Comics Continuum has updated with April Transformers comic solicitations[/b] from IDW Publishing.
March marks the end of IDW’s Dark Cybertron Transformers crossover event – but fear not, for the adventure continues in April with More than Meets The Eye’s and Robots in Disguise’s “second seasons”! In addition, the Windblade series will also start right alongside them! These three titles are all connected by the header “Dawn of the Autobots“, and feature a special, connecting cover. There’s also another surprise; the Transformers Legacy book is coming, featuring an array of fantastic package art.
For those who don’t want to be spoiled, we’re only posting the titles for April on the front page. You can check out the full solicitations and covers after the jump, but beware, for there are SPOILERS within!
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #28: DAWN OF THE AUTOBOTSTRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE #28: DAWN OF THE AUTOBOTS
TRANSFORMERS: WINDBLADE #1: DAWN OF THE AUTOBOTS
TRANSFORMERS: DARK CYBERTRON, VOL. 1
TRANSFORMERS LEGACY: A CELEBRATION OF TRANSFORMERS PACKAGE ART
UPDATE: Thanks to Comic Book Resources, we now have some additional details about the books. Fans of female Transformers may find Windblade’s bullet points in particular to be especially interesting. Check it out after the jump! Comics Continuum solicits:
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #28: DAWN OF THE AUTOBOTS John Barber (w), Andrew Griffith (a), Casey W. Coller (c), Andrew Griffith (vc), Livio Ramondelli (vc).EARTHFALL! The AUTOBOTS return to Earth–with OPTIMUS PRIME in command! But what brought them back–and what terrifying secret do the humans hold? A bold new era begins here!
32 pages, $3.99.
TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE #28: DAWN OF THE AUTOBOTS James Roberts (w), Alex Milne (a), Casey W. Coller (c), Livio Ramondelli (vc), Alex Milne (vc).CERTAIN DEATH, HERE WE COME! MEGATRON assumes control of the quest to find the Knights of Cybertron–a quest that has never before been so urgent, so personal, and so likely to end in tears. An incredulous Lost Light crew is left asking the same thing you are: how exactly did it come to this?
32 pages, $3.99.
TRANSFORMERS: WINDBLADE #1: DAWN OF THE AUTOBOTS Mairghread Scott (w), Sarah Stone (a), Casey W. Coller (c), Sarah Stone (vc).WHO IS WINDBLADE? In the aftermath of DARK CYBERTRON, WINDBLADE takes the planet by storm! But where did she come from–and what does her secret mean to the future of the TRANSFORMERS? A powerful new chapter in the TRANSFORMERS saga begins here!
TRANSFORMERS: DARK CYBERTRON, VOL. 1 James Roberts, John Barber (w), Phil Jimenez, Andrew Griffith, Brendan Cahill, James Raiz, Atilio Rojo, Livio Ramondelli (a), Phil Jimenez (c)Shockwave makes a move millions of years in the planning–an ultimate strategy to remake Cybertron and destroy both the Autobots and Decepticons! Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More Than Meets The Eye #23, and Robots In Disguise #23.
152 pages, $19.99.
TRANSFORMERS LEGACY: A CELEBRATION OF TRANSFORMERS PACKAGE ART Jim Sorenson, Bill Forster (w)Remember the thrill of tearing open the wrapping on Christmas morning, discovering a brand new TRANSFORMERS toy in a shiny new box? While the toys were amazing in their own right, what made the packages stand head-and-shoulders above the competing action figures on shelves was the stunning box art. Transformers: Legacy collects hundreds of beautifully airbrushed paintings from the iconic first decade of The Transformers. Essays and interviews from the original illustrators give unprecedented insight into the process behind the art. This book is chocked full of extras, including never before seen artwork from toys that never were, original design sketches, catalog artwork, and more.
300 pages, $49.99.
UPDATE:Comic Book Resources solicits:
Transformers: Robots in Disguise #28: Dawn of the Autobots—SPOTLIGHT
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
EARTHFALL! The AUTOBOTS return to Earth—with OPTIMUS PRIME in command! But what brought them back—and what terrifying secret do the humans hold? A bold new era begins here!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• OPTIMUS PRIME LEADS THE AUTOBOTS ON EARTH!?
• The perfect jumping-on point for new readers!
• Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the TRANSFORMERS!
