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As the last month of 2014 comes ever to its end, IDW Publishing have released their solicitations for the Transformers comics released in March 2015. Combiner Wars truly begins then, it appears, between Transformers and Windblade, and we get to see some old friends show up - as well as potential spoilers for the current ongoings - so be warned, and check them out below if you will!

Transformers: Spotlight Omnibus, Vol. 1
Simon Furman, Nick Roche, Stuart Moore (w) • Nick Roche, MD Bright, Rob Ruffalo, Robby Musso, Marcelo Matere, Gudio Guidi, Don Figueroa, Emiliano Santalucia, Alex Milne (a) • Nick Roche (c)
Individual Transformers stories focusing on a vast array of characters such as Shockwave, Nightbeat, Kup, Arcee, Grimlock, Optimus Prime, and more! Volume 1 collects the first 13 issues of the Spotlight series.
TPB • FC • $24.99 • 316 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-246-3

Transformers vs G.I. JOE #7
Tom Scioli & John Barber (w) • Scioli (a & c)
THE WORLD AS THEY MAKE IT! Alliance are forged! Enemies are enraged! The war burns on Earth and Cybertron! And now… now the real battle begins.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers vs G.I. Joe #7—Subscription Variant
Tom Scioli & John Barber (w) • Scioli (a) • Joe Quinones (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
If you’ve ever liked anything, you’ll love this!
If you’ve never liked anything—this will be the first thing you love!
Variant Cover by Kody Chamerlain!

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #39—Return of the Decepticon Justice Division
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)
RETURN OF THE D.J.D.! A punishment squad created by MEGATRON to hunt down dissidents, turncoats and cowards—no one believes more passionately in the DECEPTICON cause than the D.J.D. So what happens when they discover their founder has joined the Autobots? (Clue: it’s not pretty.)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #39—Return of the Decepticon Justice Division—Subscription Variant
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Nick Roche (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
The long-awaited return of the most dangerous villains in comics history!
If you don’t already know the names Tarn, Kaon, Tesarus, Helex, and Vos—you better learn ’em before they get you!
Vairant Cover by Transformers game and toy artist Sara Pitre-Durocher!

Transformers #39—Combiner Wars Opening Salvo—SPOTLIGHT
John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
OPENING SALVO! The Autobots and Decepticons’ uneasy peace is threatened by the flames of war! STARSCREAM—ruler of CYBERTRON—makes contact with WINDBLADE’S homeworld—and the only defense against a new CYBERTRONIAN EMPIRE are COMBINERS—multiple CYBERTRONIANS forming together into huge, dangerous forms!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers #39—Combiner Wars: Opening Salvo—Subscription Variant
John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
Tying in with Hasbro’s 2015 Transformers: Generations toy line, this 6-part epic will be supported across multiple media platforms!
STARSCREAM’s scheming collides with WINDBLADE’s past!
OPTIMUS PRIME takes control!
Who will be the first Combiner to strike?
Continues in this month’s TRANSFORMERS: WINDBLADE—COMBINER WARS #1
Vairant Cover by Transformers game and toy artist Sara Pitre-Durocher!

Transformers: Windblade #1 (of 3)—Combiner Wars Part One—SPOTLIGHT
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sarah Stone (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
THE WAR BEGINS! The first strike in COMBINER WARS is against WINDBLADE’S homeworld—and she’s not happy about it! Her long- lost CYBERTRONIAN colony is found… and the only thing that can protect it is SUPERION.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Windblade—Combiner Wars Part One—Subscription Variant
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sarah Stone (a) • Livio Ramondelli (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
The creative team from the first smash-hit WINDBLADE series returns!
WINDBLADE is the biggest new TRANSFORMERS character in years—don’t miss out!
All the drama and pathos of the original WINDBLADE series—plus more COMBINERS!
Vairant Cover by Transformers game and toy artist Sara Pitre-Durocher!

this gonna be pretty sweet

I certainly hope so, the lead up is certainly getting me interested.

God I hope that Devastator becomes a toy.

Cool, Deathsaurus/Dezaurus makes his appearance in IDW. I think all we need now is a Ginrai cameo.

I think Devy might have just been confirmed.

Railbomb wrote:I think Devy might have just been confirmed.

Doubt it. All the other combiner covers are based on the toys. Devastator is his sunbow character model. It's more than likely just a cover. It does however show hook is back at being the head and considering how prowl has been acting. I think can figure out what's coming

I haven't read a TF comic in years, but may hafta pick the graphic novels up.

Railbomb wrote:I think Devy might have just been confirmed.

Doubt it. All the other combiner covers are based on the toys. Devastator is his sunbow character model. It's more than likely just a cover. It does however show hook is back at being the head and considering how prowl has been acting. I think can figure out what's coming

Railbomb wrote:I think Devy might have just been confirmed.

Doubt it. All the other combiner covers are based on the toys. Devastator is his sunbow character model. It's more than likely just a cover. It does however show hook is back at being the head and considering how prowl has been acting. I think can figure out what's coming

Is it just the way I'm looking at it, or is Devastator's right leg whited out? With Hook up top is that maybe saving some spoilers. Also, yay more DJD

Moonshot wrote:Is it just the way I'm looking at it, or is Devastator's right leg whited out? With Hook up top is that maybe saving some spoilers. Also, yay more DJD

Looks like something is deliberately obscured or left blank, maybe for a title or logo.

Also, both Devy and Superion look like their Sunbow counterparts, so I'm thinking it's a homage cover highlighting combiners, like the 30th anniversary covers we've been getting.

There's two covers with Superion, one based on the CW toys, one based on the G- cartoon, in the same set style as the Devaststor cover

We had seen solicitations for the IDW Publishing Trasformers: More Than Meets the Eye #39 comic book a while back, but it appears some new informations has appeared via Previews: alongside Alex Milne's cover (below), artist Hayato Sakamoto will be taking over the issue's artwork!

Sakamoto is the writer of the Transformers Legends comics, as well as as number of Kre-O comics issues, but is mostly known in the Anglophone fandom for the art of FunPub's 'Timeless' comic for BotCon 2013. Let us see how he handles the return of the DJD this March!

(W) James Roberts (A) Hayato Sakamoto (CA) Alex Milne
RETURN OF THE D.J.D.! A punishment squad created by MEGATRON to hunt down dissidents, turncoats and cowards-no one believes more passionately in the DECEPTICON cause than the D.J.D. So what happens when they discover their founder has joined the Autobots? (Clue: it's not pretty.)

That sure is a sexy Deathsaurus.

does this mean we will eventually see a new toy of Dethsaurus?

No idea who Deathsaurus is but he looks awesome! Can't wait to read this issue!

I wonder if the DJD found themselves a new boss?

Emerje

Oooh, this will be cool, the guy's stuff looks fantastic

We were going to share these covers with the Seibertron.com review of this week's Transformers comics, but as the IDW Publishing Facebook page has shown them to all, we might as well join in the fun! Find mirrored below the retailer incentive cover variant for MTMTE and Transformers #38, showing off Megatron and Optimus Prime in a wonderfully stylised fashion and background, by Jeffrey Veregge.

The stylised Megs and Optimus are nice. I like 'em.
They make me think of ancient art somehow. I did see it has in fact native American influences, looking at the artist's background (cuz he is a native American).