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Simon Furman

Auteur van Annihilation Book 2

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Simon Furman is the ultimate fan-favourite Transformers writer, having written hundreds of stories about the robots in disguise since their first comics appearance in the early 1980s. He is currently writing all-new Transformers comics for IDW and for Titan!
Fotografie: Photo by Wikipedia user JIP. Simon Furman doing a presentation speech at NTFA NordCon 2010 in Aalborg, Denmark.

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Werken van Simon Furman

Annihilation Book 2 (2007) — Auteur — 134 exemplaren
Transformers: The Ultimate Guide (2004) — Auteur — 92 exemplaren
Torchwood: Rift War (2009) — Auteur — 79 exemplaren
The Transformers: Infiltration (2006) 53 exemplaren
The Transformers: Stormbringer (2007) 39 exemplaren
Transformers: All Fall Down (2002) — Auteur — 36 exemplaren
Transformers: End of the Road (2002) 35 exemplaren
The Transformers: Escalation (2007) 35 exemplaren
The Transformers: Devastation (2008) — Auteur — 34 exemplaren
A Cold Day in Hell! (2009) — Auteur — 33 exemplaren
The Axis of Insanity (2004) — Auteur — 33 exemplaren
The Transformers: The IDW Collection, Volume One (2010) — Auteur — 32 exemplaren
Transformers: Target: 2006 (2002) 30 exemplaren
Transformers: Primal Scream (2002) 29 exemplaren
Transformers: The Movie Prequel (2007) 28 exemplaren
Transformers: Rage in Heaven (2002) 26 exemplaren
Transformers: Matrix Quest (2002) 25 exemplaren
Transformers: Dark Designs (2002) 23 exemplaren
The Transformers: The IDW Collection, Volume Four (2011) — Auteur — 23 exemplaren
Transformers: War Within Omnibus (2009) 18 exemplaren
Transformers: The War Within, Volume 2: The Dark Ages (1875) — Auteur — 18 exemplaren
The Transformers: Regeneration One, Volume 2 (2013) — Auteur — 16 exemplaren
You Can Draw Transformers (2007) 15 exemplaren
Transformers: Fallen Angel (2003) 14 exemplaren
Transformers: Legacy of Unicron (2003) 14 exemplaren
Transformers: The Movie Guide (2007) 13 exemplaren
Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies (2021) — Auteur — 13 exemplaren
Terminator: Revolution (2009) 11 exemplaren
Transformers: Fallen Star (2005) 11 exemplaren
Terminator: Infinity (2008) 11 exemplaren
Transformers: Armada Omnibus (1815) 11 exemplaren
Transformers: Time Wars (2003) 10 exemplaren
Transformers: City of Fear (2004) 10 exemplaren
Transformers: Second Generation (2004) 10 exemplaren
Transformers: Space Pirates (2003) 9 exemplaren
Doctor Who Classics, Volume 7 (2011) 9 exemplaren
Death's Head, Volume 1 (2007) 9 exemplaren
Transformers: Aspects of Evil! (2005) 9 exemplaren
Transformers: Prey (2004) 8 exemplaren
Kung Fu Panda Vol. 1 (2015) 8 exemplaren
Death's Head, Volume 2 (2007) 8 exemplaren
Transformers: Nefarious (2010) — Auteur — 8 exemplaren
Transformers: Energon, Volume 1 (2009) 8 exemplaren
Transformers: Earthforce (2006) 8 exemplaren
Classic Transformers, Volume 6 (2010) 7 exemplaren
Classic Transformers, Volume 5 (2010) 7 exemplaren
Transformers: Dinobot Hunt (2004) 7 exemplaren
Spotlight: Optimus Prime (2007) 6 exemplaren
Robotech Volume 4 (2019) 6 exemplaren
The Transformers: Infiltration #0 (2005) — Auteur — 6 exemplaren
Classic Transformers, Volume 4 (2009) 6 exemplaren
The Transformers Annual 1989 (1988) — Redacteur — 6 exemplaren
Spotlight: Hot Rod (2006) 6 exemplaren
The Transformers Annual 1987 (1987) — Auteur — 6 exemplaren
Transformers Annual 1990 (1989) — Redacteur — 6 exemplaren
Spotlight: Nightbeat (2006) 6 exemplaren
Spotlight: Ultra Magnus (2007) 6 exemplaren
The Transformers: Devastation #5 (2008) — Auteur — 5 exemplaren
The Transformers: Devastation #6 (2008) — Auteur — 5 exemplaren
Spotlight: Shockwave (2006) — Auteur — 5 exemplaren
Spotlight: Sixshot (2006) 5 exemplaren
Robotech: Volume 5 (2019) 5 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars: The Gathering #2 (2006) — Auteur — 5 exemplaren
Best of Transformers: (Vol. 1) (2008) 5 exemplaren
Robotech Vol. 3: Blind Game (2018) 5 exemplaren
The Vigilant (2021) 5 exemplaren
