Artist Joana Lafuente has updated her Twitter account with an HQ clean version of her cover for the unreleased IDW Transformers: Collision Course comic.
Little is known about the plot of this unpublished miniseries from IDW. It was supposed to be released late in 2022 and it may have been kind of a crossover with several Transformers universes. In any case, accurate details about its content are yet to be revealed. Read on for Joana Lafuente’s comments about her cover:
Here it is, my last cover for the Transformers while in IDW Publishing’s hands. This was one the covers for the unpublished series “Transformers: Collision Course” and I promptly jumped at the opportunity to finally do a Starscream cover (Regen One version).
See the cover after the jump and then join to the ongoing discussion on the 2005 Boards!
misfire19d
Hahaha
RodimusRex
I'm leaning towards Hasbro doing it in-house.
Not as a preference. As a prediction.
Thundershot
Something like this could still happen. The new publisher could do a mini with a Crisis-type thing (which would also play well into Legacy’s theme) and then clean the slate for whatever new stories and continuity they want to start a few months later (after the dust has settled).
I don’t think it’ll happen, though. I’m surprised we haven’t had an announcement regarding the next publisher…
Rojixus
I remember so that no one else has to.
CelticMutt
I guess I missed that. Or forgot about. I guess that's how memorable it was, huh?
Rojixus
They did, actually. The same year they rebooted Transformers, as a matter of fact. It was a pathetic and stunted reboot that was quickly snuffed out after ten issues and a one-shot, but it happened.
Effigy
So do we know what the future of Transformers comics is post IDW? And if not, when do we expect to find out?
CelticMutt
As others have said, yes the non-Hama Joe continuity crossed over a lot with Transformers especially after IDW went all in on trying to create a "Hasbro-verse." Skywarp even became a (reluctant) member of GI Joe. Yes, GI Joe, not Cobra. The Unicron event ended the entire Hasbro-verse. The only Hasbro stuff that got published after it were Transformers v2, the Hama GI Joe, My Little Pony, and Dungeons and Dragons, none of which were related to each other outside of the Transformers/MLP crossovers, which were their own little continuity. IDW never bothered rebooting their own GI Joe continuity. Probably an early warning sign that they were planning on dropping/going to lose both Transformers & GI Joe.
SG Roadbuster
the idw1 universe used Revolution, Revolutionaries, and some supplemental material to weave together 11 years worth of disparate Transformers and GIJoe 2005 continuity (which i assume is what you mean by "non-Hama") Chuckles and the nuking of Nanzhao were mentioned. post Revolution, Skywarp was a member of Scarlett's Joe team during Sitterson's run of the book.
Novaburnhilde
That's a pretty awesome cover.
I'm still glad this didn't end up happening.
power3921
Man, I would have loved to see this so bad. It'd probably be a total mess, yeah, but I'd still love to see just how it weny
Fblthp
In English yes, in Japanese no.
dj_convoy II
It\'s interesting to me that this apparently made it far enough down the production line to have several covers created
AutobotTurbine
Ehhhh yes and no. Armada Starscream dies and is resurrected in Energon as a half-alive, half-ghost thing who has no memories of his prior life, essentially a blank slate. Energon Megs winds up screwing with him and turning him into what could best be described as a slave that doesn’t know he’s a slave. After Energon, he regains his independence, but is now more like his G1 counterpart than his old Armada self.
JLvatron
Don't know about IDW, but in the cartoon, 2 were …kindof.
Energon Starscream was a resurrection of Armada Starscream, but with his memories and individuality erased. So like an opposite clone.
Kindof like Beasties cartoon Dinobot 2 was an unrelated separate creation, but who somehow connected to original Dinobot's dead spark.
As for Cybertron, the toyline was a continuation, and Hasbro hastily claimed so was the cartoon.
But when it aired, the cartoon was a complete reboot, with the main Autobots and Decepticons coming to Earth for the 1st time (while Armada took place on Earth). Also, the humans had never met Transformers, while in Armada they already made 1st contact, then in Energon the Autobots had an extensive partnership with the humans both on and off planet.
JLvatron
Wonder if it had anything to do with Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course ?
Croikey!!
CyberstormSM
Earth is never mentioned in IDW2 as far as I know, and Last Bot Standing isn't IDW2.
RodimusRex
So… My random question as someone who never followed the non-Hama G.I. Joe comics…
Didn't Joe crossover with IDW 1.0? Did they acknowledge the reboot in Joe comics?
Did IDW 2.0 ever acknowledge Earth outside of Lost Bot Standing?
Foolio
Always felt like IDW1.0 Springer would have been a cast member of Collision Course, picking up right after he jumped into the Timemaze in Requiem. Which was teasing multiverse potential.
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