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Transformers: The IDW Collection, Volume 1 by Marcelo Matere, Robby Musso, M.D. Bright, E.J. Su, Alex Milne, Simon Furman, Shane McCarthy, Nick Roche, Eric Holmes, Casey Coller
3.0

I’ve really only dipped my toe in a little bit when it comes to Transformers stories and lore, but I found this to be an interesting take on the origin of Megatron and the Decepticons. This volume collects the stories in an interesting way, displaying them in chronological order instead of in order of publication like IDW’s Ninja Turtles series. The stories themselves were good, and I appreciated the character focused issues so I could get to know these characters better, but I’m mixed on the art. One of my criticism’s of the original Transformers designs is that they can all look a bit same-y when they’re all blocky and unexpressive. Add in some hyper detailed with futuristic backgrounds and it becomes difficult to tell what’s going on and who/what I should focus on in a given panel. I don’t think this series has me hooked per say, but I’m willing to give it another volume.