Playing with various versions of Transformers continuity to craft something new, Transformers One gives us the rise of both Optimus Prime and Megatron… eventually. The lack of recognizable characters may have played a role in the film’s box office struggles, but fans missed out on what is easily the best Transformers movie in decades.
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Following the brutal beatdown at the hands of Soundwave, a broken Starscream is found by scavengers… in a H.I.S.S. Tank (are we finally getting the G.I. JOE/Transformers crossover?). While those events are used to set the story in motion, the primary story from Transformers #13 takes place years before on Cybertron giving us a look at Starscream before he ever became a Decepticon.
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Transformers #11 sees a large amount of friction and frustration boiling over with the Autobots about how and where they should put their limited resources. Optimus Prime makes to key decisions in the issue and both appear to be the wrong ones by the end of the issue. First, he uses the last of the Energon to finish fixing Ultra Magnus. And second, he leads an attack on Shockwave‘s base to free the captured Cliffjumper and Jazz who the Decepticon is torturing for his own amusement.
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I’m not going to object to more Shockwave in any Transformers comic, and that’s certainly what we get here. We get Shockwave torturing the captured Autobots as well as the reveal of his plan to milk the planet dry and supply a Decepticon-controlled Cybertron with endless energy. With so many different characters, both human and robot, the art of Transformers has been pretty good, if a little inconsistent at times, but hell yeah does Shockwave come off great here enhanced even more by the fear of the Autobots.
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Set in the new combined G.I. JOE / Transformers Engergon Universe, Destro #1 works as a reintroduction to the character. Using the Energon supplied by Cobra Commander, Destro uses the new prototype B.A.T.s to settle a personal score and set up a relative on the throne of the Republic of Darklonia. The test is a mixed success, in taking over the country (but also having no control of the bloodthirsty soldiers who kill friend and foe indiscriminately) and also raises the ire of Cobra for such a public demonstration.
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