"Monstercon from Mars"
COMICS REVIEW
If there's one thing you can be sure of, it's that
human characters in Transformers are, in most
cases, violently prejudiced against Transformers
whether Decepticon or Autobot.
And none more so than Circuit Breaker, the scantily/magnetically clad electro-bitch who's had it in for the Transformers since day one. She's back again to fry the circuits of her enemies, this time none other than Pretender Decepticon Skullgrin. Only poor Skullgrin isn't here to ransack Earth and terrorise its populace to bleed it of energy, he's here to earn an honest fuel tanker by acting in a Hollywood movie.
Say, what?
As absurd Transformers stories go, this doesn't just take the biscuit, it takes the entire packet. Don't believe me? How about some dialogue as evidence: "More plaster puff for your exoskeleton?", "Oh, dear! Someone sandblast these nails immediately!" Now as a self-respecting biological male, I personally don't understand what these terms mean. And neither should a Transformer, nay, a Decepticon!
Absurdity aside, Bob Budiansky delivers some decidedly cutting bitchiness with his characters and makes a cruel yet accurate parody of the American film industry. It's a change of pace for Transformers, for sure, but it's essentially a copy of "King Kong" in theme. It's also a copy of the Transformers cartoon episode, "Hoist Goes Hollywood".
He might be running dry of ideas, but at least Budiansky's sense of humour is still brimming.
"Monstercon from Mars" (22 pp) was originally
published by Marvel Comics in Transformers #45
(October 1988)
Bob Budiansky • Writer | José Delbo • Breakdowns | Dave Hunt • Finished Art
Bill Oakley • Letterer | Nel Yomtov • Colourist
Don Daley • Editor | Tom DeFalco • Editor in Chief
And none more so than Circuit Breaker, the scantily/magnetically clad electro-bitch who's had it in for the Transformers since day one. She's back again to fry the circuits of her enemies, this time none other than Pretender Decepticon Skullgrin. Only poor Skullgrin isn't here to ransack Earth and terrorise its populace to bleed it of energy, he's here to earn an honest fuel tanker by acting in a Hollywood movie.
Say, what?
As absurd Transformers stories go, this doesn't just take the biscuit, it takes the entire packet. Don't believe me? How about some dialogue as evidence: "More plaster puff for your exoskeleton?", "Oh, dear! Someone sandblast these nails immediately!" Now as a self-respecting biological male, I personally don't understand what these terms mean. And neither should a Transformer, nay, a Decepticon!
Absurdity aside, Bob Budiansky delivers some decidedly cutting bitchiness with his characters and makes a cruel yet accurate parody of the American film industry. It's a change of pace for Transformers, for sure, but it's essentially a copy of "King Kong" in theme. It's also a copy of the Transformers cartoon episode, "Hoist Goes Hollywood".
He might be running dry of ideas, but at least Budiansky's sense of humour is still brimming.
VERDICT:
Bob Budiansky • Writer | José Delbo • Breakdowns | Dave Hunt • Finished Art
Bill Oakley • Letterer | Nel Yomtov • Colourist
Don Daley • Editor | Tom DeFalco • Editor in Chief