Transformers: Movie Prequel #1 (2007) 4 exemplaren
" Transformers " (Top Trumps) (2007) 4 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars: The Gathering #1 (2006) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
Dragon's Claws (2008) 4 exemplaren
The Transformers #70 - The Price of Life! (1990) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
Transformers: Tales of the Fallen (2010) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
The Transformers #69 - Eye of the Storm! (1990) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
The Transformers #74 - The Void (1990) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
The Transformers: Escalation #4 (2007) 4 exemplaren
The Transformers: Escalation #6 (2007) 4 exemplaren
Transformers: Phase One Omnibus (2014) 4 exemplaren
The Transformers: Devastation #4 (2008) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
Transformers: The War Within #1 (2002) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars: The Gathering #3 (2006) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars: The Gathering #4 (2006) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
The Transformers: Escalation #3 (2007) 3 exemplaren
Battletoads #1 (2020) 3 exemplaren
The Transformers: Escalation #1 (2006) 3 exemplaren
Spotlight: Galvatron (2007) 3 exemplaren
Transformers ā€™84 #0 (2019) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
The Transformers: Devastation #2 (2007) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
The Transformers #73 - Out of Time! (1990) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending #2 (2007) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Transformers: Energon #29 - Multiplicity, Part 4 (2004) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Thundercats Annual (1987) 3 exemplaren
Kung Fu Panda Vol. 2 (2015) 3 exemplaren
The Transformers #71 - Surrender! (1990) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
The Transformers #72 - ...All This and Civil War 2 (1990) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
The Transformers: Devastation #3 (2007) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Transformers: Energon #24 - Aftershock (2004) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Transformers: Movie Prequel #4 (2007) 3 exemplaren
Transformers: Energon #19 - This Evil Reborn (2004) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Transformers: Energon #22 - What Lies Beneath, Part 3 (2004) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Transformers: The War Within #2 (2002) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Transformers: Movie Prequel #3 (2007) 3 exemplaren
Transformers: Generation 2 #11 - Dark Shadows! (1994) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Movie Prequel Special #1 - Interlude (2007) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers 233: A Small War 2 / King Con! (part two) (1989) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Best of UK: Dinobots (2008) 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Armada #13 (2003) 2 exemplaren
The Transformers: Devastation #1 (2007) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
The Transformers #68 - The Human Factor! (1990) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
The Transformers #77 - Exodus! (1991) 2 exemplaren
Spotlight: Grimlock (2008) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: The War Within Preview (2002) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: The War Within #3 (2002) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: The War Within #4 (2003) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Robotech Vol. 6: Event Horizon (2019) 2 exemplaren
Transformers: The War Within #5 (2003) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: The War Within #6 (2003) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Spotlight: Sideswipe (2008) 2 exemplaren
Spotlight: Doubledealer (2008) 2 exemplaren
Spotlight: Hardhead (2008) 2 exemplaren
Spotlight: Cyclonus (2008) 2 exemplaren
Spotlight: Wheelie (2008) 2 exemplaren
Spotlight: Arcee (2008) 2 exemplaren
