IDW have released their solicitations for their comics arriving in May 2018. This May, brace yourself for revelations, a falling, and a requiem, with Lost Light 18, billed as “the most important issue of Lost Light” that casts events of the last six years in a new and deadly light; Optimus Prime 19, which sets Onyx Prime in a strong position with only an unlikely savior to oppose him; and Requiem of the Wreckers, an extra-length one shot set to conclude IDW’s Wreckers trilogy with a showdown against “an anti-Cybertronian campaigner and an old foe”.
Check out covers for Lost Light and Optimus Prime attached to this post, along with full details of all three issues.
Transformers: Lost Light #18—Cover A: Jack Lawrence
James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a & c)
LIGHTS OUT! The “Everlasting Voices” trilogy concludes with an explosion of hope, a grave betrayal… and more answers than you can handle! Events of the last six years build to a frenzy of revelations, casting everything that’s gone before in a new—and deadly—light. No exaggeration, no hyperbole: there has never been a more important issue of Lost Light.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Lost Light #18—Cover B: Alex Milne
James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Alex Milne (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Leads directly into the biggest story in the history of the Lost Light!
- Black & White variant cover by Alex Milne!
Optimus Prime #19—Cover A: Kei Zama
John Barber (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Kei Zama (c)
“The Falling,” Part 4. Onyx Prime’s motivations are clear, and his scheme seems unstoppable. Heroes have fallen, and hope dwindles for the survivors. Cybertron’s last chance of salvation is in the hands of… well, that would be telling, wouldn’t it?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Optimus Prime #19—Cover B: Casey W. Coller
John Barber (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
- Black & white cover by Kei Zama!
Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers—SPOTLIGHT
Nick Roche (w) • Nick Roche, Guido Guidi, & Geoff Senior (a) • Nick Roche (c)
Wreck & Rule! They’ve been beaten up, torn apart, betrayed, and had their sins revealed. The few remaining Wreckers are more lost and lonelier than they’ve ever been, which makes it the perfect time for them to come under fire from an anti-Cybertronian campaigner and an old foe! Remember them fondly, because this is the “Requiem of the Wreckers.”
FC • 48 pages • $7.99
Bullet points:
- The final entry in the Wreckers trilogy!
- Written and drawn by Nick Roche (Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers, Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows)!
SparkPlug24
Still, I'm guessing there's gonna be a smaller cast of characters. Judging by the cover they'd focus on whatever mayhem Impactor's gonna start and on how Springer will respond in kind. So essentially "Spotlight: Springer + Impactor!"
Megastar
LL was still on it's own in the Hasbroverse,I don't get why people keep saying the Hasbroverse ruined LL when it's been left alone becusce the characters are on the far side of the space.
Murasame
Yeah, but what if the Lost Light continues in the current Universe, because of the Quantum Engines letting them be untouched of everything else that happens to the universe, effectively creating yet another parallel universe (or alternatively a wizard did it) and then they can have the regular Transformers book with everyone and have regular stories and then the Lost Light which can also feature every character, but written by James Roberts. That would be cool. The other book can be in the Hasbroverse and crossover ridden to the max and Lost Light is on it's own terms, just like the IDW books were in the past.
CleverNamePendingatron
Looks like Lost Light’s moving towards another finale, but will it be the finale of season 3, or the finale of Lost Light? With rumours of a reboot on the horizon, and Roberts being as vague and cryptic as ever, only time will tell.
And not a single non-TF Hasbro title listed, aside from the Jem and Strike Force TPBs. It’s not looking good for the Hasbroverse. Shame, IDW was just beginning to work out how to handle a shared universe.
Tahtorak
I'm guessing Starscream, based on the cover.
WhiteRabbit
"Spotlight" in this context would most likely just be part of the solicitation marketing jargon, they're just highlighting a special release.
SparkPlug24
A double-length Spotlight ?!? I wish I could preorder this right now!
Agamus
Yo, you misspelled "revelations" as "revealtions" in that second sentence there
Omega495
Appears to be Ratchet being held back by Drift.
Everything Man
Who\'s the white and orange bloke on the cover?
Sol Fury
Given the Unicron 0 preview
, my bet is on
That character is also shown on the cover, for whatever little that is worth.
Thumbaticon
I was hoping Zama would draw this whole arc, but the one good thing that came out of 4 million artists doing OP issue 11 was that Durocher\'s line-art is still great and versitle.
Nemesis Otaku
LL continues to keep me on my toes…. Now then, time to speculate who this \"unlikely savior\" is…
Sol Fury
Optimus Prime 19 sounds good, Lost Light 18 sounds like we're headed toward an ending, and we've already covered the Wreckers finale earlier today:
IDW Transformers Solicitations for May 2018 – Transformers News – TFW2005