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Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #6
The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Volume 6
Megatron assumes control of the quest to find the Knights of Cybertron - a quest that has never before been so urgent, so personal, and so likely to end in tears. But the crew of the Lost Light isn't so eager to follow his orders and, as is always the case, past decisions will come back to bite them.
152 pages, Paperback
First published December 16, 2014
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James Roberts
536 books131 followersJames Roberts is a British comic book writer best known for his contributions to the Transformers franchise.
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July 8, 2017
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye a.k.a. the robot comic book series set in a starship, continues to be the best Transformers series from IDW arc after arc. I only read this in trades and when there's a Comixology sale, but it has never failed to be an entertaining comic book. Things are looking up to because I think its getting better and better.
The series has been a consistently good read. However, I was a little apprehensive when the title participated in the Dark Cybertron crossover, because the momentum gained during the last five trade volumes might dissipate. The appeared to be not the case here as the short layover back to Cybertron served a purpose. It allowed the ship to add new crew-members to replace what it had lost and a reforming Megatron to join the Lost Light crew as its captain (or co-captain if one would ask Rodimus) which opened a wide array of storytelling possibilities for the newly minted Autobot.
There's a caveat to this new and exciting additions though, there's that risk that regular character staples and long-percolating plots might be forgotten. For Megatron's first arc, that was exactly what happened; Rodimus was sidelined and the regular crew may have made be visible, the writer was clearly running the paces with the new additions.
Of the new additions, I think I may have found new favorites in the ever curious Nightbeat and the quantum mechanic Nautica; the two have chemistry. Megatron is having an uneasy integration, which was expected but the writer is currently trying to make him a more sympathetic character which is working for the reader.
As much as I enjoyed this volume overall, I even gave it 5 stars here, at best it really is a 4.6. The arc started strong but I felt that it wavered as it neared the finish. It even had a cliffhanger for a last page. Also, the resurrection here undoes one of the more poignant moments, as emotional as robots could get, a good death wasted and undoes some character development for a character that needed it. Still, another satisfying read.
Merged review:
This reader remembers the initial excitement of adding a character the caliber of Megatron to the intrepid Lost Light crew. It definitely opened up a lot of story possibilities. However, a few years later, now on a re-reading the just ended series, this reader realized that the consequences of such a massive addition to the narrative. The stuff this reader liked, the quirky relationships, the Knight Quest, Swerve's bar, and the rest, ended being overshadowed by the superheavy presence of the one-time Decepticon founder.
Still, this volume, on its own merits, is a pretty fun read. Not even Megatron could change that.
- This is the volume where Nautica joined the crew. It took a few years, but I realized she's my favorite character. I was looking for another crew member to root for after Brainstorm's arc ended and the quantum mechanic has a better personality than most of the crew.
- Megatron exploits a legal loophole that forced Optimus Prime to appoint him as the captain of the Lost Light but with a condition that was almost too much for him to bear.
- The trial of Megatron. Nuff said.
The series has been a consistently good read. However, I was a little apprehensive when the title participated in the Dark Cybertron crossover, because the momentum gained during the last five trade volumes might dissipate. The appeared to be not the case here as the short layover back to Cybertron served a purpose. It allowed the ship to add new crew-members to replace what it had lost and a reforming Megatron to join the Lost Light crew as its captain (or co-captain if one would ask Rodimus) which opened a wide array of storytelling possibilities for the newly minted Autobot.
There's a caveat to this new and exciting additions though, there's that risk that regular character staples and long-percolating plots might be forgotten. For Megatron's first arc, that was exactly what happened; Rodimus was sidelined and the regular crew may have made be visible, the writer was clearly running the paces with the new additions.
Of the new additions, I think I may have found new favorites in the ever curious Nightbeat and the quantum mechanic Nautica; the two have chemistry. Megatron is having an uneasy integration, which was expected but the writer is currently trying to make him a more sympathetic character which is working for the reader.
