Is it me, or is the only true bad ass in the entire Autobot ranks Optimus Prime?

No, seriously. Only Optimus Prime can kick anyone of importance’s ass. Mooks like Swindle don’t qualify, they’re like Hound…professional cannon fodder (and I mean that in the nicest possible way…I like both of those characters, heh). Anyone, and I do mean ANYONE who goes one on one with the likes of Shockwave, Scorponok, or Primus help them, Megatron (the list is far larger)…hell even 20 on one, and it’s game over unless you’re Optimus f’n Prime or a damn City-bot. Oddly, Optimus Prime doesn’t get the same privileges (in these books)…send a few Decepticons after him, and he rolls over faster than a badass girl when you grab her standard female grab point (the upper arm).

Hell, we have Shockwave pulling a G1 version of himself and kicking the living daylights out of ALL the Dinobots at the SAME TIME! Six Shot has been out there for millions of years, and there isn’t ONE countermeasure (I’m guessing Six Gun is going to be a complete and total pansy if he ever shows up), and he takes on whole platoons AND Optimus Prime.

What I’m getting at is, I get it…the Decepticons have some some serious power houses on their side. But c’mon…Grimlock, Ultra Magnus, Fort Max (smaller version), Jetfire…so do the Autobots. Grimlock is supposed to be, at the very least, on par with Optimus Prime…and he’s a non god modified Transformer. So far as I’ve seen, about the most he can do is treat Starscream like his personal boy toy…maybe. Jetfire has gone down more times than a Times Square purveyor of the oldest of professions; and Ultra Magnus? He got himself torn a superfluous rectal cavity from a non headmastered Scorponok in about as much time as it takes for the fanboys to scream “MOOOEEEEE!!!” when Hotaru Tomoe pops up in Sailor Moon (and God help me, I’m one of them).

The way you’ve (’you’ being every writer on the Transformers) it seems like you could have every Autobot badass up there attack Megatron, have Megatron SNEEZE and send them scattered until Optimus Prime shows up…assuming a group of seekers didn’t screw him up.

An exaggeration to be sure, but I hope I’m making sense. This is getting ridiculous, and my “I believe” button just fired off some Omega Beams in my general direction when I tried to push it this time.

You know what, it just occurred to me: the only other really BADASS Autobot I’ve seen is a GIRL! Hot though that is, and it really is, I’m about to call shenanigans on the entire thing, and sorry to say, especially because of that. Is it too much to ask for someone OTHER than Optimus Prime to legitimately kick some power house’s ass? Because the Autobots are intelligent and knew they’d need some powerful fighters and made a few, upgraded a few for that purpose, or just had one or two naturally that way?

I mean, c’mon…seriously. What’s next? Galvatron tying down Metroplex and Fortress Maximus (the big one) and……no I won’t finish that one.

It just looks to me like the entire Autobot army is getting Worfed for Optimus Prime, who doesn’t usually enjoy the same protections as those doing the Worfing. I’m legitimately concerned here…this seems to be a serious problem in the way the story writers view the way things work in the comics medium. The animated version typically goes the other way, it’s just as eyerolling, and I’d communicate my disagreements to them personally if I knew how.

There’s something seriously fundamentally wrong here by my reckoning. I’m just one voice in a million, and you don’t have to believe me, but i’m just thinking maybe you all should look into that. Cause I know you can do better…we’ve all seen it.

Anyhow, bring on MD!

But still, good stuff and a lovely prelude to MD…

But I can’t wait to find out what happens next!

Waiting makes me feel all tingly like it’s Marvel US #70 -”The Price of Life” again! Grimlock must decide… but I hope he’ll be wiser this time,after that Nucleon fiasco…

I hope this doesn’t conclude your tenure with IDW Simon, it’s been awesome so far and I’d hate to think fandom could lose you so soon after Don. It’d be one hell of a blow so far as I’m concerned…

ive seen some of marcellos art on this and it looks gorgeous. im still not sold on nicks redesign of the big grim (that chest just looks wrong) but it’s looking good so far.

cant wait till thurs

Will we see Shockies returning the favour with a supporting role in this Spotlight? I hope so - surely they didn’t dig up *just* the Dinobots…

Can’t get to Botcon, but will be eagerly awaiting any and all news.