God is Skybound's Transformers run already a top tier continuity. Seeing Jazz getting his time to shine was something the character truly needed. And that beautiful image of Megatron being trapped in ice, cannot wait to see what his return will look like

Jazz is my second favorite character behind Optimus, so needless to say I loved this. I like Optimus using Megatron’s arm and cannon. Ratchet’s hippocratic oath must not measure to humans 😂

My two favorite moments are easily Optimus transforming for the kid at the hospital and Skywarp's death. The moment with Optimus is such a perfect showing for his character and Skywarp's death just shows how insane the Decepticons are will ing to get. Also, Megatron is the snow somewhere, the Cobra Commander comic setting, hmmmmmmmmmm?

When I saw jazzzzzz my heart skipped a beat cause I was expecting arcee or ironhide for back up. Jazz definitely needs for more screen time! Barely get to see him. Optimus with megatron’s arm! Don’t think that that has been done before, best comic so far.

You know if the Decepticon are that ruthless and terrifying then Megatron must be worse. The beating Starscream gonna get going to be devastating

You forgot to talk about how Starscream killed Cliffjumpers entire clan

Optimus welding Megatron's fusion cannon is a very rear sight in transformers, the first was at the end Devil's Due's first G.I.Joe crossover series and the second was a seen in the Ghostbusters' crossover by IDW so seeing in a main line transformers series is nice. Optimus seeing the matrix for Spike along with the Autobot going off the reclaim reminds me a lot of the Marvel run with Buster getting the matrix and Ratchet tricking Megatron to save the imprisoned Autobots. Seeing Elita-1 on the cover of Transformers 6 has me intrigued but like you said Skybound is will to pull the wool over our eyes and surprise us.

Man this issue was amazing! I loved everything, the art, dialogue, the return of Jazz, Optimus using his matrix to save a hospital, the interaction with ratchet, starscream ruthlessness not knowing the word "limit" and Optimus with meg's arm! And Megatron's reveal! Honestly, if someone wants to write a G1 Optimus with truly evil Decepticons, these comics are where to look at I like to think they're going to use the movie as inspiration for meg's storyline, bein frozen and stuff Poor skywarp, and the other Decepticons, I truly believe at one point screamer and soundwave are going to clash because of screamer wanting to sacrifice soundwaves cassettes Correct me if I'm wrong but the whole Cliffjumper clan thing is original to the comic's And one final highlight, the kid that asked Optimus to transform 10/10 issue

This issue was far the best I've seen. Love the small details and interactions with the humans characters. Im also digging the Carly / cliffjumper pair

Man, another absolute win from Daniel Warren Johnson. This was probably the best issue yet. It was the perfect blend of DWJ's signature action scenes and character moments. I mentioned in a previous part that I was curious how they would handle Sparkplug going forward after issue 3. Was he gonna stick to resenting the Autobots and forbid Spike from being with them or was Optimus saving Spike's life going to convince him the Autobots are the good guys? Clearly, we're going for the latter and I'm happy with that. I think having Sparkplug be in single-minded "All robots are bad" mode might have been a bit redundant seeing as it's looking like we already got Duke in the G.I. Joe stuff doing that. And yeah you're right it does suck that Jazz has to go back into stasis right away. DWJ nailed him in both writing and art and I hope he doesn't stay deactivated for long. Right now I'm curious to see if Skywarp is dead or alive but in extreme agony. I could see it going either way. Daniel's made it clear with Bumblebee's death he's not afraid to kill off his cast but at the same time, it'd be a total waste to not have Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker all together. Oh, and another hint that Megatron's fate might be tied with Cobra? The variant "Spoiler" cover showing his deactivated body is drawn by the Artist of the Cobra Commander series much like how Issue 2's spoiler cover was drawn by Duke's artist.

As always solid work bud 👍 this is the first time since the 90s where I’ve seen Optimus wear the fusion cannon. The last time being after his resurrection at the end of the Marvel G2 story arc, only that was a hybrid between the fusion cannon and his own ion blaster. Cliffjumper flipping off the Decepticons and Jazz being a total boss was definitely the cherry on top 👍

If this is what we’re getting from these first four issue I’m kinda scared to see what’ll go down when we get to Unicron.

