Wow, they didn't even do a full-page last-page reveal. It's just one panel on one-fifth of a page. Oof. (The least they could've done was have Surprise jump out of a bush yelling "suprise" to...surprise them!)
Yeah, I'm guessing that the G1 crossover in volume 3 of the Manga is going to be the best G1/G4 crossover we get, at least until G5 tries their hand at it.
I have to wonder if there's some reason for this. Because...this would be a fun surprise, if we weren't expecting it. If this was just issues 103-107 with NO spoilers in the solicitations, it would have been kind of a fun build up. But advertising this as a crossover makes this...REALLY underwhelming. Maybe the writer just doesn't know G1 enough to really want to risk writing them for too long a time?
Too bad too, because I don't think the writing here is bad. It feels a bit padded, but I think that's because I'm more looking forward to the actual crossover than seeing more from the school or the witches. But, Fluttershy bringing little monsters to the classroom and things going wrong? Classic! And the stuff with the witches is a lot of fun (and clearly heading towards a reformation, Cozy Glow remains the only TRUE EVIL). Even the S'monies seem to be hinting at a redemption...if they survive being un-smoozed.
Maybe they'll really make the crossover work in the last two issues....but I'm guessing the G1 ponies be treated more like a "group" and not so much "individual characters", if you understand what I mean. I'd love to be proven wrong, though.
