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Transformers: The Manga Volume 2 Coming from Viz in May

Date: Thursday, October 31st 2019 9:34pm CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Book News
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After the exciting announcement back in July that Viz Media would be releasing a collection titled Transformers: The Manga from Japan in English we now have news of Transformers: The Manga, Vol. 2 listed on Amazon! Thanks to a tip from Sabrblade we now know we can expect the next collection from TV Magazine to come in May with a massive 344 page count (compared to the first volume's 288). He speculates that this volume will contain stories covering Headmasters and Super God Masterforce.

The listing contains the follow descriptions:

Originally serialized in Japan’s TV Magazine, these classic stories from the Generation 1 era of Transformers are now available in English for the first time!

The Autobots and the Decepticons have been locked in a brutal civil war for eons, and now their battle has come to Earth! The Autobots seek peace and coexistence, while the Decepticons seek power and control. Earth and its populace are caught in the middle as these mighty factions go head-to-head. Transformers took the world by storm shortly after their debut, and these previously uncollected stories were a vital part of that takeover!

The interstellar conflict between the Autobots and the Decepticons has taken over Earth! The Autobots and their allies are desperate to protect their newfound home from the predations of the Decepticons, but will the bravery of the Autobots be enough to stem the tide?

Volume 1 will be out in February 2020, both volumes have hardcovers and an MSRP of $24.99.

Cover for Japanese Release of Transformers Drift Revealed

Date: Wednesday, October 30th 2019 11:20am CDT
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: Stargrave | Credit(s): ScottyP at Seibertron

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Thanks to word from our own ScottyP we have learned of the listing for the Japanese release of Transformers: Drift at Amazon.co.jp. with cover art by artist Miyako Nagi. The price is listed at 2,420Y with a release date of 11/29/2019. This is the collected edition for Transformers: Drift issues 1-4 which reveals the origins of how the deadly Decepticon Deadlock found the light and shifted gears to join the Autobot cause. The series is brought to us by writer Shane McCarthy and artist Alex Milne, with translation by Hiroto Ishikawa. Enjoy the image and share your thoughts in the forum. As always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

IDW Transformers: Galaxies #2 Review

Date: Wednesday, October 30th 2019 8:20am CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Reviews
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Given the early look we were given of Transformers: Galaxies #1, it feels like ages ago that the first issue hit. Not much has hit in between for Transformers fans other than issue 13 of Transformers and a couple issues of a Hulkling & Wiccan book with "Death's Head" as the title but we aren't really even covering that here.

Transformers: Galaxies #2 is a very good issue that shows this four issue story might end up being something truly great. Read on for some elaboration, but if you want the shortest version of this review possible here it is: this is a fantastic follow-up to the first issue with plenty of depth and none of the typical second issue let-down you might have expected. Transformers fans would do well to pick this up today!


Picking off where things left off after issue 1, we find the Constructicons still on the mysterious planet of Malayx where they've just completed an energon processing facility. Thinking their duty is complete, the group is getting restless wondering when they'll be able to return home. Construction bots wanting to go home after a construction job is a simple setup but one that's quite welcome because it lets the subtler details of the characters - or not so subtle in Bonecrusher's case - shine through via plenty of dialogue that never got itself bogged down. Tyler Bleszinski puts a lot of words on some pages and panels but I found that everything flowed smoothly and kept me engaged through to the end. Put another way, larger word count in a comic is never a bad thing when you want to read those words and see what they're adding to the pictures they're accompanying.


While Scrapper, Hook and the other Constructicons are still no doubt the stars of the show, for this issue some others may have stolen it: the Insecticons, whose presence on the issue's cover hopefully make this firmly not a spoiler. There's so much that they bring to this new Transformers universe and some of its wider historical context that it felt like one of the best issues of the old Spotlight books. Finer details and intriguing moments of potential foreshadowing help make the conflict beginning to boil over in the current Transformers ongoing simultaneously clearer and muddier. Throw in some genuinely gruesome panels just in time for Halloween and it's a recipe for a great introduction to this version of Kup's doormats.


Livio Ramondelli handles the art duties once again and, once again, does so expertly. The continued use of blacks around panels adds to the feeling of isolation conveyed throughout which is a very welcome additive on a book set on an alien world. I could go for a little less red in the color temperature from time to time, but given my TV settings this is almost undoubtedly personal taste more than actual critique. The panel sequencing works in a way that prevents the pace from stalling and turning the book into a 20 page exercise in exposition. Editors David Mariotte and Tom Waltz surely deserve praise for the pacing as well, because this definitely felt like a serial to me and not like a purposefully decompressed chapter out of a bigger book coming out later.

