Paperback edition of Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel by IDW is listed on Amazon with a curious new subtitle and an overall synopsis. It was not too long ago that we found the first issue of the series.
The story seems to be taking place in London and may perhaps be tied to Sir Edmund Burton (Transformers: The Last Knight). The title in question is “From Cybertron With Love”; a wordplay on the title of the second James Bond movie “From Russia With Love”.
Transformers Bumblebee Movie Prequel: From Cybertron With Love
Synopsis:
Fan-favorite Autobot Bumblebee is recruited for a top secret mission, and 1960s London won’t know what hit it when this robot in disguise goes undercover.
It’s high-tech, high-octane, high-clearance spy hijinks in From Cybertron with Love.
Product details:
- Series: Transformers
- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: IDW Publishing
- Release Date October 2, 2018
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1684052297
- ISBN-13: 978-1684052295
- Price: $14.99
- John Barber (Author), Andrew Griffith (Illustrator)
- About the Author: John Barber is a former Marvel and IDW Publishing editor now focused on writing comics. Credits include: Optimus Prime, Doctor Strange/Punisher, Ultimate Spider-Man Infinite Comics, Revolutionaries, Back to the Future, and Action Man comics!
AzT
4:55 – 5:29, Griffith speaks about his work on the prequel:
Andrew Griffith C2E2 S7 on Twitter
MrNiceGuy
No kidding. I just found out recently that ghosts of yesterday and the veiled threat are both supposedly in the IDW comic canon, yeesh. Veiled Threat even directly mentions Reign of Starscream at one point.
Don't ask me how that works.
TLP
Speaking of which, I'm curious if Barber will bother to do a letters page explaining away contradictions that TLK created (i.e. "Sector 7" and "Convergence").
Someone in the TFWiki talk page for the movie timeline theorized the astronauts in "Ghost of Yesterday" went through a time portal, similar to the one Sentinel Prime entered before he crashed on the moon; although pre-WWII.
It's still horribly convoluted, as is the movie continuity sans the comics/novels/etc.
Nishant
The same successes star wars or marvel has had cant br duplicated with transformers. I feel like they have to go the voltron route…well maybe thats what I'd prefer. The go90 cartoon was step in the right direction
MrNiceGuy
I wonder what an IDW comic adaptation of TLK would be like. Would it have been better, or even worse? I suppose if Barber was writing it, he would have at least TRIED to fit the story in with previous continuity.
AzT
John Barber on Twitter
G1 Liokaiser
Still no trailer for the Bumblebee movie. At least the prequel comics are back.
Danny-Boy
You'd enjoy Action Man.
Gamerlingual
Looks like Penguin Random House has a potential front cover for this up.
Source:
Transformers Bumblebee Movie Prequel: From Cybertron With Love by John Barber | PenguinRandomHouse.com
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TheSoundwave
It sounds like a James Bond homage! I'm really looking forward to this comic, it seems like a very different premise than most Transformers media.
Nitro Zeus
I wish him the best of luck then. He's attempting to salvage the un-salvageable. My theory before the movie came out was that Burton faked it all to up his cred, but the film says otherwise. I'm curious as to how this war will turn out.
jackgaughan
Oh man, you're right. However, John Barber's on this beast, and while I haven't read them, I hear he fixed almost every continuity problem with the original trilogy, imagine what magic he'll do with a post-TLK world?
Maybe he'll write that Burton has future vision, and also somehow predicted the rise of the phrase "Shag-liscous"?
The TFDrawer
Regarding the movie itself, am I the only one who things it would be a good thing if it failed? I mean if it fails it might make Hasbro/Paramount reconsider how much BB they are going to use in the future and think about bringing in new characters.
Nitro Zeus
How else can we confidently confirm whether or not Bee met Burton when he was a little boy in short pants, perhaps yay-tall, maybe shorter, maybe taller, then?
Nitro Zeus
Considering all of the art in Burton's room, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if a reference to Austin Powers and/or Monty Python is dropped even if the dates EXPLICITLY don't line up.
Haywired
TLK continuity wreck shouldn't be propagated in any form.
Reboot it already.
pie125
TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE MOVIE PREQUEL #1 CVR B OSSIO
TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE MOVIE PREQUEL # 1 CVR B OSSIO
Pre-order , expected release: 20-06-2018
Preorders must be placed before 28-MAY-18. No pre-orders can be accepted after this date.
Our price : EUR 3.98
Some call him Goldfender, but the name's Bee … Bumblebee. On loan to MI6 and teamed with a human partner, Bee's trapped in the middle of a Cold War plot to disrupt British Secret Intelligence. But when things go wrong, it's up to discover if there's a traitor in their midst. In the spy world, allegiances can change just as easily as a Transformer.
* The prequel to the new Bumblebee movie (coming this winter), geared toward a younger audience!
Language: English
Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
Item code: DCSTL084625
Category: Comic
Series: Transformers
Genre (s): Science Fiction , Adventure
Keywords: Mecha , Transformer ,Bumblebee
Interest group: Shonen – boys
Concept by: Author not available
dragon
Marvel movies are same way Logan with no sabertooth or mention of him who is at that location in Canada where kids go to, wolverine origins deadpool and gambit blob, fantastic four galactus as cloud, xmen movie series with plot holes countless Spider-Man reboots,
Yeah but only people who will read those comics are transformers fans and comic book fans my cousin he loves transformers movies but he does NOT READ COMICS
then we be hearinging from uotight fans movies are not violent enough and more child like humor like Thor 3 had with child like humor
I can name other movies with plot holes xmen movie series, blade 3, wolverine origins, terminator, alien movie series, Friday 13 series, Halloween series, nightmare on elm street series, Thor 3 heavy on comedy, let me know if you want me to name more movies to add to the list these are movies MICHAEL BAY had no involvement with
Deadend
Bay's not directing it and he's being rather hands off on producing, so the ban is lifted. It only applies to what he was directing because of what happened with DOTM.
1. It's a prequel to the prequel, so it doesn't impact spoilers of the movie anyway.
2. This fits to it, as it is developing from the TLK WWII era Bumblebee story the writer's room came up with(which seemingly has a full long area of Bumblebee stories that are open to tell from where TLK hinted at the WWII era, and then long amount of time until Charlie's story in the 80s). Potentially developing it further. But also keep in mind, the comics and the films don't always line up. Comic continuity and stories are Tie-ins/promotional material. Does not mean the material will hold to the films itself. This is pretty common to all comic to movie material. Same as the previous prequel novels and comics aren't in continuity to this or the films either. Marketing may say otherwise, but as a general rule, print media is print media, film is film. It's not film continuity unless it's mentioned in the films themselves. It's something to enjoy to build hype and excitement for the movie itself.