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Thanks to Previews World, we have our latest round of comic solicitations for you to check out! Among the comics set to come out this month are Optimus Prime 14, Lost Light 13, the Till All Are One Annual, and more! Stories range from Dinobots to Cabin Fever to the ultimate Drift and Wreckers Collections! Note: None of the Optimus Prime covers were made available.

OPTIMUS PRIME #14 CVR A ZAMA

(W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli (CA) Kei Zama

On Cybertron, Optimus Prime battles the Dinobots over the first new Cybertronian life to emerge in four million years! But does he stand a chance when the Dinobots' newest member is two miles tall and eats cities?

• Part of IDW's Artist's Edition Cover Month!
• Optimus Prime deals with the fallout of the First Strike event!

(W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli (CA) Casey Coller

(W) John Barber (A) Livio Ramondelli (CA) Andrew Griffith

TRANSFORMERS LOST LIGHT #13

(W) James Roberts (A) Alex Milne (CA) J.N. Wiedle
CABIN FEVER! Crammed into a dead Decepticon astropod that's ten sizes too small, the displaced crew of the Lost Light face their most serious threat yet: each other. As tensions rise and tempers fray, only one Autobot is arrogant enough to think he can save the day. Enter Rodimus, expert mediator.

(W) James Roberts (A) Alex Milne (CA) Nick Roche

(W) James Roberts (A/CA) Alex Milne

TRANSFORMERS TILL ALL ARE ONE ANNUAL 2017 CVR A PITRE-DUROCH

(W) Mairghread Scott (A/CA) Sara Pitre-Durocher

Elita One, Windblade, and Starscream fight to gain ultimate control of Cybertron! Dark secrets will be revealed in this series finale!

• The shocking finale to the epic Cybertronian saga from Mairghread Scott and Sara Pitre-Durocher!
• A happy ending! For some...

(W) Mairghread Scott (A) Sara Pitre-Durocher (CA) J.N. Wiedle

TRANSFORMERS AUTOCRACY TRILOGY TP

(W) Chris Metzen, Flint Dille (A/CA) Livio Ramondelli
Before Optimus became a Prime he fought for order. Before Megatron became a conqueror he fought for freedom. In the early days of the war on Cybertron, two leaders-one Autobot, the other Decepticon-start down their own paths towards destiny. Collects the Autocracy, Monstrosity, and Primacy series into one collection.

TRANSFORMERS DRIFT ORIGINS & EMPIRES TP

(W) Shane McCarthy (A) Alex Milne, Guido Guidi, Marcelo Ferreira (CA) Livio Ramondelli
Repentant villain Drift roams the galaxy, waging a solitary war on his former allies, delivering swift justice to any Decepticons that cross his path. But with many Autobots refusing to trust him, and many Decepticons sure he's pulling a scheme, walking the straight and narrow path won't be easy, and Drift-previously known as Deadlock-must repeatedly face the consequences of his past mistakes. Collects Transformers Spotlight: Drift, Transformers: Drift #1-4, and Transformers Drift: Empire of Stone #1-4.

TRANSFORMERS WRECKERS SAGA TP

(W) Nick Roche, James Roberts (A/CA) Nick Roche
Join the toughest crew of Autobots around on a pair of missions where they'll face seemingly insurmountable odds and things are guaranteed to end badly.
First, the Wreckers and their leader, Springer, are sent to investigate Garrus-9, a prison that fell to the Decepticons three years ago, with no communications in or out since.
Then, Prowl has been kidnapped. Worse for him, it seems like no one really cares, thanks to his history of messing with people's lives. Traitors are revealed, secrets come to light, and it may all be more than even the baddest crew of Autobots can handle.
Collects Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers #1-5, named the #1 Transformers series by IGN, and Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #1-5.

TRANSFORMERS VS THE VISIONARIES #1

(W) Magdalene Visaggio (A/CA) Fico Ossio

Cybertron has been invaded. The Transformers encounter unwelcome guests at the heart of Cybertron-and they may not have their hosts' best interests at heart. Refugees from another world, the Visionaries' startling magical abilities could make them powerful allies... or dangerous enemies.

• Welcome Eisner-nominated writer Magdalene Visaggio (Kim and Kim, Quantum Teens are Go, Secret Empire: Brave New World, Edge of the Venomverse) to the IDW family!
• The Visionaries make their explosive return to comics!
• Magic vs. metal!

(W) Magdalene Visaggio (A) Fico Ossio (CA) Andrew Griffith

ROM & THE MICRONAUTS #1

(W) Christos Gage (A) Paolo Villanelli (CA) Richard Wentworth

Baron Karza and D'rge, the Dire Wraith sorcerer, have joined forces to carry forward their equally malignant goals-Karza desires to conquer all of Microspace (again), while the Wraiths seek to awaken their Wraith God and conquer Earth! Now it's up to Rom and the Micronauts to form their own alliance in order to stop the evil domination of two worlds! Christos Gage (Amazing Spider-Man, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Paolo Villanelli (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) team up to bring us this all-new adventure!

