Though I hate that every break winds up longer than planned, that means no Revisitation this week either, just not in the mood for it.

Ahhhaaaa, realised that, just assuming it was the next one in the Infestation style crossovers, I'd checked the date it came out, but not the year. X-Files/TF is actually a 2014 book. Which means, the next RID will be the real next Revisitation. And that there will indeed be a week's break.

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This week, Megatron drops some stealth truth bombs on Starscream in a surprisingly dark comic for a kids toy pack-in issue, as I look at #IDW #Transformers #comics Spotlight Megatron! thesolarpool.weebly.com/spotmeg.html

And yes, I am doing the X-Files crossover next, having nearly forgotten it because I never put it on the Revisitation Master List. Technically, it should be an addendum as it's not main canon. But it's a sequel to stories that are main canon (but weren't at the time), so that's my fudge.

This week, Megatron drops some stealth truth bombs on Starscream in a surprisingly dark comic for a kids toy pack-in issue, as I look at #IDW #Transformers #comics Spotlight Megatron! thesolarpool.weebly.com/spotmeg.html

This week's reading is the Nick Roche Spotlight Megatron! Probably the most overlooked bit of Roche work, it tends to be remembered in terms of Don Figuroa's complaint that Hasbro had no more legal right to turns Bomber Megatron into a toy than IDW had to use it in the comic in the first place.

Because I'm settled into someone asking this every few months (so, there's an interest, Skybound!), I'll say now publicly to save time later: I don't have full scans of the Titan Transformers comic, and my scanner not being quite large enough would make it difficult and time-consuming to do so.

This week, Ultra Magnus had a little drink about an hour ago, and it went straight to his head. Plus, Swerve gets epoch ghosted and there's an author insert joke sat next to an author insert. All in my look at #IDW #Transformers #Comics More Than Meets the Eye isue 13!

PETER CULLEN VOICED THE TRAILER youtu.be/XuMNAt7xQa8?...

This week, Ultra Magnus had a little drink about an hour ago, and it went straight to his head. Plus, Swerve gets epoch ghosted and there's an author insert joke sat next to an author insert. All in my look at #IDW #Transformers #Comics More Than Meets the Eye isue 13!

One fun challenge this week is the site I get my IDW scans from seems to have had the MTMTE (and only MTMTE, did @speedfreak01.bsky.social do this?) links taken down. (To be clear, I've brought all of IDW at least twice, and MTMTE 3 times. The pirate versions were just easier to grab images from)

Doing this week's reading early because I've got a busy social Friday and there's a text story to do as well. It's the pub crawl breather issue, notable for giving everyone their easily cosplayable at Auto Assembly holoavatars. Very cheeky to be talking about Mary Sues and drawing Rewind Robertsy.

It's time to turn the spotlight on the blue Seeker (no, not that one. Or that one), as we get an insight into what he thinks of war crimes (it makes him sad to commit them). All this and Bumblebee's amazing early leadership in my look at #IDW #Transformers #comics Spotlight Thundercracker!

This week's reading is the solid meat and potatoes Spotlight Thundercracker, most memorable for Boss Bludgeon.

I'm back! And so is Megatron, who's discovered a great way to upset Starscream (smile). All this and the good Prowl is in the Black Lodge as I look at #IDW #Transformers #comics Robots in Disguise issue 13! thesolarpool.weebly.com/rid13.html

I'm back! And so is Megatron, who's discovered a great way to upset Starscream (smile). All this and the good Prowl is in the Black Lodge as I look at #IDW #Transformers #comics Robots in Disguise issue 13! thesolarpool.weebly.com/rid13.html

Right, back into it! Let's see how appealing to Megatron's better nature goes for Starscream.

Hello folks! Had a message from long-time reader @thellamagod.bsky.social asking, "When are you coming back to give my life meaning and purpose again?" So, next weekend I'm away, but let's say May 11th for my honest to goodness proper not a lie return!

With Chaos Theory on everyone's minds after the new script book, it's a good time to repost my thoughts on this seminal, extremely good (if a little rough edged) comic. Part 1: thesolarpool.weebly.com/costa22.html

In readiness for the return of Revisitation this coming weekend, done what is my favourite part of the project because of the sense of progress, and created the 2013 page.

Oh, and finally got to meet @inflatabledalek.bsky.social in person after years of being a fan of @revisitation.bsky.social and somehow managing to miss each other, despite being in each other's orbit for years now at these events. (K)

Small update, this week has actually been pretty rough for me, in particular with really bad insomnia. So, pushing back the return of Revisitation till the end of March (because I've also realised next weekend is the only one I've got free, so there'd be at least one more skipped one this month).

No new Revisitation this week as I'm on a between years break, but here's a retro one on a controversial issue that a lot of good people helped me on, the issue that killed the legacy of Simon Furman: Spotlight Arcee! thesolarpool.weebly.com/slarc.html

This week... Go behind closed doors as Rewind and Chromedome both find themselves divided from a shipmate in more ways than one. Plus, SHOOM. In my look at #IDW #Transformers #comics More Than Meets the Eye issue 12! thesolarpool.weebly.com/mtmte12.html

This week... Go behind closed doors as Rewind and Chromedome both find themselves divided from a shipmate in more ways than one. Plus, SHOOM. In my look at #IDW #Transformers #comics More Than Meets the Eye issue 12! thesolarpool.weebly.com/mtmte12.html

Writing with Columbo on in the background, and I'm not at an age I have Dick Van Dyke style envy.

