Today’s Comic> Transformers: Drift #2

This should have been up yesterday, but a last-minute change in my work schedule led to it being preempted to today.

"Are you sure we didn't come this way already?"

Transformers: Drift #2

Drift learns the story of Wing’s group of Cybertron separatists, who aren’t too keen on having a Decepticon in their midst. After hearing his backstory, Wing seems to think he can “reach” Drift and tries a unique method of getting through to him. However, Drift receives a message from the slavers in Decepticon code and when he goes to meet him finds the Decepticon Lockdown also waiting for him.

What they got right: On its own merits the art is pretty good, and I do like the backstory for the Cybertronian separatists. I’m a bit iffy on using Lockdown, since he isn’t a G1 character, being introduced in Transformers Animated, although Dai Atlas (the separatist leader) was a Japanese G1 character. Megatron makes a cameo in the flashback, and he is a lot more believable than his previous IDW appearances, making McCarthy’s Megatron more interesting than Furman’s or Eric Holmes.

What they got wrong: The character models for the separatists too closely resemble each other, making it difficult to tell them (and Drift, who was rebuilt in their style last issue) apart. This also means that Dai Atlas barely, if at all, resembles his actual body while Lockdown does look like a G1-ed version of the character.

Recommendation: From what I can tell, this series isn’t doing anything to endear the title character to the Transfan community, and I’m not sure anything here is going to have a major impact on the main series (especially since I haven’t seen him in a while), so it may not be worth the bother.

"But that's not where my roof is in robot mode. I just wanted a sunroof!"

Up Next: Best Scene of the Week in tonight’s “Weekly Wrap-Up.”