The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye 1 [ペーパーバック]

On the planet of Cybertron exists life, but not life as we know it, intelligent robots capable of transforming have waged a civil war for millions of years, the Heroic Autobots and the Evil Decepticons struggle-

Wait. What? It's over?

War is over!

...And now it only gets even more intense.

In the beginning of 2012, IDW announced Transformers would have not one, but TWO ongoing series, and so, fans didn't know quite what to expect, until it was announced that the talent behind both would reflect the works to follow onward. James Roberts, co-writer of Last Stand of the Wreckers and author of the lauded two parter Chaos Theory story now stands head writer alongside some familiar faces, with fellow Wrecker artist Nick Roche helping in, and IDW regular Alex Milne standing as the mainstay artist!

While in Sister series Robots in Disguise, the story is of political intrigue and slow burning thriller, More Than Meets the Eye is a riproaring adventure into space, think Star Trek, but everyone can turn into a car, or a memory stick if you want to stay non-shapist!

The reading is light on pages, but each crammed with more depth and entertainment than any ongoing transformers story in possibly 20 years, and from the blast off, the gathering of a crew and the reveal of a terrifying secret aboard the ship, this issue covers the debut of the team, and shapes up well for IDW's future.

While 'RiD' boasts a familiar line up, 'MTMTE' is full of new and unexplored characters, ripe for introduction and quick to warm to, and best of all?

You don't even have to have read a comic before this to enjoy it.

It certainly HELPS, and to assist, also within is penned by Roberts and Co. the one-shot comic 'The Death of Optimus Prime', detailing the wedge driven into the Autobots that has created such a split.

The Lost Light is lost, and there's a wide, wide galaxy out there between the crew and their goals.

But luckily for us, the adventure is so much more than the destination...

Buy it now, and see for yourself if you're willing to join the crew.

A great addition to IDW's Transformers collection. Make sure to read the previous collections first though. It is Transformers for adults.

My son loves Transformers. I am indifferent. I tried reading this comic to him. We spent most of it going, who is that? The characters aren't drawn that differently from each other. The authors play games with some of the cells so that everything will be tinted one color or another. So, color doesn't really help you distinguish them. Maybe someone more into Transformers would not have this difficulty. Maybe if we had read further, it would have gotten easier.