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Not that it's too surprising - Budianski seemed to be getting very bored very quickly writing about the same or similar characters month after month, and wanted a fresh angle which the Headmasters and Targetmasters toys were able to provide. The introduction of the Headmasters was a major turning point in the history of the Transformers (they were no longer just 'Robots in Disguise') and as this volume demonstrates, the comics embraced the change with style. A whole new fresh spin could be put onto proceedings, developing storylines in new ways, opening up exciting possibilities...
The strengths of the mini-series had a knock on effect as the characters moved into the main comic, in the final two stories of this volume. Suddenly, the focus was off the nauseating children who had starred in the previous few issues, and back onto the robots and the rather more likeable humans in the Witwicky family. In a couple of months the kids would be back, but it was great to be rid of them for a little while.
The 'Headmasters' series itself suffers similar flaws to the original four issue 'Transformers' series, in that the creative team were working blind, with a whole new breed of Transformers, and their Nebulan companions, to introduce and bring to life. The characters were almost all new (although one already established character, Cyclonus, caused a few headaches...) and nobody quite knew how they looked - Chromedome's Nebulan companion, Stylor, for instance, is repeatedly drawn as Chromedome himself, while Fortress Maximus' still-to-come upgrade to double Headmaster status meant that he was often drawn with his head's head (that sentence should make more sense when you read the book)... nevertheless, look beyond these monor flaws and it's easily the best piece of storytelling in the US title since 'The Smelting Pool' and 'The Bridge to Nowhere', a year and a half beforehand, as well as providing a vastly superior origin story for these Transformers than the cartoon could provide...
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