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[Blurrz]

There won't be any fooling from IDW in the month of April, as things are getting serious! We've got the 6th issue of Transformers 'Ongoing', the follow up issue of Transformers: Nefarious, Last Stand of the Wreckers #4, and the return of Transformers Spotlight! There's also several comics rounded up into one book, with the release of a Tales of the Fallen collection, and Transformers Movie Collection: Volume 2. Check out everything below, although they do contain spoilers!

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Transformers #6
Mike Costa (w) • Don Figueroa (a) • Figueroa x2 (c)
It's the AUTOBOTS versus the biggest foe they've faced since DEVASTATOR! But with Optimus Prime in captivity, do our heroes stand a chance? The action keeps coming courtesy of Mike Costa and Don Figueroa!
*2 regular connecting covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99




Transformers Spotlight: Prowl
Mike Costa (w) • E.J. Su (a) • Nick Roche, Su (c)
The end of the war between Autobots and Decepticons had profound changes throughout the ranks, even for the coldly logical PROWL. Learn of his change of heart and its impact on his actions in the ongoing series.
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99




Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers #4 (of 5)
Nick Roche, James Roberts (w) • Nick Roche (a) • Trevor Hutchison, Roche (c)
The Wreckers have found Aequitas, and things have suddenly become a whole lot more complicated! As the Autobots' special ops team stands on the brink of dissolution as the fatalities mount, Perceptor realizes that drastic action is called for-but having come this far, who among his teammates is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice?
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99




Transformers: Nefarious #2
Simon Furman (w) • Carlos Magno (a) • Brian Rood, Magno (c)
Layers within layers are revealed as the massive global conspiracy that is Project: Nefarious continues to unfold. OPTIMUS PRIME wants answers, and he's prepared to go to any lengths to get them. But how far is too far? And by committing his forces to stopping SOUNDWAVE, is Prime just playing right into The Initiative's hands?
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99




Transformers: Tales of the Fallen
Simon Furman, Chris Mowry (w) • Carlos Magno, Alex Milne (a) • Alex Milne (c)
The characters from TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN reveal events surrounding the film in this collection of the six-issue series. See and understand how BUMBLEBEE, SIDESWIPE, JETFIRE, and more fit into the full scope of REVENGE OF THE FALLEN.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 132 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-60010-628-6




Transformers Movie Collection, Volume 2
Chris Mowry, Simon Furman (w) • Alex Milne, Dan Khanna, Andrew Griffith, Don Figueroa, John Davis-Hunt (a) • Josh Nizzi (c)
The action for the 2009 blockbuster TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN comes to bookshelves in this collector's edition hardcover. Including the two Movie Prequel stories, ALLIANCE and DEFIANCE, as well as the Official Movie Adaptation, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, this book tells it all!
HC • FC • $50.00 • 320 Pages • 8.5" x 13" • ISBN: 978-1-60010-644-6



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The rest of IDW's Solicitations for the month of April can be found on their website here.


Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for the lastest Transformers comic news!

[BATTLEMASTER IIC]

Looks like Hotrod was wrong about the Decepticons. Menasor looks nice

[Chaoslock]

SP: Prowl looks good, I hope it will be a similar dark story like Rhytms of Darkness.

[Tigertrack]

Prime has two rifles, oh nos! This must be serious. And can we now say it, they have gone too far in destroying our G1? I kid. But it is nice to see the designs 'SEEM' to be coming around to a little bit more normal faced (Menasor looks pretty normal in the face area).

Nice to see a new combiner in the bunch--somebody other than Devastator and Monstructor. Be really nice to see something totally out there like Lio Kaiser, Road Caesar, Guard City, or Raiden.

Just saying.

[Chaoslock]

(Menasor looks pretty normal in the face area).

I think something is fishy on that pic... two Dead Ends?

[lowman_x]

EJ!!!! WOOT!!!!

Menasor looks good! And yes, it does look like some of the over-designed faces are smoothing out a bit (as I figured they would do - just had to give them some time to assess the fan reaction and catch up with the pages that had already been drawn). Or I could be wrong and they may just be unable to be seen due to the size of the image. Either way I don't mind because I like the new art direction.