As much as I enjoyed this volume overall, I even gave it 5 stars here, at best it really is a 4.6. The arc started strong but I felt that it wavered as it neared the finish. It even had a cliffhanger for a last page. Also, the resurrection here undoes one of the more poignant moments, as emotional as robots could get, a good death wasted and undoes some character development for a character that needed it. Still, another satisfying read.
Merged review:
This reader remembers the initial excitement of adding a character the caliber of Megatron to the intrepid Lost Light crew. It definitely opened up a lot of story possibilities. However, a few years later, now on a re-reading the just ended series, this reader realized that the consequences of such a massive addition to the narrative. The stuff this reader liked, the quirky relationships, the Knight Quest, Swerve's bar, and the rest, ended being overshadowed by the superheavy presence of the one-time Decepticon founder.
Still, this volume, on its own merits, is a pretty fun read. Not even Megatron could change that.
- This is the volume where Nautica joined the crew. It took a few years, but I realized she's my favorite character. I was looking for another crew member to root for after Brainstorm's arc ended and the quantum mechanic has a better personality than most of the crew.
- Megatron exploits a legal loophole that forced Optimus Prime to appoint him as the captain of the Lost Light but with a condition that was almost too much for him to bear.
- The trial of Megatron. Nuff said.
February 15, 2015
An open letter to James Roberts:
Dear Mr. Roberts,
Thank you. I have lots of questions, certainly, and I have plenty of comments, but I need to start with that: thanks. When I read a work I love, that seems the first and most necessary response. I know that writing is a difficult labor-- no matter how easy some people make it look and no matter what a reward it must be to see those stories given form by Milne’s artwork. It’s probably still worth something (I hope) to hear a heartfelt thank you from a reader.
But let’s talk about why we should be thanking you for a moment, shall we? Obviously there were a lot of us who grew up loving Transformers, who filled afternoons with sagas enacted by forms of molded plastic on bedroom floors. There were probably less of us, but still a significant number, who bought wholeheartedly into the mythology that Furman created in his brief stint on the original Marvel run, who realized that of course these characters were scions of a god and the universe’s last line of defense against the Chaos-bringer, that of course they were more than simply robots that transformed into cars.
And then we grew up.
We passed the broken survivors of garage sales that hung on in basements and attics to our kids. We went to Botcon maybe once or twice, taped Beast Wars when it was on television, and tried our hand at fan fiction with embarrassing results. We had our hopes dashed by the live action movies. We waited. We knew what we had glimpsed once upon a time, but it appeared as though the deep well of mythology and potentiality in story and mystique-- in the epic of a million years’ war-- would remain untapped.
Maybe that’s part of growing up: walking away from the deep magic.
But then there was More Than Meets the Eye, and now six volumes of trades into it, here we are. We can talk about the journey that it’s been-- what it was like to realize that someone else got it and was going to start telling those stories-- but the primary feeling throughout has been: of course. It’s about time. It felt as though-- if you will excuse the expression, which is in no way to detract from what you’ve done-- these were stories being uncovered as much as they were being created. They were in the bones of the thing itself-- spark, cog, and marrow-- waiting to be told. We knew they were there. We half-remembered them ourselves. And now, we can nod and gasp and laugh and cry over the pages with recognition.
Except, of course, surprises linger. I read and then I re-read volume 6, trying to imagine the voice of Frank Welker speaking the lines you've given Megatron. You are doing a new thing here, because you refuse to let anything be taken as a given. You’re going to give us character and depth, even in what had been the most single-dimensional villain in the entire franchise. In each volume of MTMTE so far we’re provided a new angle, a new insight, and in this one it is the character of the former Decepticon leader himself.
Very well done.
We get new characters as well, showing your continued determination to make this a series about the second-stringers, and pushing against convention when the second-stringers themselves begin to feel established in the limelight by bringing in new faces and introducing them in ways that don’t seem contrived. We get what we expect as well in the sense of science fiction tropes done well and done with Autobots. We also get all of this given form in the continually impressive, subtle, and just so darn wonderful artwork of Milne. Can we talk for just a minute about the care he took in eviscerating everyone’s favorite spaceship?
