Transformers Comics

IDW Publishing parent company IDW Media Holdings released its fourth quarter and full fiscal year (FY) 2019 results, a report which included the following points:

• A fourth quarter net loss per share of $2.29 on revenue of $33.9 million and a full fiscal year net loss per share of $3.90 on revenue of $62.6 million for the three months and twelve months ended October 31, 2019, respectively.
• IDW Publishing, home to series including Transformers (2019), Transformers: Galaxies and Transformers vs. The Terminator, posting a decline in FY revenue from a flat 2018 to 2019
• IDW Entertainment, home to television series including “V Wars,” “October Faction,” “Locke & Key” and “Wynonna Earp,” posting a revenue increase over the same span while the legacy production finance agreements utilized for these shows and production cost overages resulted in significant losses
• The exploration of a national stock exchange listing
• A goal for all divisions of IDW to operate profitably by fiscal 2021

Ready to crunch more numbers? Dive into the full press release here, review our coverage of IDW’s Transformers Comics April 2020 solicitations, then join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!

TFW2005 member Lucas35 alerts us to the Previews World IDW comics solicitations for April 2020, giving our recent reveal of the Transfomers ’84: Secrets & Lies mini-series another turn in the spotlight.

Additional pull list highlights include trade paperback compilations for volumes 1 & 2 of Transformers Regeneration One and volumes 1-3 of Transformers vs. G.I. Joe that are scheduled to drop throughout March, Transformers (2019) #20, Galaxies #8 and Transformers vs. The Terminator #2.

Check out the details and cover artwork attached to this post, then share your thoughts on the 2005 boards!

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Via Hasbro Pulse we can share for your a very interesting interview with IDW editor David Mariotte about the new Transformers ’84 Comic Book Miniseries SECRETS & LIES.

This new mini-series will cover events around the classic Marvel G1 Transformers #1  revealing what else was happening on Cybertron before the Ark launched, after the Ark launched, and before the Autobots and Decepticons woke up on earth. Simon Furman is back into this project and he is going to provide a Reader’s Guide of annotations every issue. Read on for more details:

Transformers ‘84: Secrets and Lies #1 (of 4)

Simon Furman returns! The beloved writer, accompanied by the equally accomplished Guido Guidi and John-Paul Bove, return to tell a new tale in the original Transformers comic universe, hot off the heels of the successful Transformers ’84 #0 one-shot! As the Cybertronian Civil War rages, Decepticon scientist Shockwave has encountered a new obstacle to the Decepticon’s victory and subjugation of the planet: an obstacle called… Megatron!

Cover A: Guido Guidi

Cover B: Casey W. Coller

Cover RI-A: Nick Roche (10-copy Retailer Incentive)

Cover RI-B: Geoff Senior (25-copy Retailer Incentive)

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Expected in-store date: April 2020

We are glad to see such a great expansion of the original Transformers comic story. Last year we also had an amazing prequel with the IDW’s Transformers ’84 #0 and we hope this new mini-series will please fans, both old and new.

Read the full interview here, or alternatively you can find all the text and amazing cover art gallery after the jump. Some amazing character reveals on this covers! Let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!

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TFW2005 member Lionheart puts the iTunes Apple Books Preview availability spotlight on Transformers issue #16.

Riots rock Cybertron as the delicate balance of peace is fully disrupted. Amidst the anti-Autobot, anti-Decepticon, and anti-Rise actions, can Orion Pax, Chromia, and a Decepticon finally link the deaths of Brainstorm and Rubble to a larger conspiracy?

Previews World credits: (W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith (CA) Corin Howell

Check out all the attached artwork, then sound off on the 2005 boards!

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IDW artist Sara Pitre-Durocher shared her cover B artwork for issue #4 of the Transformers: Galaxies series:

With the help of their benefactors, the Constructicons have once more been empowered. And with power, comes a way for them to escape their exile… and tear everything down in the process! The devastating conclusion to the first arc!

Previews World credits: (W) Tyler Bleszinski (A) Livio Ramondelli (CA) Sara Pitre-Durocher

Remember to put this issue on your January 29th pull list, then share your impressions on the 2005 boards!