Spotlight: Soundwave (2007) 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Best of Hot Rod (2022) 2 exemplaren
Alignment (2002) 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending #4 (2007) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook #1 (2007) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Energon #27 - Multiplicity, Part 2 (2004) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Energon #26 - Multiplicity (2004) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
The Transformers: Escalation #2 (2006) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending #3 (2007) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook #3 (2007) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers 100-Page Giant: Power of the Predacons (2020) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending #1 (2007) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Armada #10 (2003) 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Energon #25 - Omni-Potent (2004) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Universe Preview - Abduction (2003) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Transformers: Energon #30 - No Exit (2004) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
The Void (part one) (1991) 1 exemplaar
The Void (part two) (1991) 1 exemplaar
Starcraft 0 1 exemplaar
Rad Robots (2009) 1 exemplaar
Transformers Energon 2 (v. 2) (2005) 1 exemplaar
Transformers 232: A Small War / King Con! (part one) (1989) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Action Force #1 1 exemplaar
To The Death - Volume One (2020) 1 exemplaar
Action Force #17 1 exemplaar
Action Force #10 1 exemplaar
Action Force #09 1 exemplaar
Action Force #03 1 exemplaar
Action Force #02 1 exemplaar
Ancient Relics (part three) (1987) 1 exemplaar
The Last Days of Optimus Prime (2000) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
The best of Library of Death — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Alpha Flight #114 1 exemplaar
Transformers No. 97 1 exemplaar
Transformers No 96 1 exemplaar
Transformers Annual 1991 (1990) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
ThunderCats No. 10 1 exemplaar
Transformers: Energon #20 - What Lies Beneath (2004) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Thundercats No. 1 1 exemplaar
Alpha Flight #118 1 exemplaar
The Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies #3 (2020) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
The Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies #2 (2020) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
The Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies #1 (2020) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Transformers Bumblebee #3 (2010) 1 exemplaar
Kung Fu Panda #1 (2015) 1 exemplaar
G.I. Joe: European Missions #9 (1989) 1 exemplaar
Dragon's Claws #2 1 exemplaar
The Incomplete Death's Head #8 (1993) 1 exemplaar
The Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies #4 (2020) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Transformers: Universe #3 - Homecoming (2004) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Transformers: Universe #2 - Escape (2004) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Transformers: Universe #1 - Abduction (2003) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Death Metal #1 1 exemplaar
Transformers Adventures: v. 3 (2010) 1 exemplaar
The Sensational She-Hulk #26 — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Death's Head #4 - Plaguedog! (1989) 1 exemplaar
Death's Head #3 - High Stakes (1989) 1 exemplaar
Transformers: Armada #9 (2003) 1 exemplaar
Transformers: Armada #6 (2002) 1 exemplaar
Transformers: Armada #7 (2003) 1 exemplaar
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Transformers: Armada #11 (2003) 1 exemplaar
Terminator, Bd. 1, Infinity (2009) 1 exemplaar
The Transformers 182: Space Pirates! (part one) (1988) — Redacteur — 1 exemplaar
Battletoads #2 (2020) 1 exemplaar
Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook #4 (2008) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook #2 (2007) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar

