Spotlight Hoist and other IDW comics for May 2013

[Paulbot]

Source: Newsarama.com

Transformers Spotlight: Hoist
James Roberts (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Padilla, Livio Ramondelli (c)
FACE OFF! HOIST has always managed to fade into the background: until now. Trapped on an alien planet with a narcissist, half a scientist and a creature that may or may not turn into a catapult, the Lost Light's mild-mannered maintenance engineer must confront the five most dangerous DECEPTICONS ever.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Robots in Disguise #17
John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Ramondelli, Casey Coller (c)
SHOCKWAVES! The fate of Cybertron is sealed—but what is the DECEPTICON scientist called SHOCKWAVE planning? After the stunning revelations in MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, learn the origin of the one-eyed, gun-handed master of machinations... and the countdown begins for the biggest TRANSFORMERS event in comic book history.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #17
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, Sean Chen (c)
REMAIN IN LIGHT!*MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE's*first full-blown epic moves into high gear as RODIMUS leads his crew to the gates of heaven—or hell. But larger forces are closing in and an ancient plan is reaching fruition—and as an old friend calls time on the AUTOBOTS' quest, one thing becomes clear: the LEGISLATORS are on the march.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #1
Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen (c)
BEAST HUNTERS! They were there when CYBERTRON fell—but what happened to the DINOBOTS for the past few thousand years? Here’s a hint—GRIMLOCK and company haven’t been sitting around and relaxing! The time is now—the place is
CYBERTRON—and the recipe is ACTION!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #1—Subscription Variant
Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Michael Lark (c)
For subscription customers only... enlist up at your local comic shop! A variant cover by superstar Michael Lark! Only for loyal subscription box customers!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Prime - Rage of the Dinobots
Mike Johnson & Mairghread Scott (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen* (c)
The DINOBOTS hold the line as CYBERTRON falls! With OPTIMUS PRIME and the Ark long gone, the rest of the population makes their escape from the dying world–but SHOCKWAVE remains behind, continuing his experiments!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-606-3

Transformers Regeneration One #91
Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman (a) • Wildman, Guido Guidi (c)
THINGS FALL APART! The very fabric of the TRANSFORMERS’ universe begins to unravel, as huge and ancient cosmic forces take note of CYBERTRON’s (and the CYBERTRONIANS’) descent into chaos and anarchy. As HOT ROD struggles to hold things together, still reeling from his own game-changing wake-up call, competing destructive forces inch closer to a cataclysmic confrontation. The end begins here.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Regeneration One, Vol. 2
Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman (a & c)
The fallout from the devastation on Earth ripples outward, all the way to Nebulos, where GRIMLOCK faces his own dark demons and a fateful choice that may cost him his very Spark. The dark reign of SCORPONOK begins here, and nothing will ever be the same again!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-642-1

[Paulbot]

Not 100% proof but a Spotlight for Hoist really backs up the assumption a new Hoist toy is coming. All the over current Spotlights either have a toy or would be an unannounces repaint of an exisiting toy.

The figure on the alternate cover looks more like a Movieverse toy and not much like his MTMTE appearance. It looks kind of like Movie Ratchet really. Hope a toy reveal comes soon enough so the guessing can stop.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I'd like to read the comics, but there are just too many to keep up with. And they never cost just 3.99

[griffin]

Not 100% proof but a Spotlight for Hoist really backs up the assumption a new Hoist toy is coming. All the over current Spotlights either have a toy or would be an unannounces repaint of an exisiting toy.

The figure on the alternate cover looks more like a Movieverse toy and not much like his MTMTE appearance. It looks kind of like Movie Ratchet really. Hope a toy reveal comes soon enough so the guessing can stop.

Nah, it's a redeco of the Generations Trailcutter toy, from the wheel locations, kneecaps, thing behind the head, chest sculpting, and even the shoulder sculpting.

[Paulbot]

That's a better pic to compare to than the Toyfair photo I was looking at.

So, IDW Deluxes with comics wave 2: Thundercracker, Hoist and...?

[i_amtrunks]

That's a better pic to compare to than the Toyfair photo I was looking at.

So, IDW Deluxes with comics wave 2: Thundercracker, Hoist and...?

Another repaint?

Some intriguing names of groups dropped in these solicits, many that we have not seen before.

Hoist's taking place pretty much now is interesting too, I can hazard a guess at the 5 cons he meets... uh-oh.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Actually, I'm really happy for there to be a Spotlight: Hoist coming out. I did suspect toywise it would be a reco of Trailbreaker/cutter but that's ok by me, bound to be better than the Rescue Bots version .

In the IDW comics I have felt there have been a few iconic early G1 Autobots who have received absolutely no attention besides the odd cameo. In particular Hoist, Grapple, Inferno, Powerglide, Gears, Huffer, Seaspray etc. In particular I was kinda disappointed to see that Hoist and Grapple were on the 'Lost Light' rather than Cybertron in the new comics, I thought that Hoist could serve as a medic on Cybertron since Ratchet was on the LL, and Grapple as the main architect for the new world since Scrapper was dead. Instead they both seem to have gotten very minor status in MTMTE, so for him to get his own Spotlight?... GO HOIST I say!

[Paulbot]

In the IDW comics I have felt there have been a few iconic early G1 Autobots who have received absolutely no attention besides the odd cameo. In particular Hoist, Grapple, Inferno, Powerglide, Gears, Huffer, Seaspray etc.

Hoist, Grapple, Inferno, Powerglide, Gears and Huffer are all aboard the Lost Light. Seaspray though, I'm not sure where he is.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Hoist, Grapple, Inferno, Powerglide, Gears and Huffer are all aboard the Lost Light. Seaspray though, I'm not sure where he is.

Looking at that pic, if they are going to start giving some of the background characters their own Spotlight, I wonder if we will get a Spotlight: Mainframe? (Since I doubt he will be getting his own toy this year I'm guessing not)

[griffin]

We've had toys of other "exclusive Actionmasters", so I'd be excited if we kept getting more... even if a Mainframe toy did just transform into a block (like Soundwave).

So far we've had Kick-off (BotCon), Jackpot (Club), Banzaitron (Movie-verse), Axer (Movie-verse), Circuit (Club), Thundercracker (BotCon), Slicer (BotCon).

Ones left (have any of these been redone as a convertible toy?) - Sprocket, Over-Run, Rad, Rollout, Mainframe, Skyfall, Gutcruncher, Treadshot, Krok, Powerflash, Take-Off, Rumbler, Charger, Windmill.