Glad to see Jazz in action for a bit. I would like to see Cliffjumper flipping the bird after learning what the gesture means. Same with handshaking Carly's hand. I don't get why they have Ratchet say something hypocritical (like, what?), that humans are not worth it because they're destructive when the argument can easily be used against them. That's completely invalid. I get that he wants to prioritize their own problems over others.

I liked the reference to DWJ previous work Beta Ray Bill with the “My boy…” “My Beatitude Boy” line

Great video as always. I think the boombox Soundwave holds merit for if you look at Soundwave's left leg there is what looks to be a speaker. So maybe they redesigned him.

God I love this series so much. The wait is between each issue is killing me.

Optimus Prime now using Megatron’s gun arm is METAL as hell and I love it!

This book is quickly becoming my favorite transformers storyline ever. Its got a lot to live up to but so far I have nothing but positive things to say…. Aside from the fact that hasbro keeps insisting the stupid ass GI Joes belong in the same universe but i digress

There's a really funny detail on page 12. When the Decepticons retreat you can see Cliffjumper flipping the bird🤣

Skybound has already knocked this series out of the park, and while i could go over everything i loved, i'm just gonna say, how did no one think Optimus with Megatrons arm cannon would go so hard until now?!

What’s up MB3!! So let’s get the obvious out of the way: when I realized that I was right and Wheeljack on the cover was another misdirect frankly my disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined. However I quickly got over my whininess when Jazz appeared! Fantastic surprise and [as is the standard for this series] the characterization is immaculate. Shame we didn’t get much of him, but given the cover of #7 (yes I know I never learn) I think this isn’t the last we’ll see of the coolest Autobot. As you said, the heroism of the Autobots and evil of the Decepticons hasn’t been demonstrated this well in a long time. The Decepticons are all demons (which is perfect), and no life is too small for Optimus Prime to save. I love that so much. I’ve grown so sick of action hero/probable war criminal Optimus Prime, I want to see the Prime who’s strong enough to be gentle again. The Megatron arm is neat but I won’t lie I hope it’s a temporary measure. Speaking of the Emperor of Destruction, I like how they took inspiration from the ‘07 flick and put him on ice [literally]. I hope the Cobra Commander theory is accurate because that would be so sick. In any case, incredible work as always and here’s to hoping Wheeljack will actually feature in the book eventually and not die immediately (I can dream).

That gun Cobra Commander has in the covers COULD be Megatron in gun mode since it lacks the scope typically made from his fusion cannon, which he doesn't have at the moment. Plus Optimus was somehow able to fully transform despite missing an arm so Megs could too.

I absolutely love they introduce Cobra Commander in his "Old Snake" costume from the G1 cartoon. I always thought this was the best Easter egg from back then.

I thought that Starscream care for Thundercracker and skyward at least also I thought starscream , thundercracker, Skyward are brothers in 2005 continuity but I’m guessing they are not brothers in this continuity

It is interesting noting differences. Like Carly and Cliff being in place of Spike and Bee. Carly had a red car in the cartoon.

Jazz was the highlight of the book for me definitely can’t wait to see more of him! Bummer he is deactivated once again but the cover of issue 7 looks great and it is nice to see Elita-1! 😁 Also I have a theory that Spike might die since he is absent on the cover of issue 7 while Carly is there. To back this up there is the cover for issue 6 which shows Spark Plug with his head down and the description of the issue says “ONE WILL STAND, ONE WILL FALL. And someone isn’t going to survive.” They couldn’t possibly kill off Spike this early- could they..?

I feel like Ratchet‘s hesitancy to help the humans reminds me a lot of the conversation he has with Optimus in the 2007 movie but also his hesitancy to let the humans into the fold in Prime.

Optimus risking his life just to restore a hospital power and rejecting to use megatron arm is just optimus and i miss it Also major revenge of the fallen vibes with skywarp death, speaking of which i hope megatron isn't died died though i like how ratchet gave optimus his arm

This new issue made my day!! IMO this new series is easily the best piece of TF fiction we've gotten since the original IDW continuity, which wrapped up more than 5 years ago!! Time flies by

Megatron “dead” uh huh suuuurre he is.

10:44 This can't be your 'excited' voice. Let it out man, we want to hear it.

