March 2015 Transformers comics & books

[griffin]

These are the Transformers comics in this month's Previews book, for release in March.

Transformers #39 Combiner Wars Opening Salvo
(W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli (CA) Casey W. Coller
OPENING SALVO! The Autobots and Decepticons' uneasy peace is threatened by the flames of war! STARSCREAM-ruler of CYBERTRON-makes contact with WINDBLADE'S homeworld-and the only defense against a new CYBERTRONIAN EMPIRE are COMBINERS-multiple CYBERTRONIANS forming together into huge, dangerous forms!

Transformers Windblade Combiner Wars Part 1
(W) Scott Mairghread (A) Sarah Stone (CA) Livio Ramondelli
THE WAR BEGINS! The first strike in COMBINER WARS is against WINDBLADE'S homeworld-and she's not happy about it! Her long- lost CYBERTRONIAN colony is found... and the only thing that can protect it is SUPERION. But who's side will [preview text truncated at this point]

More than Meets the Eye #39 Return of the Decepticon Justice Division
(W) James Roberts (A/CA) Alex Milne
RETURN OF THE D.J.D.! A punishment squad created by MEGATRON to hunt down dissidents, turncoats and cowards-no one believes more passionately in the DECEPTICON cause than the D.J.D. So what happens when they discover their founder has joined the Autobots? (Clue: it's not pretty.)

Transformers VS G.I. Joe #7
(W) Tom Scioli, John Barber (A) Tom Scioli (CA) Joe Quinones
THE WORLD AS THEY MAKE IT! Alliance are forged! Enemies are enraged! The war burns on Earth and Cybertron! And now... now the real battle begins.

Transformers Spotlight Omnibus Volume 1
(W) Simon Furman & Various (A) Nick Roche & Various (CA) Nick Roche
Individual Transformers stories focusing on a vast array of characters such as Shockwave, Nightbeat, Kup, Arcee, Grimlock, Optimus Prime, and more! Volume 1 collects the first 13 issues of the Spotlight series.

The cover images could be a bit spoiler-ish, as we see the first two Combiners on two of the covers (Superion and Menasor), and the introduction of the Japanese Deathsaurus/Dezarus on another cover.
Actually, it looks like IDW is hiding some spoilers, by not releasing all the text for two of the comics, and one of the Superion covers has a big white block of missing art on it.

I noticed that the GIJoe comic is only at Issue 7 in March, because of some delays with earlier issues, as it should actually be at Issue 9 in March.
(okay, plus the surprise of seeing it still being produced almost a year later, so people MUST be buying them )

The point though, is that the last two issues have been delayed, making me wonder if the TPB that is due next week will still come out, and if it does, will it only have 4 issues instead of the usual 5 or 6 of TFs TPBs.
And even if it does come out with 4 issues (plus the FCBD issue), usually TPBs come out 3-4 months after the issues it contains.

Issue 1 - late July 2014
Issue 2 - late August 2014
Issue 3 - early October 2014 (late by a week - it was solicited for September)
Issue 4 - late November 2014 (late by a month - it was solicited for October)
TPB - 24th December 2014
Issue 5 - scheduled for December (will probably come out in January now)
Issue 6 - scheduled for January 2015 (will probably come out in February now)
Issue 7 - scheduled for March 2015 (missed a month, possibly to allow the late releases to catch up)

I think after Issue 3 & 4 were both late, IDW have had to push back their release schedule, but 5 & 6 were already in Previews for December & January.
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Links to other monthly release listings for future reference, added when they are known.

January 2015 comics

February 2015 comics

March 2015 comics

April 2015 comics

May 2015 comics

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[griffin]

Actually, it looks like IDW is hiding some spoilers, by not releasing all the text for two of the comics, and one of the Superion covers has a big white block of missing art on it.

Okay, maybe not hiding a spoiler... it's the incentive cover that has a space for hand-drawn shop logos, as an extra level of exclusivity and incentive for comic stores to order extra issues to qualify.

That link also says (from an IDW artist) that the Superion and Devastator on those covers are their Gen1 versions, NOT the current IDW versions... so no spoilers of returned dead characters (on the cover at least).

[Sky Shadow]

Devastator's cover looks like the white bit is there for if you want to draw in 'movie accurate' wrecking balls.

[griffin]

Out this week should be the two big mainline comics in the one week, and previews can be seen here - MTMTE #38 and Transformers #38.

[philby]

Out this week should be the two big mainline comics in the one week, and previews can be seen here - MTMTE #38 and Transformers #38.

i was just on the comixology app, they don't seem to be out yet for the releases on 3/3

[i_amtrunks]

i was just on the comixology app, they don't seem to be out yet for the releases on 3/3

Usually arrive between 10pm and midnight AEST. We are nearly there!

[philby]

cool, just checked again now and #38 are in there now, new releases for march 4

[griffin]

Out next week should be Transformers #39, starting off the Combiner Wars story arc, and #4 of Angry Birds to conclude that mini-series.
Plus a limited edition hard-cover compilation of the All Hail Megatron, signed and limited to 350 units.

TRANSFORMERS #39 COMBINER WARS OPENING SALVO (also shipping 1-in-10 & subscription variants)
(W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli (CA) Casey W. Coller
OPENING SALVO! The Autobots and Decepticons' uneasy peace is threatened by the flames of war! STARSCREAM-ruler of CYBERTRON-makes contact with WINDBLADE'S homeworld-and the only defense against a new CYBERTRONIAN EMPIRE are COMBINERS-multiple CYBERTRONIANS forming together into huge, dangerous forms!

ANGRY BIRDS TRANSFORMERS #4 (OF 4) (also shipping subscription variant)
(W) John Barber (A/CA) Marcelo Ferrerira
The action heats up as the Eggspark begins to alter the fundamental forces of Piggy Island itself! With the Autobirds and Deceptihogs forming an uneasy alliance, will their combined might be enough to halt inevitable doom?! Find out in the thrilling conclusion to this years' most mind-bending mash-up!

TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON DLX LTD HC
(W) Shane McCarthy, Simon Furman (A) Guido Guidi
This limited-edition hardcover of Transformers: All Hail Megatron is signed by Shane McCarthy and Trevor Hutchison and hand-numbered to 350. This collection of the complete series has been packaged and presented in beautiful hand-assembled casing and silver metallic covers.

[Sharky]

you know Transformers GI Joe is a terrible book I am surprised it is still going..terrible

[griffin]

Preview for the final issue of the Angry Birds comic that should be out this week.