Okay, so you obviously don’t need any advice besides: keep doing this, but I’m going to give some anyway. Feel free to skip over this to the part at the end when I say thank you one more time and promise to keep reading.
1. Can we all just agree that we’ll do everything we can to keep Milne happy and drawing these comics? I’m not saying that there’s no one else out there who could do it as well but-- no, I think I am saying exactly that. Please, guys, don’t ever break up.
2. Do anything you want. Really. I was a bit annoyed at first (okay, I still am) that characters aren’t getting killed off fast enough and that some of them have started coming back. I get it. It’s a comic thing and a franchise thing. But--
3. Kill off at least one cute sidekick. With Swerve and everyone it's great. With Rewind and Chromedome it's sweet. With Tailgate and Cyclonus it's getting old.
4. Spoiler: start dropping some hints about who or what the Lost Light transforms into. I know, I know, I’m a bit slow. It took me until this volume before it hit me: she’s going to transform some day, and it’s going to be awesome.
That’s all. You’re a British subject, right? I think we could probably make a case for you being knighted for service to science fiction literature and sentient robotic lifeforms. It’s probably not how these things work, but you’d have my vote.
Thank you. I promise to keep reading.
Your fan,
-Steve
Dear Mr. Roberts,
Thank you. I have lots of questions, certainly, and I have plenty of comments, but I need to start with that: thanks. When I read a work I love, that seems the first and most necessary response. I know that writing is a difficult labor-- no matter how easy some people make it look and no matter what a reward it must be to see those stories given form by Milne’s artwork. It’s probably still worth something (I hope) to hear a heartfelt thank you from a reader.
But let’s talk about why we should be thanking you for a moment, shall we? Obviously there were a lot of us who grew up loving Transformers, who filled afternoons with sagas enacted by forms of molded plastic on bedroom floors. There were probably less of us, but still a significant number, who bought wholeheartedly into the mythology that Furman created in his brief stint on the original Marvel run, who realized that of course these characters were scions of a god and the universe’s last line of defense against the Chaos-bringer, that of course they were more than simply robots that transformed into cars.
And then we grew up.
We passed the broken survivors of garage sales that hung on in basements and attics to our kids. We went to Botcon maybe once or twice, taped Beast Wars when it was on television, and tried our hand at fan fiction with embarrassing results. We had our hopes dashed by the live action movies. We waited. We knew what we had glimpsed once upon a time, but it appeared as though the deep well of mythology and potentiality in story and mystique-- in the epic of a million years’ war-- would remain untapped.
Maybe that’s part of growing up: walking away from the deep magic.
But then there was More Than Meets the Eye, and now six volumes of trades into it, here we are. We can talk about the journey that it’s been-- what it was like to realize that someone else got it and was going to start telling those stories-- but the primary feeling throughout has been: of course. It’s about time. It felt as though-- if you will excuse the expression, which is in no way to detract from what you’ve done-- these were stories being uncovered as much as they were being created. They were in the bones of the thing itself-- spark, cog, and marrow-- waiting to be told. We knew they were there. We half-remembered them ourselves. And now, we can nod and gasp and laugh and cry over the pages with recognition.
Except, of course, surprises linger. I read and then I re-read volume 6, trying to imagine the voice of Frank Welker speaking the lines you've given Megatron. You are doing a new thing here, because you refuse to let anything be taken as a given. You’re going to give us character and depth, even in what had been the most single-dimensional villain in the entire franchise. In each volume of MTMTE so far we’re provided a new angle, a new insight, and in this one it is the character of the former Decepticon leader himself.
Very well done.