This comic is excellent! Cant wait for 5

Oh damn jazz finally got a spotlight after a decade of him not doing anything 🤔 does that mean his finally gonna start to appear more? 🤔

Bruh as a kid I used to give Optimus Megatrons Arm Cannon and seeing Official Transformers Comic's doing it is Awesome

Great issue and great coverage of it! Sorry I haven’t been able to catch some of your more recent vids as i have had a shortage of time and needed to focus on other things in life but hope i can catch up. I’ve grown to really like this continuity in our early doors viewing of it, despite me being initially a bit apprehensive of it. The “Back to basics” feel mixed with the modern, sorta contemporary setting has made me feel very comfy in these issues and yet, still super tense as, and while unlikely. I sorta have the fear / feeling that Spike may actually die, which, I know may be too far and not as likely, but I just got that gut feeling from what’s going on and such. But we’ll wait and see

They really did my boy Skywarp dirty not even going to lie

Also a fun note: in the directors commentary for issue 3, DWJ mentions seeing a KZfaq video where someone is keeping a kill count for the series. I think it’s safe to say, DWJ has eyes on you!

So far I’ve been enjoying how the issues subvert expectations with the covers, but I can totally see why some people might be disappointed when it does that. I thought it made Jazz a really nice surprise for this issue, I definitely didn’t see that coming. Also had the same thought about this setting up Cobra Commander. That theory about him teaming up with Megaton is what let me to your channel, honestly I’ll be shocked if you were wrong! But I’m sure we’re in for plenty of surprises like you said

Im certainly getting more interested in this, and I'm not usually a comic guy

8:55 the matrix probably opened itself at Optimus’s prompting

Seeing Prime with Megatron's arm, I want the Autobots to find and possibly imprison Megatron so Optimus can keep it.

Great review

3:27 Optimus's trailer is huge.

The art is great love it

LETS GOOO LOVE JAZZ (Edit) NOOO SKYWARP AWW COME ON

" I am MEGATRON" Probably will be his first line upon defrosting

If the rest of the Decepticons are this brutal... what is Megatron like??!!

This Ratchet kind of reminds me of the TFA Ratchet's personality

While I know Skywarp was torn to shreds, there’s that one panel where Starscream is saying “Haha! Victory!” where it looks like he’s dragging a destroyed Reflector (Refraktor? I don’t know their canonical name). It could be possible that he is um… “recycling” multiple decepticons that were in stasis to power the Ark Edit: Also, while I’m not absolutely certain of this, Cliffjumper’s vehicle mode looks closer to his War for Cybertron than his original Gen 1 vehicle. Though with some notable differences, such as the lights

10:04 you can see a circle speaker below where Starscream is grabbing Soundwave, so I think he's definitely a boombox or sterio

The fact that how did ratchet manage to snatch megatron arm cannon is it from the ark? Like before impact megatron manage to fall out of the ark and got his arm cut off

So fonally got around to reading it, yeah, it was awesome. I havent been this hyped to keep reading a Transformers comic since All Hail Megatron. I was sad to hear the artist will be changing in a few issues but I still have high hopes and its only fsir to give the artist s chance. That being said it may be hard, the art for these has been extremely distinct and to me is almost intrinsic to the identity of this series thus far.

Goid story, great classic style art, looks like a winner....

The only thing that I personally didn’t like (nothing wrong with the amazing writting) is they killed off my favorite Autobot Bumblebee😢. He is my Number One Best Autobot Bro/ Wingman, but in the bright side, Cliffjumper survived instead of being killed of for another time. Though I loved how they brought back Jazz, he is second to Bumblebee for me

I’ve loved Jazz for about 41 years now, please tell me he’s not dead again? They kill off characters so much, I couldn’t tell? Thought Optimus’ reaction is more of a “He’ll be ok”?

Isn't Cobra Commander holding Megatron in the cover art of Cobra Commander #1, while the Ark flies through in the background?

So I have the arm of my enemy, maybe ratchet will find a way to fix my original arm while I wear the arm of my enemy..

Something I mean to say in my initial comment was I think the series is in need of some “left-brain” storytelling. We’ve had a lot of great characterization and moments, but I want some good background on the world and what’s brought the Transformers to Earth outside of the usual. I want some history, especially if Skybound wants to turn this into a universe. If they didn’t pitch it as such I’d be less concerned, but if we’re doing the “Energon Universe” thing then let’s do it full throttle.

