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Transformers (2019) (collected editions) #3
Transformers, Vol. 3: All Fall Down
The bold new vision of the Transformers universe that will excite longtime fans and new readers alike continues!
Crisis! The tether holding Cybertron's inner moon to the planet has fallen and hundreds of lives have been lost. As the rubble is sorted through, the Ascenticons are on the move, hoping to leverage the situation and the lives lost in their favor. Meanwhile, the Rise, now under Megatron's command, attempt to hide some of their most vicious members, but putting a bunch of killers in a single transport is never a good idea. And through it all, the Autobots have a new message--this is a deception. But who's really being deceived?
Plus, in response to the crisis at home, the Reversionist faction has fled Cybertron and the teachings of their leader have convinced them that the only way to return is to trigger Cybertron's rebirth. But when the decision comes to Gauge, the youngest Cybertronian, will she spare the planet? And far away from Cybertron, Ultra Magnus has his own problems--namely, a group of sinister mercenaries on the hunt for Cybertronian artifacts.
Collects Transformers #19-24 and Transformers: Galaxies #7-12.
Crisis! The tether holding Cybertron's inner moon to the planet has fallen and hundreds of lives have been lost. As the rubble is sorted through, the Ascenticons are on the move, hoping to leverage the situation and the lives lost in their favor. Meanwhile, the Rise, now under Megatron's command, attempt to hide some of their most vicious members, but putting a bunch of killers in a single transport is never a good idea. And through it all, the Autobots have a new message--this is a deception. But who's really being deceived?
Plus, in response to the crisis at home, the Reversionist faction has fled Cybertron and the teachings of their leader have convinced them that the only way to return is to trigger Cybertron's rebirth. But when the decision comes to Gauge, the youngest Cybertronian, will she spare the planet? And far away from Cybertron, Ultra Magnus has his own problems--namely, a group of sinister mercenaries on the hunt for Cybertronian artifacts.
Collects Transformers #19-24 and Transformers: Galaxies #7-12.
280 pages, Hardcover
First published December 15, 2020
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Brian Ruckley
112 books169 followersI was born and brought up in Edinburgh. After studying at Edinburgh and Stirling Universities, and after a good deal of displacement activity (varying from spending three months in the rainforests of Borneo trying to record the dawn chorus of gibbons to briefly working in a tea warehouse / factory), I moved to England to enter the world of full-time employment.
As much by luck as judgement, I had a series of on the whole enjoyable and interesting jobs, mostly based in London. All of them save one have been in the charity sector, and at various times they have involved extensive overseas travel, environmental and community projects, nature conservation and fundraising.
Writing was a big feature of my childhood, and has ebbed and flowed as a spare-time occupation ever since. I sold a couple of short stories in the 1990s, but didn’t really start thinking seriously about writing novels until the 21st Century had got underway.
At the start of 2003, I turned myself into a freelance consultant on environmental projects, partly in order to devote more time to writing; since then, the writing side of things has taken over almost completely.
I am now back in Edinburgh, where I live with my lovely wife, and miss the excitement of London only a little, and only occasionally.
As much by luck as judgement, I had a series of on the whole enjoyable and interesting jobs, mostly based in London. All of them save one have been in the charity sector, and at various times they have involved extensive overseas travel, environmental and community projects, nature conservation and fundraising.
Writing was a big feature of my childhood, and has ebbed and flowed as a spare-time occupation ever since. I sold a couple of short stories in the 1990s, but didn’t really start thinking seriously about writing novels until the 21st Century had got underway.
At the start of 2003, I turned myself into a freelance consultant on environmental projects, partly in order to devote more time to writing; since then, the writing side of things has taken over almost completely.
I am now back in Edinburgh, where I live with my lovely wife, and miss the excitement of London only a little, and only occasionally.
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February 16, 2021
Things are definitely picking up in the ongoing Transformers book and this compilation has us finally discarding the silly little "Ascenticon" faction name and fully embracing the bad guys being proper Decepticons. And man, this book continues to dig deep. Sure, you can just appreciate different mentions of characters as throwaway lines or cameos that can go over your head. OR you can load up TF Wiki and be surprised at how many unique characters from across Transformers history they manage to bring into this book and add to the celebration of the G1 legacy beyond the front line heroes of the cartoons.