We get new characters as well, showing your continued determination to make this a series about the second-stringers, and pushing against convention when the second-stringers themselves begin to feel established in the limelight by bringing in new faces and introducing them in ways that don’t seem contrived. We get what we expect as well in the sense of science fiction tropes done well and done with Autobots. We also get all of this given form in the continually impressive, subtle, and just so darn wonderful artwork of Milne. Can we talk for just a minute about the care he took in eviscerating everyone’s favorite spaceship?
Okay, so you obviously don’t need any advice besides: keep doing this, but I’m going to give some anyway. Feel free to skip over this to the part at the end when I say thank you one more time and promise to keep reading.
1. Can we all just agree that we’ll do everything we can to keep Milne happy and drawing these comics? I’m not saying that there’s no one else out there who could do it as well but-- no, I think I am saying exactly that. Please, guys, don’t ever break up.
2. Do anything you want. Really. I was a bit annoyed at first (okay, I still am) that characters aren’t getting killed off fast enough and that some of them have started coming back. I get it. It’s a comic thing and a franchise thing. But--
3. Kill off at least one cute sidekick. With Swerve and everyone it's great. With Rewind and Chromedome it's sweet. With Tailgate and Cyclonus it's getting old.
4. Spoiler: start dropping some hints about who or what the Lost Light transforms into. I know, I know, I’m a bit slow. It took me until this volume before it hit me: she’s going to transform some day, and it’s going to be awesome.
That’s all. You’re a British subject, right? I think we could probably make a case for you being knighted for service to science fiction literature and sentient robotic lifeforms. It’s probably not how these things work, but you’d have my vote.
Thank you. I promise to keep reading.
Your fan,
-Steve
December 17, 2016
The last few pages made me squeal in girlish delight.
February 4, 2025
Solo puedo decir que Megatron se convirtió en mi babygirl después de leer este volumen 😳
June 6, 2025
2025 REVIEW:
This was intense on so many levels and yeah like 10 years ago, I loved everything of these issues, from the intricated story, the characters, the sweet moments, the wtf moments, Megatron... so much to love and think about.
This is EASILY my favorite volume of the collection.
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2015 REVIEW:
Absolutely amazing, I loved these issues a lot, more than previous ones. I've always been fascinated by how the moods in this comic move and change, sweet and tragic and then funny, mind-blowing and even more tragic, but in the whole having an absolute balance which keeps your eyes on the pages until the end.
And I was so freaking happy for Chromedome and Rewind, they both suffered so much, Chromedome in a frustrating silence, Rewind because of D.J.D., they really deserved a joyful moment at the end.
I can't wait to read next issues!
This was intense on so many levels and yeah like 10 years ago, I loved everything of these issues, from the intricated story, the characters, the sweet moments, the wtf moments, Megatron... so much to love and think about.
This is EASILY my favorite volume of the collection.
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2015 REVIEW:
Absolutely amazing, I loved these issues a lot, more than previous ones. I've always been fascinated by how the moods in this comic move and change, sweet and tragic and then funny, mind-blowing and even more tragic, but in the whole having an absolute balance which keeps your eyes on the pages until the end.
And I was so freaking happy for Chromedome and Rewind, they both suffered so much, Chromedome in a frustrating silence, Rewind because of D.J.D., they really deserved a joyful moment at the end.
I can't wait to read next issues!
March 26, 2017
"It's got giant robots fighting - how bad can it be?" were the quickly forgotten words I said to the friendly staff at my local comic shop when someone mentioned the "Real Steal" movie. Machines punching machines! Other than "Short Circuit 2" (the last time a movie made me cry) robots fighting can only ever be a good, good thing. In homage to this axiom, I tag any Transformers comics I read with "giantrobotsfighting". How pretentiously reductive! The "Dark Cybertron" crossover was alright but to be honest, there was far too much of the robots punching robots. This volume brings things back on track and has plenty of robots talking and making jokes and finding out more about who they are and what they mean to each other. All of the good stuff that I've come to expect from James Roberts writing these characters. I don't remember much about what happened (it's been a few days, a few drinks and I tend to have a poor memory for the things I read) but I remember how it made me feel, which was damn good. Damn good!
