IDW Line Wide 50% Sale on ComiXology.com Ending October 17 2016

Had limited funds so I ended up just going with Megatron Origins and the Dark Cybertron spotlights.
Only read the latter so far. Liked em, though it felt odd just how connected they all were to each other. A bit too "what a coinc-y-dink" to me, but yeah, still good.

Tempted to splurg, but I think just Sins of the Wreckers will do.

Which spotlights would you guys think are really worthwhile?

As far as comics go I have lsotw, sotw, megs origin, alh, autocrasy, as well as everything idw related since the reboot as rid and mtmte. Anything I didn't mention that is really good?

If you're just going for post-DOOP stuff - which is a very smart move if you don't wanna get tangled up in the massive backlog of comics in pre-DOOP IDW; most of which while good has little correlation to modern times aside from things that the modern comics themselves easily catch you up on and unfortunately includes All Hail Megatron - then the most worthwhile spotlights are by definition the Dark Cybertron ones since those are the only post-DOOP ones.
I do really enjoy spotlight: shockwave though.

Thanks! I just search spotlight dark cybertron to find them?

william-james88 wrote:Thanks! I just search spotlight dark cybertron to find them?

Pretty much, yeah

william-james88 wrote:Anything I didn't mention that is really good?

If you haven't gotten it, "Chaos Theory" (#22-23 of the old ongoing series)

Despite being in the middle of a series, these two are mostly flashbacks and Megatron and Optimus having a heart-to-heart discussion. They're written by James Roberts, and MTMTE naturally references them quite a bit.

Noideaforaname wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Anything I didn't mention that is really good?

If you haven't gotten it, "Chaos Theory" (#22-23 of the old ongoing series)

chaos.jpg

Despite being in the middle of a series, these two are mostly flashbacks and Megatron and Optimus having a heart-to-heart discussion. They're written by James Roberts, and MTMTE naturally references them quite a bit.

I am having such a tough time finding those on comixology. I cant believe you cant search by issue

Edit: found them, I just went with james roberts to find them

Fellow Seibertronian carytheone has notified us of a new sale over on ComiXology for the IDW Publishing Transformers comics, featuring a selection of 'Cybertron' stories - that is, Autocracy, Primacy, Monstrosity, Drift: Empire of Stone, Dark Cybertron 1 and 2, Windblade volume 1, Windblade: Distant Stars, Sins of the Wreckers, and Combiner Wars. Check it out at this link until 27 November!

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!

Carytheone has informed us that there is a week-end sale on Comixology for all the Transformers Spotlight issues from IDW. They are $0.99 each. You can buy them in trade as well, where each trade is also 50% off. So, for those that haven't read them yet, can any fan tell us which are worth getting? What's your favourite spotlight issue? The sale ends January 30th.

The same sale puts them at £0.69 in the UK btw

Comixology is having another comic book sale, this time titled the 'World of Hasbro' sale, where there are dozens of Transformers and other Hasbro properties comics on sale. You can find the comics by going to the link above, and use the code 'IDW' at checkout to get 50% off the list price. Check it out!

Titles include:

-IDW Revolution Prelude
-IDW Revolution Parts 1-5
-IDW Road to Revolution
-IDW Revolutionaries #1
-IDW MTMTE Volumes 1-10
-IDW MTMTE every issue including the Annual and Revolution 1-shot
-IDW Robots in Disguise (Cartoon) every issue
-IDW RiD (IDW G1) issues 1-34, Volumes 1-8
-Some older Transformers IDW G1 comics
-Movie Comics
-Animated Comics

Digital comic store Comixology has once again put up a sale for... well, ALL of IDW's Transformers comics - including current ongoings like Lost Light and Till All Are One; as well as many of their previous comics like Revolution, More Than Meets The Eye, All Hail Megatron and their many collections of the old Marvel comics. This sale lasts until the 29th of this month, and each item has at LEAST 50% off! Click the link here if you're interested and tell us if this sale was good to you in the energon pub!