And man, there's some great stuff here as Megatron and his allies decide to move up their timetable in order to ensure greater success. And the concepts that they throw out there into the mix of things including a new role for the cassette-based Transformers totally makes sense in this new reality
Like the last volume, this book includes some of the Galaxies issues, which feel very much like an odd little anthology experiment for the franchise. The first book was a bit of a mind trip with a strange and rather religious Cybertronian faction that leans rather extremist. The second volume focused on Ultra Magnus being a kickass soldier on the field in search of the one and only Alpha Trion. It does make for quite an impressive adventure, even if it also feels like they didn't quite know what to do with Soundblaster.
The main bookended wth an odd choice of a story - one that stresses Wheeljack being the best engineer that he can be. I do love him as a character, but this story felt rather left field, especially with everything else going on back on Cybertron. But hey, that's one way to move the story along.
And man, there's some great stuff here as Megatron and his allies decide to move up their timetable in order to ensure greater success. And the concepts that they throw out there into the mix of things including a new role for the cassette-based Transformers totally makes sense in this new reality
Like the last volume, this book includes some of the Galaxies issues, which feel very much like an odd little anthology experiment for the franchise. The first book was a bit of a mind trip with a strange and rather religious Cybertronian faction that leans rather extremist. The second volume focused on Ultra Magnus being a kickass soldier on the field in search of the one and only Alpha Trion. It does make for quite an impressive adventure, even if it also feels like they didn't quite know what to do with Soundblaster.
The main bookended wth an odd choice of a story - one that stresses Wheeljack being the best engineer that he can be. I do love him as a character, but this story felt rather left field, especially with everything else going on back on Cybertron. But hey, that's one way to move the story along.
August 30, 2022
Problematic fave Bumblebee??? In MY good Christian Transformers comic??? I love it.
The entire Reversionist arc was a great idea until it got down to anything to do with Heretech. His motivations are dumb, his actions are insipidly unthinking, and his entire everything makes my eyes roll. There's a reason the wrap-up of what he started was relegated to a few narration lines on a single page. He was entirely irrelevant.
Megatron's finally starting to make some sense - the setup for this was ridiculous, but now that we're in "ride the wave of the crisis and try to be on top" it's coming together.
Shockwave is a delight.
For a series that started with a single death being a notable achievement, there sure is a lot of dying going on now.
The entire Reversionist arc was a great idea until it got down to anything to do with Heretech. His motivations are dumb, his actions are insipidly unthinking, and his entire everything makes my eyes roll. There's a reason the wrap-up of what he started was relegated to a few narration lines on a single page. He was entirely irrelevant.
Megatron's finally starting to make some sense - the setup for this was ridiculous, but now that we're in "ride the wave of the crisis and try to be on top" it's coming together.
Shockwave is a delight.
For a series that started with a single death being a notable achievement, there sure is a lot of dying going on now.
January 9, 2024
Mixed feelings so far.
On one hand, the story is a bit more complex than IDW1 universe had. Like I said in the review of thee Volume 2, the whole story right now reminds me of the "Robots in Disguise" storyline of IDW1. A lot of political intrigue, secret plots, backroom dealings. But this one is more complex than Robots in Disguise was, and that's something to be celebrated.
On the other hand, I don't understand why writers insists on adding so many unpopular characters to the story. There are A LOT of characters introduced left and right and they are not super popular characters that have been known since the 80's, but some goofy nobodies that aren't worth remembering. Seriously, who the hell are "Enemy", "Blades" and "Quake"? Why use them, instead of using more popular characters?
On one hand, maybe Hasbro wanted to make them more popular to make more toys. But they didn't.
Or maybe IDW wanted to introduce new characters, to break away from IDW1 Universe legacy and make something new? On that front they are failing as well, because there is just too many new characters introduced in a rapid succession. Maybe, in the future they will be more developed, but right now I'm just confused. IDW1 had a lot of characters too, but it always introduced them slowly, one small team a time.
We'll see where all of this goes.
On one hand, the story is a bit more complex than IDW1 universe had. Like I said in the review of thee Volume 2, the whole story right now reminds me of the "Robots in Disguise" storyline of IDW1. A lot of political intrigue, secret plots, backroom dealings. But this one is more complex than Robots in Disguise was, and that's something to be celebrated.
