Windblade #1 - Combiner Wars, pt 1

[skemono]

When last we left our unfortunate heroine, her home planet Caminus was being invaded by the combiner Menasor.


We open with Swindle griping that he hasn't found anything to steal, despite Starscream's promise that he could get filthy rich by robbing the Camiens.




So, yeah. With Blackjack's anger issues helping form Menasor's personality, the combiner goes on a rampage. With the spacebridge still open, Transformers from Cybertron go in to help.




The Aerialbots fly in and form Superion, who offers Menasor a chance to surrender.



And they fight, and they fight, and they fight, and they fight! After Superion puts down Menasor, we get down to exactly what you want out of a series of warring giant robots with laser cannons: politics and religion!







Optimus opens his chest to reveal the Matrix, at which point the Camiens (except for Windblade) bow to him, while in the background Starscream has a rage stroke.


Writer: Mairghread Scott
Story by: Mairghread Scott & John Barber
Artist: Sarah Stone
Cover artist: Casey W. Coller

Comments

[cynic79]

It seems the reason he got the Armada body in the first place was due to the toyline, which had an Armada Starscream on the shelves just as Starscream was changing bodies during Dark Cybertron.

I don't mind synergy between the comics and the toyline, but I wish the comic drove the toyline more, rather than the other way around.

[deh_tommy]

Will Megatron be given his form from Transformers: Armada, then?

[cynic79]

I imagine he'll be keeping his current G1-esque body, as he also has a G1-esque toy out right now (complete with Autobot symbol!).

Thinking back, it seems that the only time recently that the toys have really intruded on the comic has been during big events. We got new bodies for Bumblebee, Starscream, and Dreadwing that just happened to be based on toys then available, and the rather awkward introduction of Crosscut, who also had a toy on shelves. Now we've got the new combiner members being somewhat awkwardly introduced.

Outside of events, it seems the comic creators are generally left alone. It doesn't look like Cyclonus is getting a new look anytime soon (and I'm a bit disappointed that his new toy doesn't have a head sculpt to match his MTMTE design). Tailgate has been portrayed consistently despite having a toy that doesn't quite match his design (and in fact draws heavily from his MTMTE look).