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Full Preview of IDW Optimus Prime #2

Date: Friday, December 30th 2016 12:54pm CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: Va'al | Credit(s): Comic Crusaders

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Via another surprising choice for a reveal, we have the IDW Publishing Transformers Optimus Prime #2 full issue preview. The images come courtesy of comics website Comic Crusaders, and can be seen below - head back to Seibertron.com for our review once the book is out next week!

NEW CYBERTRON! A massive corkscrew-shaped space ship has drilled into Earth, bringing with it a surprising disruption to OPTIMUS PRIME’s plans. Meanwhile—ARCEE fields a dangerous offer that may be too good to resist!

Optimus Prime #2
John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a & c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bios and Comics for Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Soundwave, Ravage, Laserbeak, Brainstorm

Date: Friday, December 30th 2016 12:38pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Toy News
Posted by: Va'al | Credit(s): Imgur PoweredConvoy

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Fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath has shared the Imgur images by PoweredConvoy of the latest Takara Tomy Transformers Legends bios and accompanying comics for LG36 Soundwave, LG37 Ravage and Bullhorn, LG38 Laserbeak and Apeface, and LG39 Brainstorm. You can check them all out mirrored below, as we wait for a translation from Japanese!

Update on Missing IDW Transformers: Till All Are One March 2017 Issue

Date: Thursday, December 29th 2016 3:43am CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: Va'al | Credit(s): Mairghread Scott

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Fellow Seibertronian Bounti76 has found an update on IDW writer Mairghread Scott's blog, concerning the lack of a Transformers: Till All Are One in the March 2017 solicitations (which you can find here). Apparently, this is just a scheduled one month break, and not a cancellation or delay. Read more about it below!

Noticed there was no TAAO issue in the March solicitations; it's not cancelled, is it? D:

Nope. We’re just taking a month off for Sara to catch up. Unlike our characters (or like them, depending on how you define it) she is not a machine.

Review of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #6

Date: Wednesday, December 28th 2016 9:37am CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews, Site Articles
Posted by: Va'al | Credit(s): IDW, Va'al

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Synopsis
A wave of undead TITANS has touched down on CYBERTRON! Even with the help of the massive METROPLEX, WINDBLADE and STARSCREAM can only hold them off for so long. They need help from Elita-1—and they’re going to get it whether she agrees or not. The fate of CYBERTRON depends on it!



Story

With the weird time shifts of IDW's release schedules - seriously, even continuity has nothing on them - we're still working in the aftermath of Titans Return, and really quite heavily so. Said aftermath continues to provide an excellent backdrop to the evolving dynamics of the Council, and the whatonearthisgoingon-ness of Elita-1 and her Titan Carcer. How? Read on...



An issue which rolls much faster than the previous one, which was more focused on build-up than resolution, we start to see the direct consequence of having called all major players into play, and Elita One still unwilling to lend a hand - because something is up with Carcer, as everyone knows by now.



Though there is plenty of character building in the various scenes across the issue, and Windblade, Ironhide, Starscream, and even Metroplex get a good dose, the one that stood out the most was Obsidian, this time round. We've seen him loving his tiny 'gotcha' screens, being imposing and menacing and lurking and looming - we get to see a very different side of him, now that he's next to his First. She's probably worse things than him.



Mairghread Scott has also been able to do some subtle characterisation of the various names and faces that appear in group shots - keep an eye out for all of them as you dodge lasers, blasters, missiles. I have some further thoughts on the issue in terms of plot, but more on that below, of course.

Art

There is a lot happening all at once. It's a giant battle with giant Titans, occurring both in space and on Cybertron. It's a big canvas. Sara Pitre Durocher fills it masterfully, using panels, action layouts, character interactions and page breaks to convey the sheer scale of the event and of its impact upon Starscream's current rule, along with the Council.



And if crowd and battle scenes weren't hard enough for lineart, colourist Joana Lafuente blends her skill with equal mastery, and makes individuals in a crowd stand out, from the guards around Ironhide, to the Titans attacking, to the faces appearing between convicts, citizens, dwellers and ex-colonists. That, and we still have some excellent space scenes, too.



Tom B. Long, still on letters as we've come to expect, still delivers (as we've also come to expect) in fonts, captions, and interplaying the two and more into a coherent part of the visual storytelling. Metroplex's speech-style is still one of the highlights of this book, and so very nice to look at. We also then have Pitre Durocher on main cover, with a similar, echoing variant by Priscilla Tramontano (thumbnailed), plus a continuation of fan artist spotlights with Zoner taking a turn on RI.

Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead

Diplomacy also means strategy. Leadership also means compromise. Both definitely mean tough choices, and the unique mix of Windblade and Starscream's takes on the current situation at hand brings out a definitely intriguing and potentially incredibly consequential storyline revolving yes around Carcer, but also Metroplex, but even more also - and particularly - Elita-1.



