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Transformers, Vol. 2: Transport to Oblivion by Mike Spicer, Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona

4.19 AVERAGE

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lozymandias's review

4.0
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
A really fun addition to the transformers canon with twists and turns
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trizk's review

4.0
dark emotional tense fast-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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jennireadsthethings's review

3.0
thundercracker is the only thing saving this comic i sear to god

goldshard13's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sassybackfat's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional funny sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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tabman678's review

3.75
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dave_ex_machina's review

4.25
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
A continuation of the current transformers comic, in this volume the decepticons of a connected Earth to Cybertron with this comes alita one, ultra Magnus and a host of Autobot freedom fighters.
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denjamin_button's review

3.5
adventurous funny reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

freelatveria's review

5.0
dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
 
Honestly thought this was a clear step up from the first volume.

Where, something like the death of Bumblebee, had no real meaning except to be cruel in the first volume, in this one I feel like they have much more weight.  When Ratchet died,  I could feel the weight on Opimus Prime as the one Autobot that seemed to be closest to him was gone.  Then the end when Prime crushes Shockwave's head, the horror that artist, Jorge Corona, does an excellent job portraying the horror on Prime's face, which is no small feat considering how few features are on his metal mug.

The next big step up was the villains.  In volume one, we mostly just had Starscream, who is just a cruel bully who is really a coward at heart.  Not much to really like about him, and pretty pathetic in the end.  I thought he was going to settle into that roll as leader until Megatron could get around to coming back and ruining his day....but no. Soundwave steps up here, and proves to be a much smarter villain.  And through Soundwave's plot, we get Shockwave, the Nazi torturer of Decepticons.  Shockwave really came off as truly terrifying and as much as I was disappointed in Ultra Magnus for how his story went, I could get why he would be so afraid of this...thing.  But it was still nice to see him get his in the end though.  And while we are talking about villains, we should just go ahead and bring in Elita-1.  She feels so betrayed by Prime and she betrays Prime here to try and trap him on Cybertron.  And if we have any doubt that she has fallen, she is willing to use the life force Shockwave harvested from the ocean life to fuel her revenge.  

For the good guys, we don't get too many really added here.  Ultra Magnus, the Autobot with the coolest name, turns out to be a disappointment.  I can only hope he can redeem himself in the future.  Beachcomber shows up and I was really worried what we were doing here making him a pacifist.  These kind of characters never come out of stories like this looking good.  But having Spike talk him into saving Prime at the end was a  nice touch and something fun to have this character do.  Now they need to just shuffle him off the page before he starts looking like an idiot stander byer when the fighting erupts again.

All in all, this was great.  The only real complaint I could have for this collection, and this isn't new this has been all of the Energon Universe books so far....the lack of a cover gallery.  At the very least we should be getting the main covers to the books put in here, a lot of them look really nice.  However, I think, they should have a proper cover gallery like the Titan Comics Conan books have, because, like that book, this one has half a dozen cover variations for each issue. 
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mo_1634's review

4.75
adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
lost a point for killing ratchet...💔🥀