Yet somehow it manages to avoid the Marvel curse of being relentlessness bleak to the point of only inspiring apathy within readers.
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This combined with the state the heroes are in during the opening makes the villains seem genuinely threatening, and a force more than capable of bringing down worlds en mass. Unlike the Michael Bay films, the humans don’t stand a hope in hell of victory and the fights are completely one sided. The surprising thing here is that it actually works though. Even moments of torture or subjects such as suicide brought up. That being said the robots themselves are often beaten to a pulp, with some surprisingly graphic wounds. Usually either via description or just outright suggestion leaving the readers to imagine the rest.
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While no direct blood or guts are usually shown, it often presents events in such a way to be chilling. It is extremely dark with a lot of people dying. Second, despite keeping most of the transformers’ original looks, this comic is bloody. Nothing of the background or war is really explained and likely assumes anyone reading will at least be aware of the basics. Let two things be clear before going into this: First, you might want to have a basic understanding of the setting before trying to read this. Trapped on Cybertron with the last of his soldiers, Optimus Prime lies close to death… Crippling the planet in days and leaving no human military force capable of fighting back. Unopposed Megatron has opted to drop any effort at disguising his invasion of Earth and launches an all-out assault. In a widespread strike against multiple instillations the Decepticons have crippled their opponents and left countless dead in their path. The Autobots have effectively lost the Great War. Effectively revamping the 1980’s G1 cartoon in a darker style. With Simon Furman having been effectively kicked off writing storylines by IDW due to failing sales a new writer was put in charge with an entirely new direction. In a widespread strike against multiple instillations the Decepticons have crippled their opponents and All Hail Megatron is a rather divisive event amongst the Transformers comics fandom.
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