IDW February 2009 Solicitations

I really dig that cover with the fists raised in the air.

i realise im in canada...but has anyone got AHM #4 yet?...

so...basically from reading this thread all the books ive bought and the storey thus far ( not that i was the hugest fan ) has been tossed out the window?

..........so i followed this storey and all the wierd cookies and bread crumbs why ? IDW...i mean seriously....this Ryall guy...anyone know what his buisness managment background is? lame blah puke chunder

ill be outty on IDW methinks

Um... AHM 4's been out for a while. We get books at the same time as the States. And I quite like the book myself.

And no, they haven't really been "tossed out the window" persay. The stories are still written, they still exist. This is a "soft reboot" in that everything that came before has come before, but enough time has elapsed such that those events, to use a Furmanism, are "over - finished!"

IDW wanted a new direction for the books to try and boost sales. Time will tell how well AHM does.

Finally, as for the breadcrumbs - Furman's wrapping pretty much all of them up via Revelations (which was EXTREMELY truncated, sadly) and Maximum Dinobots (which should be plenty of space to handle the Machination plotline).

And don't forget the movieverse stuff they're doing - Chris Mowry really knows how to do a good job writing the movie universe. And the Reign of Starscream TPB they just put out is extremely well put together.

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i havnt been following maximum dinobots cause i thought it was a UK thing....looks like ill be after some back issues if that takes care of the whole sunstreaker / scorpinok senerio....as well as im going to have to speak to my retailer as to where my AHM #4 is....freakin burritio eater......

Max Dinos #1 ships Dec. 10. No back issues needed.

the AHM story so far is awesome. I love the propoganda style covers and the artwork.
I'm really into the darker vibe direction that we're moving in with this story. I still get all the spotlights as soon as they come out. The only one I dont have is "Sixshot". They are all good--(some more than others) I really got into TF comics with dreamwave, but I have no complaints w/ IDW.

Its not over until there are no longer any Transformers comics being produced to drop!

I'd rather have AHM type stories than no Transformers stories at all.

And in my case at least, it's failed. I'll read The Thirteen, but after that, IDW are very unlikely to get another penny out of me; I hate the way they've basically ditched an entire story arc to make way for AHM (which I don't consider to be anywhere near as good).

If you've been reading the story by Simon Furman since 2005-2006, then yes, IDW has tossed that storyline out the window.

Don't believe what IDW said. Loads of people took IDW and Shane McCarthy on faith when they said All Hail Megatron would be in-continuity with Furman's stories, and now they're saying it's a "Soft Reboot" because those same people noticed all the inconsistencies.

If you like AHM for what it is, cool, then support it because you enjoy it. But don't simply buy it because they told you it's the continuation of that storyline you've been reading since 2006. It is a lie of marketing.

I'm sure that's true. But it's the Editorial Policies that bother me the most. Regardless I don't see any point to it if it means losing one set of customers for another.

Either way I'll still be off IDW by then.