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[Va'al]

Our friends over at IDW Publishing have released the comics solcitiation for their April 2015 releases, featuring not only the continuation of the two current ongoings The Transformers and More Than Meets the Eye, but also the return of Widndblade as it takes its own component of Combiner Wars! We also get to look at some more Transformers vs G.I. Joe, and the possible cover of the seventh volume of what used to be called Robots in Disguise, collecting the pre-CW arc. Check them all out below, including our first look at CW Defensor, Devastator, and the various team members.

Transformers vs G.I. JOE #8
Tom Scioli & John Barber (w) • Scioli (a & c)
In the interplanetary war between the TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, anything can happen… and does.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers vs G.I. Joe #8—Subscription Variant
Tom Scioli & John Barber (w) • Scioli (a) • Andy Suriano (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
• Action and excitement as only Tom Scioli can deliver!
• You won’t believe your eyes!
• Variant Cover by Artyon Trakhanov!

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #40
James Roberts (w) • Brendan Cahill (a) • Alex Milne (c)
Having saved the universe—kind of—the Lost Light crew deal with the fallout in a manner befitting the gravity of the situation. Kind of.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #40—Subscription Variant
James Roberts (w) • Brendan Cahill (a) • Nick Roche (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
• The march to issue 50 begins here!
• The critically acclaimed MTMTE continues its mind-blowing run!
• Variant Cover by Brendan Cahill

Transformers #40—Combiner Wars
John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
The COMBINERS have arrived! STARSCREAM wrestles for dominance with OPTIMUS PRIME as surprising reinforcements approach—from the Lost Light!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers #40—Combiner Wars—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 epic will be supported across multiple media platforms!
• Combiner Wars Part 2!
• Variant Hasbro Combiner Wars poster cover

Transformers: Windblade—Combiner Wars #2
Mairghread Scott (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
PROWL makes his move… and the galaxy will never be the same. Can WINDBLADE stand against the threat of the COMBINERS?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Windblade—Combiner Wars #2—Subscription Variant
Mairghread Scott (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
• Combiner Wars Part 3!
• The biggest battle on CYBERTRON is about to get bigger!
• Variant Hasbro Combiner Wars poster cover

Transformers, Vol. 7
John Barber (w) • Sarah Stone, Livio Ramondelli, Andrew Griffith (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
The secret origins of CYBERTRON’s golden age are revealed to OPTIMUS PRIME—and what he learns changes everything about the AUTOBOTS’ mission on Earth. Collects issues #33–38.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-285-2

Bullet points:
• Robots in Disguise becomes The Transformers

[steve2275]

sweet

[mblase75]

Defensor:

- has two road vehicles and an Alpha Bravo repaint for limbs
- has a torso that looks a lot like Superion's
- has to go toe-to-toe with Prowlstator?

It's starting to look like we won't get a new Bruticus after all....

[Madeus Prime]

Defensor appears to the composed of 2/5 original molds. I spy Breakdown as an arm (maybe Streetwise?), Alpha Bravo as Blades as an arm and Offroad as a leg (Rook or First Aid?)

Either way, these limb-bots look good enough to get the repaints of them, I'm excited.

[steve2275]

prowlvastator vs defensor?

[ax255]

The combiner on the bottom, with Devastator is not Defensor...There is clearly a picture of him alone.
The one on the bottom, that looks like its about to get dominated, looks like Bruticus...Same head style...same wing chest plate piece. Vortex is an arm, Swindle is an arm...and you don't see the rest.

[OptimalOptimus2]

Defensor and Devastator. Great, more fuel to the fire (Combiner Wars).

What makes everyone so sure that Hasbro would use the parts of Superion and Menasor for other combiners?

[ZeroWolf]

That's not swindle, looks like one of the Stunticons, in fact the helicopter looks to me to be alpha Bravo straight up. Looks just to be advertising the scramble city aspect of Combiner Wars then actually being a full combaticons (which I would prefer to come later on...which according to rumours may be the case since we're supposed to be getting the Autobots cars.

[Starsaber468]

The one th has prowstator in yhe back has a bruticus like chestplate

[Noideaforaname]

Hoverboardin' Tailgate!

prowlvastator vs defensor?

Took me waaaaaaaay too long to figure out who was on that cover. One limb looks blue, another brown, a third green, no distinct vehicle parts and I'm just befuddled.

[SW's SilverHammer]

Is it wrong I want at least one cover of combiner wars that's essentially the queen News of the World cover but with prowlastator?

[CrankyOldTruck]

Devastator versus Menasor. SWEET!

