IDW's Wrecker's comic press release.

[griffin]

Coming in January will be a new mini-series, that is part of IDW's Gen1 universe, giving us three comic titles from that series at the one time, for a short while (the Ongoing series from November, the 4-issue Bumblebee mini-series from December, and this 5-issue Wreckers mini-series from January).

http://idwpublishing.com/news/article/895/

The TRANSFORMERS action just keeps coming, as IDW introduces a third new series in January - TRANSFORMERS: Last Stand of the WRECKERS. Under license from Hasbro, Inc., IDW explores yet another action-packed storyline, following the AUTOBOTS special operations crew on a mission to space to confront a new foe.

Fan-favorite writer and artist Nick Roche helms this five-issue series, which spins out of IDW's new ongoing TRANSFORMERS series. This story line gives fans a taste of what's been happening off of Earth as the WRECKERS investigate a prison planet that fell to the evil DECEPTICONS three years ago.
"TRANSFORMERS fans craving that outer-space action need look no further," said IDW editor Andy Schmidt. "WRECKERS is straight science fiction and action-robots in space with the highest of stakes! But don't look for all cheery fun and games here. It's not called 'Last Stand' for nothing!"

TRANSFORMERS: Last Stand of the WRECKERS plots a course to a prison planet conquered by the DECEPTICONS during the war on Earth. With no communication in three years, the WRECKERS face an unknown foe, who just might tear SPRINGER, KUP, and their cadre of AUTOBOT heroes apart. Roche and All Hail Megatron's Trevor Hutchison will provide covers.

TRANSFORMERS: Last Stand of the WRECKERS rounds out IDW's new trifecta of TRANSFORMERS comics, which starts with the new TRANSFORMERS ongoing series on November 18th and includes TRANSFORMERS: BUMBLEBEE, coming in December.

"While TRANSFORMERS the ongoing series and TRANSFORMERS: BUMBLEBEE are both firmly rooted on Terra Firma, Last Stand of the WRECKERS gives fans a good indication of the impact the end of the AUTOBOT vs. DECEPTICON war is having on the rest of the TRANSFORMERS universe," added Schmidt. "There is something great for every TRANSFORMERS fan right now in the IDW line-up of TRANSFORMERS comics."

[Paulbot]

"TRANSFORMERS fans craving that outer-space action need look no further," said IDW editor Andy Schmidt. "WRECKERS is straight science fiction and action-robots in space with the highest of stakes! But don't look for all cheery fun and games here. It's not called 'Last Stand' for nothing!"

This reminds me of the promotion for Storm-"nothing but robots on Cybertron"-bringer.

[i_amtrunks]

This is the only IDW comic I am half interested in getting, and that is only if Roche is allowed to draw the robots his way, rather than being forced to draw half movie style skeletor clones.

And good to see the only good thing related to AHM is doing the other cover, Hutch's art is awesome.

[Sky Shadow]

This is the only IDW comic I am half interested in getting, and that is only if Roche is allowed to draw the robots his way, rather than being forced to draw half movie style skeletor clones.

Yeah, fingers crossed. And even though the Wreckers last did anything interesting twenty years ago, and have been a godawful kewlbraindeadbadsub-fanficfanboy'smisguidedwetdreamfesteringpileofcrud for the past eight years, I have faith that there's no turd that's so bad that Nick Roche's genius couldn't polish it to a brilliant shine.

[FFN]

We've already seen previews of the interior art, and it's G1 Roche style.

[Sky Shadow]

We've already seen previews of the interior art, and it's G1 Roche style.

Mmm... yes, it looked pretty awesome then - Overlord, Guzzle, Turbomasters, Predators and some nice eighties-Wildmanesque work too. But I can just imagine Denton Tipton going, "well... it's good work... but they look like those old toys and comics from the eighties - no one wants to see that anymore. I'm going to draw skeleton faces over everyone so you have to guess who everyone is. It'll be just like that awesome Michael Bay movie Return Of Fallen. Just wait, it'll be great."

http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=12534