IDW April comics

[griffin]

Previews/Diamond have released the April solicitations, which includes the following Transformers items...

TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #16
(W) John Barber (A) Andrew Griffith (CA) Casey Coller, Andrew Griffith
FINAL BATTLE! The leadership of Cybertron will be decided once and for all! It’s all-out war against the forces of MEGATRON! Will the Autobots wrest control from their attackers-or will the DECEPTICON flag fly over Cybertron forever? Heroes will fall, and nothing will stay the same.

TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE ONGOING #16
(W) James Roberts (A) Alex Milne (CA) Alex Milne, Nick Roche
AFTERMATH! The battle for the Lost Light is over. As the survivors bury the dead, one Autobot begins a secret journey that will change everything. This special issue marks the beginning of “Remain in Light”-the game-changing finale to the first More Than Meets The Eye mega-story arc!

TRANSFORMERS REGENERATION ONE #90
(W) Simon Furman (A) Andrew Wildman (CA) Andrew Wildman, Guido Guidi
TOO LITTLE-TOO LATE! As Scorponok’s Dark Reign comes ever closer to spreading right across Cybertron, Grimlock launches a desperate counterstrike, in the face of almost innumerable odds. Does the Dinobot commander really have one last ace up his sleeve, or does his “plan” amount to a glorious-but doomed-last stand?

TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT TRAILCUTTER #1
(W) James Roberts (A) Matt Frank (CA) Matt Frank, Livio Ramondelli
STEALTH ATTACK! Trailcutter has a problem: the Lost Light has been taken over by the Decepticons-and no one else seems to have noticed! Can the Autobots’ defense strategist singlehandedly see off an army of infiltrators? And even if he does, will it convince his crew mates that he’s got more to offer than kind words and forcefields?

TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING TP VOL 03
(W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli & Various (CA) Tim Seeley
Orion Pax-the former OPTIMUS PRIME-follows a rogue group of DECEPTICONS into one of the greatest mysteries ever to face the AUTOBOTS! Also, The mysterious Metrotitan arrives on CYBERTRON-smashing into the ruins of the legendary Crystal City! Meahwhile, Tensions ratchet up between AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS as violence breaks out in the heart of the city… and PROWL looks for someone to blame. Is DIRGE a convenient target-or the key to what comes next?

TRANSFORMERS CLASSICS UK TP VOL 04
(W) Simon Furman, Ian Rimmer (A) Geoff Senior & Various (CA) Andrew Wildman
Classic Transformers tales from the UK continuity begins here! Re-mastered and re-colored, these vintage TF stories are presented in order, many published for the first time in the United States! Writer and life-long TF fan James Roberts provides in-depth historical perspective front matter in each volume, and TF UK artist Andrew Wildman provides new covers!

TRANSFORMERS IDW COLLECTION HC VOL 08
(W) Dan Abnett & Various (A) Ulises Farinas & Various (CA) E. J. Su
The re-presentation of IDW’s Transformers Universe continues in Volume 8! Includes “Heart of Darkness” and issues #19-31 which starts off with the “Chaos Theory” storyline and leads into the final “Chaos” arc of the ongoing series.

GI JOE / TRANSFORMERS TP VOL 03
(W) Tim Seeley (A) Joe Ng & Various (CA) Brendan Cahill
The G.I. JOE vs The Transformers saga continues as the AUTOBOTS return to earth and with the help of G.I. JOE plan on destroying all Cybertronian technology. But Serpentor has other objectives.

Cover images can be seen here (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/idw-transformers-solicitations-for-april-2013-176698/).

[i_amtrunks]

And a good 2 and a half days before most of the other TF sites Griffin!

From the cover solicitations it looks like Trailbreaker may be facing off against Lockdown, so I wonder if this ties into the main MtMtE story or is a true standalone? Trailbreaker getting some love, albeit in Trailcutter form.

I worry about Regen, if it is only going to #100 then the next 3 months look to be mostly treading water in the Grimlock/CNA story.

[griffin]

The blurb on the Trailcutter/Trailbreaker story describes it as being part of the MTMTE story. I think every spotlight has tied in somewhere in their story universe... have they ever done a spotlight that was just a stand-alone story?

[i_amtrunks]

Spotlight Mirage is the only Spotlight that springs to mind that is stand alone.

Trailcutter seems to be happening in the "here and now" whereas the other recent (since the MtMtE/RiD split) have been set in the past, tied to Metroplex. Even the Megatron spotlight is set in the more recent past in the ongoing, so if Trailcutters spotlight occurs simultaneously with the MtMtE story, it'll be an interesting change.

[Paulbot]

Ramjet was a pretty standalone too. I guess it kinda ties into the New Avengers crossovers, Ramjet's on Earth, and it takes place at the same time as the regular series but if you skipped it you're not missing anything and it's never been referenced again.

I think the Trailcutter story looks like a standalone adventure too that will slot in somewhere, like the Annual but i doubt it would be essential to the story. The description sounds like a couple of Star Trek TNG/VOY eps to me.

[Bidoofdude]

I hope the Trailcutter spotlight will earn him a toy. I'd really like one.
IDW seems like the best way for Hasbro to go with the revived Generations Line.
The spotlight comics seem awesome though.