IDW Transformers Comics Solicitations For February 2021

Cover A: Casey W. Coller
Brian Ruckley (w) • Anna Malkova (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
“War World: Hunt”. As the Decepticons take over important facilities in Iacon, it opens up an opportunity for a jailbreak! But, will Bumblebee, Swindle, and Trickdiamond be able to escape—and is it really better for them if they do? Meanwhile, Starscream and Megatron scheme and Cyclonus returns with a grudge.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Cover B: Adam Bryce Thomas
Brian Ruckley (w) • Anna Malkova (a) • Adam Bryce Thomas (c)

*Retailer incentives:
Order 10 copies and get one free variant cover by Thomas Deer!

Bill Mantlo & Ralph Macchio, Steve Parkhouse, Simon Furman (w) • Frank Springer & Kim DeMulder, John Ridgway, Mike Collins, Guido Guidi (a) • Guido Guidi (c)
Some events in history are so incredible, that they’ve gone down in legend—epic tales of epic heroes and villains. Others remain shrouded in mystery, only surfacing as snippets of the real story. Transformers ’84: Legends & Rumors is the perfect companion book to the Secrets & Lies mini-series, representing the classic stories that inspired the series: “The Transformers” (Transformers #1), “Man of Iron” (Transformers UK #9-12), and the Transformers ’84 #0 one-shot!

FC • 100 pages • $7.99

Gem of the Month—Cover A: Josh Burcham
Erik Burnham (w) • Josh Burcham (a & c)
Celebrating 25 years of Beast Wars! In the future, the planet Cybertron belongs to the scientific-minded Maximals and the action-oriented Predacons! When a crew of Predacons, led by the successor to the Megatron name, steal a golden disk and a ship capable of traveling through time, it’s up to Optimus Primal and his Maximal crew—Rattrap, Rhinox, Cheetor, and new character Nyx—to catch them! A brand-new Beast era begins in an oversized first issue by Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters, Transformers/Ghostbusters) and Josh Burcham (Transformers, Transformers Galaxies), yesssss!

FC • 48 pages • $5.99

—GEM OF THE MONTH—Cover B: Fico Ossio
Erik Burnham (w) • Josh Burcham (a) • Fico Ossio (c)

*Retailer incentives:
Order 10 copies and get one free variant cover by Dan Schoening!
Order 25 copies and get one free variant cover by Nick Brokenshire

Cover A: Beth McGuire-Smith
Brian Ruckley (w) • Beth McGuire-Smith (a & c)
As preparations for the escape ships continue, Wheeljack and Hound work to move what remains of the A’ovan population and habitat to a safe location for evacuation. Unfortunately, the Insecticons are insatiable and a caravan full of Cybertronian and organic life is too good a meal to pass up.

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Cover B: Umi Miyao
Brian Ruckley (w) • Beth McGuire-Smith (a) • Umi Miyao (c)

*Retailer incentives:
Order 10 copies and get one free variant cover by Jeffrey Veregge!

SPOTLIGHT
Cavan Scott (w) • Juan Samu (a & c)
Great Scott! Pop-culture juggernauts collide in the ultimate 1980s (and 1950s and 2010s) showdown! Things are getting heavy–and nothing's as heavy as a Transformer! Marty McFly has just returned from the adventure of a lifetime to a new, better Hill Valley–everything's looking up for him! That is, until Marty and his friend Doc Brown's time machine attracts the attention of the Decepticons! With one small mistake, Marty finds himself once again thrust into an adventure to stop the Decepticon plot in the past, present, and future... all with the help of a new time machine... the Autobot Gigawatt!
TPB • FC • $15.99 • 96 pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-801-3

Bullet points:
Available in April.