On the other hand, I don't understand why writers insists on adding so many unpopular characters to the story. There are A LOT of characters introduced left and right and they are not super popular characters that have been known since the 80's, but some goofy nobodies that aren't worth remembering. Seriously, who the hell are "Enemy", "Blades" and "Quake"? Why use them, instead of using more popular characters?
On one hand, maybe Hasbro wanted to make them more popular to make more toys. But they didn't.
Or maybe IDW wanted to introduce new characters, to break away from IDW1 Universe legacy and make something new? On that front they are failing as well, because there is just too many new characters introduced in a rapid succession. Maybe, in the future they will be more developed, but right now I'm just confused. IDW1 had a lot of characters too, but it always introduced them slowly, one small team a time.
We'll see where all of this goes.
May 5, 2021
A little chaotic at time, but a good read overall. The main Transformers issues continue down the road of the origins of the Decepticons and their war vs the Transformers.
I think it would have been better if they left out issue 24 though. Issue 24 follows a bit of a parallel story to the main Rise of the Decepticons arc and ends with a cliffhanger. Since the final issue of the Rise of the Decepticons also ended with a cliffhanger, we now have a double cliffhanger at the end of this collection.
The Galaxies arcs were solid, with the first providing some background to the Reversionist faction, while putting familiair names Arcee and Gauge in the spotlight. The second arc focuses on another familiar face, Ultra Magnus, and also has Victory Leo make a small cameo.
I think it would have been better if they left out issue 24 though. Issue 24 follows a bit of a parallel story to the main Rise of the Decepticons arc and ends with a cliffhanger. Since the final issue of the Rise of the Decepticons also ended with a cliffhanger, we now have a double cliffhanger at the end of this collection.
The Galaxies arcs were solid, with the first providing some background to the Reversionist faction, while putting familiair names Arcee and Gauge in the spotlight. The second arc focuses on another familiar face, Ultra Magnus, and also has Victory Leo make a small cameo.
March 31, 2021
Onto the third volume and The Ascenticons, The Decepticons and The Autobots are slowly destroying Cybertron, but to be perfectly honest it all got a bit confusing and I'm not really sure who is coming out on top or even if there is a top.
There is also stories involving Ultra Magnus and another about Gauge and the Reversionists and again it kind of lost me.
I love it because it is Transformers but it's a bit hit and miss at the moment.
There is also stories involving Ultra Magnus and another about Gauge and the Reversionists and again it kind of lost me.
I love it because it is Transformers but it's a bit hit and miss at the moment.
December 9, 2022
As always, a great read
I really enjoy Transformer comics because they generally tell a very good story. This book is no exception. It is thorough, develops the main characters well and gives you something to cheer for. I recommend this to Transformers fans, obviously, but also to anyone who enjoys good character development and nice story about good vs evil.
I really enjoy Transformer comics because they generally tell a very good story. This book is no exception. It is thorough, develops the main characters well and gives you something to cheer for. I recommend this to Transformers fans, obviously, but also to anyone who enjoys good character development and nice story about good vs evil.
March 24, 2024
The story is picking up (good), but I have to admit I'm still not really made to care about any of the characters. It's fun when there's familiar faces, but the fun is sucked out fast when there's very little depth to them. I do enjoy the story lines that are more character driven, or focused on single characters (i.e. Gauge, Magnus, Bumblebee)... and yet it all still feels flat.
September 12, 2021
Solid, a couple highs points (like Megatron finally coming out of the shadows and claiming the Decepticon title for his faction) but I think the highlight is the last issue/last few pages that are purely cliffhanger teases for what’s to come.
February 11, 2023
Love cult vs 2 lesbians and a baby
Got excited about the coup on cyberton
Skim read an ultra Magnus story that wasted so many cool Decepticons
Might have considered 5 stars if not for that last one
Got excited about the coup on cyberton
Skim read an ultra Magnus story that wasted so many cool Decepticons
Might have considered 5 stars if not for that last one
December 27, 2020
I have read the individual issues included in the collected.
January 10, 2021
The galaxies stories are okay (Ultra Magnus) and really good (Guage). But the main series remains incredibly aimless and slow.
March 25, 2025
Standout Issues: #19, #20, #22, #24, Galaxies #10, #11, #12
November 21, 2022
The galaxies issues were distasteful. It was a bad moral message. That writer is a member of the OTO, apparently. I liked the issues from the main run, tho. I don't understand why the valentines special was left out.
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