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allhailgrimlock

Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.   

Currently reading

Separate Orbits
Yael Mermelstein
Progress: 119/427pages
BATMAN #53 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman53, TomKingBatman53
BATMAN #54 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
MattWagnerBatman54, TomKingBatman54
BATMAN #52 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman52, TomKingBatman52
BATMAN #51 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman51, TomKingBatman51
Infinity Wars: Iron Hammer (2018) #1 (of 2)
Al Ewing, Humberto Ramos
Champions (2019-) #4
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente
SUICIDE SQUAD #46 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSS46, RobWilliamsSS46
SUICIDE SQUAD #45 ((SINK ATLANTIS)) ((DC REBIRTH )) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSuicideSquad45, RobWilliamsSuicideSquad45
Champions (2019-) #3
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente

Better than the movie

Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Rising Storm TP (Transformers (Idw)) - Carlos Magno

This is a Dark of the Moon prequel, and it's far superior to the movie.   There aren't any gaping plotholes like what Sentinel Prime did at the end of DotM.   It also gave me a lot that I liked. 

 

A Barricade versus Bumblebee scene.   More insight into Arcee, Elita-One and Chromia.   More about where and how Shockwave and Soundwave fit into the Bayverse.   Soundwave calling his droned his 'menagerie.'  Wheeljack and more insight into him.   It made me much happier than any of the other Bayverse movies have. 

 

On the other hand, the art was pretty bad.   Both the bots and the humans didn't look like they did in the movies.   And no matter how good these get, I'll always end up comparing them to Robots in Disguise and More Than Meets the Eye, especially since they're all put out by IDW.   And even the best - so far - of the Bayverse comics fall short of the current flagship titles.