Thanks to PreviewsWorld, we have the IDW solicitations for October 2016. Transformers comics will be in the thick of the Revolution story arc, tying into other IDW titles as well. The full list of releases and book descriptions are included after the jump. Who’s ready for Revolution?
REVOLUTION #3
(W) Cullen Bunn, John Barber (A) Fico Ossio (CA) Tradd Moore
THEY CAME FROM MICROSPACE! What terror reaches through the tendrils of entropy into our universe-and why does ROM want to kill it? Meanwhile, M.A.S.K.’s MATT TRAKKER makes a startling discovery about the TRANSFORMERS-but will G.I. JOE’s SCARLETT believe him?
REVOLUTION #4
(W) Cullen Bunn, John Barber (A) Fico Ossio (CA) Tradd Moore
SILENT INTERLUDE! One human has the skill to break into AUTOBOT CITY-but what is SNAKE EYES going to do when he finds himself face-to-knee with OPTIMUS PRIME? And outside, MILES MAYHEM and the M.A.S.K. team wait to see who walks out alive…
TRANSFORMERS REVOLUTION #1
(W) John Barber (A) Andrew Griffith (CA) Marcelo Matere
THUNDERCRACKER AND BUSTER SAVE THE WORLD! A DECEPTICON who wants to be a screenwriter. A dog who wants to, I don’t know, eat stuff and chase squirrels or whatever dogs want to do. A White House under siege by DIRE WRAITHS. And the phone call that brings them all together.
• Just because OPTIMUS PRIME and SOUNDWAVE are leading the REVOLUTION doesn’t mean the rest of the TRANSFORMERS aren’t keeping busy!
ACTION MAN REVOLUTION #1
(W) John Barber (A) Paolo Villanelli (CA) Drew Johnson
REVOLUTION WORLDWIDE! While the battle between TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE, M.A.S.K., and ROM rages across the Earth, the U.K.’s top field agent, ACTION MAN, tracks down the mystery of ORE-13-and finds an unusual metal ally!
TRANSFORMERS TILL ALL ARE ONE REVOLUTION #1
(W) Mairghread Scott (A) Naoto Tsushima (CA) Sara Pitre-Durocher
WINDBLADE ON EARTH! The mysterious link between METROTITAN and MICROSPACE threatens to tear two universes apart, and only WINDBLADE has a chance to heal the Titan… and there she learns a terrifying secret that changes the stakes of the REVOLUTION.
• Featuring OPTIMUS PRIME, ROM, and much, much more!
GI JOE REVOLUTION #1
(W) Aubrey Sitterson (A) Giannis Milonogiannis (CA) Aaron Conley
G.I. JOE IS BACK! Thanks to the events of REVOLUTION, the G.I. Joe team led by Scarlett returns to the fray, leading the charge against invading TRANSFORMERS and other aliens. But when a US military defense base goes dark, Scarlett has reason to suspect that these enemy forces may have infiltrated G.I. Joe. It’s up to her, Roadblock, Rock ‘n Roll, Quick Kick, Wild Bill, and Shipwreck to move in and root out any traitors before the facility falls into the wrong hands!
• A key one-shot connected to the world of REVOLUTION!
TRANSFORMERS TP VOL 10
(W) John Barber (A) Andrew Griffith, Livio Ramondelli (CA) Casey W. Coller
ALL HAIL OPTIMUS! Backed by an army of zealous followers, OPTIMUS PRIME declares Earth to be a part of CYBERTRON’S Council of Worlds-but the DECEPTICONS and the people of Earth won’t take it lying down! Collects issues #50-55.
Novaburnhilde
Looking forward to seeing how this Revolution story plays out.
Sockie
Yes, the design matches up very much to his Covenant look, and that's the Micronauts' ship coming out the hole in his stomach, so they certainly seem to be creating some sort of connection between him and Microspace.
Autobot Hound
Ahh, I see. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Still *grumble gripe* about the interruption. Not sure I'm interested in Windblade on Earth, I want more of the Combaticons and more of Cybertron politics. May pass these over, I'll wait and see. Not super interested in all this non-TF stuff showing up in the main comics, especially if they interrupt the main story.
Lucas35
I do not know why people are so pessimistic, I think it will be good, and the character on the cover behind Optimus Prime and Karza is Micronus Prime?
SPLIT LIP
Oh sweet, another event I can't wait to totally skip over.
Sockie
There is an issue of TAAO in September, it's the one you just mentioned, and its solicit outright said it's the conclusion to the book's first arc, so they're not just cutting off in the middle of the Combaticon story like you're afraid of. TAAO's Revolution tie-in is pretty much going to be #4.5.
Autobot Hound
WTF? So after waiting nine months for TAAO to finally start up, there isn't going to be any TAAO in September and the one in October has nothing to do with that main story and takes place on Earth instead????? A no MTMTE in October? So we're…what, going to finally see Combaticons become Bruticus according to the cover of #4 and then have to wait for months and months to find out what happened- AGAIN? Already been there, done that.
This is incredibly annoying. My impulse is to say HECK NO by not buying anything until this is all over.
Autovolt 127
This is gonna be a bigger clusterfuck than Dark Cybertron or Combiner Wars.
Bathawk
Ditto, skipping this as well
Nothing good has ever come to the Transformers by adding more humans to the mix (re: anything to do with Michael Bay)…as near as I can tell, this is just diluting Transformers to give the other franchises a boost
Wheeljack_Prime
Well, that explains it.
Olympia
For those wondering about MTMTE, I recall someone asking James Roberts about this on twitter a while back. His response was that if there is no MTMTE in October, then it would be likely for us to get two issues in November.
I'll see if I can find that tweet later.
Edit:
Knightsword
It wouldn't be the first time it happened.
Sockie
I really, really doubt it.
Knightsword
So who else is thinking that the Earth Titan is going to be revealed as a time displaced Metroplex.
Stryker055
At least it's just two months of crossover and then the series restart in December. Honestly, the Revolution thing looks kind of fun with all these characters interacting like this. I'm interested to see how it turns out.
YoungPrime
Never was interested in this crossover and was simply going to pass on it. Now I'm annoyed.
Sure I'm not the only one. So how much do they stand to lose in October/November because of this I wonder.
Abrogate
I have no idea what the fuck is going on anymore
Sockie
I'll probably be getting all of the one-shots; I'm already picking up Micronauts and I enjoyed the first issue of Action Man enough that I'm looking forward to the character teaming up with Kup. Plus so many of them sound just plain fun.
And I'm hoping the MTMTE Revolution tie-in is focused on Mirage and the Protectobots. We need a status update on that crew!
Darkryt
I had some reservations about Revolution and the whole shared-universe reboot idea, but after reading those summaries, this sounds like it could actually be quite a lot of fun.
grindcore138
Can't decide whether to get the other Revolution #1's or just stick to the main Revolution book and Transformers issues.
Pretty curious as to where MTMTE's Revolution issue is going to take place, and with whom, seeing as it all seems to be taking place on Earth. The Lost Light with the mutineers? Wherever the hell Team Roditron end up after DotL? Luna 1? The Protectobots? Hell, the Scavengers even?