"Phase 2" Hardcover IDW Comic Collections

[Paulbot]

The first 8 Transformers IDW Collections are a great series of hardcovers reprinting all of the IDW G1 stories (in order) up to the end of the Costa Ongoing.

Been waiting on Vol 9 for a while, but now, Seibertron.Com has reported an Amazon.Com listing for the first in a new series of books called " IDW Collection Phase Two"

The war for Cybertron is over, but Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots struggle to maintain control of a world without Optimus Prime. The provisional government is struggling and Prowl will defend it against the Decepticons at seeminly all costs. Meanwhile, Hot Rod and a group of Autobots and Decepticons embark on an epic quest to the farthest reaches of the Universe. Collects the one-shot Death of Optimus Prime, More Than Meets The Eye issues #1-5, and Robots in Disguise issues #1-6.

As expected the book contains the about 50/50 of the two series, but with RID #6 included, and MTMTE #4 & 5, it's not a replacement for the first trade of each series.

There should be about 6 volumes to take the books through to the end of Dark Cybertron (including the most recent Spotlights). If all works out well, the Dark Cybertron crossover will be in one Hardcover volume (like the Phase One Collection Volume 5 has all of All Hail Megatron).

[Sharky]

While I never got the hard covers my self I think I would of preferred if it was complete MTMTE or complete RID not half and half.

There are only so many versions of the same comic I can buy.

[Paulbot]

I would have liked stand alone MTMTE oversized hardcovers too, but happy to see this series continue as it's the only way I buy the series in physical form now (except my MTMTE collection)

[Sky Shadow]

I'll be buying this as a MTMTE hardcover substitute.

[Gouki]

Hmmm. I'm not so sure. I love the idea, but I also find MTMTE and RiD written in a different enough style switching between issues like that could be downright distracting.

[i_amtrunks]

Unless it is done as six straight MtMtE and six straight RiD (or whatever number) it would be too jarring to read as a half half split, one followed by the other.

Can't believe it'd take almost as many hardcovers to do everything from the split as it did to do all of IDWs pre split series combined!

[Sky Shadow]

Hmmm. I'm not so sure. I love the idea, but I also find MTMTE and RiD written in a different enough style switching between issues like that could be downright distracting.

Unless it is done as six straight MtMtE and six straight RiD (or whatever number) it would be too jarring to read as a half half split, one followed by the other.

You guys do remember that's exactly how we read them in the first place, right?