All Hail Megatron #10 ** 1/2
writer: Shane McCarthy art: Guido Guidi

To say that Shane McCarthy is taking a bashing from the Transformer fandom is an understatement. Prior to AHM, the IDW-verse had been going rather smoothly, with legendary Transformer scribe Simon Furman guiding the ship.

Well, that was derailed when McCarthy brought this one year later story where the Autobots got betrayed by one of their own (Sunstreaker) with the Autobots scraping by on Cybertron while the Decepticons run rampant on Earth using stolen technology (and perhaps the Matrix) to build a Space Bridge.

Guess what happens in AHM #10 …. Starscream BETRAYS Megatron. He builds up the backing of the most powerful ‘Cons and starts a coup. I’ve seen this in every comic and cartoon series. Here’s what really chafes my ass with this issue. Inexplicably, Optimus Prime who two issues prior was irreparably damaged and near death … is all shiny and ready to kick ass. See the Autobots have been stuck on Cybertron fighting off the insectoid Deception Swarm (which have been explained as frak ups when they were designing the Instecticons … boo).

Just as the Autobots are at their wits end … Omega Supreme shows up to whisk the Autobots to Earth for a confrontation with the Decepticons. So the question I ask is, how is this different than any other story I’ve read since I was 7? More importantly, McCarthy may be a competent creator … but this just seems hackneyed and trite. With two issues left, it really doesn’t look like anything exciting is coming down the pike … but I’ve come this far.

In all honesty this issue would have gotten a 1 star, but for Guidi’s art alone and the balls awesome (but deus ex machina) appearance of Omega Supreme seals it for me.