Thanks to 2005 Board member Sockie for sharing with us IDW’s December solicitations via Comic Book Resources. December looks to be a busy month as we get a pair of Trade paper back volumes, we deal with the fall out from Revolution and the third season of “More Than Meets The Eye” will debut with the new name “Transformers: The Lost Light“.
Click on the title bar to view all of the solicitations as well as the cover art for the month. But, as always, beware potential spoilers in the solicitations. Transformers: Lost Light #1—SPOTLIGHT
- James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a & c)
- Five years ago, Rodimus and a collection of traumatised, lovelorn and/or sarcastic Autobots set off on a quest to find Cyberutopia. So far, they’ve made a right hash of it. They’ve misplaced their map. They’ve lost their ship, the Lost Light, to a mutinous escapologist. Oh, and they’re dead.
- FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Lost Light #1—Subscription Variant
- James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Nick Roche (c)
- FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Lost Light #1—Andrew Griffith Variant
- James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Andrew Griffith (c)
- FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Lost Light #1—Blank Sketch Variant
- James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Blank sketch (c)
- FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- The crew from MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE might be dead, but the LOST LIGHT lives on!
- Incredible artist Jack Lawrence (Skylanders, Micronauts) makes his Transformers debut with returning writer James Roberts (Transformers: MTMTE)!
- Variant covers by Sara Pitre-Durocher, Sonny Liew, and Paul Pope!Optimus Prime #2
- John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a & c)
- NEW CYBERTRON! A massive corkscrew-shaped space ship has drilled into Earth, bringing with it a surprising disruption to OPTIMUS PRIME’s plans. Meanwhile—ARCEE fields a dangerous offer that may be too good to resist!
- FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Optimus Prime #2—Subscription Variant
- John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a) • Casey Coller (c)
- FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Optimus Prime #2—Andrew Griffith Variant
- John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a) • Andrew Griffith (c)
- FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- Guest starring G.I. JOE!
- The new world order continues as OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to bring Earth into the cosmic community!
- Plus—how ORION PAX first met BUMBLEBEE!
- Variant cover by Zoner!
Transformers: Till All Are One #6
- Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a & c)
- A wave of undead TITANS has touched down on CYBERTRON! Even with the help of the massive METROPLEX, WINDBLADE and STARSCREAM can only hold them off for so long. They need help from Elita-1—and they’re going to get it whether she agrees or not. The fate of CYBERTRON depends on it!
- FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Till All Are One #6—Subscription Variant
- Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Priscilla Tramontano (c)
- FC • 32 pages • $3.99
- TITANS RETURNS continues—but can our heroes survive?!
- Despite their differences, WINDBLADE and STARSCREAM team up… for the sake of CYBERTRON’s survival!
- Variant cover by Zoner!
Revolutionaries #1—SPOTLIGHT
- John Barber (w) • Fico Ossio (a) • Tradd Moore (c)
- THE REVOLUTION MAY BE OVER–but the future is just beginning! Ripped from the pages of the hottest crossover of the year, the REVOLUTION team of John Barber and Fico Ossio continue the action! KUP is a CYBERTRONIAN literally older than the universe; ACTION MAN is the ultimate special agent trying to live up to an impossible legacy; MAYDAY is a G.I. JOE leader trying to rescue her first command; and BLACKROCK is a CYBERTRONIAN that thinks he’s a human. It takes the mind-bending clash of ROM versus MAJOR BLUDD and the OKTOBER GUARD to bring this unlikely team together… and the secret they learn threatens to unravel the entire universe.
- FC • 32 pages + mini-comic • $4.99
REVOLUTIONARIES #1—Subscription Variant
- John Barber (w) • Fico Ossio (a) • Tone Rodriguez (c)
- FC • 32 pages + mini-comic • $4.99
REVOLUTIONARIES #1—Fico Ossio Variant
- John Barber (w) • Fico Ossio (a) • Fico Ossio (c)
- FC • 32 pages + mini-comic • $4.99
REVOLUTIONARIES #1—Blank Sketch Variant
- John Barber (w) • Fico Ossio (a) • Blank Sketch (c)
- FC • 32 pages + mini-comic • $4.99
REVOLUTIONARIES #1—Andrew Griffith Variant
- Cullen Bunn & John Barber (w) • Fico Ossio (a) • Andrew Griffith (c)
- FC • 32 pages + mini-comic • $4.99
- Exclusive bound-in Sgt. Savage mini-comic reprinting a lost tale written and drawn by the late, great Joe Kubert himself!
