Before he became a gun, someone gave Ulchtar a gun. Transformers #13 reveals why Ulchtar opted to rage against the machine and ravage the universe as Starscream. Read Full Review

The rebirth of a fallen Decepticon begins with a devastating look at his early beginnings. Johnson takes readers into the past with phenomenal writing. Howard, Spicer and Wooten weave in the pain of loss with the mounting drama as the pages make loud statements. Its a strong launching point into year two of one of comics best series. Read Full Review

TRANSFORMERS #13 is an excellent issue that gives readers the background on Starscream's origin as a Decepticon and signals greater involvement of G.I. Joe moving forward. Daniel Warren Johnson's script reaffirms how well he knows these characters, and Jason Howard's guest art is satisfactory. Read Full Review

Transformers #13 stirs away from our regular scheduled story to tell us the origins of Starscream and how he came to be the ruthless Transformer that he is. Daniel Warren Johnson manages to shift the tone of the story suddenly without any warning, but it's Jason Howard's art that helps tell the story with his perception of size and how he uses that for it to speak for itself.  Read Full Review

After all the big things that have gone on in this series Transformers #13 takes a step back to tell the origin story of Starscream. Read Full Review

The streak of perfection continues.

Good issue, but it felt a little underwhelming, if I'm being honest. It felt like the origins of starscream just should have been... More? Still good though.