meridianbarony:

Now, I’ve been holding on to a screencap for a good couple of years now, not wanting to just drop it randomly in the tags. Then, this morning, I read a few issues of Optimus Prime I’d missed so far-

and, what was there to greet me but this panel

I immediately lost my shit because this is directly referencing Hearts of Steel, which is the comic I have this cap from

That’s John Henry, black American folk hero. Do I even need to go on about how it made me feel to see him in one of my favorite comics? Or to see a callback like this out of the blue, years later? :,D