April 9, 2018
6 stars.
OMG, James Roberts is incredible.
1. Prowl: "We have two options: public execution, indefinite spark containment, or public execution.."
Ultra Magnus: "You said public execution twice."
Prowl: "Cognitive bias. Look it up. "
2. Swerve's "crewditions" and Bluestreak's "It's like that movie, Shallow Grave. Ah, don't worry. Alien culture, you wouldn't get the reference".
3. Nautica's "low front unrounded vowel sound", books, transgressive folklore, outsider art, symbology, semiology, semiotics, moral philosophy and really good engex.
4. Chekhov's gun. I mean, briefcase.
5. Kitty cat.
6. Chirolanguage travel phrasebook.
7. Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" in space.
8. Megatron's trial.
9. The power of love.
10. Optimus's facepalm.
11. Whirl: "Jean-Luc Godard for the win!" [omg!]
12. Megatron's survival tips.
OMG, James Roberts is incredible.
1. Prowl: "We have two options: public execution, indefinite spark containment, or public execution.."
Ultra Magnus: "You said public execution twice."
Prowl: "Cognitive bias. Look it up. "
2. Swerve's "crewditions" and Bluestreak's "It's like that movie, Shallow Grave. Ah, don't worry. Alien culture, you wouldn't get the reference".
3. Nautica's "low front unrounded vowel sound", books, transgressive folklore, outsider art, symbology, semiology, semiotics, moral philosophy and really good engex.
4. Chekhov's gun. I mean, briefcase.
5. Kitty cat.
6. Chirolanguage travel phrasebook.
7. Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" in space.
8. Megatron's trial.
9. The power of love.
10. Optimus's facepalm.
11. Whirl: "Jean-Luc Godard for the win!" [omg!]
12. Megatron's survival tips.
January 25, 2018
An interesting new era for More Than Meets the Eye! As the cover spoils, Megatron joins the Autobots, and joins the crew of the Lost Light. Part of this volume explains how that all happened, while the rest has the crew dealing with a wonderfully unusual science-ish problem. I don't know that they completely sold Megatron's guarded acceptance by the crew (though there's six missing months yet to learn about), but his membership is certainly a creative twist, and I look forward to seeing how this all develops. The other new recruits for the Lost Light crew are fun too, particularly veteran character Nightbeat and new character Nautica. Great stuff. (A-)
September 22, 2018
On my first readthrough I struggled with this volume - I skipped the crossover (a decision I stand by) and was very confused about the additions to the crew. But on rereads, I love this one.
I love the way JR characterizes Megatron and even moreso how he writes his dialogue. Every bit of it screams for you to stop and read it out loud. I love the coloring in the Fuel Furnace scene (oh, how I miss Josh Burcham's coloring). I love all the little details and jokes and call-backs and subtle hints for what's to come. ("And you just defined a definition.")
Most of all, I love [Huge Enormous Spoilers] ;)
I love the way JR characterizes Megatron and even moreso how he writes his dialogue. Every bit of it screams for you to stop and read it out loud. I love the coloring in the Fuel Furnace scene (oh, how I miss Josh Burcham's coloring). I love all the little details and jokes and call-backs and subtle hints for what's to come. ("And you just defined a definition.")
Most of all, I love [Huge Enormous Spoilers] ;)
February 21, 2018
I'm not sure that the flow of this particular volume was easy to follow with multiple time frames/plots/back stories happening (was there a cross-over to link what was happening?) and a leap of faith with Megatron in a new role. Maybe there was an intervening book that I missed but with so much going on every single page, this wasn't an easy read for me personally. Having said that, it was still an awesome book and it was nice to see the old crew. New characters had time and thought put into their introduction to the Lost Light so it felt a smooth transition.
