Transformers comics and books scheduled for SEPTEMBER 2018, with cover images mirrored here.

STAR TREK VS TRANSFORMERS #1 – Cover A: Philip Murphy
(W) John Barber, Mike Johnson (A/CA) Philip Murphy
The Transformers ’80s cartoon series meets Star Trek: The Animated Series in a no-holds-barred Saturday Morning mash-up for the ages!
At the edge of Klingon space, the starship Enterprise finds there’s more to the final frontier than meets the eye, when Kirk and his crew come face to face with the strangest life forms of all: Cybertronians! This unprecedented crossover brings together two of the greatest science fiction universes of all time-in the style of their classic animated series! A five-year mission meets a four-million-year war!
Written by two titans of their respective properties, John Barber (Optimus Prime, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel) and Mike Johnson (the most prolific Star Trek comic book writer of ALL TIME!)!
Philip Murphy’s A & B covers connect to form an amazing heroes and villains image!
In Shops: Sep 26, 2018 – SRP: $3.99
STAR TREK VS TRANSFORMERS #1 – Cover B: Philip Murphy
(W) John Barber, Mike Johnson (A/CA) Philip Murphy
In Shops: Sep 26, 2018 – SRP: $3.99

OPTIMUS PRIME #24 – Cover A: Kei Zama
(W) John Barber (A) Andrew Griffith (CA) Kei Zama
YOUTH IN REVOLT! As Unicron approaches, Optimus Prime’s colonist soldiers take matters into their own hands. With Autobot forces spread thin, will anybody stand in their way? And-more importantly-SHOULD anybody stop them?
*Retailers: See your order form for incentive information.
Ties-in to the Unicron event!
Part of the summer of Transformers-all building up to the end of the universe as we know it!
The penultimate issue before the conclusion you have to see to believe!
In Shops: Sep 19, 2018 – SRP: $3.99
OPTIMUS PRIME #24 – Cover B: Andrew Griffith
(W) John Barber (A) Andrew Griffith (CA) Andrew Griffith
In Shops: Sep 19, 2018 – SRP: $3.99

TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE MOVIE PREQUEL TP FROM CYBERTRON LOVE – Cover: Sara Pitre-Durocher
(W) John Barber (A) Andrew Griffith (CA) Sara Pitre-Durocher
Fan-favorite Autobot Bumblebee is recruited for a top secret mission, and 1960s London won’t know what hit it when this robot in disguise goes undercover. It’s high-tech, high-octane, high-clearance spy hijinks in…. From Cybertron with Love.
Some call him Goldfender, but the name’s Bee… Bumblebee. On loan to MI6 and teamed with a human partner, Bee’s trapped in the middle of a Cold War plot to disrupt British Secret Intelligence. But when their base is destroyed from within, it’s up to Bee to discover if there’s a traitor in their midst…and, in the spy world, allegiances can change just as easily as a Cybertronian. Collects issues #1-4!
Advance solicited for October release!
The official prequel to the new Bumblebee film, in theaters December 2018.
In Shops: Oct 03, 2018 – SRP: $14.99

TRANSFORMERS LOST LIGHT #24 – Cover A: Nick Roche
(W) James Roberts (A) Brendan Cahill (CA) Nick Roche
LAST STAND! All they wanted was an adventure. Now, as worlds turn to dust and every sacred truth is undone, as everything they’ve run from catches up with them and every gruesome future comes to pass, Rodimus and his loved ones just want it all to stop. But the end of the universe waits for no one, and so the survivors of the Lost Light must take up arms… for the very last time.
*Retailers: See your order form for incentive information.
Only two issues left! Closing a story six years in the making!
Don’t miss the B cover by beloved Transformers artist Geoff Senior!
In Shops: Sep 26, 2018 – SRP: $3.99
TRANSFORMERS LOST LIGHT #24 – Cover B: Geoff Senior
(W) James Roberts (A) Jack Lawrence (CA) Geoff Senior
In Shops: Sep 26, 2018 – SRP: $3.99

TRANSFORMERS UNICRON #5 Cover A: Alex Milne
(W) John Barber (A/CA) Alex Milne
THE END IS HERE! The Transformers bots make one last, desperate stand against Unicron, as Optimus Prime plunges deep into the monster-and into the dark history that spawned them both.
*Retailers: See your order form for incentive information.
The final battle rages as Unicron attacks the Earth!
Jam-packed with guest stars in a battle for survival-but will anyone make it out alive?
In Shops: Sep 12, 2018 – SRP: $4.99
TRANSFORMERS UNICRON #5 Cover B: James Raiz
(W) John Barber (A) Alex Milne (CA) James Raiz
THE END IS HERE! The Transformers bots make one last, desperate stand against Unicron, as Optimus Prime plunges deep into the monster-and into the dark history that spawned them both.
*Retailers: See your order form for incentive information.
The final battle rages as Unicron attacks the Earth!
Jam-packed with guest stars in a battle for survival-but will anyone make it out alive?
In Shops: Sep 12, 2018 – SRP: $4.99

TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE MOVIE PREQUEL #4 – Cover A: Andrew Griffith
(W) John Barber (A/CA) Andrew Griffith
In 1960s England, Bumblebee and his super-spy allies infiltrate the Decepticons’ clandestine island headquarters. Is it a trap? Of course it’s a trap. But in the high-stakes game of counterintelligence, who’s trapping who?
*Retailers: See your order form for incentive information.
The prequel to the new Bumblebee film (coming this winter), geared toward a younger audience!
Sometimes serious, sometimes campy action spy adventure for fans of James Bond or Mission Impossible!
In Shops: Sep 12, 2018 – SRP: $3.99
TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE MOVIE PREQUEL #4 – Cover B: Fico Ossio
(W) John Barber (A) Andrew Griffith (CA) Fico Ossio
In Shops: Sep 12, 2018 – SRP: $3.99
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Recent and Upcoming TPBs & Books.
-- The Wreckers Saga (Last Stand of the Wreckers 1-5, Sins of the Wreckers 1-5) - July 31st (was July 17th)
-- Transformers Vs The Visionaries (128 pages) - August 7th (was August 14th)
-- Lost Light Volume 3 (issues 13-18) - September 4th (was September 18th)
-- Bumblebee - Win if you Dare (one-shot - 72 pages) - September 11th
-- Bumblebee Movie Prequel From Cybertron with Love (all 4 issues) - October 2nd
-- Bumblebee (Movie) Junior Novel (144 pages) - November 20th
-- Optimus Prime Volume 4 (issues 15-21) - November 20th
-- IDW Collection Phase Two Volume 8 HC (MTMTE #35-40, RID #35-38, Punishment, Empire of Stone) - December 18th
-- Lost Light Volume 4 (issues 19-25) - February 12th 2019
-- Optimus Prime Volume 5 (2018 Annual, issues 22-25) - February 26th 2019
-- Unicron (all 6 issues) - March 12th 2019
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