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scans_daily2012-07-21 05:23 pm
terrykun) wrote in scans_daily2012-07-21 05:23 pm
Transformers: MTMTE 07 preview - "But the war's over..."
In the next issue of Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, the much alluded to and dread Decepticon Justice Division finally appears.
And what an appearance they make...
Possible trigger warning: torture against robots
The first page of the issue has Tarn, leader of the DJD, discussing the illustrious career of Black Shadow, one of Megatron's Phase Sixers. Decepticons who are sent in to completely sterilize an already destabilized planet of any remaining potential resistance, and possibly all life, prior to cyberforming.
Three killed in a confrontation with the Wreckers' 11th incarnation.
Three thousand and three when taking on the 13th Autobot Battalion, personally repelling Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus in direct combat.
Three BILLION executed when fighting the entire population of Rigel IV.
Black Shadow was all but guaranteed a seat on Megatron's conclave... until he accepted half a billion shanix in exchange for blowing up a fleet of Decepticon warworlds.
Enter the DJD. Five Decepticons renamed for the first five cities to fall in the war with the Autobots.
I love the exposition of Megatron's doctrines here, after the glimpses we received of it during the pre-war issues of Transformers.
ETA: If his power is the ability to talk people to death, I see only one way for the crew of The Lost Light to survive this....
Set him against Swerve. :D
Possible trigger warning would be spoilery. I've spaced out the start of the entry below the cut to explain a little.
And what an appearance they make...
Possible trigger warning: torture against robots
The first page of the issue has Tarn, leader of the DJD, discussing the illustrious career of Black Shadow, one of Megatron's Phase Sixers. Decepticons who are sent in to completely sterilize an already destabilized planet of any remaining potential resistance, and possibly all life, prior to cyberforming.
Three killed in a confrontation with the Wreckers' 11th incarnation.
Three thousand and three when taking on the 13th Autobot Battalion, personally repelling Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus in direct combat.
Three BILLION executed when fighting the entire population of Rigel IV.
Black Shadow was all but guaranteed a seat on Megatron's conclave... until he accepted half a billion shanix in exchange for blowing up a fleet of Decepticon warworlds.
Enter the DJD. Five Decepticons renamed for the first five cities to fall in the war with the Autobots.
I love the exposition of Megatron's doctrines here, after the glimpses we received of it during the pre-war issues of Transformers.
ETA: If his power is the ability to talk people to death, I see only one way for the crew of The Lost Light to survive this....
Set him against Swerve. :D
Possible trigger warning would be spoilery. I've spaced out the start of the entry below the cut to explain a little.
Re: I haven't been reading these books, but...
Basically I don't care if the villains are a threat to the heroes, in fact I prefer they not be, I just care that they're a threat to those the hero has to protect, or their loved ones, or their goals.
There's this saying 'you don't win a war by dying for your country, you win a war by making the other guy die for his.' Comic writers spend to much time trying to give the heroes the win by dying for their 'country' and this reads to me like just the sort of setup for a heroic sacrifice victory
and they never give the culture to the average characters, got to give it to the walking weapons so they seem to have depth.
Re: I haven't been reading these books, but...
You need to read the back issues of this series- They spend a lot of time on Rung, Autobot psychiatrist.
Tailgate, an ancient cybertronian scientist also gets a large role. Skids is a theoratician. Swerve runs a bar.
The second story arc is about a medical facility and is mostly dealt with by medics, including Ratchet who's hands barely work, using medicine, not gun.
More than likely, the DJD aren't going to be a direct threat to Hot Rod and his mission... they're going to be a threat to Drift, his Decepticon-defector buddy who he won't want to see get a Black Shadow treatment.
Re: I haven't been reading these books, but...
Re: I haven't been reading these books, but...