Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Volume 1 Paperback – June 26, 2012

On the planet of Cybertron exists life, but not life as we know it, intelligent robots capable of transforming have waged a civil war for millions of years, the Heroic Autobots and the Evil Decepticons struggle-Wait. What? It's over?War is over!...And now it only gets even more intense.In the beginning of 2012, IDW announced Transformers would have not one, but TWO ongoing series, and so, fans didn't know quite what to expect, until it was announced that the talent behind both would reflect the works to follow onward. James Roberts, co-writer of Last Stand of the Wreckers and author of the lauded two parter Chaos Theory story now stands head writer alongside some familiar faces, with fellow Wrecker artist Nick Roche helping in, and IDW regular Alex Milne standing as the mainstay artist!While in Sister series Robots in Disguise, the story is of political intrigue and slow burning thriller, More Than Meets the Eye is a riproaring adventure into space, think Star Trek, but everyone can turn into a car, or a memory stick if you want to stay non-shapist!The reading is light on pages, but each crammed with more depth and entertainment than any ongoing transformers story in possibly 20 years, and from the blast off, the gathering of a crew and the reveal of a terrifying secret aboard the ship, this issue covers the debut of the team, and shapes up well for IDW's future.While 'RiD' boasts a familiar line up, 'MTMTE' is full of new and unexplored characters, ripe for introduction and quick to warm to, and best of all?You don't even have to have read a comic before this to enjoy it.It certainly HELPS, and to assist, also within is penned by Roberts and Co. the one-shot comic 'The Death of Optimus Prime', detailing the wedge driven into the Autobots that has created such a split.The Lost Light is lost, and there's a wide, wide galaxy out there between the crew and their goals.But luckily for us, the adventure is so much more than the destination...Buy it now, and see for yourself if you're willing to join the crew.

This is my most favorite comic featuring Transformers. I would recommend it for teenagers and adults, it is a little dark at times and would be too hard for a child to follow. It's a great read for people who like Transformers, adventure comics or robots in general.It is more than just the usual Autobots vs Decepticons story that people come to expect from a Transformers series. I like that it follows a lot of different characters and their stories not just Optimus and Bumblebee. Of course those two are featured but a lot of the other characters get much needed screen time (or maybe page time?)The stories in this series are great I like that they tell tales of adventure, battle, redemption and mystery. There is even an arc about love which I liked a lot more than I expected. I suppose with robots, you wouldn't expect a 'cute' story thrown in there with all of the more action packed ones. Of course it isn't central to the plot so it does not feel overdone or annoying.The artwork is beautiful and it is the main reason why I chose to purchase a printed copy. This volume includes sketches and extras at the end of each chapter. I find that these sketches make it easier to imagine what is happening and makes the comic experience more complete. Also having a volume is a lot more sturdy compared to the single issues so if you are like me and re-read your comics you don't have to worry as much about bending the spine of the book.

Oh James Roberts, you haven't let us down yet.Say hi to More Than Meets the Eye, folks, one of the greatest balls of story and emotion throughout all of the Transformers franchise's 30-something year lifespan. I suppose I should start off by talking about what won't cause me to start rambling on for hours on end... as much as the other stuff. The art. The art is done by Nick Roche, originally, and later Alex Milne, and both of them do FANTASTIC work, especially Milne, who can manage to put a lot of emotion into the face of Whirl, a robot who... doesn't really have a face, but rather a single eye.As for the story though, written by the previously mentioned James Roberts... I honestly can't do his writing justice. It's just so... glorious. Each character feels... hand-crafted, almost, with witty, yet conversational dialogue, and a plot that's only begun to start twisting and turning in new and great directions, with great set up for later story. Some of these set-ups include Skids, most awesome theoretician you'll ever meet having amnesia, Ratchet's broken hands, and Tailgate's... Well, being Tailgate, I can't say much else about his set-ups without giving anything away.All in all, everything about this series is glorious, and if you haven't started reading it yet, then you're missing out on some of the best writing ever to exist.

I absolutely loved this comic, only reason it didn't have five stars is that it's hard to read through on a kindle. I would have it zoomed in to read the text the whole way and in some panels miss half of the script. I suggest buying the actual physical comic if you want to truely enjoy this work. The artwork is wonderful, the story inventive, and the characters are very diverse. Robot drama is the easiest way to describe it. A bunch of bots are thrown together, each with their own unique problems and things get crazy. I'm on book three and I love it.

I bought these because I grew up on the generation one cartoons, and loved them immensely. So, while they're different from the continuity the cartoons were in, they have all of those same characters which I do love, just telling new stories, and the stories are great. I thought that the writers made old characters, which were all-time favorites, new again, like I was meeting them all over again, for the first time.This is a great read, fun, enjoyable, epic, exciting, and I highly recommend them. The graphics are great, the stories are intense, and it will be highly entertaining for old fans, like myself, or new ones.

GREAT

Le livre est arrivé en parfait état, l'histoire, dès le début, nous prends et nous donne hâte de connaître la suite.L'histoire, les dialogues et les dessins sont tous très bien réalisés, et tout est fait de sorte qu'on en apprenne plus sur les personnages au fur et à mesure.Je conseille cependant aux lecteurs d'avoir de bonnes notions sur la guerre entre Decepticons et Autobots avant de commencer MTMTE, sinon ils risquent d'être un peu perdus au début.Bref, je le recommande pour tous les fans de Transformers !

After a somewhat disappointing run of comics (For All Man Kind - Chaos) the Transformers universe splits in two.One section covering the aftermath of the last battle on Cybertron (Robots in Disguise) and the other section (More Than Meets the Eye series) covering a group of some 200 Cybertronians led by Rodimus (Hot Rod) into space on a journey to find the Knights of Cybertron so that Cybertron can go back to it's "Golden Age".This is the first book in the series More Than Meets the Eye series and starts off with the great "Death of Optimus Prime" prequel story.The story is well written by James Roberts and the artwork by Nick Roche (the first few stories) and the rest by Alex Milne are crisp and very nice. There are some regular characters such as Rodimus, Ultra Magnus and Drift and some not so well know, or some characters that have been given more page time such as Red Alert, Trailbreaker, Rung and Swerve.The fact that the main cast ended up being split in two, I thought that I would prefer the other series more as it had Ironhide, Bumblebee and Wheeljack, some of my favourite characters in it. As a matter of fact this series has been by far the better in my opinion. There are some very serious moments, some moments that are sad but then there are more characters in this story that have not been featured as much, and they have brought with them their own style of comic relief.After an accident (or was it) the ship of Autobots is plunged into the furthest region of space with no idea of where they are, after finding their way they run into a whole heap of trouble in various situations.This is the beginning of a very good series of Transformers that will leave you waiting anxiously until the next issue to come out. What I found nice about this story, it that even though a lot of new or not well known Transformers are used as background characters and filler characters, you still feel that you want to get to know them a bit better and hope that they make it on their quest.

So i've read Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Comic series and i just can say this: Fantastic!The artwork is wonderful, the dialogues are great and funny and the story is full of humor, sad moments, creepy moments, surprises....it is just the best Transformers Comic series i've read so far (and i've read many).I can highly recommend this fantastic series to all of you :3.I hope we will get 50 volumes or more, because it gets better and better with every volume.

This is my long time coming reunion with the transformers comics and damm I'm in love with the story, it is addictive