Reviews

The Transformers Classics, Volume 1 by Frank Springer, Mark Bellomo, Bob Budiansky, Ricardo Villamonte, William Johnson, Jim Salicrup, Ralph Macchio, Bill Mantlo, Don Perlin, Herb Trimpe, Alan Kupperberg

jtcmedia's review

2.0

Not surprisingly, the stories are rather juvenile. The art work is dated and not very memorable. As a huge fan of the G1 cartoon, it is hard not to read this 'hearing' the voice of the actor. And that can be a bit disappointing since some of the characters don't act like their cartoon counterpart at all (Soundwave and Shockwave are the worse and for whatever reason, Spike is called Buster). Like the G1 cartoon, no one dies in this. There are also some laughable impossibilities in these stories and in my opinion even worse than the cartoon. For example, a paralyzed girl from her hospital bed turns herself into something like a Terminator and two thugs get shot by Megatron and are barely singed. Overall, not recommended.

kavinay's review

2.0

Gets dramatically better when Budiansky takes the reigns. Also Shockwave.