I can't wait til Bruticus shows up! We've seen Onslaught and Swindle (who it looks like has nipple piercings LOL). I wonder when the Autobot gestalts will be making an appearance?

It also looks like they're trying to tie in all the other series (BB, Spotlights etc) back into the main ongoing like they did with the -ation stuff which I am stupidly happy about. Maybe we'll get back that all-encompassing feeling that was kinda lost during AHM...

[lowman_x]

(Menasor looks pretty normal in the face area).

I think something is fishy on that pic... two Dead Ends?

Simple miscolouring, perhaps? Or maybe intentional? Who knows what experiments the government's being doing on the TFs...

[Mechabreaker]

I knew the decepticons were up to something, silly Hot Rod, he should have known well enough that the 'Cons cannot be trusted!

[Hairball178]

Return of Spotlight! WooooOOoooooT!

If you scale down Menasor's horns a bit, his head looks similar to Hot Rod's...and now I've conjured up images of the Titanium Menasor repaint of Rodimus Prime; I just gave myself a headache.

[Forgotten]

OK, I need that Menosaur as a toy NOW. That is all.

[Supreme Convoy]

Oh man. #6's cover looks amazing!

[Darth Bombshell]

It's the AUTOBOTS versus the biggest foe they've faced since DEVASTATOR!

And when exactly did that happen. Devastator doesn't exist in the IDW verse.

Learn of his change of heart and its impact on his actions in the ongoing series.

So we're gonna get an explanation why he acted so OOC in the ongoing?

[kirbenvost]

Whoa, that cover of Prime is so badass, it's my new PSP background.

[First Gen]

Um, am I the only person who thinks Menasor looks like Hot Rod with horns?

[Seibertron]

It's the AUTOBOTS versus the biggest foe they've faced since DEVASTATOR!

And when exactly did that happen. Devastator doesn't exist in the IDW verse.

Learn of his change of heart and its impact on his actions in the ongoing series.

So we're gonna get an explanation why he acted so OOC in the ongoing?

You're kidding right? Devastator has been featured prominently in the IDW universe. All Hail Megatron, for example?

[Exic]

Prowl looks sweet! If only he was in the movie..

[Chaoslock]

It's the AUTOBOTS versus the biggest foe they've faced since DEVASTATOR!

And when exactly did that happen. Devastator doesn't exist in the IDW verse.

He did. AHM:

[Supreme Convoy]

It's the AUTOBOTS versus the biggest foe they've faced since DEVASTATOR!

And when exactly did that happen. Devastator doesn't exist in the IDW verse.

He did. AHM:

Plus he's in #1 of the ongoing...

[Darth Bombshell]

He did. AHM:

Oh, yeah. I had (hopefully) forgotten about that.

[craggy]

2 Dead-Ends isn't all that bad, he could have Technobots for legs instead.

[im ruined]

They all have that same stupid face. Like their all protoforms or somethin.......hmm?

[DCybertron]

The prick finally got a spotlight. Great.

[Tigertrack]

The prick finally got a spotlight. Great.

Lots of fans of that 'prick', and he has also featured heavily in the IDW-verse. By featured heavily, I mean he's been a background character since the beginning who has not died...

[Counterpunch]

The prick finally got a spotlight. Great.

Lots of fans of that 'prick', and he has also featured heavily in the IDW-verse. By featured heavily, I mean he's been a background character since the beginning who has not died...

Hey, Real Talk time.

Prowl's Coda issue was amazing, perhaps the best story IDW has done. They gave the character life in that issue and make him a 3 dimensional being with motives, flaws, and a plan instead of his typical boring played-out regular "rule enforcer" role.

[Darth Bombshell]

Lots of fans of that 'prick', and he has also featured heavily in the IDW-verse. By featured heavily, I mean he's been a background character since the beginning who has not died...

The 'prick' also did a highly out of character act in the first issue of the ongoing, when compared to his previous IDW portrayal (and his general characterization, to be honest), and the explanation for that is the ONLY reason we're getting this.