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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 14, 2023 18:35:51 GMT
Read Void Rivals Issue 1 - decent stuff, and lovely art. Optimistic about things.
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Post by Nigel on Jun 14, 2023 19:23:11 GMT
If you want to see what I believe is the spoilerrific 1:100 variant cover it's on a flyer which has hit some comic stores already. Image is in the spoiler tag. {Spoiler}  It's not a flyer, it's a whopping great A1(ish) poster. A copy came with my delivery today - I was going to post a photo but you beat me to it. I laughed when I saw it - so much for the advice to avoid spoilers and read it as intended. I found the comic to be fine in itself but the Transformers element felt shoehorned. The afterword seems to suggest - as does the story itself - that that's likely to be it in terms of Transformers in Void Rivals. It also seems to suggest that readers will be able to pick and choose titles and they won't all be must-read and directly connected. Presumably Skybound's original titles in this shared universe will be largely standalone. I'm curious as to the legal arrangements, which must be vastly different to the old Marvel days when anything originated in Transformers was automatically Hasbro's property. And I guess Hasbro will have first dibs on licensing, if there's anything suitable in the pipeline. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2023 8:53:48 GMT
Perhaps there hasn't been enough time to 'miss' new TF comics.
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Post by Benn on Jun 16, 2023 11:10:29 GMT
I've read this now, and... eeh? Bog standard story, nice art but I'm not exactly counting down the days 'til part two.
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Post by Nigel on Jun 16, 2023 12:49:00 GMT
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Post by primenova on Jun 20, 2023 9:31:58 GMT
So the Void Rivals characters are owned by Hasbro |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 20, 2023 10:16:57 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2023 8:21:39 GMT
My money is on the two aliens in Void Rivals being unmasked as Duke and Cobra Commander.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 26, 2023 9:06:38 GMT
No, I don't believe that will be the case.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2023 11:13:36 GMT
I'm calling it now.
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Post by tomwe on Jun 26, 2023 13:07:11 GMT
I really enjoyed Void Rivals. It's not breaking any new ground for originality but it looks amazing and the characters are well fleshed out. It just seems odd that Kirkman has created this stuff and then handed it to Hasbro. I guess that's what it takes to land the license.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 11, 2023 21:26:44 GMT
Second print has two Jetfire covers:   |
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Post by Nigel on Jul 12, 2023 14:04:08 GMT
As reported a month ago. And they're out today.  |
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Post by tomwe on Jul 12, 2023 14:10:00 GMT
I know that these are just alternate covers but should the Autobrand behind Jetfire in the first one be a sign that Jetfire's lack of insignia in the comic is just a red herring, you think?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 12, 2023 15:50:05 GMT
From what DWJ has said he is unaware of the war and where things are, so I think he is unaligned and imagine his allegiance might play a part in the initial arc.
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Post by primenova on Jul 12, 2023 16:41:56 GMT
He did say he was on his way but crashed & had been offline for ages, but we dont know how long. But how does he have earth based jet mode?
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Post by Benn on Jul 12, 2023 17:19:38 GMT
I doubt it, given that everyone will be using the cartoon bodies.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2023 18:04:59 GMT
I wouldn't read too much into cover images. Much of US based comics publishing long since departed from covers actually reflecting contents.
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Post by Nigel on Jul 12, 2023 18:51:40 GMT
Especially Marvel variants.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 19, 2023 19:20:13 GMT
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Post by tomwe on Jul 19, 2023 21:10:31 GMT
My copy is in the post so I won’t be clicking that.
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Post by Nigel on Jul 21, 2023 11:07:03 GMT
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Post by primenova on Aug 17, 2023 17:03:41 GMT
Got #3 surprise within
Also long letters page then preview of #1
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Post by Benn on Sept 28, 2023 9:15:48 GMT
Not sure where else to post this, so here it goes.
Void Rivals, eh? I said I'd give it the first five or six issues, but so far it's not doing anything for me. It's not good or bad, it's just kind of there. Probably not going to be continuing with it, and I hope the Transformers book itself is more engaging.
I also hope they're not going to make it so that you need to pick this up to get all the TF story.
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Post by KnightBeat on Sept 29, 2023 19:13:55 GMT
I just bought issue 3. It works surprisingly well as a standalone story and a jumping-on point for the series.
The Age of Geoff reference was a surprise. I assume it has nothing to do with the DW series/era of the same name.
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Post by primenova on Oct 1, 2023 13:25:22 GMT
So no #7 - is it taking a break then returned after a few months after the 2 Gijoe minis?
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Post by tomwe on Oct 2, 2023 13:28:23 GMT
could be - six is billed as the end of the first story arc. I honestly don't mind if they do tha.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 8, 2023 8:52:04 GMT
Aye. Void Rivals is okay. Not bad so far, but not setting my world on fire either...
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Post by Benn on Oct 26, 2023 20:04:55 GMT
I still don't know how I feel about it. Liked this issue a bit more though.
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Post by Benn on Nov 30, 2023 23:25:12 GMT
Yeah, six issues down and while it has grown on me, I don't feel the need to keep up with this. It's at it's most interesting when it's world building the wider 'Energon Universe', so I think I'll be making the jump to trades when it continues.
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