Definitely getting Storm Bringere under Scotty's recomendation. Plus all of TAAO.

And has anyone figured out that the best deal is yet? Like which book has the biggest discount and what gives you most for your money?

william-james88 wrote:And has anyone figured out that the best deal is yet? Like which book has the biggest discount and what gives you most for your money?

Well, considering that it is just about every IDW Transformers comic... that'd take quite a bit of searching.


By the by, since I'm here; suppose I can make my best recommendations from the furman era

Spotlight: Shockwave
Spotlight: Sixshot
Spotlight: Blaster
Maximum Dinobots

Maximum Dinobots I feel is just the most enjoyable of the main ongoing series Furman had going, while the three Spotlights I've picked are what are in my opinion the best of all three types of Spotlights. Shockwave ties directly into the main story and gives huge context on what's going on; Sixshot expands on one of the characters in the main story and gives extra context; Blaster has nothing at all to do with the main story but attempts to use the universe set up to provide just a damn good story - and succeeds. All of them manage to be great stories really.

Thanks I will look into those. i already have spotlight shockwave, its been free for a while (thats very kind of them).

william-james88 wrote:Thanks I will look into those. i already have spotlight shockwave, its been free for a while (thats very kind of them).

Very kind. Makes sense too; a lot of Revolution stuff is rooted in Shockwave's machinations with his ores, which the Spotlight shows best.

william-james88 wrote:Definitely getting Storm Bringere under Scotty's recomendation. Plus all of TAAO.

I just read Stormbringer not to long ago. I remember linking it a lot.

Well well, it's that time to play catch up again

Someone should check if this extends to all of IDW's Hasbro universe. I looked and all the ROM issues are .99 as well as wrath of Karza

I bought all of TAAO and Stormbringer. I wish Sotrmbringer was collected but oh well. Also, anyone know why issue 10 of TAAO is double the price (when its not on sale)?

william-james88 wrote:I bought all of TAAO and Stormbringer. I wish Sotrmbringer was collected but oh well. Also, anyone know why issue 10 of TAAO is double the price (when its not on sale)?

All new issues of IDW digital comics are $3.99. Normally, the price drops to $1.99 after a month/whenever the next issue is released. So, you can always get a 50% discount if you're willing to be one issue behind.

I need some advice/assistance:

I will be collecting the post-Death of Optimus Prime IDW comics in the form of the hardcover collections: I have the first 4 of the new ones.
I also have the compendium, which includes Infiltration, Stormbringer, Escalation, and a handful of Spotlights.
I'm also probably going to get Vol. 8 of the original collection for Chaos, and Vol. 4 for Revelation and Maximum Dinobots.
What I don't know is how best to get Devastation or if I should read the original ongoing.

Any thoughts?

MagicDeath wrote:I need some advice/assistance:

I will be collecting the post-Death of Optimus Prime IDW comics in the form of the hardcover collections: I have the first 4 of the new ones.
I also have the compendium, which includes Infiltration, Stormbringer, Escalation, and a handful of Spotlights.
I'm also probably going to get Vol. 8 of the original collection for Chaos, and Vol. 4 for Revelation and Maximum Dinobots.
What I don't know is how best to get Devastation or if I should read the original ongoing.

Any thoughts?

If you're just going physical copies for post-DOOP, then this sale might be your best bet for Devastation.

What do you mean by original ongoing? Infilitration, the Costa era...?

Kurona wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:I need some advice/assistance:

I will be collecting the post-Death of Optimus Prime IDW comics in the form of the hardcover collections: I have the first 4 of the new ones.
I also have the compendium, which includes Infiltration, Stormbringer, Escalation, and a handful of Spotlights.
I'm also probably going to get Vol. 8 of the original collection for Chaos, and Vol. 4 for Revelation and Maximum Dinobots.
What I don't know is how best to get Devastation or if I should read the original ongoing.

