Comics Continuum has posted the solicits for IDW’s Transformers comics arriving in September 2013. September brings us a whole lot of comics including More than Meets the Eye #21 and Robots in Disguise #21, Regeneration One #0, Beast Hunters #5, Monstrosity (print version) #4, plus collected editions Robots in Disguise Volume 4, Transformers Classics Volume 6 and also a Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Volume 1, which we take to be a collection of captures from the TV show.
Read on for the full solicits and check out the covers of all these lovely new comics attached! TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE #21
James Roberts (w), Alex Milne (a), Milne, Sean Chen (c).
ENDGAME! A handful of heroes stand in the way of a tyrant with the power to destroy AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS alike. But what if stopping him carries an even higher price? Get ready to say goodbye to some old friends as More Than Meets The Eye delivers on two years’ worth of promises.
32 pages, $3.99.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #21
John Barber (w), Andrew Griffith and Livio Ramondelli (a), Griffith, Casey Coller (c).
SHOCKPOINT! In the wastelands of CYBERTRON, SHOCKWAVE makes his move–and SOUNDWAVE and the DECEPTICONS step up to stop him! While the battle of the century rocks the ancient ruins of the Crystal City, dig back into the history of these titanic rivals!
32 pages, $3.99.
TRANSFORMERS REGENERATION ONE #0
Simon Furman (w), Jeff Anderson, Casey W. Coller, Jose Delbo, Nick Roche, Geoff Senior (a), Andrew Wildman, Guido Guidi (c).
ZERO POINT! Adventure in the time stream, as HOT ROD desperately attempts to identify the rogue elements that are leading him, and the entire CYBERTRONIAN race, inexorably towards the catastrophic end of time itself. What hidden stories do the DEATHBRINGER, BOLTAX, BUSTER WITWICKY, and GALVATRON have to tell, and what–if any–solutions are there? Or is it already too late?
32 pages, $3.99.
TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS #5
Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w), Agustin Padilla (a), Ken Christiansen (c).
CYBERTRON LIVES! The DINOBOTS lend hand to their fellow underground Autobots… but things quickly go awry as the very planet begins to quake and shift. Floods, cave-ins, the very ground dropping from underneath… is CYBERTRON reborn or are these the last flailings of a dying planet?
32 pages, $3.99.
TRANSFORMERS: MONSTROSITY #4
Chris Metzen & Flint Dille (w), Livio Ramondelli (a), Ramondelli x 3 (c).
THE RETURN! In the early days of the war on CYBERTROIN… MEGATRON’s journey into the abyss is over. OPTIMUS PRIME’s grip on the planet is slipping. GRIMLOCK and the DINOBOTS hold onto sanity by a thread. Now, all the threads draw together… and the world will shudder.
32 pages, $3.99.
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, VOL. 4
John Barber (w), Andrew Griffith (a & c)
Megatron’s back… and CYBERTRON will never be the same. Everything BUMBLEBEE and his AUTOBOTS have built teeters at the edge of collapse–and STARSCREAM has to make the choice his whole life has been leading to. And meet the new PROWL–deadlier than ever, colder then any other AUTOBOT, and ready to end the DECEPTICON threat. Collects #12-16.
124 pages, $19.99.
TRANSFORMERS CLASSICS, VOL. 6
Simon Furman (w), Jose Delbo, Geoff Senior, Dwayne Turner & Andrew Wildman (a), Guido Guidi (c).
The historic comic book roots of THE TRANSFORMERS are re-presented for maximum Cybertronian enjoyment. Freshly re-mastered and re-colored, these stories are accompanied by an in-depth introduction as well as select issue notes by Mark W. Bellomo. Collects #63-74.
284 pages, $24.99.
TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS, VOL. 1
Various (w & a & c)
It’s the beginning of the end of TRANSFORMERS PRIME. But a new enemy is revealed and the stakes are ratcheted up even higher as the Cybertronians continue their quest for peace throughout the universe.
112 pages, $7.99.
WilyMech
I honestly think Soundwave is loyal to the Decepticon cause and that is his reason to fight Shockwave. In Rid #16 Shockwave said he join the Decepticons because it was logical for him to do so in order continue his research. Shockwave never stated he supported Decepticon cause spark whole hearted. So if the primary reason for him being a Con which is research deviates from the cause of the Decepticons so will Shockwave. It also reasonable that Soundwave will fight him.
Roberts must love 1984 the book certain elements to his story. Yeah we have big brother out there too.
SMOG
Your loss… I mean, really, it is.
See, for me, the appeal of Transformers has always been the concept, the setting, and the broad variety of diverse characters interacting. In fact, going back to the cartoon, that's what made Season 2 great… there were tons of "spotlight" episodes that focused on relative nobodies, transforming them into somebodies.
And with MTMTE, with its cast of largely B-listers, is the first Transformers comic I've ever read not just for the sake of nostalgia, but actually because it's excellent. And that's awesome. For a change, I'm not trying to spark some dead ember of childhood love remembered in my heart, resurrecting it as some hollow, desperate after-image. Instead, I'm actually enjoying it for what it is, here and now, because it's great.
