IDW Publishing has released their 5-page previews of titles shipping March 21, 2007, which contained the 2nd in a four part prequel story to the upcoming Transformers movie and another Transformers Spotlight, this time on Soundwave!

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THE TRANSFORMERS: PRIME DIRECTIVE MOVIE PREQUEL #2 (of 4)

Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writers: Simon Furman, Chris Ryall
Pencils: Don Figueroa
Covers: Don Figueroa
Released: 03/21/2007

"THE MEGAMAN COMETH", Part 2 of 4
Before the movie opens in July, the only place to get a look at THE TRANSFORMERS of the live-action film is right here! The prequel extravaganza continues here, with “The Megaman Cometh.” MEGATRON is headed to Earth, in search of the ALLSPARK. But what he finds, and what this means for the ongoing war that’s come to our world, is something he never could’ve expected! Furman, Ryall and Figueroa continue the movie's official beginning right here! Featuring a special photo variant cover, too.

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The Transformers: Prime Directive Movie Prequel #2, Megatron Cover (A)
The Transformers: Prime Directive Movie Prequel #2, Decepticon Symbol Cover (B)
The Transformers: Prime Directive Movie Prequel #2, Sketch Incentive Cover
The Transformers: Prime Directive Movie Prequel #2, Page 1
The Transformers: Prime Directive Movie Prequel #2, Page 2
The Transformers: Prime Directive Movie Prequel #2, Page 3
The Transformers: Prime Directive Movie Prequel #2, Page 4
The Transformers: Prime Directive Movie Prequel #2, Page 5

Source: IDW Publishing

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THE TRANSFORMERS: SPOTLIGHT: SOUNDWAVE

Publisher: IDW Publishing
Writers: Simon Furman
Pencils: Marcelo Matere
Covers: Marcelo Matere, Nick Roche
Released: 03/21/2007

Presenting the next triumphal one-shot focusing on some of the best-loved (or loathed) characters from the TRANSFORMERS Universe. The spotlight falls on SOUNDWAVE, the Decepticon intelligence officer with a knack of, first and foremost, looking out for number one! Confronted (on Earth, in 1984!) by an impending catastrophe only he can avert, will Soundwave, for once, consider the bigger picture? By Simon Furman and Marcelo Matere.

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The Transformers: Spotlight: Soundwave, Roche Cover
The Transformers: Spotlight: Soundwave, Matere Cover
The Transformers: Spotlight: Soundwave, Roche Sketch Incentive Cover
The Transformers: Spotlight: Soundwave, Matere Sketch Incentive Cover
The Transformers: Spotlight: Soundwave, Page 1
The Transformers: Spotlight: Soundwave, Page 2
The Transformers: Spotlight: Soundwave, Page 3
The Transformers: Spotlight: Soundwave, Page 4
The Transformers: Spotlight: Soundwave, Page 5

Source: IDW Publishing

 

Oh, those are some SWEET covers. Specially the Movie Prequel one.

 

...can't really read any of the text in the images without straining my eyes. love cover B of soundwave's spotlight. a definite must have.

 

I SOOO hope that the Prequel comic issue is told from Meg's perspective.

 

On the Movie prequel: Fives pages to establish the plot that was already laid down last issue...? I sense this will be another five-minute read from IDW (at most!)... 

 

Spotlight: Soundwave is a direct follow-up to Spotlight: Shockwave. Cool. Another piece in the IDW-verse puzzle.  

 

That two page spread of Megatron flying through space is awesome. I hope IDW puts that up as a wallpaper like they did with jet mode Thunderwing from Stormbringer.

 

Honestly, the most interesting thing I noticed from any of those previews is that Megatron is apparently a tank in the Soundwave spotlight. That alone might convince me to pick it up since I can't get enough of seeing Meg's in that form.

 

Megs looks awesome as hell. :3
The only thing I don't like is this "MegaMan" reference.. Can't stop thinking about the blue bomber whenever I hear it.. *insert MM music fanfare "BLASTER WEAPON GET!"*

 

dammit why cant i find issue 1 for download anywhere.........

what, something like this you mean?


1024x768 for normal screens


1280x800 for widescreens, laptops etc

 

EDIT: double post

 

Megs design appears to have changed in the preview pics.

 

It's the same form he had in Infiltration, Stormbringer and Spotlight: Shockwave.

 

Review of Prequel #2:

http://tfarchive.com/comics/idw/movieprequel2a.php

SPOILERS, we're into stuff that has direct bearing on the film now.

 

You're in luck. Most of it [the pursuit] anyway -- there's other things in there as well.

 

i prefer this as well before the movie

 

Awesome stuff, the review was very nice aswell.

 

Megatron : "I care nothing for Cybertron"

MAN, is this how the movie is depicting him? LAME, past incarnations have sacfrificed themselves to save cyvertron, others have given megatron almost a reverence for cybertron itself. but this one "Cares nothing" so far the film just keeps dissapointing.

 

G1 Megatron never cared for Cybertron. Hell, he left the place a desolate wasteland.

BW/BM cared more about the purity of the TF race then Cybertron itself.

Armada Megatron was the only Megatron *I* can think of that cared for Cybertron. Energon Megs didn't and neither did Cybertron (who let it get sucked into a black hole...)

 

Good points there, Fwiffo.

Plus, keep in mind Megatron's after the only part of Cybertron that really matters - the Allspark.

It's like if Primus' spark complete with Vector Sigma was ejected from Cybertron and wandering through space - Cybertron would be moot.