- Written by one part of the powerhouse creative team that brought you the mega-event, Revolution!
- New tales that continue the storyline of the hit Revolution comic-book event and featuring the same amazing creative team!
- Illustrated by Revolution artist, burgeoning superstar Fico Ossio!
- The secrets of the Hasbro universe will be revealed. If you follow one new book this month, make it Revolutionaries!
- Variant covers by Sara Pitre-Durocher, Sonny Liew, and Paul Pope!
Transformers: Autocracy Trilogy
- Chris Metzen, Flint Dille (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)
- Before Optimus became a Prime he fought for order. Before Megatron became a conqueror he fought for freedom. In the early days of the war on Cybertron, two leaders–one Autobot, the other Decepticon–start down their own paths towards destiny. Collects the Autocracy, Monstrosity, and Primacy series into an oversized hardcover collection.
- HC • FC • $49.99 • 328 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-807-6
- All three series collected together for the first time
Transformers: Till All Are One, Vol. 1
- Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a & c)
- Starscream rules Cybertron. He and Windblade vie for control of the Council of Worlds, each aligning themselves with as many long-lost colonies as they can. But Starscream’s secret police keep increasing the tension, destabilizing the fragile peace that has been established. Collects issues #1–4.
- TPB • FC • $17.99 • 100 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-808-3
- “Till All Are One (has) the character of a novel or a prime time television series.” –Weekly Comic Book Review
JudgeDeliberata
A-yup. It's time for some squids.
*Rubbing hands gleefully*
Autovolt 127
Okay that actually makes more sense now that you mention it.
Nocturne
My thoughts exactly!
MatrixOfWumbo
It would be better if the world thought they were dead. This way they can operate under Getaway and the Council's radars. To that end it's best for Rodimus, the most bright and flashy of the crew, wears something more discreet.
Fort Max
Cheers.
Jalaguy
The main series begins in November, but the Revolution tie-in one-shot is out next week on the 28th.
Omegashark18
In November.
Fort Max
Random question, does anyone know when the new mask comic is launching?
Omegax80
I want everything. IDW has taken over my life.
Verno
I swear I remember reading around the time of BotCon that 'Dawn of the Predacus' would get a reprint later in the year. Maybe IDW changed their mind, not wanting to revisit the nightmare.
Megastar
I'm looking forward to Revolutionaries the most.
Large
Remember early 2010 Marvel when Spiderman V3 #XX or Daredevil Vsomething #XX became #500 or #600 ?
You always could get an issue #100 when LL #43 will show up.
After all IDW seems really into early 2010 Marvel these days with Revolution and all.
Assuming Tipton remembers what he's editing.
Rodimus Delta
Its a shame there won´t be a number 100 of More than Meets the Eye, I was expecting a special comic
optimusmegas
what's the the black rodimus color change?
CodeXCDM
So it's Black Rodimus now, eh?
Just need to put an Autobot logo back on him and it's passable, I suppose.
l0te
Looking forward to seeing how the Rod Squad gets back to the Lost Light, and the repercussions of the mutiny. Not a fan of Rodi's color change, though who knows how legit it is. Just hoping we don't lose the co-captain. I miss Milne's art, though after checking out Lawrence, he's got a nice style going as well, and I do prefer it to what we're getting with Tramontano.
Been following Kei Zama for years and I can't wait to see what ExRID looks like under their pen.
Revolution I'll read, though no real interest in.
Omegashark18
All this and the other IDW stuff, I'll never be bored with comics again!
Novaburnhilde
Awesome stuff, looking forward to the future releases.
Bass X0
I'm surprised they changed his color, but its a welcome change. And it has precedence with toy recolors of Hot Rod / Rodimus. Anyway, many superheroes undergo a change in costume colors sometimes, Rodimus is no exception.
GirlBot
I was thinking more of a shattered dimension or some other alternate dimension or a pocket dimension
Are the colors on Drift different? Does he have some orange on him or am I seeing things?