Some thoughts about Transformers #3

Can humans trust Cybertronians?

Spike's father is trying to fight the recently arrived aliens who killed one of his friends but he will realize too late that he needs to trust some of them.

This continues to be a solidly crafted book.

Daniel Warren Johnson delivers a new chapter where this time he focuses heavily on the dynamic between the characters. The them of this issue is centered around the desperation that humans feel after the attack of the Decepticons and how they see every of those alien robots as their enemy which is logical despite that Johnson pushes this angle a bit to the point that Sparky and the others seem unreasonable to the point they cause more harm than anything but fortunately, this all comes together at the end when Sparky is forced to believe in Optimus and the rest.

One of the strongest aspects here is how weirdly "human" all the characters seem but not in the style that James Roberts did during his later work in IDW in which each of his character was forced to tell joke. Johnson's characters feel human in the sense of the powerful emotions they all demonstrate being either fear, empathy or love which is something very rare in a Transformers comic. Is great to see the development of the characters like how Cliffjumper starts to ignore his fear for humans and other characters continue a similar progression.

Johnson's artwork is amazing in every single action scene, they are all fluid, kinetic and detailed, even the personal moments are clearly depicted.

Great read, can't wait for the next one.