The Energon Pub

[El Duque]

Courtesy of IDW Publishing we have their Transformers comic solicitation for September 2012. Take a look at the covers and descriptions below.

Transformers: Art of Fall of Cybertron
Mark W. Bellomo (w) • High Moon Studios (a & c)
The curtain is raised on the biggest and best TRANSFORMERS game in history! See never-before-revealed art from the genre-smashing TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON! Watch as OPTIMUS PRIME, GRIMLOCK, BUMBLEBEE, and SHOCKWAVE grow from conceptual sketches into finished, fully-realized characters; witness the development of CYBERTRON into the most detailed renderings of the planet that have ever existed; learn the behind-the-scenes secrets from the visionary artists at Activision and High Moon Studios! THE ART OF TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON is a must-have for any fan of Transformers, gaming, or great art!
TPB • FC • $39.99 • 200 pages • 9.5” x 12.5” • ISBN 978-1-61377-443-4

Bullet points:
• See how the game design team at Activision and High Moon Studios brought the world of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron to life!

Transformers: The IDW Collection, Vol. 7
Mike Costa, Dan Abnett, & Andy Lanning (w) • Nick Roche, Casey Coller, Alex Milne, Don Figueroa, EJ Su, Javier Saltares, & Guido Guidi (a) • E.J. Su (c)
The re-presentation of IDW's Transformers Universe continues in volume 7! Includes the Ironhide 4-issue series, Infestation V. 1 TF #1–2, plus Ongoing issues #7–18!
HC • FC • $49.99 • 358 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-406-9

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Ongoing #9
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, Nick Roche (c)
SHADOWPLAY begins here! One AUTOBOT connects the crew of the Lost Light with pre-war CYBERTRON and the rise of the DECEPTICONs. His name? OPTIMUS PRIME. The past and the present collide as Rewind begins telling his crew mates the most shocking story of all!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:
Variant Marcelo Matere cover!

Bullet points:
• The sequel to the acclaimed “Chaos Theory”!
• Part one of a three-part epic!

Transformers: Regeneration One #83
Simon Furman (w) • Andrew Wildman (a) • Wildman, Guido Guidi (c)
The Wreckers are on Earth—and their fates rest in the hands of… a human? A very particular human—Spike Witwicky, the Circuit Smasher! The AUTOBOTs learn what MEGATRON’s been doing the past 20 years… and OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to come to a decision about the future!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:
Variant Geoff Senior cover!

Bullet points:
• The original TRANSFORMERS comics saga continues!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #9
John Barber (w) • Andrew Griffith (a) • Griffith, Casey Coller (c)
DINOBOT HUNT! Ironhide and the DINOBOTS journey deep into the Cybertronian wilderness… and what they find is not what they expected! Meanwhile, the DECEPTICONS enact a dangerous plan with bizarre consequences!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant covers:
Variant Marcelo Matere cover!

Bullet points:
• DINOBOTS AT WAR!
• The fate of the Aerialbots revealed!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Annual 2012
John Barber (w) • Brendan Cahill & Guido Guidi (a) • Tim Seeley, Andrew Griffith (c)
CRASHING DOWN! The mysterious Metrotitan from last month’s More Than Meets the Eye Annual arrives on CYBERTRON—smashing into the ruins of the legendary Crystal City! Starscream and Prowl begin a battle of wills over the fate of this behemoth—and the outcome will shock you!
FC • 48 pages • $7.99

*Variant covers:
Free Jimbo Salgado cover that interconnects with last month’s More Than Meets the Eye annual!

Bullet points:
• An ending so shocking you wouldn’t believe us if we told you!
• A key story in the ongoing Transformers saga!

[Seibertron]

As I've said before ... there is no escaping the G1 Marvel UK continuity. Kudos to them for not ignoring it.

[Joetx]

So the MTMTE & RID Annuals have material not contained in the respective ongoing series, right?

