Crew's thoughts on Transformers vs Visionaries issue 5

By Adam May | In IDW Visionaries | 6 May 2018, 10:21 a.m.

This article will cover the personal opinions of the crew behind The Visionaries.net on IDW Publishing's Transformers Vs Visionaries Issue 5 which concluded the mini-series.

WARNING: - This article may contain spoilers.

Adam May - @inhumanoids

 

So here we are at (what hopefully what won’t be) the end of Transformers vs Visionaries.

The story in this issue felt a little rushed. It almost reads as if the number of pages for the final issue was reduced, or the story has been heavily edited by someone at IDW or Hasbro. If the later is true and it was edited to pieces, then it is a shame the original vision couldn't be printed on paper.

Merklynn's loss of ambiguity in his good/evil nature, Arzon’s surprise heel (and then face turn), various armour colour changes, the Transformers part of the "vs" hook simply reduced to background dressing... There is a lot to wonder about in this issue and unfortunately it isn’t the good kind of water cooler talk.

I was happy to see both Galadria a…

Crew's thoughts on Transformers vs Visionaries issue 4

By Adam May | In IDW Visionaries | 30 Mar 2018, 1:59 p.m.

This article will cover the personal opinions of the crew behind The Visionaries.net on IDW Publishing's Transformers Vs Visionaries Issue 4.

WARNING: - This article may contain spoilers.

David Mapes - @visionariesinfo

Good Men is the fourth issue in the Transformers vs Visionaries series by IDW Publishing. The series has split opinions, as all reboots do, and this issue continues the trend. For me this was probably one of the weaker stories so far, though the writer is constrained by a limited run and having to tie in to the Transformers lore. I really liked Merklynn's explanation on the history of the Visionaries in this universe, and the basis of their religion. It's kind of a shame to use the name Heskador, who was a witch in the 80s show, but at the same time I thought it was also a nice nod to that series. There are various people with the names Jesus or Muhammad, so it isn't beyond reason that someone would be named after this deity.

The story clarifies Mortdredd's situatio…