• Variant interlocking cover by Livio Ramondelli!
Transformers: Robots in Disguise #28: Dawn of the Autobots—Subscription Variant
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)
For subscription customers only, a special variant cover with art by Andrew Griffith!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #28: Dawn of the Autobots—SPOTLIGHT
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
CERTAIN DEATH, HERE WE COME! MEGATRON assumes control of the quest to find the Knights of Cybertron—a quest that has never before been so urgent, so personal, and so likely to end in tears. An incredulous Lost Light crew is left asking the same thing you are: how exactly did it come to this?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• MEGATRON LEADS THE AUTOBOTS IN SPACE!?!
• You read that right—MEGATRON joins the AUTOBOTS!
• The perfect jumping-on point for new readers!
• Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the TRANSFORMERS!
• Variant interlocking cover by Livio Ramondelli!
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #28: Dawn of the Autobots—Subscription Variant
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)
For subscription customers only, a special variant cover with art by Alex Milne!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Windblade #1 (of 4): Dawn of the Autobots—SPOTLIGHT
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sarah Stone (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
WHO IS WINDBLADE? In the aftermath of DARK CYBERTRON, WINDBLADE takes the planet by storm! But where did she come from—and what does her secret mean to the future of the TRANSFORMERS? A powerful new chapter in the TRANSFORMERS saga begins here!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
• WINDBLADE takes CYBERTRON by storm!
• Winner of the FAN BUILD BOT POLL—in which fans voted to create an all-new TRANSFORMERS CHARACTER!
• Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the TRANSFORMERS!
• Learn the secret history of WINDBLADE, CHROMIA, and NAUTICA!
• Variant interlocking cover by Livio Ramondelli!
Transformers: Windblade #1 (of 4): Dawn of the Autobots—Subscription Variant
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sarah Stone (a & c)
For subscription customers only, a special variant cover by interior artist Sarah Stone!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Dark Cybertron, Vol. 1
James Roberts, John Barber (w) • Phil Jimenez, Andrew Griffith, Brendan Cahill, James Raiz, Atilio Rojo, Livio Ramondelli (a) • Phil Jimenez (c)
Shockwave makes a move millions of years in the planning—an ultimate strategy to remake Cybertron and destroy both the Autobots and Decepticons!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-61377-891-3
• Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More Than Meets The Eye #23–25, and Robots In Disguise #23–24.
Transformers Legacy: A Celebration of Transformers Package Art—CERTIFIED COOL
Jim Sorenson, Bill Forster (w)
Remember the thrill of tearing open the wrapping on Christmas morning, discovering a brand new TRANSFORMERS toy in a shiny new box? While the toys were amazing in their own right, what made the packages stand head-and-shoulders above the competing action figures on shelves was the stunning box art. Transformers: Legacy collects hundreds of beautifully airbrushed paintings from the iconic first decade of The Transformers. Essays and interviews from the original illustrators give unprecedented insight into the process behind the art. This book is chocked full of extras, including never before seen artwork from toys that never were, original design sketches, catalog artwork, and more.
HC • FC • $49.99 • 300 pages • 9.5” x 12.5” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-943-9
• The Transformers art book that you’ve been waiting for all these years! From the archives of Hasbro, Takara and private collectors!
Jogunwarrior
Have they revealed any other major characters in this next MtMtE season?
LegendAntihero
I'm actually not happy with the idea of an Autobot Megatron unless they have him patch up his friendship with Impactor
Jogunwarrior
I'm no fan of Megatron as a character, but I have a good feeling that him joining the crew of the Lost Light is exactly the remedy for that.
FantomLibrarian
I can only imagine the conversation Megatron is going to have with Tarn:
"All that stuff I wrote, all that rhetoric? Well…it was just because I was petulant."
"All your words – all your great words – all the 'my weapon is my tool and one I only carry unwillingly' – all that was a lie? A tantrum because the Council wouldn't listen to you?"
"Yeah…things got out of hand…"
WilyMech
Misfire: "Wha Megatron is an Autobot?" Pauses to think. "Does that means I can be one to?"
Skids: :Groans: "Please No, Primus is this my punishment since I am lapsed Primalist."
Misfire: "Skiddles, look every one it Skiddles…Grimsy can you say Skiddles."
Skids: "Its Skids…."
Grimlock: "Skkkkidddles."
