Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #53 - "The Dying of the Light, Part 4: At Close of Day"

[laughing_tree]

Later:

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[q99]

This was a great issue/reveal. Finally find Rewind's old love, only for.... this.


And Chromedome's sense of inferiority/rush to give himself so Rewind can have Dominus back....

[owlbrigade1]

I will never not laugh at Rodimus being socked for being "an enabler". I realise that things keep getting darker, but dammit that was hilarious!

The Dying of the Light

[sir_razorback]

After reading #55, all I can say without giving anything away is that I can't wait for the next arc to get rolling now! This has been one of my favorite arcs, I think, of any comic series.

[dustbunny105]

Rewind jump-punching Rodimus is one of the highlights of this arc for me. Which isn't saying much because this is easily my least favorite arc in the series, but at least it gave me that.

I feel like Dominus as the Pet-- heck, Dominus as an undercover agent working for Prowl-- should've been better foreshadowed. That said, it was neat to see certain things come together in this reveal.

Chromedome's edge of death experience here falls flat for me. It's emotional as it's happening, but is detrimental to the proceedings when given more thought. I mean, dude comes out of coma, comes within seconds of death and then... just kinda keeps on keeping on. Despite the constant talk of how much harder it's getting for him to bounce back after these procedures, despite the on-page evidence of this talk, he's up and ready to join the fight a few hours later.

Speaking of running off into the fight in question, that stomped all over my tolerance for this story, which was already worn down from the dismantling of the teleportation chamber (I know they decided not to run, but that they removed it as even a last resort... ugh). The shield at least gives them an opportunity to further plan, possibly to wear down enemy resources. Heck, if they hadn't dismantled the teleporter, they could use it to go around the Decepticons and steal a ship. They could lead the DJD and company away from or even come back for those pod people they're allegedly so worried about (never mind that dropping the shield and running off into a losing battle does nothing to defend those pod people). Plus it just strikes me as a really jerk move that they drop the shield and run off with Rung and Nightbeat still off investigating, thinking they have a safety net.