January IDW Transformers comics

[griffin]

Comic details and covers from IDW for January (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/idw-january-2015-solicitations-181394/)...

The Punishment digital comic is released in print form, while the Drift mini-series story continues this month, along with the Angry Birds one.
The GIJoe series continues, as do the two main Transformers comics.
The two volumes of the Animated Almanac are released as one book this month, along with a hard-cover compilation of the 12 Dark Cybertron issues.


Transformers #37—Days of Deception
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)
THE ONYX PROTOCOL! As PROWL confronts SPIKE over the human’s betrayal, the mystery of G.B. Blackrock and the Onyx Interface deepens. Meanwhile, Tokyo becomes a battleground as Arcee faces the Constructicons… and Galvatron!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers #37—Days of Deception—Subscription Variant
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• Days of Deception continues!
• The stage is set for COMBINER WARS!
• Prowl versus Spike!
• Arcee versus Galvatron!
• Variant Cover by Kotteri!


Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #37—Days of Deception
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)
DESPERATE MEASURES! Four million years ago, as CYBERTRON teetered on the brink of all-out war, a group of Autobots decided it was time to take matters into their own hands. Everyone concerned would subsequently agree that this was a very, very bad move...
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #37—Days of Deception—Subscription Variant
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Nick Roche (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• Days of Deception continues!
• Variant Cover by Kotteri!


Transformers: Drift—Empire of Stone #3 (of 4)
Shane McCarthy (w) • Guido Guidi (a & c)
THE STONE ARMY! The secrets of DRIFT’S past become his present-day problems… and RATCHET’S none too happy about being dragged along!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Drift: Empire of Stone #3 (of 4)—Subscription Variant
Shane McCarthy (w) • Guido Guidi (a) • Sarah Stone (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• Ties in directly MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!


Transformers: Punishment
John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)
OPTIMUS PRIME RETURNS TO CYBERTON! And someone is killing Decepticons. PRIME teams with WINDBLADE to uncover the identity of the vigilante… but the answers will uncover darker secrets than anyone expected!
FC • 48 pages • $5.99
• The stage is set for COMBINER WARS!
• OPTIMUS PRIME and WINDBLADE on the hunt for a killer!
• Will the AUTOBOTS stand up when DECEPTICON lives are at stake?


Angry Birds/Transformers #3 (of 4)
John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira (a & c)
RAMP-EGG! When the Angry Birds’ precious eggs become leg-having, weapon-bearing rampaging eggs of mass destruction, the Autobirds must team up with the Deceptihogs to save Piggy Island! How much more mixed-up can this mash-up possibly get?!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Angry Birds/Transformers #3 (of 4)—Subscription Variant
John Barber (w) • Marcelo Ferreira (a) • Sarah Stone (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• Written by John Barber (TRANSFORMERS, TRANSFORMERS vs G.I. JOE)!


Transformers vs G.I. JOE #6
Tom Scioli & John Barber (w) • Scioli (a & c)
THE SMASH HIT OF 2014 BECOMES THE GREATEST COMIC OF 2015! If you thought the war between G.I. JOE and the TRANSFORMERS was out of control before… well, brothers and sisters—wait’ll you get a load of issue 6!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers VS G.I. Joe #6—Subscription Variant
Tom Scioli & John Barber (w) • Scioli (a) • Dave Crossland (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• Heroes fall, but heroism triumphs!
• One small step for the G.I. JOE team—one giant fall for the TRANSFORMERS!
• Variant Cover by Antonio Fusso!


Transformers Animated: The Complete Allspark Almanac
Jim Sorenson, Bill Forster (w) • Various (a) • Marcelo Matere (c)
The Allspark Almanac is a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind atlas to the amazing 2008 Animated series universe. Giving fans behind-the-scenes secrets directly from the show's creators this volume is packed with full-color bios, character models, episode summaries, interviews, and more.
TPB • FC • $39.99 • 440 pages • 8.5” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-210-4
• Collects both original volumes into one book!


Transformers: Dark Cybertron (HC)
James Roberts, John Barber (w) • Phil Jimenez, Andrew Griffith, Brendan Cahill, James Raiz, Atilio Rojo, Livio Ramondelli (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
THE END OF EVERYTHING! SHOCKWAVE makes a move millions of years in the planning—an ultimate strategy to remake Cybertron and destroy both the Autobots and Decepticons!
HC • FC • $49.99 • 300 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-072-8
• This oversized hardcover collects all 12 issues of the hit crossover!

