IDW's September Spotlight revealed: Optimus Prime!

suh-weet!!it's like they read my mind! liked them all so far, except for the hot rod...a little disappointed in that one.

hmmm... i wonder how they're gonna do this. is it gonna take place before all the infiltration, stormbringer, and escalation stuff?

Awesome cover! The one and only Optimus Prime! About a four month wait huh. I need to catch up on the other ones anyway.

way to much windshield

This is going to be awsome

Liege Evilmus wrote:way to much windshield

exactly what i was thinking.


i hope they go deeper into primes life and death bout with prostate cancer.

Liege Evilmus wrote:way to much windshield

If that image is going to be used in the OP spotlight, they should have the proportion corrected. Other than that, I think it looks quite good.

Sweet, can't wait for this one

It's about time! I always felt that this should've been the first Spotlight comic. Most of the Spotlight stories have been awesome so far, and I bet this one will be too!

Special guest appearence of the Aerialbots TIME PARADOX!

So is this going to take place before War Within storyline? Or more of the G1 War Dawn plot?

Ha ha ha! It's funny because I knew about this like a month ago. Of course I've could have news posted it but with all the movie crap coming out left and right and it taking over the fandom, I chose not to. Sorry, just not feeling like a fan anymore since hardly any new Transformers come out here and I own almost all the Transformers DVDs (except Beast Machines and UK ones) so all I'm left with is the IDW comics which are awesome except when they make pointless manga versions plus they can't finish the G1 Transformers prequel, The War Within.

Now why doesn't this surprise me?
What really surprises me is why they put it off for so long.

It looks pretty slick... as long as one ignores the proportion of the chest/shoulders. I definitely agree that there is too much windshield. Shoulders could use a little tinkering as well.

Interesting.

Sweet Jebus, how did we miss that?

Yet another return form the dead for Prime then?

Psychout wrote:Yet another return form the dead for Prime then?

He didn't die, did he? I thought he was just sleeping.

At last! I can't wait!

Is that the cover? Yikes. I hope not.

Who is this "Optimus Prime"? He looks like some kind of red, white, and blue repaint of Ultra Magnus's cab. Lame...

;p

"Massive Pectoral Windshields!"

Prime gets a Spotlight. Megs gets a whole four parter. Nuff said.

Looking forward to this. Perhaps it'll be the story of how he became Prime. Or the big (first) fight against Thunderwing.

Insurgent wrote:Or the big (first) fight against Thunderwing.

That would be a good story.

Woohoo! Me likes being a news source! XD

Optimus seems a bit of an odd choice for Spotlight... after all, hasn't just about every TF story already been Optimus-centric? I kinda like the Spotlights better when they're about previously "minor" characters who've hardly gotten any chance look-at before... Nevertheless, I have no doubt this will be good!

And the cover art's pretty neat... the windows are a bit big, but since it's a single piece I'll give the artist the benefit of the doubt and assume that's forced perspective or artistic exaggeration, rather that a Lee-esque complete lack of a sense of proportion.

It was only a matter of time. There's a lot they can do/tell about the character. I hope they make the best of it.

Boximus Prime!
He looks so boxy...I hope the other cover is more dynamic.

Are those his fuel tanks used for his quads?

And 100 percent windshield with retarded looking wipers?

Very disappointing pic for a Spotlight comic.

Now the great Debate. Optronix or Orin Pax?

First Gen: I don't think it's ALL fel tank, It looks to me like they pivoted the tank up into his leg so it's not hanging off.

I'm sure I remember reading an interview where it was said that this Prime wouldn't quight be the good old Optimus we know from previous incarnations. I hope this spotlight reveals some shocking dirty secret from his past that makes him stand out from the regular noble good guy prime stereotype. Like maybe rather than inheriting the matrix he took it by force! Maybe he over threw a previous Prime who was a tyrant, or just a really bad leader. Now that would be different.

Uncrazzimatic wrote:Like maybe rather than inheriting the matrix he took it by force!

Like when he ripped it from Sentinel Prime's chest in Marvel? It really happened.

Maybe he sacrifices some Autobots to complete a mission.

Uncrazzimatic wrote:I'm sure I remember reading an interview where it was said that this Prime wouldn't quight be the good old Optimus we know from previous incarnations. I hope this spotlight reveals some shocking dirty secret from his past that makes him stand out from the regular noble good guy prime stereotype. Like maybe rather than inheriting the matrix he took it by force! Maybe he over threw a previous Prime who was a tyrant, or just a really bad leader. Now that would be different.

True, that would be different and interesting, but I really wouldn't like it too much. I mean, if it’s something like Prime making a mistake and growing older and wiser for it, then I'm down with that. But, if it's something like Prime being an Autobot tyrant or just doing something plain not nice on purpose, then its not really the larger than life character that we've all come to know and love.

I heard about this early last week from Oneshallstand.com. Forgot to post it here. Oh well. I'll buy and enjoy this same as everything else IDW have released in TF.

great... i wonder if there will be a tie in to megs' spotlight

This is awesome. Between the Kup & galvatron Spotlights & the Megatron Origin, the IDW comics keep getting better. I love them waaaaaay more than I ever loved Dreamwave..........ugh. I knew Prime had to have one sooner or later.............but I can't wait until September!!!!