IDW artist Livio Ramondelli is aboard the upcoming Transformers Vs. The Terminator series that we revealed last month:

Definitely enjoying working on this cover! First time ever doing something official in the Terminator universe.

Check out the artwork in progress that is attached to this post, then sound off on the 2005 boards!

TFW2005 member Lucas35 sounds the Previews World IDW comics solicitations alarm for March 2020, giving our recent reveal of the Transformers vs. The Terminator mini-series another chance to shine in the spotlight.

Leading off are listings for covers A & B of that series, in addition to Transformers #19, Galaxies #7 and volume 2 of The Change in Their Nature. Check out the cover artwork attached to this post, then share your thoughts on the 2005 boards!

Transformers vs. Terminator #1

(W) David Mariotte, John Barber, Tom Waltz (A) Alex Milne (CA) Gavin Fullerton (Cover B: Alex Milne )

It’s Skynet vs. Cybertron in a crossover for the ages! 1984: When a deadly race of machines emerge from another time, will a robotic guardian be able to protect the Earth from a dire future… or will the T-800 fail in his mission to prevent the world from becoming a plaything to the Decepticons?

SRP: $4.99

Transformers #19

(W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith (CA) Thomas Deer (Cover B: Blacky Shepherd)

A new arc begins here! “All Fall Down.” Cybertron is in crisis. Calamity has befallen the planet. This is Megatron’s moment to show just how much power he has and to deal with any problems accordingly…

SRP: $3.99

Transformers Volume 2: The Change in Their Nature (HC)

(W) Brian Ruckley, Tyler Bleszinski (A) Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith, Livio Ramondelli (CA) Cryssy Cheung

A bold new era dawns in this fresh vision of the Transformers universe that will excite longtime fans and new readers alike! Orion Pax, Chromia, and Security Operations have almost cracked the case of the Rise terrorists who killed Brainstorm and Rubble. But they aren’t the only ones worried about the Rise, and with a bolder Ascenticon faction behind them, Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave seek to save Cybertron from all threats-the Rise, the Nominus Edict, and the Autobots! Collects Transformers #13-18 and Transformers: Galaxies #1-6!

SRP: $49.99

Transformers: Galaxies #7

(W) Sam Maggs (A/CA) Umi Miyao (Cover B: Alex Milne)

Sam Maggs (Marvel Action: Captain Marvel, Marvel: Fearless and Fantastic!, DC: Brave and Bold!) and Umi Miyao (Transformers) weave a tale of deception and perception in “Gauging the Truth,” Part 1! Cycles ago, a Reversionist ship left Cybertron in the wake of a great calamity. Gauge, the youngest Cybertronian in the universe, knows she was forged on the planet, but only remembers her life on the ship. Her life’s about to be shaken as her whole concept of the truth is thrown into question by the mysterious figures in the brig.

SRP: $3.99

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Skynet and Cybertron collide with IDW and Dark Horse announcing the Transformers vs. The Terminator monthly series, coming to your pull list in March 2020.

TRANSFORMERS VS. THE TERMINATOR brings together three longtime TRANSFORMERS contributors (writers David Mariotte and John Barber, and artist Alex Milne) with writer Tom Waltz (fresh off his celebrated 100-issue Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles run) for an epic crossover that revisits the concepts of alien invasion and time-traveling resistance fighters… but twists them in unexpected ways!

Read the full press release here, check out the attached first issue artwork previews by Gavin Fullerton and Freddie E. Williams II, then sound off on the 2005 boards!

IDW’s dynamic duo of artist Alex Milne and colorist Josh Perez return with another cover art process tour, this time with Galaxies issue #5 taking center stage.

After scanning the attached artwork, remember to put this issue on your January 29th pull list then share your impressions of it on the 2005 boards!

IDW author Tyler Bleszinski and artist Livio Ramondelli merge their social media shares of a devastating splash page teaser, while also offering a pull list schedule update of the first Galaxies arc’s final issue to January 1, 2020.

Check out the attached artwork then share your thoughts about it on the 2005 boards!