July 20, 2018
The trial of Megatron! This book picks up 6 months after the events of Dark Cybertron with new Autobot member Megatron having joined the crew of the Lost Light. It then ping pongs back and forth to explain how this could have happened and then a Space Mystery breaks out and there are more immediate concerns then having a genocidal maniac (reformed) on your team. Possibly.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 9, 2022
How the heck does Megatron end up as “co-captain” of the Lost Light with an Autobot insignia on his chest? Volume 6 takes us through the trial of Megatron and the (*snickers*) “auditions” for a new crew. It doesn’t take long for this refreshed series cast to find themselves at the centre of a mystery from the future.
Great stuff.
4/5
Great stuff.
4/5
January 21, 2023
If you think I didn’t lose my fucking mind during the trial of Megatron you would be extremely wrong. It was perfect, it was brilliant.
I wonder if James Roberts read about post-war trials, about how countries— societies— use the law to make peace with the past.
It was so good. It was soooo good.
I wonder if James Roberts read about post-war trials, about how countries— societies— use the law to make peace with the past.
It was so good. It was soooo good.
January 16, 2020
Hands down the best arc of the IDW stuff so far, for me. I have to hand it to the writers: this use of Megatron is unexpected and has me wondering what's going to happen and how long it'll stick. Then again, the political-narrative bargain is the same as ever.
November 23, 2018
Excellent
Excellent story. Very strange to experience Megatron as an Autobot, but hey, it seems to work. Good art, too. Recommended.
Excellent story. Very strange to experience Megatron as an Autobot, but hey, it seems to work. Good art, too. Recommended.
March 12, 2020
The twists and turns continue with shocks around every corner. This series is still insanely entertaining and hasn’t let up one bit.
May 27, 2020
why is megatron on trial everyone here is a war criminal
August 17, 2020
The most compelling transformers has been in years. Autobot Megatron is amazing
August 6, 2022
I’m losing my MIND.
December 12, 2022
So far this series is still much better than the other Transformers series that ran alongside this and hopefully it will stay that way.
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July 15, 2025
Another one that will cause severe emotional damage. When will I stop crying over robots. Please James, I'm already dead inside.
January 18, 2025
that ending?!?
June 20, 2016
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Vol 6 continues the adventures of the crew of The Lost Light though this time with a bit of a difference as the have a new Captain (or Co-Captain depending on who you ask! :D ) in the form of Megatron! :D This strange turn of events is told in flashbacks showing Megatron's trial on Lunar 2 and how it came about that Prime sanctioned this! :D Megatron's trial is also handled brilliant and is full of drama and humour Prime asking Ultra Magnus if they are 'really' changing their plea is fantastic! :D
The blending of the flashback tales and what is happening in the main timeline is done seamlessly with each part revealing a mystery at the same time as exploring more issues! :D The storyline explaining how the Lost Light had been split at its initial launch due to it's quantum engines is brilliantly done which allows for the return of Rewind is brilliantly played and is makes a clever twist to the tale and is brilliantly shown in the book making for a clever comeback to that storyline, plus we get to see the return of Ravage, who may or not stay, as well as a different side to Megatron who is actually seeming to put the crew first! :D
Not to mention what happens to the other crew of The Lost Light that has clear implications for our normal crew and the twist at the end with Highbrow really really emphasis why briefcases must not be brought to the bar! :D It also puts into context a lot of events that have taken place in the past making you wonder what else may come out of the woodwork as things progress! :D
As ever the humour is there in buckets loads you know when a an idea of Color Coded guns degrades into a philosophical debate ribs will be hurting! :D Throughout the humour runs throughout and provides a lot of the tone of the book! :D There is also the sheer scale of the book with various temporal duplicates, war crimes, grand debating, mass slaughter and bar work all getting a look in but blending seamlessly into a brilliant rollercoaster of a story which also serves as clever way of getting new crew members onboard as well as getting more famous faces in there as well! :D
The art is brilliant as ever with characters expressions and mannerisms really helping to sell the script and events at the same time making characters very human and leading to genuine surprises that you do not see coming! :D The end of the story promises epic events to come and you have to wonder how the D.J.D. will react when they discover there is another Lost Light out there! :D It will certainly have a major impact on The Lost Light and the crew though they have a head up unlike the other crew which will let us see a different turn to events though things at the end of the book are left up in the air! :D
