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Since the beginning of IDW’s reboot on its
Transformers continuity, writer Brian Ruckley has been playing the long game as he’s led Cybertron to the brink of its infamous, millions-year long war between the Autobots and Decepticons. All throughout his series we’ve seen the small sparks of war as Megatron and his followers manipulate events to their benefit and now in
Transformers Vol. 3: All Fall Down, the pay off comes as the newly christened Decepticon leader makes his move, forever changing the destiny of Cybertron and the galaxy. The third volume contains compelling character work from Ruckley, great artwork and other entertaining stories from Sam Maggs and Brandon Easton that further build the world and history of Cybertron.
It’s only really in the back half of
Earthrise that some of its most interesting material comes to the fore, as Optimus and Megatron find themselves being presented potential futures that are, to longtime
Transformers fans, windows into actual history. Within the Dead Universe the alternate dimension where some of
Transformers’ most sinister villains were exiled Optimus is given a future vision that’s pretty much a trailer for
Transformers: The Movie.
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Through the exiled Sky Lynx, Optimus is offered a look into a dark future if the struggling Autobot continues to doubt himself and his place as their leader, right down to his death and even a vision of the sinister Nemesis Prime, his dark-colored villainous clone. Meanwhile, Megatron is aided by a time-traveling Galvatron (who
Transformers Just Shook Up Its Lore in a Wild Way
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Cog looks on as Optimus and Megatron lock horns again in Transformers: War for Cybertron Earthrise.
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Transformers is a franchise that from the get-go has almost been ceaselessly fascinated with its past. The long shadow of the fabled “G1” era from its design sensibilities to its origin deep-dives has cast a long shadow over so much of what has come since, including Netflix’s latest re-litigation of the War for Cybertron. But its newest chapter lays the foundation for revisiting a bold moment from