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![]() It's Soundwave Vs. Death's Head and Rodimus Prime Vs. a jog up a hill, all in my look at Hunters Part 1! I hope to see many of you at Auto Assembly over the coming weekend.
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Chris Chapman
7/8/2014 03:35:03 pm
You have to love that cover though - one of the best of the whole run. And the first full page of Death's Head jumping Soundwave is wicked too. :-)
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Stuart
7/8/2014 03:42:09 pm
Oh yes, the cover is awesome, that' just a given with Senior at this point.
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8/8/2014 02:12:55 am
This story rarely gets mentioned by fans - I guess the narrative structure and lack of a snappy title makes it hard to get raving about it. IMHO Furman gets the two-parter trick right with City of Fear but otherwise it was wise to go back to longer parters.
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snowkatt
9/8/2014 10:16:18 am
I generally refer to it as "Wanted Galvatron Dead Or Alive" as a whole.
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Harry
8/8/2014 07:58:42 am
Given that Soundwave was a mind-reading, blackmailing manipulative b*stard who sucked up to Shockwave *and* Megatron at the same time, Furman managed to make him almost sympathetic at least once or twice before that moment in Time Wars. He clearly liked writing the character, and one almost felt sorry for him here (the other vaguely sympathetic moment that stands out is when, as acting Decepticon leader, he reassures Laserbeak that no blame shall be levelled at him, which 'humanised' Soundwave a little).
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Blackjack
8/8/2014 02:24:45 pm
Great stuff as always even if I don't particularly remember this issue beyond Death's Head grenading poor Laserbeak. I've always personally thought Rodimus was kind of criminally underused in the Marvel comics... the only real memorable things he did was that 'Request denied' scene and that black and white strip where Unicron has invaded his Matrix in the future or something.
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Chris Chapman
9/8/2014 01:56:40 am
I really like Rodimus in 'Headhunt' - though even there, he spends the whole story being chased and beaten up...
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snowkatt
9/8/2014 10:12:42 am
Headhunt was a good showing for Rodimus
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Eugene
10/8/2014 07:00:41 pm
Didn't Simpson draw the UK Headmasters story as well?
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snowkatt
10/8/2014 11:42:32 pm
he drew world apart yes but that was one of his last contributions
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Auntie Slag
11/8/2014 10:05:30 am
I agree that Death's Head gets a much better treatment as Galvatron's foil than Rodimus. Lockdown achieves the same in Age of Extinction too, where Megatron hasn't felt like a credible, ominous threat since the first film.
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Auntie Slag
11/8/2014 10:09:00 am
... And perhaps more realistically; if Autobots (leaders in particular) were seen as solving problems chiefly with their fists, would someone have come down on the comic writers?
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Stuart
12/8/2014 10:17:43 am
Based on how Rodimus reacts when he shoots that guy in the face back in Wanted..., Hasbro didn't have a problem with the characters being insanely violent as long as they felt a sense of moral responsibility over it.
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12/8/2014 12:23:58 pm
Always be cautious about reading corporate opinion into what any individual employee has signed off. About a year away in Meltdown the strip is cautious against showing Flame's Autobot symbol when he's being especially violent - that could be Hasbro flagging something suggesting an inconsistent approach or perhaps someone new in post. From what Furman's said in interviews it seems Hasbro generally didn't show much interest in what was being done except for when they wanted particular toys pushed. Otherwise Marvel could normally pretty much do what they liked and that would suggest most Hasbro reps treated the job as a rubber stamping exercise.
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snowkatt
12/8/2014 02:50:32 pm
unfortunally i cant see thoe pics i dont have ( or want ) facebook
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Stuart
12/8/2014 05:02:00 pm
Bob wasn't there, he's doing a different UK event in October. I'm sorry the pics don't work, I thought I'd made it a public anyone can see it gallery, but clearly not. Just imagine me looking cool.
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Philip Ayres
21/8/2015 03:04:27 pm
So remind me: who gets displaced to make way for Rodimus and co?
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21/8/2015 04:22:33 pm
IIRC there's a later letter where Grimlock states the Decepticons won't tell.
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