[Michael Alex Kawa]

All I will say is this .All the books look awesome ,most of the covers awesome (The RID cover is alright ) .But I guess 21 years later and now Spike is imitating Circuit Breaker as the Circuit Smasher! . Looks good for a 40 year old too .I really don't mind ,curious as to how he got to this point .I guess "I WAS RIGHT " when I said it would NOT tie-in to the G2 comic ,first the 21 years later ,and now Circuit Smasher! ,there is no way . But Simon is an AWESOME writer so I really care less about little things .Like making it a continuation of the US comic ,so that is why THE WRECKERS (being sarcastic ) are in it . But to be honest I really love THE WRECKERS so I don't mind at all ,it is really about story for me ,and I just love the ride .

[Seibertron]

This is an interesting cover ...



I'm assuming the Seeker on the left is NOT Starscream. If that's the case, that makes 3 Decepticons on this cover who weren't alive at the end of the original Marvel run, and were all taken out by Starscream during the Underbase Saga in issue #50.

[Rodimus Prime]

I like the Astrotrain and Kup cover much better, though "Circuit Smasher" is kind of...dumb. And I am a bit disappointed to see that the Wreckers are in the story. I never cared for them. Hopefully they only stick around for 1 or 2 issues. Otherwise, looking forward to Regeneration.

[Burn]

"Circuit Smasher" is kind of...dumb.

Yeah, without really knowing the story behind it, it just seems too similar to "Circuit Breaker". Don't have the rights? Then leave it alone.

But hey, they may prove us wrong and it could work out to be a good thing.

[leokearon]

"Circuit Smasher" is kind of...dumb.

Yeah, without really knowing the story behind it, it just seems too similar to "Circuit Breaker". Don't have the rights? Then leave it alone.

But hey, they may prove us wrong and it could work out to be a good thing.

Circuit Breaker is a Marvel character, and Marvel own the rights to her

[Hans]

I'm assuming the Seeker on the left is NOT Starscream. If that's the case, that makes 3 Decepticons on this cover who weren't alive at the end of the original Marvel run, and were all taken out by Starscream during the Underbase Saga in issue #50.

Yup, I think that's the point. Obviously Megatron has raised an army on Earth while the Autobots were away (as the cover for issue 81 seems to imply), and I guess he did so with the casualties from the Starscream/Underbase story. I think I see Blitzwing and Hun-Grr as well? In any case Ratbat, Astrotrain and Skywarp/Thundercracker were all destroyed by Underbase powered Starscream... It's cool to have them back!

As for Circuit Breaker and not having the rights to her, I'm sure Simon will come up with a cool explanation as to why Spike is now using the same tech

[Chaoslock]

For once, I'm freakin' happy Spike is alive! G2 didn't really did him justice. And combined with Circuit Breakers tech Also, I don't know what's the problem with the name Circuit Smasher - it sounds cool enough!

[Rodimus Prime]

Ratbat, Astrotrain and Skywarp/Thundercracker were all destroyed by Underbase powered Starscream...

Actually, Ratbat was shot in the back by Scorponok.

[Hans]

Oops, you're right... guess he made it back to Earth somehow, too...

[griftimus prime]

love that astro train cover. and ironhide looks like a boss on his own cover.

[Stormrider]

What is Regeneration about?

[Joetx]

What is Regeneration about?

It's the continuation of the story from the original Marvel TFs series (i.e., issues #80+).

[Burn]

"Circuit Smasher" is kind of...dumb.

Yeah, without really knowing the story behind it, it just seems too similar to "Circuit Breaker". Don't have the rights? Then leave it alone.

But hey, they may prove us wrong and it could work out to be a good thing.

Circuit Breaker is a Marvel character, and Marvel own the rights to her

ummm yeah, hence why I said IDW didn't have the rights to her.

[Chaoslock]

"Circuit Smasher" is kind of...dumb.

Yeah, without really knowing the story behind it, it just seems too similar to "Circuit Breaker". Don't have the rights? Then leave it alone.

But hey, they may prove us wrong and it could work out to be a good thing.

Circuit Breaker is a Marvel character, and Marvel own the rights to her

ummm yeah, hence why I said IDW didn't have the rights to her.

Question: Does Marvel have the rights to Josie Beller or G.B. Blackrock?

[Hans]

Nope.

[Sodan-1]

I'm a little lost: do the RiD and MTMTE annuals follow a sub-plot that maintains the link between the two Ongoing series?

[Hans]

Yup.