Frenzy is Red. Rumble is Periwinkle.

Wheeljack and Arcee were promised multiple issues ago and it would be nice if they actually delivered, and Elita would be a good bonus for the wait.

Oh my God was this issue horrifying with skywarp's death, it's so sad

Total nitpick but we do see that Ratchet was working on Wheeljack specifically in a panel before choosing to bring Jazz online, Ratchet briefly laments that he'll have to wait. I know WHY DWJ did it (for the dramatic effect of it and to hammer home these aren't the "not that bad" guys many 'Cons became in IDW) but I can't help but wonder why Starscream and Soundwave didn't just use components from the other offline Decepticons? Skywarp, although battered, was already online and fighting for them so seems like a tactically unsound move. Given the teaser for issue 5 shows Thundercracker being brought online and IMMEDIATELY being distraught by what has become of Skywarp, I think we might be getting set up for another exploration of the "doubting" Decepticon ala Budiansky's original bio for him. Another incredible issue and great work covering it as always, I particularly liked Optimus and Ratchet's heart to heart about what their actual options are.

Its interesting how instead of killing cliffjumper like usual they killed bumblebee

Damn good🎉

It’s kinda sad that we don’t get much starscream that have depressing or honorable character we only see that in Armada, Exudos and Exiles Novels, and Idw

Excellent Review. These Transformers/GI Joe Comics are by far the best on the market. The one thing I didn't get was we see Megatron's Remains encased in ice. How did Ratchet get his right arm? The ARC looks like it crashed in a completely different environment

One thing I take issue with is how they did skywarp, like they were already in a ship full of comatose cybertronians. Heck it IS made of cybertronian alloy, so why kill one of your already active guys when a dead guy is right there

1:20 You know that had to feel good! Soundwave needed that punt, he deserved it, Optimus has always treated him so poorly.

So im rewatching this and im starting to see some references to the 2007 movie. The convo between ratchet and prime reminds me of the debate between Jazz and prime after bee is captured by s7. Spoilers: Then after reading issue #5 the setting of the dam is similar to the Hoover dam in the 2007 film. You could also argue the G1 cartoon did the same thing but I argue that I am seeing the skybound continuity is pulling from all continuities before it.

Cobra commander number #1 expands on his fate a bit more too not to spoil too much

Ok i have my doubt, but Optimus with Megs arm just tops all red flags i have for this . Like this imagine of them just do this, it better pay off.

Just waiting to see if they give Cliff Jumper the usual treatment he had been getting.

I CALLED IT

Using parts from Skywarp to repair teletran-1 creates some interesting questions/issues. How does it fabricate the materials to repair the wounded transformers? Could they rip the arms off a few cybertronians, fix the machine, then have it repair their arms? What happened to Optimus' own severed arm?

id like to see an optimus figure with megatrons arm and crooked antennas

I can't watch the video yet because I haven't read the comic yet but I'm just poppin in to support you, love the channel and how you discuss comics 👍 Do you collect the toys at all? If so, what are your favorites?

It'd be almost impressive how much of a bastard Starscream is if I wasn't anxiously waiting for the karma hammer to violently, brutally drop on his smug, arrogant head.

So Megatron’s on ice 🧊 in this continuity ?

I don't know when i see that Cliffjumper alt mode i see Windcharge's Alt mode

Hi! What continuity is this? And where can I purchase these comics? Is there an app?

If they bring Galvatron, then please bring Rodimus Prime.

wow the family loss is certainly tragic. do you have links to the comics?

Cliffjumper = Porsche 944?

Issue 4 and Optimus has already depleted the Matrix, interesting move

one IS better than the other. optimus would never consider ANY loss to be acceptable. IDW was terrible for many reasons, not the least of which was their depiction of optimus

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Did Laserbeak died because if the bird died, we mourn the loss of the freaking bird

⚡️⚡️GREAT STUFF⚡️⚡️I’m glad I found your channel I look forward to seeing more of your videos📺 I do mostly TRANSFORMER Stop Motion 🎬📸🎞️ I hope you enjoy my animation‼️ 11:42

if u watch the bay verse movies skywarps maybe death is like megtrons revival in i think revenge of the fallen when scalpel ripped apart a constructacon for parts.

No not megatron nooooo my favorite character