Any thoughts?

If you're just going physical copies for post-DOOP, then this sale might be your best bet for Devastation.

What do you mean by original ongoing? Infilitration, the Costa era...?

Ah, I see, I was referring to 'The Transformers'
But, come to think of it, does AHM have enough plot elements in it to be worth reading eventually?

MagicDeath wrote:

Kurona wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:I need some advice/assistance:

I will be collecting the post-Death of Optimus Prime IDW comics in the form of the hardcover collections: I have the first 4 of the new ones.
I also have the compendium, which includes Infiltration, Stormbringer, Escalation, and a handful of Spotlights.
I'm also probably going to get Vol. 8 of the original collection for Chaos, and Vol. 4 for Revelation and Maximum Dinobots.
What I don't know is how best to get Devastation or if I should read the original ongoing.

Any thoughts?

If you're just going physical copies for post-DOOP, then this sale might be your best bet for Devastation.

What do you mean by original ongoing? Infilitration, the Costa era...?

Ah, I see, I was referring to 'The Transformers'
But, come to think of it, does AHM have enough plot elements in it to be worth reading eventually?

AHM for better or for worse significantly changed the course of the IDWverse and kicked off a lot of events that still effect modern day stories, especially in regards to Revolution (MASK and GI Joe in particular are in response to the events of AHM). The problem isn't that it doesn't have plot or doesn't have consequences or change anything; just that it's unoriginal and not very good at what it does.

There's been a couple IDW series called 'the transformers'. First was the 2009 series headed by Mike Costa which follows AHM and precedes Death of Optimus Prime and ran for 31 issues (with many minis on the side like LSoTW and Bumblebee). The second was the continuation of post-2011 Robots in Disguise; renamed to simply 'The Transformers' so as not to be confused with the 2015 cartoon and toyline of the same name. The fandom tends to call it 'ex-RiD' to differentiate it.

Kurona wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:

Kurona wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:I need some advice/assistance:

I will be collecting the post-Death of Optimus Prime IDW comics in the form of the hardcover collections: I have the first 4 of the new ones.
I also have the compendium, which includes Infiltration, Stormbringer, Escalation, and a handful of Spotlights.
I'm also probably going to get Vol. 8 of the original collection for Chaos, and Vol. 4 for Revelation and Maximum Dinobots.
What I don't know is how best to get Devastation or if I should read the original ongoing.

Any thoughts?

If you're just going physical copies for post-DOOP, then this sale might be your best bet for Devastation.

What do you mean by original ongoing? Infilitration, the Costa era...?

Ah, I see, I was referring to 'The Transformers'
But, come to think of it, does AHM have enough plot elements in it to be worth reading eventually?

AHM for better or for worse significantly changed the course of the IDWverse and kicked off a lot of events that still effect modern day stories, especially in regards to Revolution (MASK and GI Joe in particular are in response to the events of AHM). The problem isn't that it doesn't have plot or doesn't have consequences or change anything; just that it's unoriginal and not very good at what it does.

There's been a couple IDW series called 'the transformers'. First was the 2009 series headed by Mike Costa which follows AHM and precedes Death of Optimus Prime and ran for 31 issues (with many minis on the side like LSoTW and Bumblebee). The second was the continuation of post-2011 Robots in Disguise; renamed to simply 'The Transformers' so as not to be confused with the 2015 cartoon and toyline of the same name. The fandom tends to call it 'ex-RiD' to differentiate it.

This really is much more confusing than it needs to be isn't it?
I was referring to the earlier title, between AHM and DoOP.
As for AHM, is it worth it over just reading a summary?

MagicDeath wrote:

Kurona wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:

Kurona wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:I need some advice/assistance:

I will be collecting the post-Death of Optimus Prime IDW comics in the form of the hardcover collections: I have the first 4 of the new ones.
I also have the compendium, which includes Infiltration, Stormbringer, Escalation, and a handful of Spotlights.
I'm also probably going to get Vol. 8 of the original collection for Chaos, and Vol. 4 for Revelation and Maximum Dinobots.
What I don't know is how best to get Devastation or if I should read the original ongoing.