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[Sharky]

Dark Cybertron Hard Cover. nice...

[Paulbot]

Dark Cybertron Hard Cover. nice...

But will this be the same book at Transformers The IDW Collection Phase Book 4 or Book 5? (like All Hail Megatron HC vs Collection Vol 5). I'm going to hold off.

[Sharky]

But will this be the same book at Transformers The IDW Collection Phase Book 4 or Book 5? (like All Hail Megatron HC vs Collection Vol 5). I'm going to hold off.

yeah it is hard to tell now with all the different versions IDW release i would like then to just do normal hardcovers that all match that look good on a bookshelf and is in order.

but then LSotW was a great hardcover

[griffin]

Out this week is the single issue Punishment (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/transformers-punishment-preview-181886/) story, and Transformers #37 (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/transformers-37-full-preview-181887/) (was RID).

Check the links for mirrored previews of both.

Punishment was the one released on an App for free, so this is the first time in print... and being a one-off issue, I wonder where they will include it in their TPBs (perhaps with the upcoming Windblade TPB).

[prjkt]

Transformers 37 has been on iTunes for a week, but looking forward to reading Punishment

[griffin]

Next week's comics (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/diamond-comics-shipping-list-for-january-28th-181889/) are the third issue of the Angry Birds comic and the third issue of the Drift comic.


(I've also pinned this topic, like the Japanese Monthly topic, to see how it goes for a few months.)

[i_amtrunks]

Weird, I got the third issue of the Drift comic in London last week, maybe it is only out here next week?

[bassbot]

IDW had weird shipping delays happen that affected some international spots I think. Wasn't clear when Drift was hitting.

[griffin]

A preview of Angry Birds #3 (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/angry-birds-transformers-issue-3-preview-181940/)... for anyone buying this comic, or to encourage people to buy it.
Apparently out this week.

[griffin]

Looks like the combined Allspark Almanac has been delayed until February 18th, plus it has been confirmed to include (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/animated-8/transformers-animated-the-complete-allspark-almanac-cover-new-details-181942/) some extras that were done up for FunPub in recent years, as well as about 10 pages of new content... making it an annoying temptation to buy if you already have the two separate volumes.


472 page (book) that combines The AllSpark Almanac, The AllSpark Almanac II, The AllSpark Almanac Addenda we put together for the Transformers Collectors' Club, and ten-ish pages of new content teasing more of what Season 3.5 might look like. We worked closely with Derrick Wyatt to ensure that the book was as close to 100% canon as possible, with all new material carefully vetted (and a bit of old material tweaked or recontextualized.)

For those who didn't get Drift #3 (as it was released early in some countries), it should be out this week, and a preview can be seen here (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/drift-empire-of-stone-issue-3-preview-181947/).

Probably not a surprise to see more JP Gen1 characters in this Drift miniseries, after they were featured in the last miniseries.

[griffin]

Did MTMTE #37 not get released yet?

According to this release schedule (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/diamond-comics-shipping-list-for-february-4th-181953/), it is to come out next week, which puts it in February.
After the TFs/GIJoe comic was getting later and later with the delays each issue resulting in a rescheduling of upcoming issues, I hope they aren't falling into the same cycle as Dreamwave, which had this knock-on effect of never catching up, forcing later issues to get later and later... to the point of not getting released at all.

[Paulbot]

It hasn't. It's just a January/news years distribution thing. They'll get back on track soon

[bassbot]

Yeah delayed ain't fun - BUT I saw on bleedingcool's next week two weeks article that MTMTE 38 MAY come out the week after. So it could be two weeks of awesome.

[griffin]

Before I unstick this topic and stick up the February one, it should also be noted that the GIJoe/TF #6 was NOT released during January either.

In fact, the GIJoe/TF comic is soooo behind schedule, that #5 is not expected out until the first week of February (next week).

[Zommael]

The delays aren't particularly unusual for the comic book industry. It happens because the traditional monthly schedule is faster than most modern artists can draw, because of the level of detail now required, the necessity or allure of other work, and to some extent in a minority of cases poor work ethic on the artists' part. Delays in writing aren't unheard of either; neither writing nor drawing a comic is an exact science, and if something happens forcing one or the other to go back to the drawing board (such as a substantial rewrite due to a better idea) then the comic gets delayed. It doesn't mean IDW are about to go the way of Dreamwave.