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Transformers: The Dying of the Light 3

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Chapters
6
Series
Transformers: The Dying of the Light (Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, Volumes 8–10)
ISBN
9787534182518

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Summary

This is the third volume of the Transformers: The Dying of the Light trilogy in the Starfish Creative Transformers series. The original is IDW's Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye collected edition Volume 10, collecting issues 50–55, translated into Chinese by Li Xiang. The story follows Combiner Wars: it begins with the mutiny aboard the Lost Light staged by Getaway, after which Rodimus's team is lured to the planet Necroworld. There, the Decepticon justice squad the DJD, led by Tarn, has already laid siege, and with the planet's communications jammed, a distress signal will take weeks to reach Autobot command. With no way out, the crew broadcast their last words and funeral instructions to the universe, and two long-absent veteran crew members return at this moment, leaving everyone to fight a desperate last stand. Meanwhile, Megatron, who has openly renounced his Decepticon identity, must face a battle of redemption for his past crimes amid the flower fields of Necroworld. Old grudges between enemies, trust and betrayal among the crew, and the choice to "not go gentle into that good night" all reach their climax in this volume. As the finale of The Dying of the Light, it resolves the mysteries left by the first two volumes and serves as a major convergence of the long-running Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye series. Note: this is the standalone third volume of the trilogy; please read The Dying of the Light 1 and The Dying of the Light 2 first.

Editor's review

如果只挑一册 IDW 变形金刚来做“入坑体验”,《将暮之光3》其实并不合适;但如果你已经跟到第 8、9 卷,这就是绕不开的那一册。 理由有三。第一,它是《变形金刚:难以置信》整部系列的收官段落之一:夺路的兵变、黑狗队的围剿、威震天的赎罪三条线在这里同时引爆,前面铺了几十期的悬念一次收束,情绪密度极高。第二,编剧詹姆斯·罗伯茨最擅长的东西在这一卷里发挥到顶点——把一群机器人写成各有脾气的“人”,让遗书、葬礼嘱托、临阵的玩笑话都比战斗场面更戳人;同时他又让每一期章节标题都取自狄兰·托马斯的诗《不要温顺地走进那良夜》,形式感十足。第三,中文版由塞联阵背景的译者李翔翻译,变形金刚专有名词处理得比较统一,168 页铜版纸全彩印刷,装帧跟海星创造同系列其他册保持一致,收架不突兀。 要提醒的是:这一卷的战斗是“绝境之战”而非“爽战”,会有人退场,也会有角色做出让人不太舒服的选择。喜欢纯粹看机器人对轰的读者可能会觉得话多;但从叙事完成度来说,它是这三部曲里最有分量的一本。

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • 已经读完《将暮之光1》《将暮之光2》,想看到结局的读者
  • 追过 IDW《变形金刚:难以置信》(MTMTE)连载的老粉
  • 喜欢群像叙事、角色塑造重于打斗的欧美漫画读者
  • 想补齐海星创造·变形金刚书系收藏的漫画爱好者

Not a good fit for

  • 完全没接触过 IDW 变形金刚、想从零入坑的新读者
  • 只想看变形金刚战斗大场面、对大量对话与心理戏没耐心的读者
  • 偏好独立成篇、不依赖前作剧情的单本漫画读者

Reading tips

  1. 务必先读《将暮之光1》《将暮之光2》,本册剧情直接续接,跳读会迷失人物关系。
  2. 留意每期标题对应的狄兰·托马斯诗句,读完可回头体会章节名与情节的呼应。
  3. 人物众多,建议边读边记住“失落之光号”船员与黑狗队成员的名字,理解门槛会低很多。
  4. 读完可接着看《变形金刚:失落的光芒》,那是本系列完结后的续作,故事线继续延伸。

About the publisher

Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House is a comprehensive science and technology publisher known for academic monographs, applied technology titles and popular science books, with a focus on three areas: scholarship, popular science and science education. Judging from the books in the catalog, its publishing covers popular science, medicine, management, social psychology, Eastern philosophy and personal finance. It publishes works by overseas authors such as Douglas Hofstadter, Atul Gawande and Carlota Perez alongside Chinese writers including Liu Jian, Hu Hai, Wang Yifang and Peng Xiaohua. Representative titles include Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking, Being Mortal, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital, A Short History of the Human Body (full-color illustrated edition), and Gawande's Better and Complications, spanning cognitive science, medical humanities and the social dimensions of technology. Its distinctive approach is to connect scholarship and the general reader through popular science, valuing both ideas and readability. As public information is limited, this profile is drawn only from the books in the catalog.

Contents

  1. Issue 50 The Dying of the Light (1): How Bright Their Frail Deeds
  2. Issue 51 The Dying of the Light (2): The Sun Is Flying
  3. Issue 52 The Dying of the Light (3): Your Fierce Tears
  4. Issue 53 The Dying of the Light (4): The Day Is Ending
  5. Issue 54 The Dying of the Light (5): Rage, Rage
  6. Issue 55 The Dying of the Light (6): Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

FAQ

这本书和《变形金刚:非同凡响》是什么关系?
中文版取名《将暮之光》,原作是 IDW 的《Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye》,中文另有“难以置信”“非同凡响”等译名指同一系列。本册即该系列合订本第 10 卷,收录连载第 50—55 期。
这一册能单独看懂吗?
不建议。它承接《组合金刚之战》和《将暮之光》前两册,夺路的兵变、威震天的立场转变都来自前文,直接读第 3 册会大量人物和动机不明。
一册包含哪些内容?
收录《难以置信》第 50—55 期,即完整的“不灭之光”(The Dying of the Light)六期终章,中文版约 168 页,全彩印刷。
威震天在书里是主角吗?
他是核心线索之一。此卷中他以背弃霸天虎的身份面对旧日部下的清算,赎罪之战是全书主轴,但叙事视点仍在补天士小队群像上。
读完后接哪本?
《将暮之光3》是该三部曲完结篇;想继续追这条故事线,可看后续的《变形金刚:失落的光芒》(Lost Light)系列。

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