Transformers Headmasters #2 - Video Review by 80s Comics

Welcome back to 80sComics.com for the review of Transformers Headmasters issue number two from 1987, featuring the Transformers Headmasters. And in issue two, we learn why they are called the Headmasters after ripping off their heads in the first issue, which is stupid. This issue manages to be even more stupid, but in its stupidity, I have to admit it is thoroughly entertaining.

Though this is absurd and ridiculous, there is Scorponok on the cover shooting a bunch of stupid humans. That is good.

For 10,000 years, peace reigned on the planet Nebulas until the stupid Autobots showed up. See, they do not like Autobots either.

Frank Springer does the pencils and does a great job. This issue starts with civil unrest and fistfights as the idiot humans on this worthless planet riot in protest of the arrival of the Transformers in the previous issue. Even though they ripped off their heads as a show of good faith and friendliness, a bunch of robots ripping off their heads means that they are friends.

They are not happy about it. Of course, we learn that this is all staged by political opposition. There is some subterfuge going on here. But what is most important is that Galen has a sweet Prince Valiant haircut, a gold chain, and an awesome blouse. He is rocking that. So he jumps in to stop the fight, and there is Galen's girlfriend. Here are all of the headless Transformers. They just left their heads in a garage.

This makes next to no sense. I wonder if the people who actually had to create this book were rolling their eyes the whole time. Seriously?

This is the best you could come up with. The artwork is good and the storytelling is good. It is just that the entire concept is ludicrous. But at the same time, I actually kind of enjoyed reading it, probably because of Galen's sweet blasts and getup. One good thing about this issue, in addition to the absurdity, is that there is a character named Crunk. Also, this features the Transformers from Transformers: The Movie like Kup, Blurr, and Hot Rod, and that is cool.

They really do a whole lot in this issue though.

There is Hot Rod. What is up, Judd Nelson? So the idiot humans contact Cybertron and hail the Decepticons to show up because what they want to do is get the rest of the people upset about these robots. So the best thing to do is, of course, bring a bunch of murderous robots to your planet to kill everybody.

Yeah, that is actually exactly what the plot is. And there is Scorponok. And there they are. We learned their names. Ditto for Blot and Slugslinger. Mindwipe gets a piece of the action. So does Skullcruncher and Snapdragon. Save some for Cyclonus.

They all transform into cool stuff that you want to play with, so you would run out and buy the toys. Scorponok does look pretty cool. I never had any of these Transformers. I was too grown up by 1987.

Says the guy in 2020 reading Transformers comics on the internet, proudly, I might add.

So here is what happens. Follow along with me because this is very important. It literally makes no sense, but the Autobots, some of the Autobots, promise that they will remain headless and inactive as a show of peace or whatever. I do not know. And the humans need these Autobots to save themselves from the murderous Decepticons who are killing everybody, but they are not going to break their promise because they are dumb.

What do the humans do? They literally turn themselves into Transformers, only part of that, but only like the heads of the Transformers. So they undergo this medical procedure. Unlike any attempted before, joints are replaced, bones are reinforced, and armor plates are attached. They are like Robocop, but not nearly as cool.

And look, they transform into the Transformers' heads. The Transformers have transforming heads now that are humans. So the humans are kind of controlling the Transformers, but the Transformers have some sort of input into what happens.

I feel like you should read this to see if maybe you can make more sense out of it than I can. So in the end, the Transformers function better with human heads and swiftly defeat the cool-looking Decepticons, who run away.

It is so dumb, I like it.

Transformers Headmasters issue number two has a message, because Galen's girlfriend is a pacifist. One of the things that she loves about Galen, in addition to his incredible taste in clothing, is that he is a pacifist and does not fight. He solves things by complaining about them and wearing a gold medallion. He does not fight, but he does fight because he is one of the Transformers Headmasters, controlling the Transformers who are fighting enemies that are clearly going to kill all of them if they do not fight.

He fights, and even though he does a pretty good job because they defeat the Decepticons, she leaves him because he now has the power to wage war.

Sorry. Wipe away a tear. In gaining peace, he loses a piece of himself.

Touching emotional heartbreak. Thunderous action. Intrigue, and Frank Springer's awesome artwork.

Transformers Headmasters issue number two is so incredibly stupid that it is too legit to miss reading it.

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Recommended, even though it is dumb.