BotTalk Reviews

Creators : Tim Seeley, Juann Cabal, and Rex Lokus Story :  Decades after their fame, journalist Hector Ramirez of "Twenty Questions" tracks down the members of the Heavy Metal band Cold Slither to see what they are up to now.  We follow Hector as he visits each member in their new lives and how they remember those old days.  Writer :  What a "banger" of an issue.  This just plays up the classic "Behind the Music" trope while incorporating aspects from classic G.I. Joe (mainly, Mr. Ramirez) with a bit of modern-technology added into the storytelling.   You can tell the team had a few directions they could have taken this story and had fun doing it.  There are references galore to old G.I. Joe stories sprinkled here and there in this issue.  Art : Art is great; for their modern look, some of the Dreadnoks got some sensible updates but you can still easily tell it's them. Colors are good as well.  Some nice references to other Hasbro animated te...

Three of the red shirts dangle on the antenna array while taking sniper fire.  Meanwhile, inside the base they discover a warp core.  The base is actually a starship.  As the core is brought online two of the Romulans make it to the Beam Out point, only for one of the red shirts to jump into the matter stream.  The result is horrifying once it materializes.  The other two red shirts that were on the antenna are beamed out by a cloaked ship in orbit... one that belongs to the Klingons. One of the Romulans operating from the Bird of Prey is named Neral.  I'm not sure if this is supposed to be the same character from TNG and DS9.  As that character eventually becomes Praetor, I assume it is.  Honestly that name drop is the most interesting thing about this issue.  More red shirts perish.  The story continues to meander along.  The introduction of Klingons here could be interesting.  But I expect it will be just an excuse to up the...