Roboto750 wrote:

Uncrazzimatic wrote:I'm sure I remember reading an interview where it was said that this Prime wouldn't quight be the good old Optimus we know from previous incarnations. I hope this spotlight reveals some shocking dirty secret from his past that makes him stand out from the regular noble good guy prime stereotype. Like maybe rather than inheriting the matrix he took it by force! Maybe he over threw a previous Prime who was a tyrant, or just a really bad leader. Now that would be different.

True, that would be different and interesting, but I really wouldn't like it too much. I mean, if it’s something like Prime making a mistake and growing older and wiser for it, then I'm down with that. But, if it's something like Prime being an Autobot tyrant or just doing something plain not nice on purpose, then its not really the larger than life character that we've all come to know and love.

No I don't mean Prime was a tyrant but that he removed one from power. The Decepticons could even turn out to be the supporters of the defeated dictator who wouldn't accept the new, more nicey nice Autobot regime.

Uncrazzimatic wrote:

Roboto750 wrote:

Uncrazzimatic wrote:I'm sure I remember reading an interview where it was said that this Prime wouldn't quight be the good old Optimus we know from previous incarnations. I hope this spotlight reveals some shocking dirty secret from his past that makes him stand out from the regular noble good guy prime stereotype. Like maybe rather than inheriting the matrix he took it by force! Maybe he over threw a previous Prime who was a tyrant, or just a really bad leader. Now that would be different.

True, that would be different and interesting, but I really wouldn't like it too much. I mean, if it’s something like Prime making a mistake and growing older and wiser for it, then I'm down with that. But, if it's something like Prime being an Autobot tyrant or just doing something plain not nice on purpose, then its not really the larger than life character that we've all come to know and love.

No I don't mean Prime was a tyrant but that he removed one from power. The Decepticons could even turn out to be the supporters of the defeated dictator who wouldn't accept the new, more nicey nice Autobot regime.

Oh, gotcha! Sounds good to me!

This Prime has already proved he is not the upstanding 'heal all life' like his predecessors. Remember Esc#2? He just stood in the middle of the road, let that truck slam into his leg, then just peered through the window and left, leaving the driver to bleed to death. The other G1 Prime's would probably have taken the driver to a hospital.

Insurgent wrote:This Prime has already proved he is not the upstanding 'heal all life' like his predecessors. Remember Esc#2? He just stood in the middle of the road, let that truck slam into his leg, then just peered through the window and left, leaving the driver to bleed to death. The other G1 Prime's would probably have taken the driver to a hospital.

I guess you've got a point there. Though, we could speculate a lot here of what went on behind the scenes/after that particular event took place. Though, since it wasn't written, we really can't assume anything. Just leave it to IDW.......

Roboto750 wrote:I guess you've got a point there. Though, we could speculate a lot here of what went on behind the scenes/after that particular event took place. Though, since it wasn't written, we really can't assume anything. Just leave it to IDW.......

Either way, I prefer Prime to have a darker side to him. In the toon, he was too 'squeaky clean' for my tastes. I prefer characters with an edge, one's you aren't quite sure what they are gonna do next. Perhaps that's why I prefer the cons.

Insurgent wrote:

Roboto750 wrote:I guess you've got a point there. Though, we could speculate a lot here of what went on behind the scenes/after that particular event took place. Though, since it wasn't written, we really can't assume anything. Just leave it to IDW.......

Either way, I prefer Prime to have a darker side to him. In the toon, he was too 'squeaky clean' for my tastes. I prefer characters with an edge, one's you aren't quite sure what they are gonna do next. Perhaps that's why I prefer the cons.

Yeah, a little 'edge' isn't too bad here and there for Prime.

Roboto750 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:

Roboto750 wrote:I guess you've got a point there. Though, we could speculate a lot here of what went on behind the scenes/after that particular event took place. Though, since it wasn't written, we really can't assume anything. Just leave it to IDW.......

Either way, I prefer Prime to have a darker side to him. In the toon, he was too 'squeaky clean' for my tastes. I prefer characters with an edge, one's you aren't quite sure what they are gonna do next. Perhaps that's why I prefer the cons.

Yeah, a little 'edge' isn't too bad here and there for Prime.

Well as far as we know that guy might have been a facsimily (or however its spelt) or this prime may accept that not every squishy is a good little creature that needs saving from the Decepticons, and sometimes you have to deal with the bad humans just like you would the bad robots.

Good or what!!! i like the spotlight comics

wooow nice i love it

tigertracks 24 wrote:Sweet Jebus, how did we miss that?

I don't think you did, per se. Wizard World (and the CBR write-up, presumably) was news on a month ago -- the Megatron mini was announced then too. There wasn't any alt-cover art for the Prime book at the time.

Glad that Don's drawing the interior and the main cover, personally.

Damn, Prime got implants!

sweeet