IDW Transformer comics in October details

[Paulbot]

No cover images but I'm sure they'll pop up soon too

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"Solicit spoilers" ahead

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #22
James Roberts (w) • James Raiz (a) • Alex Milne, Nick Roche (c)
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: THE MOVIE! When the Autobots set off on their mission to find the Knights of Cybertron, RODIMUS gave REWIND a simple instruction: film everything. The result is a documentary that will forever change your perception of life on board the Lost Light. Discover RUNG's secret! Meet the greatest Autobot of all time! And learn what SKIDS really got up to on Hedonia!
2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
• DARK CYBERTRON begins here!
• Leads in to the biggest TRANSFORMERS event in comic book history, beginning next month!
• SKIDS variant cover by Phil Jimenez

Transformers: Robots in Disguise #22
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith and Livio Ramondelli (a) • Griffith, Casey Coller (c)
SOUNDWAVES! The origin of SOUNDWAVE concludes as the master of sound confronts SHOCKWAVE in the ruins of Cybertron! Will they be friend—or foe? Will the DECEPTICONS stand with SHOCKWAVE—or will they join the AUTOBOTS? It's the moment of ultimate choice
2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
• DARK CYBERTRON begins here!
• Leads in to the biggest TRANSFORMERS event in comic book history, beginning next month!
• Livio Ramondelli variant interlocking with issue 20 and 21!

Transformers Regeneration One #95
Simon Furman (w) • Guido Guidi (a) • Andrew Wildman, Guidi (c)
AND ONE SHALL RISE! Yep, a there's a new Prime on the block (and the old one isn't gone yet), and just in the nick of time too, as Cybertron shudders and reels under the dual assault of BLUDGEON and his WarWorld and a spitting mad GALVATRON. But is the advent of RODIMUS PRIME a boon for Cybertron or one more dark domino falling in the headlong rush to universal armageddon?
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
• Continuing the original 1980s TRANSFORMERS series by Hall of Fame writer Simon Furman!
• The penultimate Regeneration One story reaches its soul-searing conclusion!
• Geoff Senior variant cover!

Transformers: Art of Prime
Jim Sorenson (w) • Various (a)
Explore the rich world of Transformers Prime! Loaded with character animation models, concept art, interviews with the creators and more, Transformers: The Art of Prime provides and unprecendented look behind the scenes of bringing the TF movie universe to the small screen. Jim Sorenson (Transformers The Ark, Transformers AllSpark Almanac) brings this deep, vivid world into focus!
HC • FC • $49.99 • 200 pages • 9.5" x 12.5" • ISBN 978-1-61377-790-9

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #6 (of 8)
Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen (c)
With Cybertron reformed, the underground tunnels and caves have become unstable. It's up to the DINOBOTS to lead the underground survivors to safety on the surface. But with the waters rising and the walls collapsing, making it out alive may be tougher than it sounds…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
• Animation art variant cover!

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters, Vol. 1
Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen (c)
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!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-743-5
Bullet points:
• Collects issues #1–4.

MTMTE sounds fun.

[i_amtrunks]

Same text, but now with covers

Loving the MtMtE covers.

Also the Prime Dinobots trade only collects 4 issues. I hope this is because they have cut it to only be 8 issues long and not a sign of things to come.

[griffin]

I was under the impression that the Dinobots series was ongoing, to end up continuing on where the cartoon ends... and the BotCon panel even talked about it in that manner, because one of the cartoon writers is working on the comic, so wants to keep tying up loose ends.

Now it looks like it is definitely 8 issues... so was it a recent decision to end it after 8 issues?

[i_amtrunks]

I was under the impression that the Dinobots series was ongoing, to end up continuing on where the cartoon ends... and the BotCon panel even talked about it in that manner, because one of the cartoon writers is working on the comic, so wants to keep tying up loose ends.

Now it looks like it is definitely 8 issues... so was it a recent decision to end it after 8 issues?

Seems to be. Last I had heard it was to be ongoing and continuing after Prime concluded, not just focussing on the Dinobots either.

This is the first confirmation it is to be 8 issues, unless it is 8 issues before spinning off to an ongoing? Who knows.

If it is cancelled i wonder if it is a creative team issue (contracts, other job offers etc) or sales based?

[griffin]

From a source at IDW - the Beast Hunters comic is indeed stopping at issue 8, "for now"... which doesn't mean it will definitely come back, but I guess they are just leaving the door open for more if they see the value in it.

[i_amtrunks]

Perhaps to tie back into the upcoming series that may be set in the same universe?