You know what time it is? Time to see what IDW Publishing has in store for the month of May, in terms of Transformers (and related comics)! Check out below the full list of releases in the main series, from The Transformers to More Than Meets the Eye, via trade paperbacks and Sins of the Wreckers. Check it all out below!
(Note: Also out in May is the second issue of Micronauts, if that's your thing.)
Transformers #53
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)
ALL HAIL OPTIMUS part 4! It’s all-out war as OPTIMUS PRIME’s forces move on GALVATRON’s DECEPTICONS—with Earth caught in the middle! Unusual alliances have formed… and secrets will be revealed.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers #53—Subscription Variant
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
The best underwater fighting since Thunderball! But this time—they’re giant metal aliens with lasers!
GALVATRON’s secret weapon comes alive!
Variant cover by Priscilla Tramontano!
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #53
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT part 4! Twilight’s last gleaming! The end is nigh. No chance of escape. No last-minute reprieve. But nothing loosens the tongue like imminent death, and the crew of the Lost Light use their final hours to say what—until now—was unsayable.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #53—Subscription Variant
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Nick Roche (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
Winner: Comic Alliance Best of 2015: Continues Excellence in Serial Comics!
Winner: Comic Alliance Best of 2015: Outstanding Writer—James Roberts!
Variant cover by Priscilla Tramontano!
Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #5 (of 5)
Nick Roche (w & a & c)
THIS IS THE END! Will PROWL get his comeuppance? Will TARANTULAS conquer all? Will any of the WRECKERS survive? It’s wreck and rule one last time, with everything on the line!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #5 (of 5)—Subscription Variant
Nick Roche (w & a) • David Lafuente (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
Variant cover by Guido Guidi!
Transformers Classics Compendium, Vol. 1
Bob Budiansky, Bill Mantlo, Ralph Macchio, Jim Salicrup, Len Kaminski, Steve Parkhouse (w) • Don Perlin, Jose Delbo, Frank Springer, Alan Kupperberg, William Johnson, Mike Manley, Ricardo Villamonte, Herb Trimpe, Graham Nolan, John Ridgway, Mike Collins (a) • Guido Guidi (c)
A huge compendium containing the first 50 issues of the classic Transformers comics series!
TPB • FC • $99.99 • 1148 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-398-9
Bullet points:
Over 1,000 pages!
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, Vol. 9
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne, Brendan Cahill, Hayato Sakamoto (a) • Alex Milne (c)
OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to find his place on CYBERTRON where half the population hates him and the other half worships him. Meanwhile, on Earth, GALVATRON doesn’t care what anybody thinks. Collects issues #45–49.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 132 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-615-7
Bullet points:
“This is the book that finds its way to the top of my pile each month and I am rarely disappointed, there just isn’t anything else like it out there right now.” –BigGlasgowComic.com
Since this is an early preview, we're probably just seeing a near-complete product that will be perfected in time for printing.
