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    Transformers Comics and books scheduled for JULY 2018, with cover images mirrored here.

    Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #2 (of 4)—Cover A: Andrew Griffith
    John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)
    THE LIVING HEADLIGHTS! In swinging 1960s London, Bumblebee teams with a pair of bickering master spies to unravel a Decepticon conspiracy—but is one of Bee’s friends a double agent?
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #2 (of 4)—Cover B: Fico Ossio
    John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a)• Fico Ossio (c)
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Bullet points:

    • 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!
    • Variant cover by Andrew Griffith!


    Transformers: Unicron #1 (of 6)—Cover A: Alex Milne—GEM OF THE MONTH
    John Barber (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)
    The Darkest Hour has come. Optimus Prime stages a desperate gamble as the world-eater, Unicron, approaches Windblade’s homeworld—but that’s just the appetizer. The main course is Cybertron (with a side of Earth)… and it’s starting to look like no force in the galaxy can stop the end from coming.
    FC • 32 pages • $4.99
    Transformers: Unicron #1 (of 6)—Cover B: James Raiz—GEM OF THE MONTH
    John Barber (w) • Alex Milne (a) • James Raiz (c)
    FC • 32 pages • $4.99
    Bullet points:

    • The end is nigh!
    • Variant covers by Andrew Griffith, Francesco Francavilla, and Bill Sienkiewicz!


    Transformers: Unicron #2 (of 6)—Cover A: Alex Milne—GEM OF THE MONTH
    John Barber (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)
    Bumblebee investigates a dark corner of Cybertron’s past, searching for answers: what is Unicron, and why does it want to destroy Cybertron? Meanwhile, Windblade scrambles to figure out a plan as Chromia makes her return—with a Decepticon fleet in pursuit!
    FC • 32 pages • $4.99
    Transformers: Unicron #2 (of 6)—Cover B: James Raiz—GEM OF THE MONTH
    John Barber (w) • Alex Milne (a) • James Raiz (c)
    FC • 32 pages • $4.99
    Bullet points:

    • Don’t miss the exclusive cover for issue #1 by Bill Sienkiewicz, reimagining his classic cover for the original Transformers #1!
    • Connecting B covers by James Raiz featuring destruction at the hands of Unicron!
    • The end of IDW Transformers as you know it! Not a hoax, not an imaginary story, just the end of the universe!
    • Covers by fan-favorite Transformers artists of the past decade!
    • Every oversized issue packed with bonus content!
    • Variant covers by Casey Coller, and Francesco Francavilla!


    Optimus Prime #21—Cover A: Kei Zama
    John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a & c)
    “The Falling,” Part 6. Bumblebee and Optimus Prime make a last, desperate bid to return to the real world as Shockwave teams up with the Autobots! Can Optimus stop what’s coming, or has he played right into the hands of the ultimate destroyer?
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Optimus Prime #21—Cover B: Casey W. Coller
    John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Bullet points:

    • Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are dead… or are they?
    • Shockwave’s ultimate plan revealed!
    • Variant cover by Kei Zama!


    Optimus Prime #22—Cover A: Kei Zama
    John Barber (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Kei Zama (c)
    END OF THE ROAD! Trapped between Shockwave’s attack and Unicron’s onslaught, Optimus and the Autobots struggle to make sense of what’s left of their world. Shockwave reveals ancient truths—as an old friend tries to reconnect with Cybertron.
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Optimus Prime #22—Cover B: Sara Pitre-Durocher
    John Barber (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a & c)
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Bullet points:

    • Variant cover by Kei Zama!


    Transformers: Lost Light #21—Cover A: Jack Lawrence
    James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a & c)
    Something is coming. It cannot be stalled. It cannot be avoided. It cannot be reasoned with. As the end of everything draws near, a simple instruction rings out across the universe: prepare, confront, repel.
    Some people are ready for the fight of their lives. Rodimus and the increasingly shambolic crew of the Lost Light…yeah, they’re really not. Like, at all.
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Transformers: Lost Light #21—Cover B: Geoff Senior
    James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Geoff Senior(c)
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Bullet points:

    • Lost Light’s grand finale kicks into high gear!
    • Features the arrival—at long last—of the Grand Architect!
    • Don’t miss the B cover by beloved Transformers artist Geoff Senior!
    • Variant cover by Jack Lawrence!


    Transformers: Lost Light #22—Cover A: Nick Roche
    James Roberts (w) • Brendan Cahill (a) • Nick Roche (c)
    The final battle begins—and when it’s over, nothing will be the same. Everything that Lost Light—and More Than Meets The Eye before it—has thrown at you, from the biggest plot twist to the smallest incidental detail, has been leading to this: all your favorites, arm-in-arm, hand-in-hand, ready to go out in style.
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Transformers: Lost Light #22—Cover B: Geoff Senior
    James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Geoff Senior (c)
    FC • 32 pages • $3.99
    Bullet points:

    • Lost Light’s grand finale kicks into high gear!
    • Features a beginning, middle, and end that you won’t believe!
    • Don’t miss the B cover by beloved Transformers artist Geoff Senior!
    • Variant cover by Nick Roche!

    Transformers vs. The Visionaries
    Magdalene Visaggio (w) • Fico Ossio (a & c)
    Cybertron has been invaded. The Transformers encounter unwelcome guests at the heart of their planet–and they may not have their hosts’ best interests at heart.
    Refugees from another world, the Visionaries’ startling magical abilities could make them powerful allies… or dangerous enemies. It turns out there are some of each. When Virulina, leader of the Darkling Lords, discovers that the Transformers are vulnerable to magic, she uses that weakness to try and gain control of Cybertron! Leoric of the Spectral Knights teams up with Ironhide to stop her, but they quickly find themselves facing not just the Lords, but all of New Prysmos itself.
    TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-283-7
    Bullet points:

    • Advance solicited for August release!
    • The first comic book series to feature the Visionaries since 1988!
    • Leads into this month’s Unicron event!
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    Upcoming TPBs & Books.
    -- Optimus Prime Volume 3 (issues 11-14, Optimus First Strike, Transformers First Strike) - July 3rd (was July 10th)
    -- 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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    May 2018 comics and books

    June 2018 comics and books

    July 2018 comics and books

    August 2018 comics and books

    September 2018 comics and books

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    Out this week should be Lost Light #20 and Unicron #1 and previews can be seen at each link.


    Speaking of the new Unicron mini-series, there will be an SDCC exclusive cover version, and an image of it can be seen here.

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    Optimus Prime #20 should also be out this week, with a preview posted up here.

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    Optimus Prime #21 should be out this week, just a week after #20, and a preview can be seen here.


    Is it just me, or do others think that when they have multiple artists working on an issue (possibly to have the issue done by their deadlines), if those artists have a completely different style like in this issue, is it distracting to have it look like two different comic issues stuck together?

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    It is jarring and not ideal but this is what happens when a publisher over reaches to try and hit a stupid time frame to fit an event that starts three months too early..

    It works as a flashback or arsenate take on events but not for three pages here and an issue there. All the hard work the editors have done to limit the massive inconsistencies in the universe seems like a waste of time when Prime is in a different looking body every other panel.
    Looking For: Wreckers Saga TPB Collection (with Requiem)

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