Transformers (2019 comic)
From Transformers Wiki
| This article is about the 2019 comic series. For the similarly-titled 2009 comic series, see The Transformers (IDW). For a list of other meanings, see Transformers (disambiguation). |
Transformers is an ongoing comic series from IDW Publishing that debuted in March 2019 and ended in June 2022, releasing issues every two weeks for its first six months of publication before switching to a monthly release schedule in September 2019. The series marked the first installment of a brand-new continuity for IDW's Transformers comics, replacing the previous ongoing continuity that ran from 2005 to 2018.
| Transformers issues: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
Contents |
Overview
Set prior to the war between Autobots and Decepticons, Transformers takes place on a thriving, peaceful Cybertron that serves as an interstellar commerce hub. The era of peace is brought to an unexpected end, however, when the planet experiences its first murder in living memory.[1]
Creative team
The series is written by Brian Ruckley. Issues were regularly drawn by more than one artist. In the beginning, duties were originally split between Angel Hernandez and Cachét Whitman, with Hernandez illustrating the majority of the pages in each issue. [2] The second arc of the series saw the introduction of Anna Malkova and Beth McGuire-Smith to the artistic team, and Malkova has since become the primary artist for the book.
Collections
- Transformers Volume 1: The World In Your Eyes (January 22, 2020) ISBN 1684055318 / ISBN 978-1684055319
- Collects Transformers (2019) issues #1–12.
- Bonus material includes alternate covers.
- Hardcover format.
- Transformers Volume 2: The Change In Their Nature (September 16, 2020) ISBN 1684056756 / ISBN 978-1684056750
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 98: The World In Your Eyes (October 7, 2020)
- Collects Transformers (2019) issues #1–7.
- Bonus material includes a cover gallery, a Q&A with series writer Brian Ruckley, and an intro by Simon Furman.
- Hardcover format.
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 99: The Cracks Beneath Your Feet (October 21, 2020)
- Collects Transformers (2019) issues #8–14.
- Bonus material includes a cover gallery, and an intro by Simon Furman.
- Hardcover format.
- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 100: Constructicons Rising (November 4, 2020)
- Collects Transformers (2019) issues #15–17 and Galaxies issues #1–4.
- Bonus material includes a 2-page afterword on the full Hachette G1 collection series, a tiny cover gallery of the Hachette series, a retrospective on the various G1 publishing companies, a cover gallery of the IDW issues and an intro by Simon Furman.
- Hardcover format.
- Transformers Volume 3: All Fall Down (February 24, 2021) ISBN 1684057396 / ISBN 978-1684057399
Volume 1: The World In Your Eyes – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
Volume 2: The Change In Their Nature – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 98: The World In Your Eyes – cover art by Dreamwave (Quake) and Cachét Whitman
The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 99: The Cracks Beneath Your Feet – cover art by Dreamwave (Cyclonus) and Angel Hernandez
The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 100: Constructicons Rising – cover art by Don Figueroa (Scrapper) and Livio Ramondelli
Volume 3: All Fall Down – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
- Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime (January 5, 2022)
- Collects The Transformers (2009) #23: "Chaos Theory Part 2", Autocracy #9: "Transformation", Transformers (2019) #6: "Orion Pax: Free Fall", Optimus Prime #25: "Post", and The Transformers (1984) #24: "Afterdeath!".
- Bonus material includes an art gallery.
- One-shot format.
- Transformers Volume 4: Declaration of War (January 19, 2022) ISBN 1684058066 / ISBN 978-1684058068
- Transformers Volume 5: Horrors Near and Far (June 8, 2022) ISBN 168405883X / ISBN 978-1684058839
- Collects Transformers (2019) issues #31–36 & Annual 2021, Transformers Halloween Special, and Wreckers—Tread & Circuits issues #1–4.
- Bonus material includes alternate covers.
- Hardcover format.
- Transformers: Best of Bumblebee (September 7, 2022)
- Collects The Transformers (1984) #16: "Plight of the Bumblebee!", Transformers Annual 2017: "Ghost Stories", Robots in Disguise #27: "Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11", Transformers (2019) #2: "The World In Your Eyes Part Two", and All Hail Megatron #16: "Hidden".
- Bonus material includes an art gallery.
- One-shot format.
- Transformers: Best of Arcee (October 5, 2022)
- Collects Combiner Hunters #1: "An Uneventful Night", The Transformers (2012) #55: "All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights", Optimus Prime #9: "The Life of Sideswipe", Excerpt from Optimus Prime #21: "The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable", The Transformers (1984) #224: "Aspects of Evil!", and Transformers (2019) #18: "Arcee/Greenlight: Run".
- Bonus material includes an art gallery.
- One-shot format.
- Transformers Volume 6: War's End (November 16, 2022) ISBN 1684059410 / ISBN 978-1684059416
Best of Optimus Prime – cover art by James Biggie
Volume 4: Declaration of War – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
Volume 5: Horrors Near and Far – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
Best of Bumblebee – cover art by James Biggie
Best of Arcee – cover art by James Biggie
Volume 6: War's End – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
- Transformers: Best of Windblade (December 7, 2022)
- Collects Windblade's first appearance from More than Meets the Eye #26: "Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8", Windblade (2014) #1: "A 'Bot and Her City", Till All Are One Annual 2017: "The Chosen One", and Transformers (2019) #9: "The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three".
- Bonus material includes an art gallery.
- One-shot format.
Best of Windblade – cover art by James Biggie
Notes
- Transformers makes extensive use of Generations toy designs, notably from the War for Cybertron Trilogy, including toy-mandatory features such as protruding hinge covers, screwholes and 5mm pegholes. Characters without Generations figures generally utilize the most recent alternative (such as from Cyberverse) or their original Generation 1 designs. Comments from artists indicate this is not a Hasbro mandate[3] but rather a consensus for ease-of-access to reference material and therefore, consistency.[4]
- Initial promotion for the series stated that Hernandez and Ron Joseph would be the artists, but Joseph had to drop the project for personal reasons and was replaced by Whitman.[2]
References
- ↑ Transformers #1 solicitation
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alt Mode Special 8 – Brian Ruckley Interview Transcript
- ↑ "@GeneralTekno @TheMoonbase2 There was no such mandate given to me. I decided how I wanted her to look for this cover. So I did a combo of past comic and toy."—Alex Milne, Twitter, 2019/05/24
- ↑ Comments by Anna Malkova at virtual TFNation 2020 panel
External links
- Series announcement at The Hollywood Reporter