Tom B. Long masterfully handles both the volume of dialogue sometimes present and creates some fantastic onomatopoeia graphic text for sounds I never thought I'd hear in a Transformers book. I'm not sure if this is his last work for IDW yet or not, but if it is, a special salute is in order for the years of phenomenal contributions he's made to our favorite robots in disguise.

On covers, the Livio Ramondelli "A" cover is appropriately spooky for the issue and season, with this cover being the one used in this review's news story's thumbnail image. A "B" cover featuring an intimidating group shot from Alex Milne and Josh Perez will also be available at most shops, with Andrew Griffith and Priscilla Tramontano also delivering a ten-copy retailer incentive option also featuring the Constructicons as they prepare to drop the season's hottest tracks. As always, you can also find all the cover images, full credits for the issue and a list of all the characters that appear in the book through our Vector Sigma Database page for Transformers: Galaxies #2.


Transformers: Galaxies #2 is a comic I found to be pretty great and I'm not going to get too picky about making the verdict here complicated. If that sounds inconsistent, well, let's just say I'm no Ultra Magnus. The point here is that while reading panel after panel and page after page, two things were true. First, I didn't press on out of any obligation to this review or Brand Loyalty or anything else, it was because I genuinely wanted to keep reading. Second and finally, reading this made me feel like the magic is back in Transformers comics, at least for this one issue.



Look out for this issue today, October 30th, where you can pick it up at the Seibertron.com eBay store or at your local shop, check here to find the closest shop to you.

Transformers Issue 14 Three Page Preview And New Galaxies Incentive Cover by Andrew Griffith

Date: Sunday, October 27th 2019 2:49pm CDT
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: Bounti76 | Credit(s): iTunes

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Now that the rebooted IDW Transformers series is starting to rev up action, it promises to be an exciting read. Coming to you from iTunes, we have a three page preview, due out on November 6th.

The Ascenticon Guard, Security Operations, and The Rise are caught in a three-way faceoff. Cybertron is teetering on the brink of chaos, but there is still hope for peace. And leading the way to restore that peace are the only bots that make sense: Megatron, Soundwave, and Starscream!

We also have word of a new retailer incentive cover done by artist Andrew Griffith for the Transformers: Galaxies series of "Spotlight" style arcs, featuring everyone's favorite lean, green, building machines, the Constructicons! Feast your eyes on this below, before you pick up your copy on October 30th.

IDW January 2020 Transformers Comics Solicitations Features the Beast Wars and G1 Predacons

Date: Saturday, October 26th 2019 10:29pm CDT
Category: Comic Book News
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Thanks to Previews World we have a rundown of the IDW Transformers titles heading our way this January. Check out the great reading IDW has in store for us. As always share your thoughts in the forum and stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Transformers 17
(W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith (CA) Brendan Cahill

Megatron is faced with the ultimate decision. He can forge ahead on the path he's started down, or he can take the last chance at doing things by the book. Either way, Cybertron is on the verge of change, and after this, nothing will ever be the same.




Galaxies 5
(W) Kate Leth and Cohen Edenfield (A) Alex Milne and Anna Malkova, colors by Josh Perez

"Wannabee," Part One! Years ago, a Probat scientist visiting Cybertron had his life saved by the one and only Bumblebee! Now the Probats are huge fans, and when Deathsaurus goes to negotiate a new energy deal, he wants their number one bot on his side. Unfortunately, Bee's a little busy, so Deathsaurus turns to the next best option-the guy who looks like red Bumblebee, Cliffjumper!




"100 Page Giant Power Predacons"
(W) John Paul Bove, Simon Furman, Josh Van Reyk, Shawn Knowler (A) Corin Howell, E. J. Su, Various (A/CA) Don Figueroa

Prepare to be terrorized by this collection of the Predacons' finest moments! Collecting stories from Transformers UK #135-136, Transformers UK Annual 1987, Beast Wars: The Gathering #1, Transformers Spotlight Jazz, and the never before republished Transformers: Dawn of the Predacus 2016 BotCon exclusive comic!