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Transformers: Movie Prequel Special (2007) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
The Transformers 188: Firebug! (1988) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
The Transformers 189: Dry Run! (1988) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Collected Comics 11: The Christmas Stories! (1988) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Superior: Kapow! World Record Special #1 (2011) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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Gangbare naam
Furman, Simon
Officiƫle naam
Furman, Simon Christopher Francis
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Francis, Chris
Geboortedatum
1961-03-22
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
UK
Land (voor op de kaart)
England, UK
Geboorteplaats
Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK

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...Perchance to Dream
The last (by titling convention, anyway) multi-part story of the UK comic strip begins the transition into what would be known as Earthforce. Many pixels have been spilled on this topic, but basically Simon Furman decided to stop having the UK strip tie into the US one at all, not even the sense of the UK one having small side stories to the bigger US stories like he'd been doing since issue #240 or so. Instead, he would split the characters up: since the US strip was focused on Optimus Prime and company in space, the UK strip would follow a set of different characters back on Earth.

This story sets that up by reviving five classic off-line characters so that they can star in the new strip. Galvatron is infesting their dreams, so we get five parts of flashback adventures, and then in part six they all wake up and defeat him. It's a fine enough set of vignettes, but Galvatron is defeated absurdly easily for someone who had once been a powerhouse of the strip.

The Big Shutdown! / A Small War!
These two stories are united in being about Thunderwing, who is rising to power as Decepticon leader on Cybertron. (I think there is a power vacuum because of the events of Two Megatrons!, which was actually published later!) The Big Shutdown! is a delightful hardboiled pastiche, as the Autobot detective Nightbeat must stop Thunderwing from committing a series of murders on Earth as part of a test being administered by the Decepticon leadership back on Cybertron. The end confused me, but I greatly enjoyed the rest of it, and I hope we get more Nightbeat in this series.

A Small War! jumps ahead to when Thunderwing does lead the Cybertronian Decepticon forces, and it introduces the Micromasters, a group of Autobots who are tiny (i.e., human-sized). The Micromasters get captured, but escape anyhowā€”only the Decepticons, led by Thunderwing, now also have the secret of their construction. This is fine; it mostly seems to exist to set up the Micromasters' first US appearance in a story I haven't read yet. (It appears in Classics, Vol. 5, but I've only read up through vol. 4.)

"Rage! / "Assault on the Ark!"
These two tales jump back a bit to explain more of how Thunderwing ascended to power, following up on The Big Shutdown! They're fine but I kind of didn't really care.

"Inside Story!" / "Front Line!" / "End of the Road!"
And here it all comes to an end, with honestly a pretty mediocre set of stories about a journalist trying to write a story about the Transformers. You'd think the giant robots tearing up the Earth would be bigger news than this story implies.

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This collection opens with a set of stories that slot in and around what was happening in the US strip at the time they were published.

Race with the Devil
This story is okay. A group of Autobots called the Triggerbots is assigned to shadow some Decepticon mercenaries, Darwking and Dreadwind; it turns out that the mercenaries are trying to recover Starscream's corpse, since it contains the Underbase, the collected knowledge of the Transformer race. (This is all due to the Underbase saga, from the US book.) Starscream kind of becomes a zombie and the Triggerbots stop him and save some humans. I guess if I ever could remember who the Triggerbots were, I might have cared about this more.

"Fallen Star!"
This vignette is focused on Starscream who, thanks to events in the US book, has been brought back to life... but is feeling like he's lost his mojo in the process. But then he realizes that maybe after all, he's still got it. Told in the first person, this is a fun story of Starscream at his best. (Well, worst.) Nicely done.

"Mind Games"
It's hard to talk about this story without getting into the weeds on continuity. Basically, when Simon Furman took over the US book, he decided he wanted to recurrect Megatron. But Megatron had already been resurrected in the UK book. He didn't want to alienate US readers by suddenly revealing Megatron had already been resurrected, so he wrote a story for the UK strip explaining that what everyone had thought was a resurrected Megatron was actually a clone of Megatron created by Straxus. Anyway, not much happens here; it's mostly to set up the next story.

"Two Megatrons!"
The "real" Megatron and the clone Megatron battle it out. Transformers fans have written whole dissertations on how this causes more problems than it solves, continuity-wise, but if you ignore all that, this is a great story with a perfect climax. Megatron is dead, love live Megatron!

After this, the collection suddenly jumps ahead to a set of Decepticon-focused stories from the "Earthforce" era, when the UK strip abandoned continuity with the US one. I wish Titan had just collected the era in publication order, but as they're the only publisher to collect it at all, I have to take what I can get.