Skids: "Unicron take me now."
Pravus Prime
No kidding. I've been nothing but bored by DC and ever since the pic of Autobot Megatron I've been wanting it to be wrapped up and done with yesterday.
Yup.
maxtresfortimus
pretty sure that's metroplex (or another metrotitan) at the bottom of the Livio cover for Windblade
Oracle_Aesir
WOAH!! Only 3 comics that month?! That'll be cheap!!
LegendAntihero
I hope the Autobots have a better time in earth now than they did when Costa was writing it.
Galvatron II
I know, but IDW does it the worst way. They just do an info dump, and they're like "good enough!" At least Roberts is good enough as a writer to make it interesting by introducing new aspects to the repeated concepts, but it's getting really tiresome.
Look at Spotlight: Trailcutter. The perfect hook for new readers! What's going on? Why are they on their quest? Where are the big names? Who knows!
As opposed to DC: #1. You know everything that happened! And don't give a damn.
spiritprime
My favourite character possibly dying?
megatronski
I saw this in the 4chan Transformers General
adambman
That was the primary thing that stood out to me, as far was new developments since yesterday are concerned; I mean the updated MTMTE notes just said the same thing twice.
For anyone getting their hopes up about Nautica -from which I'm not excluding myself – the worst case scenario is probably that this previously unheralded character is grist for the mill of Windblade's characterisation; a red shirt, perhaps long dead.
On the other hand, Nautica might well be a repaint/retool of Wingblade. If Wingblade's VTOL fan wings are stubby enough they could fairly easily be reconsidered as propulsion for some kind of hovercraft and/or submarine as befits Nautica's name. For all we know now, she could still be a quite capable flier also. Perish the thought of fanfics in which Nautica is Broadside's girlfriend!
In all seriousness I am enthusiastic and curious to see how the more or less hotly updated expansions of G1 within and beyond IDW. On another strata, the thought of getting some more variety in alt-modes, such as maritime vehicles both in the fiction and in toy form appeals to me too.
Of course Seaspray is represented on a lot of Classics shelves – including my own – with his 'yellow box'/AA Voyager figure. However I recall one post in the Hasbro toy leak thread that mentioned a Deluxe Seaspray. Unfortunately that remained unverified in a tide of people getting excited about Deluxe Impactor and then realizing it was a component of Ruination. On the long shot that there may in fact be a Deluxe Seaspray, not only might this bean interesting if distant second contender for a Nautica figure, but both figures might get a leg up in the fiction. So far in IDW, Seaspray's watched Optimus Prime and Megatron fight, showed up on Earth to get in and out of trouble with Skywatch, then appearing in neither MTMTE nor RID. Perhaps with the possible advent of a third ongoing and the roster shuffling that Dark Cybertron may facilitate, this oversight might be amended with some stimulating character crafting.
Dark Magnus
It would be a shame to flush Roddy's character development from "Remain in the Light" down the toilet.
Hopefully Rodimus doesn't turn out to be Robo-Jesus.
Of course, maybe he gets a ro-boner for Windblade and stays on Cybertron.
TheSupernova
Nothing says that Rodimus doesn't end up taking on some sort of side quest (with another 'bot or two in tow), and that we check in on him/them every so often like with the Pax story in RID.
Or maybe he takes a (very) reluctant second in command role under Megatron.
I just don't think he's going to get killed off.
noblekale
Well,then that doesn't bode well for Rodimus. I'm just hoping he doesn't actually die but takes a new role.
Sockie
Ain't gonna happen. A previous description for the Windblade mini made it really sound like Starscream is still in charge.
Starscream Gaga
It was clear that Rodimus was just saying what he thought he should say, not what he felt. He loves his quest and he loves being the leader of his crew, he would not give it up.
Sockie
I just remembered one other big loose end on Earth from the -ations era that still needs to be wrapped up: the Decepticon fascimiles that had infiltrated the American government. Wasn't one planning to run for president as well?
noblekale
A lot of comic companies use that phrase at the beginning of a new story arc that, for the moment, doesn't rely on knowing everything of the past in detail to start. They might call back to previous continuity later on (and will have issue notes to help them locate what they're talking about), but they don't rely on the new readers immediately knowing what happened before to start reading and enjoying. It's not a new continuity or restarting, but just a fresh storyline start.