Any thoughts?

If you're just going physical copies for post-DOOP, then this sale might be your best bet for Devastation.

What do you mean by original ongoing? Infilitration, the Costa era...?

Ah, I see, I was referring to 'The Transformers'
But, come to think of it, does AHM have enough plot elements in it to be worth reading eventually?

AHM for better or for worse significantly changed the course of the IDWverse and kicked off a lot of events that still effect modern day stories, especially in regards to Revolution (MASK and GI Joe in particular are in response to the events of AHM). The problem isn't that it doesn't have plot or doesn't have consequences or change anything; just that it's unoriginal and not very good at what it does.

There's been a couple IDW series called 'the transformers'. First was the 2009 series headed by Mike Costa which follows AHM and precedes Death of Optimus Prime and ran for 31 issues (with many minis on the side like LSoTW and Bumblebee). The second was the continuation of post-2011 Robots in Disguise; renamed to simply 'The Transformers' so as not to be confused with the 2015 cartoon and toyline of the same name. The fandom tends to call it 'ex-RiD' to differentiate it.

This really is much more confusing than it needs to be isn't it?
I was referring to the earlier title, between AHM and DoOP.
As for AHM, is it worth it over just reading a summary?

In my opinion not really; the Coda (issues 13-16 that are after the main story) has some good stuff, but AHM was universally reviled by IDW fans and for good reasons. Still, at the end of the day my thinking it's awful is just an opinion - if you wanna try it out for yourself and find some enjoyment in it, all the power to you.

Kurona wrote:In my opinion not really; the Coda (issues 13-16 that are after the main story) has some good stuff, but AHM was universally reviled by IDW fans and for good reasons. Still, at the end of the day my thinking it's awful is just an opinion - if you wanna try it out for yourself and find some enjoyment in it, all the power to you.

Thanks!
I think I now know where to go from here.

Now through 6/29 Comixology is offering 50% off on Transformers comics. This sale is massive, featuring Transformers: Spotlight issues as well as Lost Light, Till All Are One, Optimus Prime and much more! We would also like to point out that the Shockwave Spotlight issue is free to download.

If you are a fan of Transformers comics you may be interested in these First Strike Tie-ins

Why are all the "-ation" TPB's at regular price? Those are the only TF stories I'd be interested in purchasing there.

Yes fellow Seibertronians, you did just read that title right -- until the 24th of this month, online digital comic retailer Comixology is having a 55% off sale on every single IDW comic they have (with the single stipulation that the comic can't be one released after the 5th of this month) as long as you input the code IDW17 at the cart. From every Transformers comic under IDW's banner like More Than Meets The Eye, All Hail Megatron and Till All Are One to the full IDW Hasbroverse including Revolution, ROM, G.I. Joe and more; click on the image below to go to Comixology's frankly quite insane sale, see if you can't get a damn good deal and brag about any haul you might have in our forums!

Went ahead and bought MTMTE Vol. 10, ex-RiD Vol. 10, Titans Return and TAAO Vol. 1 since those are the only post-DOOP volumes I didn't have yet from the main three titles.

I wish they had sales like this for paper comics.

While it ends in just a few days, Comixology's IDW All-ages sale is still going; with some of their digital comics having up to 50% off. While this is primarily aimed at younger audiences and hence IDW's main Transformers titles such as More Than Meets The Eye and the recently-ended Till All Are One aren't included, there's still a fair few comics of our favourite Transforming robots -- largely IDW's old Transformers Animated and Angry Birds Transformers tie-in material! Transformers Animated, The Arrival, Angry Birds Transformers and perhaps most notably The Allspark Almanac are scattered about pages 1, 7 and 8 of the link in the image below; so click it if you're interested and let us know if you got a decent haul from this!

Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Carytheone, we have word that Comixology is having yet another IDW Transformers comics sale. While this has all the appearances of a pre-Black Friday sale, there is nothing in the email related to Black Friday, merely stating that this is a Mega Transformers sale.

The sale covers pretty much every type and age of Transformers Comic Comixology has. Among the comics on sale are:
-Till All Are One volumes 1 and 2 for under $6
-The entire Run of More Than Meets The Eye for under $7 per volume
-Volumes 1-8 of Ex-Robots in Disguise/Transformers for under $7 per volume
-Older IDW volumes dating back to the 2009-2011 ongoings
-Transformers vs. GI Joe series
-Regeneration One
-And many more!

Check out the sale, and let us know if you pick up any of the comics!

this is awesome. good thing i don't celebrate xmas, or else some relatives would be upset next month haha.

It seems like every time I fall for one of these, they all end up on Humble Bundle the next week for a fraction of the cost...

Thanks once more to a heads up from Comixology watcher Carytheone, we have news that Comixology is once more offering some great season deals on comics, which includes many Transformers titles!

The sale includes comics of old and new. New stories that have made the sale include the Transformers: Salvation story, starring the Dinobots, The Optimus Prime: First Strike story, the Transformers: First Strike story, Till All Are One Volume 2, Optimus Prime volume 1, and Lost Light Volume 1.

The sale is not afraid to reach back either, with many of the older IDW stories also featuring on the sale. Such stories include the Death of Optimus Prime one-shot, most of the older IDW Robots in Disguise/Transformers comics and More Than Meets The Eye stories, All Hail Megatron, Classics, the 2009-2011 Ongoing, and many more!

Head on over and check out the sale. And let us know in the comments section below if any of the sales were good enough to get you to check out these stories!

So I've been thinking of picking up the Lost Light Volume 1 collected edition and perhaps the MTME ones. I have the individual issues digitally, but I'm wondering if there is an added benefit to get the collected? Like do the digital versions have additional art in the end of the book, or collect all the covers separately?

Also just curious, what type of reading do you prefer? Single issue, month by month, or wait till trade comes out. It seems to me they're priced the same more or less

As was inevitable, and expected really, the arrival of the Unicron series from IDW Publishing's Transformers (and Hasbro) comics universe has also set off, with the end of the current narrative universe, another comics sale over on ComiXology.com!

The sale sees the majority of all Transformers books release in the past years, from More Than Meets the Eye to Last Stand of the Wreckers, via Windblade and Till All Are One, to Robots in Diguise, Lost Light, Optimus Prime - plus the crossovers Revolution, First Strike, Shining Armor and more, all on discount until 7/30. Check out your titles here, and grab the ones you're still missing from your reading pile!

For those wanting to catch up on the IDW Transformers comic run before it comes to a close, Amazon has a great deal on the IDW Transformers collections. Currently volumes 1-7 are on sale for only $8.99 USD. This goes from the very begining fo the IDW transformers run up until Megatron joins the Lost Light.

Every volume of the Marvel US Classis run is also on sale, for $5.99 a piece. Classics volumes 1-6 get you all the way to 76 with the run finishing in Vol, which is padded with the Movie adaptation. Vol 8 is all profiles.

You can buy all these for Kindle here and you can clck on the images below to be brought to Comixology.

With the IDW Publishing Transformers: Unicron mini-series halfway through, and both ongoings Optimus Prime and Lost Light reaching their conclusion in the coming two months, we have a good opportunity to catch up thanks to comics subscription service comiXology!

Their latest sale features the IDW Recent Hits, which includes the likes of Lost Light TPBs, Windblade TPBs, Optimus Prime TPBs, and also Revolutionaries, the Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook, Micronauts Wrath of Karza, Rom vs Transformers: Shining Armor, First Strike, Action Man and more from the Hasbro Universe. Check it all out by clicking on the image below, and enjoy your reading break as the sale runs until the end of August!