World Famous Comics: Transformers Generation One Volume 2: War & Peace (Transformers Generation 1 Vol2)
Transformers Generation One Volume 2: War & Peace (Transformers Generation 1 Vol2)
By: Brad Mick, Pat Lee Publisher: Dreamwave Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Dreamwave Number of Items: 2 Number of Pages: 176 Publication Date: March 17, 2004 Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Product Description: Just in time for the all-new G1 ongoing series, comes the collected edition of 2003's wildly popular War and Peace mini-series. Featuring an all-new cover by Transformers artist extraordinaire Pat Lee, this impressive collection boasts a ton of extras, including a cover gallery, interviews with the creative team and much more!
Disappointing Volume 2 of the Dreamwave series is a significant improvement from the trash that Chris Sarachini put out in Volume 1. However, compared to all of the comic runs based on the Transformers in the 80's and early 90's, this story is extremely lacking in substance. There are a lot of attempts at fan appeal , but the story just is not very compelling. If you are not already a fan of the Transformers, I would not recommend this book. If you are a rabid fanboy collector, you might want to pick this one up.
Great story and artwork The Dreamwave's take on the G1 story line is very good indeed and the War & Peace story rocks!
Great chemistry with characters from Season one to three in one book. I really enjoyed this book because it's the amalgamation of the Transformers season 2 and 3 combined. In fact, everytime I get out of bed, I always read that book every time because it's something I always wanted to see Autobots from season 1 meeting up with the Autobots of Seson 3. For example, Ironhide and Kup are actually best friends and battle buddies. How come we never get to see it on television?! My favorite part of the book was when Starscream shoots Megatron in the head sending him tumbling into space just like the variation of a scene from the movie. Volume 2 is all action and everything that Transformers fans wanted othan than the first volume. Brad Mick utilized every characters including those were not shown in the original comics line or on television. This book is good and I recommended to every Transformers fans.
Solid, consistent story tainted by Dreawaves' arrogrance Dreamwave are an upstart company that claims to bring the Generation One Transformers to thier former glories, and to his crddit, "Brad Mick", a self confessed fanboy, achevies this.
"War anmd Peace" is a Furman-esque look at a Cybertron united by everyone's favourate comic villain, Shockwave, a minor Deceptacon lackey in the excellent Generation One cartoon, who once more has been given lines he was given in the Marvel comics about betraying both Autobot and Deceptacons to suit his one need for power, also making apperances (some for blatant fan-appealing reasons) are Alpha Trion, the Sharkitons, and Ultra Magnus' rarly seen in the comics (ever) cab robot body.
The story follows all the classic formats, Starscream's trecerhosu side, Megatron being ejected into space despite still functioning (a prize for anyone who can guess where that reference came from), Hot Rod and Kups' bickering, and of course, the ever dependable Matrix of Leadership, what fan appealing comic could do without it?
The only problem is that most Generation One fans would prefer it if this new continunity did'nt basically ignore the events of the conistently darker third season of the Generation One cartoon, it just tells you right there that Mick and Dreamwave clearly hated the fact that Optimus Prime was killed off in the film and are trying to create an alternative timeline for fans who felt the same to follow...a bold move, and one that turns them into utter hypocrites.
A solid story that panders to fans of Generation One, but seems like it's trying to tell you "follow our continunity, follow our continunity, follow our continunity"
An Epic. No two ways about it - this is the best Transformers story of all time. If you have any appreciation for the G1 characters at all, you will love this and beg for more. The first book, Vol. 1, was a fun little story which re-introduced us to our favorite characters and helped us remember why we fell in love with the Transformers when we were younger. The colors and artwork were great, and the preview at the end set the story up nicely for this sequel. The thing is, however good that book was, this one is twice as good. I'm not kidding.
Remember how, in the old cartoon, characters would just suddenly appear in the show? Remember how older characters would just disappear? This story explains all that. It's a finely crafted tale of Cybertronian politics, which - although a little confusing at times - somehow manages to keep a fast pace while becoming more and more interesting. Almost all the Transformers you've ever noticed are included, and each manages to take an important role within the overall story. Pre and post-movie characters all interact together like a fantastic dream. All five of the Dinobots are back, as are the Protectobot and Stunticon teams. We see the introduction of Hot Rod and friends, and even learn why the Ultra Magnus toy had a white "Optimus Prime"-type figure inside it! Others, such as Ratbat and Smokescreen, are given the introduction that they should have had back in the old cartoon, while characters like Ramjet and Blitzwing are given extra time to develop their characters a little more. Even the Go-Bots are included, although perhaps not in a way that fans of that series would appreciate... hehe. ;)
The bottom line is that this story fills in almost all the gaps and fixes plot-holes from the old G1 cartoon. It's very exciting, and you'll be able to watch that old cartoon with a new appreciation for the characters that suddenly appeared. All alliances and events are fully explained in the back of the book, and it even ties in to "The War Within" series by Simon Furman (a prequel series of sorts). The script is very good, with accurate character personalities, and the artwork is somehow even better than it was in Vol. 1 (which itself was amazing)!
I was skeptical about this series of books because of a few negative reviews, but now I'm hooked. I wouldn't even be surprised if this particular story is used for the upcoming live-action movie (being released in 2006). Both this and Vol. 1 are well worth the money, so don't hesitate like I did. Get them now! :)
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