"Flashkcab!"
What's that, Megatron has a time machine and is attempting to rewrite the events of the Underbase saga? Okay, sure. With five pages per story, Furman can't waste time on setting things up... or ever using these concepts ever again! This one is maybe overdoing the exciting standalone adventure thing (which became standard in the Earthforce era), but it's fine.

"The Bad Guy's Ball!"
There's been a Decepticon Civil War brewing, Shockwave versus Megatron, so the Decpticons call an "enclave" (should be "conclave," surely?) to settle who should be in charge. One of my favorite stories in this run: the whole idea of a Decepticon cease-fire social meet is a delight, and then the Autobots show up to cause problems in secret, preventing the two sides from reaching an accord. The only thing I don't like is I feel like this could be a premise for a whole twenty-page issue! Imagine this in the hands of James Roberts.

"Secrets" / "Bugged!" / "Internal Affairs!"
These three stories continue this collection's focus on the Decepticons, and they are all pretty fun. First, it turns out Soundwave is spying on Megatron for Shockwave, but he plays on a fellow Decepticon's paranoia to throw suspicion off himself in a masterful move. Then Starscream makes his own play, uniting with Soundwave to depose both Megatron and Shockwave. It's so complicated you've got to love it.

"Assassins" / "External Forces!" / "The Lesser Evil!"
More on the complicated shenanigans of the Decepticon civil war. Shockwave and Megatron team up to assassinate Starscream, making it look like Soundwave is responsible; the Mayhem Attack Squad attempts to kill Starscream and Soundwave; the Autobats have to save Starscream because they need a transfusion from him to defeat an illness Snarl has (we saw this illness in a flash-forward story in the 1990 annual). Enjoyable, but alas this is end of this plotline as the series itself is almost over. Shame, because I think there was a lot of mileage in it.

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Survivors! / "The Hunting Party"
After Time Wars, the UK Transformers comic changed gears, going small scaleā€”and black and white! Survivors! picks up from the end of Time Wars, chronicling the Wreckers, who haven't been given new orders since those events. They end up teaming up with some former members of the Decepticon Mayhem Attack Squad, Carnivac and Catilla, to take down the deranged Skids. All the characters, all feeling like abandoned warriors, join up together at the end. I'm curious to see where this goes, as "The Hunting Party!" indicates that the new Mayhem Attack Squad has orders to hunt down Carnivac and Catilla for going AWOL. Bad Transformers who become good Transformers is probably one of my favorite tropes (see Dinobot, Blackarachnia, MtMtE Megatron), so this has some real potential.

"Way of the Warrior" / "Survival Run" / "A Savage Place!"
This follows up on the Survivors. The Mayhem Attack Squad is trying to hunt down and punish the two Deception traitors; the story mostly focuses on Carnivac, who refuses to recognize Autobot authority but also begrudgingly finds himself doing the right thing and in a desperate stand for his own survival. Decepticon-turned-"good" is one of my favorite Transformers tropes, and this is a good example of it. The middle installment illustrated by Lee Sullivan, with Carnivac crawling through the desert, is particularly effective.

"Cry Wolf!" / "Wolf in the Fold!" / "Where Wolf?"
In this one, ex-Decepticon Carnivac decides to revenge himself on the Mayhem Attack Squad; it's a fun story about Carnivac doing his own thing while working alongside the Autobots, and how he humiliates Bludgeon by not killing him. All of the Survivors tales have been good, and this one is no exception; the story also links up the Survivors with Earthforce.

"Shut Up!"/ "Manoeuvres!"
"Shut Up!" is another great story, one that could pretty much only work as a five-pager: the Mayhem Attack Squad intimidate Red Alert into letting them out of the cell on Earthbase by not talking! "Manouvres!" is one that made little impression, on the other hand.

