In many ways, Galvatron is both the Transformer that is and yet isn't quite simple. Having so many incarnations over the years between an ever increasing number of different Transformer comics, animated series, and toy lines, it hard to describe exactly who Galvatron is. Most memorably though, he is portrayed in the original Transformers animated movie as the recreated Megatron, the herald of the planet devouring Unicron, who is sent to destroy the Autobots and the Matrix of leadership. But much thanks to Transformer writer Simon Furman and artist Guido Guidi for their contribution to the crazed character in the recent issue of Transformers Spotlight.
Simon takes a few creative liberties in this fresh story,
re-envisioning the character to tie into the way that IDW has recreated
the Transformer Universe. The issue begins with Galvatron making short
work of an alien ship he comes in contact with, as the reader is lead
by the narration of the character’s inner dialogue. Through this method,
Furman and Guidi, reveal a new origin for the character, as a
Transformer from the Golden Age of Cyberton, who was aboard an Ark-like
vessel, sent on a mission to monitor and study a dark spacial anomaly.
The ship and crew was lost when Galvatron purposefully guided the
shuttle into the darkness, believing the secret to his destiny lies
within. The vile Decipticon has now mysteriously reappeared in the
present, the pawn of a yet unknown agent, sent to Cybertron to retrieve
the recently recaptured Thunderwing. But, as always, the Autobots are
there to stand in his way. Lead by G1 characters Hound, Sideswipe, and
Warpath, G2 characters Leadfoot, Scam, and Road Rocket set an almost
vain defense against the crazed Galvatron. After seeing Leadfoot
killed, Sideswipe takes aim at Galvatron, sending a laser blast through
his opponent's skull. Galvatron is merely fazed and renders the
Autobots unconscious before achieving his primary objective of
retrieving Thunderwing.
Setting the stage for more climactic events, the story ties into the Infiltration, Escalation and Stormbringer storylines, all published by IDW. Back before Michael Bay was even making movies, Transformers: The Movie
was the hit film that reset the definition for children's animation in
the United States and had Disney realizing that they didn't own or
control everything in the market. While initially, Galvatron was just
the new model of the Transformer toy line that replaced Megatron, he's
presented here in a more complicated and much more driven light. Furman
and Guidi do a fine job re-envisioning the character and leaving out
the finer details for later explanation and further development.
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