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[D-Maximal_Primal]

Thanks to CBR comics we now have the solicitations for the upcoming IDW Transformers comics coming out in December. Among those comics are Transformers: Lost Light, the successor to More Than Meets The Eye and starring the same crew. Also coming out will be Transformers: Optimus Prime #2, which appears to feature a ship from a very familiar source. Also up to bat are the latest Till All Are One comic, the first TPB for Till All Are One, and a new hardcover book of the Autocracy, Monstrosity, and Primacy books all in one big collection. You can check out all the Previews below, and make sure to take some time to subscribe to these series at your local comic shop!

Transformers: Lost Light #1—SPOTLIGHT
James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a & c)
Five years ago, Rodimus and a collection of traumatised, lovelorn and/or sarcastic Autobots set off on a quest to find Cyberutopia. So far, they’ve made a right hash of it. They’ve misplaced their map. They’ve lost their ship, the Lost Light, to a mutinous escapologist. Oh, and they’re dead.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Lost Light #1—Subscription Variant
James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Nick Roche (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Lost Light #1—Andrew Griffith Variant
James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Andrew Griffith (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Lost Light #1—Blank Sketch Variant
James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Blank sketch (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The crew from MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE might be dead, but the LOST LIGHT lives on!
Incredible artist Jack Lawrence (Skylanders, Micronauts) makes his Transformers debut with returning writer James Roberts (Transformers: MTMTE)!
Variant covers by Sara Pitre-Durocher, Sonny Liew, and Paul Pope!

Optimus Prime #2
John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a & c)
NEW CYBERTRON! A massive corkscrew-shaped space ship has drilled into Earth, bringing with it a surprising disruption to OPTIMUS PRIME’s plans. Meanwhile—ARCEE fields a dangerous offer that may be too good to resist!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Optimus Prime #2—Subscription Variant
John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a) • Casey Coller (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Optimus Prime #2—Andrew Griffith Variant
John Barber (w) • Kei Zama (a) • Andrew Griffith (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Guest starring G.I. JOE!
The new world order continues as OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to bring Earth into the cosmic community!
Plus—how ORION PAX first met BUMBLEBEE!
Variant cover by Zoner!

Transformers: Till All Are One #6
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a & c)
A wave of undead TITANS has touched down on CYBERTRON! Even with the help of the massive METROPLEX, WINDBLADE and STARSCREAM can only hold them off for so long. They need help from Elita-1—and they’re going to get it whether she agrees or not. The fate of CYBERTRON depends on it!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Transformers: Till All Are One #6—Subscription Variant
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Priscilla Tramontano (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
TITANS RETURNS continues—but can our heroes survive?!
Despite their differences, WINDBLADE and STARSCREAM team up… for the sake of CYBERTRON’s survival!
Variant cover by Zoner!

Transformers: Autocracy Trilogy
Chris Metzen, Flint Dille (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)
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 an oversized hardcover collection.
HC • FC • $49.99 • 328 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-807-6
All three series collected together for the first time!

Transformers: Till All Are One, Vol. 1
Mairghread Scott (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a & c)
Starscream rules Cybertron. He and Windblade vie for control of the Council of Worlds, each aligning themselves with as many long-lost colonies as they can. But Starscream’s secret police keep increasing the tension, destabilizing the fragile peace that has been established. Collects issues #1–4.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 100 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-808-3
“Till All Are One (has) the character of a novel or a prime time television series.” –Weekly Comic Book Review

[Moody magpie]

I guess they didn't survive the geo bomb then.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I want to know why Rodimus changes his colors. And how MTMTE 57 will end if titan wars is happening in TAAO

[bluecatcinema]

Oh, yeah. Quintessons incoming...

[o.supreme]

ok...so all the IDW TF comics for the last quarter of the year are:

SEPTEMBER:
TF #57
MTMTE #57
TAAO#4
REVOLUTION #1
REVOLUTION #2

OCTOBER:
REVOLUTION #3
TAAO REVOLUTION #1
REVOLUTION #4
TF REVOLUTION #1

NOVEMBER:
MTMTE REVOLUTION #1
REVOLUTION #5
TAAO#5
OPTIMUS PRIME#1

DECEMBER:
LOST LIGHT #1
OPTIMUS PRIME#2
TAAO #6

(not counting any of the other Hasbro titles crossing over with Revolution, only Transformers)

did I miss any??


I still think they should have waited until January to start everything over at the same time...all the number sequences are out of wack. Also, I doubt this will ever happen, but it would be a nice little nod to the fans that are actually keeping track sequentially if they made space, if not on the cover, then somewhere inside the issue, even the corner of the first or last page to write a # so that fans like myself that consider these as just one big series would make sense (case in point if the Titans Return one shot said #300 on it or something..)

[SlyTF1]

Now no one can complain about Hot Rod being black in TLK. AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[Deadput]

Now no one can complain about Hot Rod being black in TLK. AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Oh shut your ego down people can and will complain about things they don't like.


Like how your complaining right now.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Now no one can complain about Hot Rod being black in TLK. AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Oh shut your ego down people can and will complain about things they don't like.
Like how your complaining right now.

There was no need for this. It was a harmless comment that I personally really liked actually, and he wasn't creating issues. So please, no more of that.

And besides, I like a Hot Rod that is done up in new colors and these colors look good.

[Rodimus Prime]

Guys, no bickering. Sly made a comment (outside of the movie forums, no less!) and it was fine. Deadput, that was a bit over the line. Keep it civil.

As for these releases, I'm interested in The Lost Light, but I'm a bit confused. I thought that was the book that supposed to pick up the story from MTMTE. So MTMTE #57 is the last in the series followed by TLL?

And is TAAO the continuation of Transformers (formerly Robots in Disguise)? I thought that TAAO was a limited run.

[mblase75]

I want to know why Rodimus changes his colors. And how MTMTE 57 will end if titan wars is happening in TAAO

So it'd be easier for Hasbro to sell a repaint of his upcoming TR figure, of course.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I'm interested in The Lost Light, but I'm a bit confused. I thought that was the book that supposed to pick up the story from MTMTE. So MTMTE #57 is the last in the series followed by TLL?

And is TAAO the continuation of Transformers (formerly Robots in Disguise)? I thought that TAAO was a limited run.

Lost Light is indeed the continuation of MTMTE, so yes, there is MTMTE 57, MTMTE Revolution, a month off, then Lost Light, which is basically season 3 of MTMTE.

TAAO is its own ongoing, basically picking up from the Windblade series with the same writing team.

Transformers: Optimus Prime is the continuation of the ex-RiD comic, basically season 3 of ex-RiD

[Va'al]

We've seen the regular cover for the IDW Transformers: Autocracy Trilogy volume in the December solicitations here, but we now also have a variant cover from artist Livio Ramondelli himself, for the volume collecting Autocracy, Primacy and Monstrosity (at some point also called the Cybertronian Trilogy, but what are you gonna do?). Check out the Optimus-centric art below!

[Henry921]

Glorious.