All Hail Megatron

OBEY OR I KEEL YOO.

Yes, the whole world gets to enjoy the All Hail Megatron comics, and, as a Transformers fan, I find myself seriously lacking this great comic. I hardly see the justification of being left out in the bandwagon of avid TF fans who actually get to read and enjoy the comics. Do you know how much they cost at my local bookstore?

About RM75+ in the least! 

Presenting the Battousai samurai of Cybertron! 8D

I'll have to admit that American comics these days are costlier and harder to get unlike manga. I'm tempted to blame the trend of manga preference these days for pushing away Western comics in order to fulfill the tastes of today's generation for manga. But that will be utterly superfluous, as Western comics still have it in them. Millions of people still love them and will pay good money to even get a copy. I bet the first ever edition of Transformers would sell for a million bucks if it was held for auction. 

You know he's plotting something. And Megatron knows it well!

In many cases, All Hail Megatron is one of those comic I would surely splurge my scholarship money on, even for just one copy. I'm attracted to the spectacular artwork, story and colors that splash from page to page, and what's awesome is that they present the everlasting enmity between the Decepticons and the Autobots in a rather interesting way, though I'm sure the notion had been playing in the minds of any die-hard Transformer fan. You know what I'm talking about! Decepticons win, Autobots lose. And the Autobots are fighting back. 

Megatron's a nice guy. Really.

So far all the covers you and I are seeing now screams "PROPAGANDA" at me. And whatever the case, they're doing an awful good job at it. With the likes of Shane McCarthy, Guido Guidi and Joanna LaFuente, AHM makes for an excellent complete package. And I'm not kidding. 

Okay, okay, I admit I did read the first edition of AHM from cover to cover (huzzah for bookstore assistance!) and I admit that I wanted to but it there and then (but after earning some dirty looks from friends I had to decide against it) right after reading it. AHM is just whole in nature - a great story and strong plot, reintroduction of memorable characters, and once again managing to bring in humans into the picture by presenting the Decepticons as a threat to their existence, depicting them as refugees, bringing in the military into the picture- yeah, if your country is under invasion of giant bloodlusting alien robots from outer space you'd do that too.

"Blow up whatever you can lay your hands on, boys!"

Of course, where can a story be without good visuals, no? As I said before, with artists like Guido Guidi, Shane McCarthy and Joanna LaFuente in AHM, it's little wonder you get so much thrill just reading it. I know I do, simply because my favourite characters like Starscream (hey, he's there! What a coincidence!) are in there! Words simply cannot describe just how marvellous the art and colors are. It is a feast to the eye, so to speak!

Screw it, forget budgeting and all - with All Hail Megatron, I could care less if I have to end up poorer than my friends again for the next term - I WANT ALL HAIL MEGATRON IN MY HANDS RIGHT NOW.