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TFW2005 is proud to provide another early Transformers comic review! Today, we review Ironhide #2! Ironhide #2 is out tomorrow - Thursday, June 3rd - from IDW Publishing. Check out the review and a few new images from the issue by clicking on the Title Bar or thumbnail to the left.
TFW2005 is proud to provide another early Transformers comic review! Today, we review Ironhide #2! Ironhide #2 is out tomorrow - Thursday, June 3rd - from IDW Publishing

Ironhide #2

Credits
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Written by: Mike Costa
Art by: Casey Coller
Colors by: Joana Lafuente
Letters by: Chris Mowry
Editor: Andy Schmidt
Associate Editor: Denton J. Tipton
Assistant Editor: Carlos Guzman

Covers
Cover A – Art by Marcelo Matere and Colors by Priscilla Tramontano
Cover B – Art by Casey Coller and Colors by Joana Lafuente
Retailer Incentive – Art by Marcelo Matere and Colors by Priscilla Tramontano

Review
Ironhide #2 serves as that often-seen middle issue of a mini-series: We’ve been introduced to the player in the story yet do not know of the resolution. Usually, those issues spin their wheels and don’t provide too much in the way of story progression or excitement. While Ironhide #2 does not provide much story movement, it offers some teasers that will cause some anticipation and plenty of discussion before the release of the next issues.

During the previous issue (Ironhide #1), Ironhide awakes on Cybertron to find that it is desolate and that he appears to be alone. Before he awakes, he was recalling the early days of the war on Cybertron…a time when Cybertron was still vibrant. As Ironhide #2 begins, Ironhide attempts to make sense of his current situation. He still appears to be oblivious to the reason for the current state of Cybertron and to his recent death as featured in Transformers #1.

Ongoing series writer Mike Costa continues authoring duties for the Ironhide mini-series. Much like the first issue, he blends in flashbacks and the present quite nicely. The story tone transitions nicely between flashbacks of vibrant Cybertron and the current devastated Cybertronian landscape. He keeps plenty of mystery within the story, with a scene and cliffhanger that will generate plenty of discussion leading into the release of Ironhide #3 next month. Said scene takes a different approach than that typically seen in Transformers comics and is a refreshing change…as morbid as it may be. My only complaint was that it was a very fast read. I finished and had to flip back just to make sure I didn’t miss any pages.

Casey Coller continues art duties for the series, his final series under a self-imposed retirement. His art, as with the last issue, features the more familiar looks to our favorite Transformers. His art continues to be balanced by Joana Lafuente’s colors, whose colors illustrate the perfect tone for flashbacks and the present.

Ironhide #2 delivers more than you expect from a case of the “middle issue”. While not advancing the story forward much, the issue provides some action and some intriguing mystery. More so than your standard storyline or cliffhanger, Ironhide #2 makes you want to come back next month just to figure out what the heck is going on with Ironhide.

Original Source: TFW2005 Reviews Ironhide #2 @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.