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Vol 6 is a epic Rollercoaster ride filled with shock and spills, brilliant characterisation, moral debate, action, humour interwoven in a complex epic storyline! :D Brilliant and highly recommended! :D
The blending of the flashback tales and what is happening in the main timeline is done seamlessly with each part revealing a mystery at the same time as exploring more issues! :D The storyline explaining how the Lost Light had been split at its initial launch due to it's quantum engines is brilliantly done which allows for the return of Rewind is brilliantly played and is makes a clever twist to the tale and is brilliantly shown in the book making for a clever comeback to that storyline, plus we get to see the return of Ravage, who may or not stay, as well as a different side to Megatron who is actually seeming to put the crew first! :D
Not to mention what happens to the other crew of The Lost Light that has clear implications for our normal crew and the twist at the end with Highbrow really really emphasis why briefcases must not be brought to the bar! :D It also puts into context a lot of events that have taken place in the past making you wonder what else may come out of the woodwork as things progress! :D
As ever the humour is there in buckets loads you know when a an idea of Color Coded guns degrades into a philosophical debate ribs will be hurting! :D Throughout the humour runs throughout and provides a lot of the tone of the book! :D There is also the sheer scale of the book with various temporal duplicates, war crimes, grand debating, mass slaughter and bar work all getting a look in but blending seamlessly into a brilliant rollercoaster of a story which also serves as clever way of getting new crew members onboard as well as getting more famous faces in there as well! :D
The art is brilliant as ever with characters expressions and mannerisms really helping to sell the script and events at the same time making characters very human and leading to genuine surprises that you do not see coming! :D The end of the story promises epic events to come and you have to wonder how the D.J.D. will react when they discover there is another Lost Light out there! :D It will certainly have a major impact on The Lost Light and the crew though they have a head up unlike the other crew which will let us see a different turn to events though things at the end of the book are left up in the air! :D
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Vol 6 is a epic Rollercoaster ride filled with shock and spills, brilliant characterisation, moral debate, action, humour interwoven in a complex epic storyline! :D Brilliant and highly recommended! :D
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 30, 2024
Standout issues: #29, #30, #31, #32
September 5, 2016
So, I didn't think I had anything to say about this volume. I know the whole "Megatron is an Autobot” game-changer had a lot of people on edge (and turned some people away from the series altogether), but after reading it I didn't really think there was much to talk about.
But then I found something that I think is a very admiring in Megatron's new persona.
As usual the art is expressive and beautiful. Alex Milne finds strength in small details like gestures and uses it to give the characters personality without even needing the use of words. He's just so damn good! After getting used to his art throughout the series Milne’s depiction of Autobot Megatron spontaneously woke me up and had me paying attention to the art as if I was reading the first volume again. There's a moment toward the end of this volume where Megatron, for spoilery reasons, is being very tender and gentle with a smaller character. The expression Milne gives Megatron is one of wonder as he's helping the other character.
This gave Megatron an almost paternal essence and made me see what kind of amazing character he can be in the future. The more I think about it the more I think I would idolize this version of Megatron as much as I idolize Optimus Prime. But, by God, if something clicks back into place at some point in the series and Megatron ends up going back to being a killer, I am going to be so pissed in a fanning kind of way. You just got me used to this version of Megatron, James Roberts! You better not flip that back around.
Very excellent volume. I must feed my Transformers addiction with more IDW.
January 31, 2016
More James Roberts Transformers goodness. The Lost Light is back in space and interesting stuff starts happening immediately. The characters are once more really given space to shine and feel and the dialogue is great.
November 20, 2020
Just two bots sitting on the outer hull... sniff... I'm not crying, you're crying!
September 23, 2023
2023: 5 stars
2022: 4 stars
2022: 4 stars
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