Note from Seibertron editor: This collection of Predacons stories is probably meant to be "Power of the Predacons". The Transformers UK material within covers material previously reprinted in Best of UK: Prey and Transformers Classics UK volume 4. 135-136 covers Swoop and Divebomb's rivalry, loosely inspired by Swoop's early working name in the G1 production bible - Divebomb. Since it mentions content from the '87 Annual I'm guessing that's "What's in a Name?" featuring Swoop and Divebomb and not the entire Annual which was mostly Headmasters related.

IDW Transformers Issue 14 Sneak Peek

Date: Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 8:59pm CDT
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: Bounti76 | Credit(s): Tom Waltz

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Thanks to the Twitter account of IDW Manager and Creative Director Tom Waltz we bring to you a sneak preview of Transformers #14! Due out on November 6th, this brief handful of panels ratchets up the action (pun intended) and introduces a character into this continuity who had some brief panel time in the last few issues of the previous IDWverse, and was something of a fan favorite in previous media.

The Ascenticon Guard, Security Operations, and The Rise are caught in a three-way faceoff. Cybertron is teetering on the brink of chaos, but there is still hope for peace. And leading the way to restore that peace are the only bots that make sense: Megatron, Soundwave, and Starscream!

This issue features story by Brian Ruckley, and art by Anna Malkova and Beth McGuire-Smith. Does this whet your appetite for the coming issue? Let us know what you think of this preview, and if you'll be picking this up two weeks from now.

3 Page iTunes Preview for Transformers Galaxies Issue 2

Date: Sunday, October 20th 2019 1:17am CDT
Category: Comic Book News
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Thanks to iTunes we have a three page preview for the highly anticipated upcoming IDW Transformers Galaxies Issue #2 written by Tyler Bleszinski with art by Livio Ramondelli. This issue features the cover Insecticon fans have been buzzing over for weeks, the three original Insecticons feeding on...bits. Yikes! From the look of the preview pages we're getting to see even more detailed aspects of the jade giant's gestalt personality resonating through the individual Constructicons. Here's the publisher description:

"Transformers Galaxies #2
Tyler Bleszinski & Livio Ramondelli

Pre-Order
Expected Oct 30, 2019
$3.99
“CONSTRUCTICONS RISING,” PART 2! The Constructicons are training—they know their time is coming. They’re almost ready to stand at their once glorious height. They just need a sign and some energon. When a mysterious benefactor arrives promising to provide both, how can the Constructicons resist?"

Enjoy the view and share your thoughts in the forum. As always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Seibertron Store: 20% off Comic Books Sale, New Transformers Items, Masters of the Universe and more

Date: Thursday, October 17th 2019 12:06pm CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Toy News, Sponsor News
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IDW Transformers and Transformers:Galaxies Combined Trade Hardcover to be Released In June

Date: Monday, October 14th 2019 2:41pm CDT
Category: Comic Book News
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If you're a fan of either of the current IDW Transformers offerings, or you just like to binge-read your comics, we have news of a new Amazon listing for "Transformers Vol. 2: The Change in Their Nature", which collects issues 13-18 of the self-titled ongoing, written by Brian Ruckley,as well as issues 1-6 of Transformers:Galaxies, the other ongoing which is styled much like the former "Spotlight" series, and is written by different authors for each arc. From the listing:

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! Meanwhile, in Cybertron's colonies, other bots find themselves dealing with the fallout of the rising tensions on Cybertron as they seek new avenues of Energon... and a way home.

Click this link or the image above to be taken to the pre-order page, though you will have to wait a bit- this trade isn't going to be available until June 2020, at a cost of $49.99.

Is this something you're going to pick up? Let us know below!

Upcoming Creators and Covers for IDW's Transformers Galaxies #NYCC2019

Date: Friday, October 11th 2019 3:13pm CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Event News
Posted by: Stargrave | Credit(s): David Mariotte on Twitter

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A last little tidbit of news from the #NYCC2019 is the generous reveals for the upcoming creators and covers for Transformers Galaxies #'s 5-12! These were revealed during the IDW panel and later posted to IDW's Editor David Mariotte's Twitter account over the weekend of the #NYCC2019. Below are the tweets that he issued along with the cover images revealed during the panel. There are stories with Cliffjumper, Arcee, Greenlight, their mentee Gauge, and Ultra Magnus on the way, all set in the current War for Cybertron continuity. If the first issue of Galaxies is any indication we're going to be seeing fun and interesting new angles of the current IDW Transformers continuity. Enjoy!



Are you gearing up for Galaxies? How long will Cliffjumper survive this time? Will we see Arcee's War for Cybertron toy mold? Let us know in the forums and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!