Transformers Universe #2 - Video Review by 80s Comics

What is more than meets the eye and crushes people with its metal foot. Anyone. Anyone. It is not Optimus Prime, it is Megatron. On the back of Transformers Universe issue number two, which is like G.I. Joe Order of Battle with Transformers. So basically just a catalog of toys that you want that your parents will not buy you. Here are all the Transformers that are included. And there is actually a lot of information in this. This is a lot of reading. If you sit down and read the whole thing, this might take you weeks. This is huge.

Look at Groove. Groove’s weakness is that he is a giant wussy and does not like to fight. Headstrong’s advice though, Headstrong has some good advice. Decepticon Headstrong, one of the Predacons. I love the Predacons. The best advice is not to listen to advice. Headstrong rocks. Hoist. I do not remember Hoist. Hook obviously. Hot Spot. Did Hot Spot… some of these I do not think I have ever even heard of. Was Hot Spot just eaten by Unicron or something maybe. Everyone knows Hound.

Huffer. Great name, right. Molecular structure is the key to success. Or just huffing cans of whipped cream. Ironhide. Now Ironhide is interesting because he is one of the old‑school Transformers. First appearance Transformers issue number one. High‑tech circuitry is no replacement for guts. You have to like Ironhide because he transforms into what appears to be a custom van. Not just a van. A custom van. And apparently Ironhide has a water weapon. I think in the first issue or one of the early issues he shoots someone with it and freezes them, but if you read this closely his main weapon is what he playfully calls his water gun. It can shoot a stream of any number of liquids up to one thousand feet. So basically Ironhide can urinate on you from the next state. You have to like Ironhide.

Jazz. One of my favorites. They even give you a shot of Jazz’s Cybertron mode. Looks pretty cool actually. Jetfire. Everyone likes Jetfire. Oh, G.I. Joe Special Missions number five, where Slipstream hands the ground crew a Transformer and claims that it is Jetfire. Clearly not. He could have handed them a Veritech fighter toy though and claimed it was Jetfire. That would have worked for Robotech.

Kickback. I actually had Kickback. I did not have that many Transformers. They were really expensive. I had a few of them. Kickback I had. I think I might have had Laserbeak. I had Soundwave. Like anybody who likes Transformers had to have Soundwave because he was Soundwave. Soundwave is up there. Soundwave, Shockwave, Laserbeak, some of my favorites.

Megatron. So again, back to G.I. Joe Special Missions number five. Watch my review of that from 80scomics.com. Everything is spot‑on, but you can see it here in the chest piece and his gun. The gun is really what gives it away with Megatron in that picture. And then the legs. That is what Megatron transforms into.

Metroplex. Look how much writing is in this book. Like everything you ever wanted to know about Transformers but were afraid to ask. Now Mirage will always have a special place in my heart because Mirage was the first Transformer I ever received, way back on my eleventh or twelfth birthday, somewhere in there, and someone gave me a Transformer which was a really generous gift. That started my love of Transformers, that and the comic books.

I even remember these guys. Omega Supreme, awesome. Love Omega Supreme. Optimus Prime. Allegiance Autobot. Function Autobot Leader. First appearance Transformers number one. And his quote: Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. Two pages devoted to Optimus. In robot mode, Optimus Prime actually splits into three components. The Optimus module is the robotic sentient being that is the storehouse of his vast knowledge and strength. He can lift four million pounds. A blow from his fist exerts a force of twelve thousand pounds per square inch. Do not mess with Optimus Prime.

Does it say what his trailer does when he transforms. That always confused me and pretty much everyone else in the comics. When he transformed, his trailer would just vanish. Nobody knows where it went. I do not think it is in here.

Weaknesses. Optimus has a lot of weaknesses. Now let us compare that to Predaking, because I am going to argue that Predaking is way better. Perceptor. Weaknesses: he sucks. Heights. Powerglide. Do not care about either of them. Predaking, who has without a doubt the best artwork in the entire book. Look how awesome Predaking is. I had one component of Predaking. I think I had that guy. One of the two legs.

Predaking. Destroy first, ask questions later. Weaknesses: Predaking has no known weaknesses. Optimus Prime has like three pages of weaknesses, but Predaking has none. And so many Transformers that they had to actually print one on the back cover. We do not even get an ad for Atari games. It is a great issue. Transformers Universe number two in a four‑issue series.

I have all of them. I just reviewed the first one and I reviewed the fourth one out of order like eight years ago. Why be consistent. Transformers Universe. I love these because they are fun. These are relatively easy to pick up and if you like Transformers it is good to read about them and learn all the little details that the writers felt would be interesting to stuff into here so that you want to go out and buy Predaking. Metroplex. Did anyone ever own Metroplex or Omega Supreme. They were like hundreds of dollars. I do not know.

Transformers Universe here on 80scomics.com. Highly recommended. And check out the cover. Isn’t that awesome. It is. How are they both missing. Aren’t you guys supposed to be leaders. Man, you suck.