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[Va'al]

While most of the details below have been covered with the reveals of the ROM the Spaceknight variant covers over the past couple of days (the stories are here, here and here), we now also have the full listings for the IDW Transformers comics coming out this July 2016! Check out all the stuff to be expected by then, including continuation of ongoings, the new Titans Return one-shot, and the Sins of the Wreckers TPB.

Transformers #55
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)
ALL HAIL OPTIMUS—CONCLUSION! GALVATRON vs. SOUNDWAVE vs. ARCEE vs. COSMOS vs. OPTIMUS PRIME vs. humanity!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers #55—ROM Variant
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
The war for Earth extends to outer space!
Ultimate victory—or final defeat? Or... both?
Setting the stage for TITANS RETURN—and beyond!
Part of IDW’s month-long variant cover program, celebrating the return of ROM!
Variant cover by Carlos Valenzuela!

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a & c)
The battle against the DECEPTICON JUSTICE DIVISION is finally over, and for the few AUTOBOTS left standing, all that's left are words. Four words, to be precise. Four terrible words, millions of years old, that gave the DECEPTICONS their name.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #55—ROM Variant
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Brendan Cahill (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
An unexpected ending? Or the most unexpected ending?
The crew of the Lost Light has never seen higher stakes!
Setting the stage for TITANS RETURN—and beyond!
Part of IDW’s month-long variant cover program, celebrating the return of ROM!
Variant cover by Carlos Valenzuela!

Transformers, Vol. 9
John Barber (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher, Andrew Griffith (a) • Andrew Griffith (c)
OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to find his place on CYBERTRON where half the population hates him and the other half worships him. Meanwhile, on Earth, GALVATRON doesn’t care what anybody thinks. Collects issues #46–49.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 100 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-668-3

Bullet points:
“The world of the Transformers is a complex and interesting place and it will only continue to become more epic as these tales expand.” –BigGlasgowComic

Transformers: Titans Return One-shot
Mairghread Scott, James Roberts, John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)
THE LAST AUTOBOT! Once he ruled CYBERTRON with a brutal (and literal) iron fist... left for dead four million years ago, SENTINEL PRIME is back. But in a world where STARSCREAM rules CYBERTON, OPTIMUS PRIME has invaded Earth, and MEGATRON is an AUTOBOT—SENTINEL doesn’t like what he sees!
FC • 40 pages • $4.99

Transformers: Titans Return One-shot—Subscription Variant
Mairghread Scott, James Roberts, John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)
FC • 40 pages • $4.99

Bullet points:
The story continues in TRANSFORMERS #56 and MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE #56 next month, and expands to TILL ALL ARE ONE this fall!
For the first time ever—Scott, Roberts, and Barber working together on one story!
Plus the powerful noir art of superstar Livio Ramondelli!
After OPTIMUS is hailed; after the LIGHT dies... the next phase of TRANSFORMERS comics starts here!

Transformers: Till All Are One #2
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a & c)
PANIC ON THE STREETS OF CYBERTRON! As STARSCREAM’S secret police continue on their rampage, IRONHIDE is caught between the BADGLESS and a population looking for retribution!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Till All Are One #2—ROM Variant
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
CYBERTRON takes center stage—can STARSCREAM hold on while power slips through his fingers?
Fan favorite character WINDBLADE tries to keep the peace!
Part of IDW’s month-long variant cover program, celebrating the return of ROM!
Variant cover by Carlos Valenzuela!

Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers
Nick Roche (w & a & c)
THE WRECKERS RETURN! Somebody’s kidnapped PROWL… but does anybody want him back? A lifetime of messing with everybody’s lives comes around to haunt him. Fortunately, he’s always got a plan. In this case… the team of brutal, broken heroes… the WRECKERS!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-669-0

Bullet points:
“This book and its predecessor prove that it's possible to treat the Transformers franchise with utmost seriousness, as long as there's room for occasional moments of silliness and bombast.” –IGN

[Randomhero]

"powerful noir art of superstar Livio Ramondelli"

Jesus...more like flat, flat, depthless art that's hidden in shadows everywhere you look because light and backgrounds disappear when Livio takes on the books.

