When the Decepticons attack the Autobots at their weakest moment, an unlikely new hero joins the battle! With human and Transformer robots lives at stake, can Optimus Prime unlock the true power behind the Matrix of Leadership to save them both?
Transformers is a powerful comic book and Daniel Warren Johnson is its undeniable Allspark. Read Full Review
As has been the case with seemingly every Energon Universe story so far, there is a wild cliffhanger setting up something Transformers fans probably never even thought to expect. One that sets up a potential wild new status quo. That's the beauty of this series. It's all wide open and DWJ and Spicer haven't failed to obliterate expectations at every turn. Read Full Review
Another heartfelt issue that manages to remind us why we should always adore the kind of hero that's gentle and strong of character. Read Full Review
While Humans and Autobots join forces to save Spike Witwicky's life, Carly and Cliffjumper discover a surprising kinship in Transformers #4. Read Full Review
'Transformers' has set an incredibly high bar for a comic like this and it continues to deliver month after month. Read Full Review
TRANSFORMERS #4 delivers fast-paced action and cool wow moments to make every page turn worth the cover price. Daniel Warren Johnsons realistic approach to Transformers on Earth reads like a gripping war story, and Johnsons eye for dramatic panels hits with impact every time. Read Full Review
I was a bit iffy on the series when it launched, but I'm all in after Transformers #4. The series keeps improving with each issue and really creating a unique voice for itself. Read Full Review
From the momentum you open Transformers #4 your attention is grabbed and not let go of until you finish the comic book. Picking up where the previous issue ended, the race to save Spike's life is felt right away. The incredible chase as an injured Optimus Prime race to save Spike while being chased by the deadly Starscream. This concerning situation carries the entire Transformers #4 the best issue of the series thus far. Read Full Review
Whether the art and colors work for you or not is a matter of taste; what cannot be argued is the fact that the robots are instantly recognisable, both visually and in tone; there is no disguising those facts! Read Full Review
Final Thoughts While the art may falter a bit in this issue, the heart and soul remain the characters. Cliffjumper and Carly are forming quite a bond, Optimus has finally decided to go on the offensive, and Spike and Sparky have reached a marginal level of understanding with each other. Its going to be interesting to see how the next few issues play out as we get closer to the eventual finish line for this volume. Read Full Review
Another issue, another solid storytelling chapter of this opening Transformers story. Good character moments and continuously great art easily carry this one along. Read Full Review
If IDW is reading THIS is how you do the Transformers. 2 factions of big robots at war and nothing is safe. Starscream shows his disregard for any life here by tearing Skywarp apart for spare parts, showing he cares for robot life no more than humans. Optimus Prime meanwhile shows he's the complete opposite, concerned for his fellow Autobots, but also willing to risk himself to get the power the hospital needed to save his new friend Spike.
Every issue of this series delivers, and these days you can probably say that about fewer comics than ever. I have no difficulty whatsoever believing the talk that this series is crushing the competition. As long as comics like this are still being made then good comics are still possible, even tod more
I’m impressed by the nuance injected into Transformers, for crying out load.
I’ll leave it at that.
Jazz? Yeah 10/10
This book is firing on all cylinders. Its not super deep, doesn't have to be. Its exactly what transformers needs.
While I could fill up this entire room just drowning DWJ in compliments (all of which he would deserve), I will instead point out the highlights of this issue (just the best of the best otherwise I would say this entire book is a highlight).
1) StarScream is messed up. Like enjoying Warcrimes killing people in hospitals with a machine gun level messed up. DWJ went hard. The early scene filled me with disgust and dread which most books fail to do even when the try. His art and the brutality go hand in hand.
2) Optimus Prime is written so well and so in character. That hospital generator scene got my kind of misty eyed. It was great. 10/10/
3) Follow up brutality by the Decepticons to their own kind in complet more
This young series made the rounds on multiple “Best of” 2023 lists after only three issues, yet Transformers #4 may be the best issue yet. I’m not ashamed to say that I haven’t loved this series as much as others have so far. Yes, it’s been a very well made comic book thanks to Johnson’s script and art, as well as Mike Spicer’s colors. But I chalk the limits of my love up to the lack of sentimentality I feel towards Transformers as franchise, having been born just too late for it to have been a staple of my childhood. But wow, this issue hit me hard. Daniel Warren Johnson got me all caught up in my feels and made me care so much about these darn robots, that jerk.
This issue was dripping with emotional heft, with a more
This comic is awesome, and this series is fantastic.
IF someone told me a few months ago that Transformers would be my most anticipated comic of each month, I'd have laughed at them. Looks like DWJ is getting the last laugh, though. The storytelling on display in this issue is top-notch. The art is great. Combining DWJ's sketchy style with throw-back transformer designs shouldn't work, but it does. The charaterization is excellent. The action is wonderful. Each scene has weight and emotional impact. Mike Spicer is killing it on the colors. The characters pop; everything looks great. The only comic reading experience I can compare it to is reading One Piece. Seriously.
There's really not much review to be done here. Are you a transformers fan? Then you are already reading this comic. Are you new to transformers? Cool! Then you should definitely be reading this comic. It's got everything you could want; action, emotional highs and lows, returns of fan favorites and the characters are positively on point. Daniel Warren Johnson's art style may be a little more of an original take on the art but his action panels are so slick, it's hard to complain about it.
Transformers ending up in the hands of Skybound has been one of the best things that's happened to the franchise in some time!
Recommended!
Another really good issue here. I wasn't as into this was the previous one, but I still enjoyed it a good amount. My main gripe with this is that I felt that the first half just went by really fast and I don't think it took enough time to let the reader process what was happening. However, the second half of this was great and I really liked when things slowed down a bit.
Another really solid issue. It has some emotional beats and good mix of action.
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