Transformers Spotlight: Bumblebee Commentary with John Barber

It was a different frame of mind for the character. I sort of wanted to write the start of the transition from the way the character was on Earth, when Mike Costa was writing him, to where he was at the start of ROBOTS IN DISGUISE. When we first see him in RID (and actually in the DEATH OF OPTIMUS PRIME that James Roberts and I co-wrote, and Nick Roche drew) hes already more hardened and embittered by leadership. There was a step we skipped over, where he had to really take on the responsibility, and thats the story I wanted to tell. Artist David Daza came in and did a terrific job in capturing the humans and the Cybertronians in this one.

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