Tarn’s motivations were what we needed, and in his idolization of and betrayal by Megatron, we got that in spades Fleshing out Helex’s complex back story would not have been what Robert’s story needed. They were the Dark Judges (sorry, I’ve been on a 2000AD binge) their appearance was there to up the stakes and make you fear for the protagonists. If not quite missing the point, I did feel this was holding them to a standard they were never meant to be held to.
They had no character, apart from the leader, and were just ‘cool’ designs and plot devices. They were almost like a Decepticon version of Judge Dredd’s Special Judicial Squad (it feels like too much of a reach to me to consider that DJD is a deliberate play on the SJS, just before anyone thinks we’re going there), a bunch of sadists used to keep the rank and file in check, run by a boastful, overcompensating bureaucrat, who hero worshipped Megatron.īut man, people seemed to turn on them quickly. The Decepticon Justice Division seemed like a novel and exciting concept when they were first introduced. I’m happy to say I consider Tarn to be in the former category. And like some microcosm of his time writing in the franchise, some of these new characters served the story in truly successful ways, and others felt like self-indulgent wastes of times. And, of course, the new characters he created. I could feel his passion and commitment when I was read any scene with Magnus, Rodimus, Ratchet, or Megatron. I couldn’t summon up the enthusiasm go read a Brian Ruckley comic for free.įor all his frustrating flaws, James Roberts flung himself completely into those comics. Even at their worst, I was excited enough by those James Roberts comics to go download them off Comixology or whatever as soon as they were up and available.
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