As I said above, I like Obsidian's 'new' side, I like his interaction with Elita, I like that Windblade and Starscream are collaborating on a difficult task, I like that we have a side-support from Chromia, I like that we have everyone - and I mean everyone - in the issue (Check out ScottyP's spoilery character roster in our database!). I like that I have no idea where this is going. I can only think of other Titans, past storylines, speculate, and mostly, just wait for the evil to unfold. Join me?

Update on Hachette Partworks Transformers: The Definitive G1 Comics Collection

Date: Monday, December 26th 2016 11:39am CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: Va'al | Credit(s): Jimmy Baker

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We have an update on the Hachette Partworks Definitive Transformers G1 Collection subscription service, thanks to fellow robot fan Jimmy Baker via our Facebook page - the initial run was apparently successful, and the company will be releasing the full project after all! You can check out the confirmation info below, and the original announcement coverage here.

Delivery & Gift Information

As part of our research we tested the first 4 issues of this series in selected locations in the UK and we are excited to confirm that the complete collection is now launching nationally! Issue 1 will be published on 28th December 2016, and your subscription will begin again from issue 1.
We will send you the new editions of issues 1, 2, and 3 free of charge, and of course you will receive your free subscription gifts.
During the test run for this collection, you weren't charged and for security reasons we were not able to hold onto your payment details whether these were credit card details or direct debit details. This means that you will be charged via invoice, however in your first delivery you will receive information about how to switch to card or direct debit payment.
1- Please allow 28 days from the acceptance of your order for delivery.
2- You will receive your first two issues for FREE plus your FREE Transformers keyrings with your 1st delivery.
3- You will receive 2 issues every 4 weeks delivered directly to your door (in exceptional circumstances, the content of your despatches may differ).
4- You will receive another FREE issue with your 2nd delivery plus your FREE Transformers wallet.
5- You will receive your FREE tin plate cover with your 3rd delivery.
6- You will receive your FREE Transformers mug with your 4th delivery.
7- You will receive your FREE Transformers bookends with your 5th delivery.

IDW Weekend Sale on ComiXology: Reign of Starscream, Last Stand of the Wreckers, Revolution

Date: Friday, December 23rd 2016 3:54pm CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: Va'al | Credit(s): ComiXology

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In other comics news, we heard from carytheone that IDW Publishing is having a minor sale over on ComiXology, with a couple of titles that might grab your Transformers interest:

Transformers: Reign of Starscream Collected Edition @ $3.99
Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers Collected Edition @ $3.99

Revolution #1 @ $.99 with Revolution #00 being free.

Check them out at this link, if so, and join the conversation in the Energon Pub!

Revolution Cards from IDW Publishing Transformers Humble Bundle

Date: Friday, December 23rd 2016 3:49pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Collectables
Posted by: Va'al | Credit(s): IDW

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In the recent Humble Bundle from IDW Publishing, featuring the Transformers comics and the Revolution event, the publisher also included a set of Revolution cards as a thank you to people who adhered to the initiative. Fellow Seibertronian tigertrack's today, and he selected the Transformers specific ones among the Rom, GI JOE, MASK characters part of the Revolution event - check them out below!

Full Preview of IDW Transformers: Till All Are One #6

Date: Thursday, December 22nd 2016 1:55pm CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: Va'al | Credit(s): IDW

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Coming out of a field so left it's almost out of frame, site Adventures in Poor Taste have broken the seal of the preview showing for the upcoming Till All Are One #6 - out next week from IDW Publishing. You can check out some watermark-free images of the pages below, and come back for the review after its release!

A wave of undead TITANS has touched down on CYBERTRON! Even with the help of the massive METROPLEX, WINDBLADE and STARSCREAM can only hold them off for so long. They need help from Elita-1—and they’re going to get it whether she agrees or not. The fate of CYBERTRON depends on it!

Bullet points:
· TITANS RETURNS continues—but can our heroes survive?!

· Despite their differences, WINDBLADE and STARSCREAM team up… for the sake of CYBERTRON’s survival!

· Variant cover by Zoner!

e-HOBBY Magna Convoy Comic Translation

Date: Thursday, December 22nd 2016 9:55am CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Toy News, Collectables
Posted by: Kurona

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Remember that comic for the e-Hobby exclusive Magna Convoy we showed a few days back? Well, fellow Seribertronian Sabrblade tells us this morning that there's already a translation! From TFW2005 user Sanchimaru and Allspark Forum user Jalaguy, the now-english comic is featured below for your viewing convenience. Have a look and drop a comment in the forums!

e-HOBBY exclusive Magna Convoy Comic

Date: Wednesday, December 21st 2016 6:01am CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Toy News, Collectables
Posted by: Kurona

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Hot off the heels of a comic bundled with their previous exclusive Convobat, we have yet another comic from e-Hobby for their upcoming exclusive Magna Convoy! There aren't any translations yet, but check it out on the order page for Magna Convoy or just below, then tell us what you think in the forums!