There are some classic Transformers stories, and I hope you’ll excuse me if my memory doesn’t hold very well. The Man of Iron is eerie and atmospheric, and is about a nameless Autobot who is sent to search for the Ark. Active while the rest of the Transformers are still comatose, a mythology builds around him as he is sighted throughout the centuries.
Then there’s Target 2006, which did far more than any kiddies comic had a right to. It tied in to Transformers the Movie, bringing the main players (Hot Rod, Blur, Cup, Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge) back into the present day, an action that displaced Optimus, Prowl and... someone else (was it Ratchet?) into a parallel universe. If memory serves, there’s a brilliant issue in which, while on the run on Cybertron, Prime tells a badly wounded Outback what happened when they were displaced. Then there’s The Enemy Within, in which Brawn is pitted against Starscream. And Dinobot Hunt was just incredible - I wish I knew where these issues were.
So yes: it is well worth tracking it down. It’s been something like fifteen years since I read a lot of it (it’s a mark of the strength of the storytelling that I remembered that much!), but I’ve reread enough in the last couple of years to know it’s a hell of a lot more than just nostalgia. |