This week's reading... One of my favourite silly gags (even if it's another cheat on the head wounds are fatal thing). Also, every time I think we've passed the last insistence of the "Drift as Getaway" idea, we get another moment of Drift acting like Getaway.

This week... It's the immediate sequel to the greatest #Transformers story you'll never read, as the Paxman faces his new look, and Megatron turns out to be a shipper. All in my look at #IDW #comics Spotlight Orion Pax! thesolarpool.weebly.com/spotlightpax...

I probably said this back when I covered Megatron: Origin, but this being the cover to Hachette's Megatron: Origin book will never not be hilarious. (Yes, I know Spotlight Blurr is in it as well as the Pax one, but come on Hachette's graphic designer, you had one job)

This week's reading is probably the most basic (if perfectly fine) thing Roberts ever wrote. A toy pack-in more interesting for being set in the immediate aftermath of a huge story IDW never got round to telling: Pax helping Zeta come to power in a way that completely wrecked his regular body.

This week, rioters heading to the capitol in January? Science fiction. Because everyone's ignoring the political wannabe trying to lead them. All this and Goblin mode Arcee in my look at #IDW #Transformers #Comics Robots in Disguise issue 12! thesolarpool.weebly.com/rid12.html

This week, rioters heading to the capitol in January? Science fiction. Because everyone's ignoring the political wannabe trying to lead them. All this and Goblin mode Arcee in my look at #IDW #Transformers #Comics Robots in Disguise issue 12! thesolarpool.weebly.com/rid12.html

This week's reading, and I think Megatron has taken his diet too far. (I don't remember if this issue is the last time we see Bomber Megs, but it's certainly one of the last times we get a Megatron who's not at least vaguely "Evergreen")

This week, don't lose your head, or your super heist could run into some Glitches. Plus, the shock reveal of who Orion Pax really is, all in my look at #IDW #Transformers #comics More Than Meets the Eye issue 11, the conclusion to Shadowplay! thesolarpool.weebly.com/mtmte11.html

I was a little nervous about Revisitation this week as being back at work means it's all basically had to be done today. But, even if helped by a good chunk of the issue being a heist that, though good, there isn't much to say about, I think I've cracked the being shorter and pithier thing.

This week's reading... giving us one of the most famous last page reveals in all of Transformers comics, let alone IDW. A (mostly) smart one because the characters in the story all know it, it's only a surprise to the reader.

This week, uneasy lies the crown reference. Plus, the Decepticon amateur dramatics society puts on their latest play and Prowl tells you exactly who he is as I look at #IDW #Transformers #comics Robots in Disguise issue 11! thesolarpool.weebly.com/rid11.html

This week, uneasy lies the crown reference. Plus, the Decepticon amateur dramatics society puts on their latest play and Prowl tells you exactly who he is as I look at #IDW #Transformers #comics Robots in Disguise issue 11! thesolarpool.weebly.com/rid11.html

Looking back reminds me I still need to properly overhaul the Signature comics page, now it's been done and dead (and I think Signature themselves folded) for a year and a half.

Now, if I were remotely together, I'd have prepared something smart and clever for this. But, today is the 40th anniversary of original British #Marvel #Comics #Transformers content, so why no celebrate reading about every single surprisingly influential issue the UK ever did?

UPDATE: like the members of Techno-X, this article has been AUGMENTED with the use of TECHNOLOGY! Jim Sorenson has chimed in with the unabridged Wildfur interview, giving us some EXCLUSIVE information never before published! Crtl+F for "[source 1]" to get the HOT SCOOPS!

This week's reading, and the first piece that'll be written entirely from scratch since my break. So, expect some hot takes.

My writing is pretty niche (oddly, more so for IDW than it was for Marvel), so it's never been untold 1000s reading, but I am hugely pleased to see a big boost on my return. That's about 150 more people than had been to the site on Saturday, and 300 more than I was getting when I was doing Costa.

Back to work blues? Here's some reading to take your mind off it... I won't dob you in.

The mistake @thelastgherkin.bsky.social was the first to point out has accidentally survived into a caption I'll have to fix later, so read now for the more valuable error first edition. The only error on the whole website.

This week, in all new writing for 2025, it's raining Orion Pax (hallelujah), Chromedome is firmly in the "Babylon 5 is crap" camp and there's a Glitch in the theories about Tarn, all in my look at #IDW #Transformers #comics Shadowplay Part 2! thesolarpool.weebly.com/mtmte10.html

A few folks have pointed out I was remembering wrong, lucky I picked that to make a promo thing of in time to change it.

Noticing a really wonderful pattern in old sentai promo pics

And the work is done! Only need to activate the links tomorrow. Starting as I mean to go on... For two weeks, at least.