Transformers #17

This issue is a sign that this slow-burn series is about to start firing on all cylinders. Read Full Review

Overall, this issue wasn't as exciting as previous ones. The technical presentation of this issue, between the artwork, coloring, dialogue, and lettering, was excellent. But the events just weren't as interesting as previous issues. I'm not as familiar with 'bots like Lodestar and Lightbright and just didn't become attached to them in so few panels. Their personalities didn't jump out at me through the dialogue and made it difficult to be entirely sympathetic to their plight. Read Full Review

A much-needed improvement from the last issue. This story takes what we know about the Transformers' ability for feelings and turns it on its ear in a big way. Read Full Review

Impressive visuals and a decent plot are present but individual characters need to grow more. Read Full Review

Ultimately the challenge with this main Transformers title is the tendency to ignore characters we have known for decades, and instead focus on characters and concepts new readers would be less familiar with. But the series deals with large interesting concepts and seeks to build something new within a world we are familiar with. Read Full Review

Things get better, things get worse, the usual for this Transformers' run. Read Full Review

Gizmo

Jun 17, 2020

This issue is simply excellent, it's a return the the strong character-focused format that I loved so much in runs like the Lost Light. Here we meet Lightbright for the first time and, in just a few pages, I've already fallen in love with her and find myself invested in her friendship with Lodestar and her heroic acts of self-sacrifice. As is usually the case on ComicBookRoundup, trust the user average rating over the "critic" ratings.