Transformers Comic Storylines That Future Movies Should Adapt

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The Transformers movies have long been criticized for their subpar storytelling, due in no small part to director Michael Bay’s divisive style-over-substance aesthetic. Travis Knight’s 2018 Bumblebee film was widely regarded as a massive step in the right direction — but with its sequel, Rise of the Beasts, still a year away, only time will tell whether this upward turn will continue.

However, the Transformers series hasn’t been plagued with writing problems in every medium. Many hardcore fans prefer the Transformers comic books to the live-action films, particularly those in the 2005-2018 IDW Publishing continuity. And over their 13-year run, the IDW comics provided plenty of beloved Transformers stories that would be perfect material to adapt to the big screen.

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One major comic storyline that would be easily translatable to film is James Roberts and Nick Roche’s Last Stand of the Wreckers, a miniseries that turned several minor characters into fan favorites. The story focuses on the titular Wreckers, an elite Autobot strike force whose members tend to be as quirky as they are deadly. Their latest mission takes them to Garrus-9, an Autobot prison that’s been victim to a catastrophic jailbreak. Even worse, the prison itself has been taken over by Overlord, a cunning and bloodthirsty Decepticon super-soldier. And as the title implies, not all of the Wreckers will be making it back to Cybertron alive.

Despite being released in 2010, Last Stand of the Wreckers is strikingly similar to James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. Both stories focus on a team of mostly-obscure characters who quickly endeared themselves to fans. And more importantly, they both have a unique tone that