Transformers: Phase One Omnibus

by Simon Furman, E.J. Su (Artist), Nick Roche (Artist)

Phase One collects the first three arcs of IDW's Transformers continuity, Infiltration, Escalation, and Devastation, written by longtime TF scribe Simon Furman, with art by E.J. Su, Nick Roche, and Robby Musso.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

404 pages, Paperback

First published September 16, 2014

About the author

Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro/Tomy's Transformers franchise, starting with writing Marvel's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, as well as foundations for both Dreamwave Production's and IDW Publishing's takes on the Generation 1 minifranchise.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

You do need to be well versed in the cartoons because there are no introductions for any of the gazillion characters in this, including latter day Transformers like Sixshot, the Reavers and the Headmasters. I'd already moved on by the time all of those were introduced. That being said, it's an easy enough story to follow, you just won't know what the deal is with those characters or care about them when they do show up.

[Michelle S · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better than Bayverse and my robot hubby is in here getting his shiny metal butt kicked.

[Matthew Hellscream · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soooooooooo good. I've read Infiltration and Escalation multiple times before, but this is the first time I've read the Devastation arc.

I wish that they had gone with a plot like this for the live action Transformers movies. There's a small cast of robots, political intrique, human characters that aren't annoying as fuck, and a compelling plot that actually makes Megatron and Optimus Prime look like the badasses they are.

I cannot recommend this highly enough. $30 for this omnibus is an absolute steal.