Issue one was pretty good.  Lots of out of nowhere flashbacks though.  Hopefully they fit together better when the series is complete.  And Prime getting the message from Ironhide was a nice touch I didn't expect, as well as Trypticon's cameo.

  And Prime getting the message from Ironhide was a nice touch I didn't expect,

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So this IS in the same continuity as Infiltration?

power ranger zords IMO

  And Prime getting the message from Ironhide was a nice touch I didn't expect,

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So this IS in the same continuity as Infiltration?

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yeah.  Furman said that later we'll hear the other end of the conversation megs was having in infiltration 5.

Dinozords vs Dinobots  :drool

apparently Stormbringer is taking place at the same time as Infiltration and events from Stormbringer will play out in Escalation. Kinda like the G1/War Within connection, cept Stormbringer is in the present and not the past.

Simon.

 

That was good. Damn good. 

 

I was strong enough to resist reading the previews and blurbs on this sucker for a few months now, and I'm glad I did, because I thoroughly enjoyed this issue having not had prior knowledge of what it was about and who was in it.

 

Where to begin with the pleasant surprises here?

 

How about the cast? We have Jetfire and the Technobots bent on uncovering the source  of mysterious energy signals emanating from a supposedly dead Cybertron.    Very good character choice for such an expedition and I actually understood for once Simon's techno mumbo jumbo.  Hell, we even had a Throttlebot in this one. You just have to pleased when you see a Throttlebot because you know an effort is being made to branch away from the standard cast, and in my book, that's always a good thing.    Its nice to see a threat to Prime and Megs other than each other again too.

 

The dialogue?    Yeah, its Furmanesque, but thankfully there were no unnecessary grunting noises and "Oh"s. The way the dialogue from the flashbacks flowed into the scenes of current events and then back to flashbacks was beautifully done.

 

The story? Very intriguing and darkly mysterious.    I was hooked from the first few pages.  Really, its the mystery aspect of this story that has me drooling for the next issue.    I particularly enjoyed seeing the search team downed (but out?) by issues end, as this was unexpected. 

 

I have not been this much pleased with a Furman work since his run on G2 at Marvel.    And I haven't enjoyed a TF comic this much since DW's ongoing was cancelled. I called Simon "washed up" a while back, but if he can continue to hit home by series end, an apology from myself will definitely be in order.

 

The art? Hey. It's Don. Nuff said. 

 

A solid "A" comic that will have TF fans raving.

Springer is directly below Jetfire, and I have no idea who the big purple guy is. Perhaps a mutated Decepticon like Thunderwing? :tfhuh

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If you are talking about the character on top of Jetfire, I think that's Bombburst's inner robot mode - his Pretender shell is the bat humanoid character little bit left of the picture from where it is. You can also see the inner robot for Iguanus, and Finback's outer shell below that.

VERY cool...and I'm seeing a plausable explanation for the pretender shells with the back ground radiaion. Now is Thunderwing supposed to be soooo powereful that both the cons and bots had to team up for one guy? or him and  his forces...

VERY cool...and I'm seeing a plausable explanation for the pretender shells with the back ground radiaion. Now is Thunderwing supposed to be soooo powereful that both the cons and bots had to team up for one guy? or him and  his forces...

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Maybe the Pretenders have their own faction...