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| Comic PDF eBook, n. pag. Published 2013 (contents: 2012) Acquired August 2014 Read April 2019 |
Written by: John Barber
Art by: Dheeraj Verma
Colors by: Sanjay Kharwar & Priscilla Tramontano
Letters by: Chris Mowry
After making my way through all of IDW's original continuity, I'm finally free to explore some other Transformers comics I've picked up along the way, beginning with this, the first of two stories about the Dinobots set in the so-called "Aligned" continuity, an initiative from 2010 to 2017 to create a common continuity for videogames, novels, cartoons, and of course comic books.
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| I have often thought one of the marks of a good leader was inability to control anger that leads to the destruction of one's own property. from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron #1 |
It's a pretty typical John Barber Dinobots story. That guy loves his Dinobots, but is often unable to make me love them. Here, we see where they came from in the Aligned continuity; they were the Lightning Strike Coalition, but when they disobeyed orders to rescue one of their own, they were captured by-- who else-- Shockwave, and he experimented on them to turn them into the Dinobots, though they-- of course-- refused to work for him.
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| Oh, good. MORE Shockwave monologueing. I sure missed that. from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron #4 |
It's okay, you know? Lots of narration, and not as fun as I think a story featuring giant robot dinosaurs ought to be. I think after Barber's frequent use of the Dinobots in the IDW continuity, he doesn't say anything here that he didn't say there. They're angry, and they don't obey the rules, but they have regrets and hidden depths. Sure.
Note: despite the title, Cybertron does not actually fall in this story. That happens in the next Aligned Dinobot story.
Next Week: Later, still on Cybertron... it's time for the Rage of the Dinobots!
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