"Whose Lifeforce Is It Anway?" / "The Greatest Gift of All!"
Two linked stories, both pretty okay. Not as forgettable as some of the other pre-Earthforce stories, but not the best either. In the first, we see an Autobot walrus robot named Longtooth. Long enough, Optimus Prime bequeathed a fragment of the Matrix to him to use to save a dying comrade... but the cowardly Longtooth kept it for himself. Guilt has since made him suicidal in battle, but all his fellow Autobots think he's just very brave. This I think is a good set-up for a story, but really all that happens is he just suddenly decides to send the Matrix fragment (anonymously) back to Earth so Optimus can make use of it. Not much of a story. In the second one, Optimus thinks about using the fragment to bring back some dead Autobots, but ends up using it to revitalize a part of Earth damaged ecologically by the Transformers' war. It's fine, you know. More Optimus angst.

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"[Double] Deal of the Century!" / "Prime's Rib!"
Here we have two small standalone tales. "[Double] Deal of the Century!" introduces Double-Dealer, the Transformer who plays both sides; to be honest, I was thoroughly confused by it because I'm often bad at recognizing Transformers, and that's even harder when they're in black-and-white. "Prime's Rib!" is a random future story, set in 1995 (so about halfway between the 1980s "present" and the 2005+ "future") explaining how there can be a girl Transformer in Arcee if Transformers don't have gender. Optimus Prime had her built to appease angry feminists on Earth! Hilarious if you can take it ironically, I guess. But also pretty stupid.

"Starting Over!" / "Two Steps Back!" / "Break-Away!" / "Desert Island Risks!" / "Once upon a Time..." / "Life in the Slow Lane" / "Snow Fun!"
This is a fun set of strips that moves us into the Earthforce format, but also demonstrates its power. First we get a fun adventure where the characters revived in ...Perchance to Dream have to stop Megatron from destroying Earth's atmosphere. Why? I don't know, but it doesn't bother me, nor does the fact that according to the US strip at this time, Megatron can't even be here doing this. It's all worth it for the bits where the characters themselves complain about how gimmicky Transformers has gotten. "Probably some Microheadtargetmaster with a Pretender shell!" And then a fun ending where everyone just charges Megatron. Then we get a fun story about Grimlock versus Shockwave and his minions and then the whole premise is put into place: Optimus delegates Grimlock to run things on Earth.

I know some people love Grimlock, but for me a little bit of Grimlock goes a long way... there's only so much I can read about how he's "different" from the other Autobots. But Earthforce, it turns out, is the exact right amount of Grimlock. Like many loose cannon characters, he's best with a straight man, and here he's essentially got a whole team of them. Some of the stories here are bad silly (e.g., "Desert Island Risks" is improbably contrived) but many of them are good silly; any Transformers story where Grimlock's own Dinobots trick him by building a snowman of Shockwave is my kind of Transformers story. I like the serious, epic, angsty Transformers all right, but I also like the silly stuff that leavens it, and here we get a deliciously concentrated dose of it.

"Mystery!"
An Autobot arrives at the Earthforce base and discovers something terrible has happened to Wheeljack... only to realize it's all an incredibly complicated misunderstanding. Goofy fun.

"The Living Nightlights!"
Dumb, contrived story about Decepticon-made evil toys. Okay, not every "goofy fun" story is a winner... but you know, it's only five pages long at worst!

"The House That Wheeljack Built!" / "Divide and Conquer!" / "The 4,000,000 Year Itch!" / "Makin' Tracks!"
More goofy fun in "The House That Wheeljack Built": Wheeljack shows off the new Earthbase's automated defense systems... only everyone is outside the base, and you can only deactivate them from the inside, meaning everyone has to battle their way in! I also enjoyed "The 4,000,000 Year Itch!", where Optimus comes on an inspection tour at the same time Slag develops one of his periodic compulsions to murder everyone he knows(!), so Grimlock has to distract Optimus in the foreground while the other Dinobots keep subduing Slag in the background. Low farce, surely.

On the other hand, "Makin' Tracks" is similar but didn't work for me. In this case, the dead Tracks is being revived... but Grimlock hates Tracks so much he tries to kill him off again. I feel like this one went a bit too far... also, who the hell is Tracks? I don't even remember this guy or his beef with Grimlock. Plus the small art of these Titan digests made it hard to understand what was going on at the climax.

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