndose como vemos en el anticipo de una miniserie de Scarlet, de G.I. Joe.
June 15, 2024
Trigger warning for Ultra Magnus fans: your hero may be a tad unrecognizable after 150 years of torture.
What have they done to Jetfire? This was such a sad interaction between Optimus Prime and an old friend.
Despite the downers, this was a great issue.
This series continues to go to strength to strength with every issue.
What have they done to Jetfire? This was such a sad interaction between Optimus Prime and an old friend.
Despite the downers, this was a great issue.
This series continues to go to strength to strength with every issue.
December 30, 2024
Poor Jetfire, Transformers continues to be excellent yet hurt so much due to how Johnson absolutely killing the characterizations here. You really feel for every character, even the deceptions as despicable as they are show elements of loyalty and pity depending on whether one you’re talking about. Arc 2 is off to a great start.
July 27, 2024
Straight out of the '80s!
These books so far remind me of the original Transformers that people my age grew up on in the 1980's. Great story of the Transformers first visit, that we know of, to earth. I look forward to seeing how this part of the Energon Universe plays out.
These books so far remind me of the original Transformers that people my age grew up on in the 1980's. Great story of the Transformers first visit, that we know of, to earth. I look forward to seeing how this part of the Energon Universe plays out.
May 8, 2024
The world feels so much bigger in this issue. New characters, locales, conflicts, and I’m loving the bond between Carly and Arcee.
May 10, 2024
This issue makes it seem like the autobots are beyond our childishness (after a very childish near disastrous incident) and are morally superior. Lots of content, good value.
May 17, 2024
Officially a Transformers guy now
July 12, 2024
Another great issue
Writer of this book continues to knock it out of the park with both characterization and plotting. The art is beautiful, I can't wait to read the next issue
Writer of this book continues to knock it out of the park with both characterization and plotting. The art is beautiful, I can't wait to read the next issue
July 26, 2024
Don't be mean to Cliffjumper! He's been through enough in every other iteration of TF
September 3, 2024
Carly is so dumb... 4/5
December 30, 2024
DWJ is the ultimate juggernaut with this book, it’s like I’m almost waiting for the quality to dip and it hasn’t happened yet. Long may it continue!
December 19, 2024
This series continues to be fantastic.
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