Oh well. Much like today's issue as long as the story is well done I can focus on that.

It'll be nice to have all books take part in this though. I can already imagine people throwing a fit that MTMTE is participating. God forbid MTMTE takes a break from everyone standing around talking about how sad they are on the Lost Light.

[ScottyP]

"powerful noir art of superstar Livio Ramondelli"

Jesus...more like flat, flat, depthless art that's hidden in shadows everywhere you look because light and backgrounds disappear when Livio takes on the books.

Oh well. Much like today's issue as long as the story is well done I can focus on that.

I think he's massively improved his work to better fit the Transformers style over the years, especially in the past 18 months or so, and folks are just being stubborn :shrug:

[Randomhero]

"powerful noir art of superstar Livio Ramondelli"

Jesus...more like flat, flat, depthless art that's hidden in shadows everywhere you look because light and backgrounds disappear when Livio takes on the books.

Oh well. Much like today's issue as long as the story is well done I can focus on that.

I think he's massively improved his work to better fit the Transformers style over the years, especially in the past 18 months or so, and folks are just being stubborn :shrug:

I don't know about improvement in the 18 months. Combiner wars happened in those 18 months. Ya know that comic where Mainfrane and grotesque were protectobots even those they were named streetwise and groove IN THE SCRIPT.

I won't lie the first pages in this current were pretty okay. Then I read the rest last night and sighed.

[Henry921]

They're still planning to release the Sins of the Wreckers TPB in July? Are they planning on releasing it six weeks after the last issue hits stands?

[Randomhero]

They're still planning to release the Sins of the Wreckers TPB in July? Are they planning on releasing it six weeks after the last issue hits stands?

It happens sometimes. May have been the original date but I'm sure by now even though we still got two issues to release the whole thing is done.

[Randomhero]

Great quote from IGN for SOTW. Remember all those silly moments we've gotten so far? Like stakeout being a twisted mess and dying on a bed while Carnivac comforting him or Verity very much in pain and possibly dying or how about Kup realizing how he murderd his friends and comrades when he was stranded on a planet. HAHAHA! Oh Sins of the wreckers! You're so silly!

[o.supreme]

They're still planning to release the Sins of the Wreckers TPB in July? Are they planning on releasing it six weeks after the last issue hits stands?

It happens sometimes. May have been the original date but I'm sure by now even though we still got two issues to release the whole thing is done.

I actually forgot about SoTW. Why the huge delay in issues 4&5. At this rate the TPB might get released before the individual issues.

[Va'al]

They're still planning to release the Sins of the Wreckers TPB in July? Are they planning on releasing it six weeks after the last issue hits stands?

It happens sometimes. May have been the original date but I'm sure by now even though we still got two issues to release the whole thing is done.

I actually forgot about SoTW. Why the huge delay in issues 4&5. At this rate the TPB might get released before the individual issues.

The delay is due to personal issues with Nick Roche, and was unavoidable from the sounds of it.
All releases are scheduled, so we'll never get the trade before the singles.

As for the short time frame between 5 and the TPB, Image does that on a regular basis - usually leaving a pause between the TPB and the start of the new arc, too!

[Randomhero]

Nick has stuff going on and IDW was nice enough to say "we can wait" to be honest I'm happy with that. Nick has never been able to complete a story. Dinobots brought James Raize in, wreckers had to have guido step in so if it means waiting a while for a complete series by nick that's just fine.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I look forward to what they are going to try to do with Sentinel. Be interesting to hear how he survived, where he's been, and what titan masters will have to do with it all

[o.supreme]

Well this *kind of* answers a question I had before, if my math is right, the Titans Return one shot should be the overall 300th issue of the IDW G1 TF continuity.