[MaverickPrime]

So, Alpha Bravo will indeed become Blades...I hope they at least give him a different head sculpt, because AB's head is totally First Aid's head, I don't care if he is a repaint or not, but please, PLEASE give him Alpha Bravo's(or a new) head!!!
If First Aid's body won't look like it has looked in MTMTE at least make it right with the proper noggin'
Also, I want all the combiners, but it's gonna cause me a personal conflict, because I don't want to feel like I'm replacing my GDO Hot Spot, I really like it

[Optimizzy]

Man. I am so pissed off that Defensor seems like a real possibility. I mean...come on Hasbro, leave me SOME of my money!!!

[Emerje]

That's not swindle, looks like one of the Stunticons, in fact the helicopter looks to me to be alpha Bravo straight up. Looks just to be advertising the scramble city aspect of Combiner Wars then actually being a full combaticons (which I would prefer to come later on...which according to rumours may be the case since we're supposed to be getting the Autobots cars.

Well, it's a variant cover so it doesn't necessarily have to represent the comic 100%. I agree, it's not Bruticus, it's Dead End, Alpha Bravo, and Hot Spot with Defensor's "ears" overly exaggerated by the artist. If you look at the legs you can see they're Hot Spot's color blue. The chest shield may also be an exaggerated take on Menasor's (Black Jack's) from the CW figure.

Emerje

[Zeek99g]

Please help me out here as I have not been reading the comics, what is Prowlestator?

[GreenLantern of Cybertron]

Thundercracker has a dog?!

Now I need a dog.

[Twitchythe3rd]

Please help me out here as I have not been reading the comics, what is Prowlestator?

Scrapper is dead. Part of the Decepticon plot in the first story arc of RiD's run was Prowl being mind controlled and modified to become Devastator's new head. After Dark Cybertron the Constructicons threw their lot in with him since they melded minds and liked what they saw.

[synapse]

So, according to this pic, HotSpot would be like a hundred times as big as Windblade, right?

[Va'al]

So, according to this pic, HotSpot would be like a hundred times as big as Windblade, right?

I was under the impression of that being Defensor, what with the helicopter arm and truck leg, plus the Combiner Wars new hands with guns.

[synapse]

So, according to this pic, HotSpot would be like a hundred times as big as Windblade, right?

I was under the impression of that being Defensor, what with the helicopter arm and truck leg, plus the Combiner Wars new hands with guns.

OF COURSE that's Defensor, man. I mean the whole main torso is HotSpot. That means all the blue parts we see in that pic. All right, if you prefer: Defensor's torso would be like a hundred times as big as Windblade, right?

And then, when not combined, HotSpot is Optimus size at best.

[Va'al]

So, according to this pic, HotSpot would be like a hundred times as big as Windblade, right?

I was under the impression of that being Defensor, what with the helicopter arm and truck leg, plus the Combiner Wars new hands with guns.

OF COURSE that's Defensor, man. I mean the whole main torso is HotSpot. That means all the blue parts we see in that pic. All right, if you prefer: Defensor's torso would be like a hundred times as big as Windblade, right?

And then, when not combined, HotSpot is Optimus size at best.

Ah, I see what you mean, sorry, just got up!

I do believe there is a lot of mass shifting involved in the comics, at least that's what we've seen so far. Otherwise Prowlestator would't really work, even with Prowl's new body.

[synapse]

I know, that's what bothers me. Megatron's spark was modified for mass displacement, Prowl's wasn't (not that we know of, anyway). As it took Shockwave centuries to perfect the combiner tech, he could have modified the Constructicons' sparks before the AHM series, ok fine... but why do all TF artists seem to LOVE making the combiners ridiculously huge when there's no need? Only Figueroa seemed to deliberately draw Monstructor right (or at least, right size) in Spotlight: Optimus Prime.

Oh well...

[Twitchythe3rd]

I know, that's what bothers me. Megatron's spark was modified for mass displacement, Prowl's wasn't (not that we know of, anyway). As it took Shockwave centuries to perfect the combiner tech, he could have modified the Constructicons' sparks before the AHM series, ok fine... but why do all TF artists seem to LOVE making the combiners ridiculously huge when there's no need? Only Figueroa seemed to deliberately draw Monstructor right (or at least, right size) in Spotlight: Optimus Prime.

Oh well...

Dramatic effect.

[ZeroWolf]

I think they do it on purpose for the point of giant robots fighting...which means from a human perspective they will be godzilla sized (will that be tge next IDW crossover? Godzilla vs Combiner Wars? )