So yeah… you stick to RID and the dozen G1 characters that you think are important. Maybe for old time's sake, Megatron will cook up a harebrained scheme to convert an ancient and unstable artifact into a power source to conquer the universe, only to be foiled at the end by some Autobot gumption, and some incidental human sidekicks, and it can all be resolved inside of 22 minutes. Knock yourself out.
zmog
Anguirus
Well the last we saw of Shockwave he had some sort of sun thing destroying Cybertron under his control.
Soundwave isn't his "rival" but he probably wants to live.
General Magnus
I don´t recall poorly written characters making Transformers awesome in the first place.
BB Shockwave
Actually, there WERE Matryoshka Pretenders. They were called Mega Pretenders – Roadblock and Skyhammer were the only two made.
BB Shockwave
Wow, that Marvel cover… awesome. Buster and Jesse! Haven't seen them in a while.
And MTMTE21 seems awesome. Methinks Whirl has gone through the Smelting Pool!
RID is 'ptah' as usual. Since when did Shockwave and Soundwave even HAVE a rivaly? They worked together rather well in Maximum Dinobots, and anywhere else before.
Monstrosity's cover makes me laugh.
Phantom84
LOL! Had to grab the Yggdrasil sinus reliever after that comment left me snotty and in tears. We had dual Targetmasters, so Two-headed Headmasters and Matryoshka Pretenders were probably in the pipeline before the stink created by the Action Masters killed G1.
Starscream NZ
If Whirl dies, i'm done with MTMTE….
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Well, no not really, but i'll still be super pissed. Love Whirl and don't want to see him go.
Anguirus
What's disturbing about that specifically? The Decepticons spent the '80s at each others' throats. Megatron vs. Shockwave, Galvatron vs. Megatron, Shockwave vs. Scorponok, Ratbat vs. Scorponok, Starscream vs. everyone…
Like Soundwave and Shockwave?
Sounds like MtMtE isn't your thing. Which is fine. But many of us love it, so just be aware. You wouldn't go to a sci-fi board and yell "FIREFLY WAS A PILE OF MONKEY CRAP," the resulting flames would crisp you at your computer.
Yggdrasil
Matryoshka pretender!
Come on Hasbro, you know you want to!
This is the other part of the alien logic that TF fans have that I will never ever understand.
We all became Transformers fans because all of the now popular character were once brand new and unique and different. Ever character had a unique design, and character, and voice and they were all fun to watch and read about. The modern day fan-favourites were as new to us then as these characters are new to us now.
So why is it now that the fans are unable to attach to a character for the exact same reasons as when they were kids? It's not like IDW is FORCING YOU do read about them when you have RID going on at the same time which consist of nothing but fanfavourite characters.
I just don't get it. A good written character is a good written character. The fact that he's a Z lister doesn't mean he can never be a good character.
Are people really that emotinaly jaded that they can only ever care about the characters they saw as kids? And that all they can ever watch and read are the exact same stories as the ones when they were kids?
If so why be a Transformers fan at all? Just get the G1 DVDs and the Marvel reprints and enjoy those if you're unable to comprehend that the franchise evolved in the span of 30 years, and just re-live those two years you hold so dear over and over again because nothing will ever be like that ever again. Nothing new that comes out won't be able to create the same sence of notalgia as the original thing so why bother if you're only in for the nostalgia factor! Time is moving forward, roll with it or don't.
Resurecting unknown characters from ages ago isn't anything new in comics. It's been going on for years.
Hell look at what Snyder did with fucking OWLMAN! He made the best goddamn Batman arc in ages.
And no nothing in this universe will ever convince me that you're not 1984forever or his clone.
Phantom84
Thanks! Soundwave fighting Shockwave was just so… disturbing to me that I felt compelled to register. I want to add my voice to the multitudes of people that want to see more of the early G1 characters that we loved as children get more panel time. I would rather watch women eating live Bullfrog sashimi videos all day every day than read about relative unknowns like Swerve or Whirl in the IDW comics.
Anguirus
Well, welcome!
Phantom84
Yeah man, for like 3 years.
Anguirus
^ You're up on the in-jokes, Mr. 3 posts. Lurking for a bit?
Phantom84
LOL. I can't possibly be him, because that would mean that I'm James Roberts pretending to be 1984forever pretending to be Phantom84, like some sort of…Pretender.
SMOG
The art in the Marvel comics was almost never good… IMHO. But with regard to the other stuff, I think I'd like to hear that supported with some examples. I'm not a big fan of the later G1 characters (and of course, maybe my definition of "later" might be different than others'), but I don't think that they were just "copies" of earlier characters. And we've certainly gotten a lot of interesting characters out of the more obscure bots in MTMTE.
zmog
Anguirus
…he's talking about Soundwave and Shockwave.
Oh, and it's worth pointing out that nearly every character who's big in IDW right now are from 1987 or earlier. The exceptions are a few guys who really took off like Bludgeon. The derivative characters you describe are background or redshirts for the most part.
General Tekno
If Whirl dies, it'll be Cyclonus shooting him in the back after he's just done something uncharacteristically unselfish.
Because let's face it – if anything's clear it's that only one of them is coming back alive from the next situation of certain peril where the two are paired up.
Lbsammills51
Soundwave vs Shockwave sounds fun. That Whirl cover looks great too.
Heheheh. The same thing occurred to me as soon as I saw his earlier post.
Shatterpoint
"Nineteen-Eighty-Four"