• An all-new Hasbro team-up event featuring your favorite Solstar Knight and the tiniest heroes around!
• Written and illustrated by fan-favorite creators-writer Christos Gage and artist Paolo Villanelli!

(W) Christos Gage (A) Paolo Villanelli (CA) George Caltsoudas

SCARLETTS STRIKE FORCE #1 CVR A RANDOLPH

(W) Aubrey Sitterson (A) Nelson Daniel (CA) Khary Randolph

They've fought back invasions from home and afar-now, they're back on Earth, and ready to take on the wildest, weirdest threats out there! It's Scarlett's G.I. Joe team, the Strike Force, against a brand-new Cobra Commander, a revitalized Cobra, and everyone else trying to conquer Earth... or destroy it! Aubrey Sitterson (G.I. Joe, Street Fighter x G.I. Joe) is joined by superstar artist Nelson Daniel (Clue, Dungeons & Dragons) in The Best Action Comic Ever!

• Featuring all-stars of the Hasbro line as M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand and the Transformers join G.I. Joe in the fight against Cobra!

(W) Aubrey Sitterson (A/CA) Nelson Daniel

It is the year 3005. IDW Publishing has conquered the Autobots' home planet of Cybertron. But, from secret staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons, the valiant Autobots vow to wait it out longer and see if the Autocracy trilogy TPB will get its 19,000,000th solicitation next month.

ScottyP wrote:It is the year 3005. IDW Publishing has conquered the Autobots' home planet of Cybertron. But, from secret staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons, the valiant Autobots vow to wait it out longer and see if the Autocracy trilogy TPB will get its 19,000,000th solicitation next month.

That's fine by me. I really don't need a collected edition of that trilogy. It's a wet fart.

Randomhero wrote:

ScottyP wrote:It is the year 3005. IDW Publishing has conquered the Autobots' home planet of Cybertron. But, from secret staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons, the valiant Autobots vow to wait it out longer and see if the Autocracy trilogy TPB will get its 19,000,000th solicitation next month.

That's fine by me. I really don't need a collected edition of that trilogy. It's a wet fart.

That's most of IDW in general.

Did the Ddinobots somehow recruit Trypticon. What the What!

Deadput wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

ScottyP wrote:It is the year 3005. IDW Publishing has conquered the Autobots' home planet of Cybertron. But, from secret staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons, the valiant Autobots vow to wait it out longer and see if the Autocracy trilogy TPB will get its 19,000,000th solicitation next month.

That's fine by me. I really don't need a collected edition of that trilogy. It's a wet fart.

That's most of IDW in general.

Do you actually have anything meaningful to contribute to the conversation?

Daniel Adkins wrote:Do you actually have anything meaningful to contribute to the conversation?

Does IDW have anything meaningful to present anymore?

Seriously there are some great stand out stories like the Spotlights, Wreckers and a few others but most of IDW is a massive wasted opportunity and unfortunately IDW has gone on for so long that it's stagnated and not going anywhere.

This is a comic problem in general but there have been so many different series, writers, artists, ideas that IDW is no longer coherent and is a jumbled mess especially with all theses god damn crossovers with dead franchises that were shoved in a long running series which is a beyond retarded decision to make that is only going to hurt the continuity in the wrong time. Writers that used to make good stories haven't made any good issues in awhile (Looking at you Roberts specifically) and personalities don't exist beyond generic stereotypes.

The story has gone on for way too long now, going by the publishing dates for all the IDW series the war lasted from 2005 to 2011 which is 7 years afterwards after the war it's been 5 years which is an awfully long time to spend on the aftermath, I'm also bloody sick of waiting for the plots I followed to end like I don't want to wait 20 years to find the Knights of Cybertron who are probably dead by now with Rodimus's/(Roberts) non existent progression, there is a reason series should just end before they become awful, it would be really boring if G1 actually lasted for 33 years instead of reinventing itself.

I'm bored and I'm also angry with the spoiled fandom what else is there to say? The movies are a trainwreck, Rid basically doesn't exist since it never airs, Cyberverse is going to be more G1 pandering to hide a probably low effort show and the comics are taking their time to finish the meaningful things while tripping over their feet and making mistakes, it's sad when the best thing in the last two years to me is god damn Nitro Zeus. (Who is amazing regardless but still)


So yes IDW is a wet fart.

The Autocracy trilogy is okay, but along with Drift: Empire of Stone it's definitely one of the most skippable parts of modern IDW. Neither are particularly bad or anything, but don't have anything much to contribute to the overall universe nor are they amazing stories in their own right. Again, not bad stories, just... there.
Colour me confused on why it seems to get re-released all the time.

The mass Wrecker release makes me so happy. Best of the best there

Well, I was planning on picking up Autocracy, Drift and The Wreckers, but now I'm not sure. I haven't read any of those series, except parts of LSoTW, so I wanted to get them all when they were together. But if Autocracy and Drift are mediocre, I guess I'll pass. I don't think IDW's stuff is that good anyway, but I like the older series better than the new stuff.