Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover Pre-Order and Cover

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Amazon has listed a pre-order for Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover. The cover features Starscream and stays in step stylistically with the previous hardcover collections. The 352 page hardcover collects all twelve issues of the All Hail Megatron maxi-series including the four issue Coda. The Collection is priced at $49.99 and scheduled for release on November 29th, 2011.

Product Description
The re-presentation of IDW''s Transformers Universe continues with Volume 5, collecting the entirety of the maxi-series All Hail Megatron issues #1-12 and Coda #1-4.

Product Details

Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: IDW Publishing (November 29, 2011)
Language: English

Credit(s): Amazon

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Re: Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover Pre-Order and Cover (1261874)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 19th, 2011 @ 12:48am CDT

Isn't IDW putting out an All Hail Megatron hardcover next month?

Something makes me think this is the hardcover collection of the ongoing series.

Re: Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover Pre-Order and Cover (1261875)
Posted by Naked Magnus on July 19th, 2011 @ 12:49am CDT

This series pisses me off. I invested in the IDW Premiere Collection which was nicer but was canceled. If I want to continue the series, I need to figure out which one of these is the next logical volume from the Premiere Collection. Has anyone done this legwork? Does Volume 3 or 4 of this series logically follow Premiere Collection volume 2?

Re: Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover Pre-Order and Cover (1261879)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 19th, 2011 @ 1:09am CDT

After looking at the IDW forums, it does look like that this volume will indeed collect All Hail Megatron. Both measure 7” x 11” according to the solicitations. The Complete edition is 492 while The IDW Collection is 352 pages. I'm not sure about the page discrepancies.

As a comic book collector, I get having numerous editions. I've bought plenty of DC paperbacks only to double dip for those fancy giant Absolute editions. In this case however, it just seems like IDW has offered the best edition possible and then just re-release it to match the previous IDW Collection releases.

Re: Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover Pre-Order and Cover (1261896)
Posted by synapse on July 19th, 2011 @ 2:00am CDT

So... what's the difference between this and the AHM hardcover then???

Re: Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover Pre-Order and Cover (1261967)
Posted by karellan on July 19th, 2011 @ 7:05am CDT

IDW Collection 5 contains All Hail Megatron and the Coda. The All Hail Megatron Collection contains the four individual All Hail Megatron trade paperbacks (look on Amazon or something for more details on those). I think only the first two trade paperbacks are covered in IDW Collection 5. The extra material consists of spotlights that tie into the All Hail Megatron story/universe. I've never been a fan of any of the spotlight collections because they are so hit and miss; a collection of them usually has 80% crap in it.

Re: Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover Pre-Order and Cover (1261998)
Posted by RiddlerJ on July 19th, 2011 @ 8:13am CDT

For some reason, I like the interpretaion of how Starscream's mouth works (teeth showing). It looks functional yet menacing. It retains the classic look unlike those horrid movieverse faces IDW was slinging around for a while.

Re: Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover Pre-Order and Cover (1262018)
Posted by Hairball178 on July 19th, 2011 @ 8:49am CDT

karellan wrote:IDW Collection 5 contains All Hail Megatron and the Coda. The All Hail Megatron Collection contains the four individual All Hail Megatron trade paperbacks (look on Amazon or something for more details on those). I think only the first two trade paperbacks are covered in IDW Collection 5. The extra material consists of spotlights that tie into the All Hail Megatron story/universe. I've never been a fan of any of the spotlight collections because they are so hit and miss; a collection of them usually has 80% crap in it.

Originally the IDW collections were intended to publish each of the stories in chronological order, so the Spotlight books were already included in other volumes:

Blurr: Volume 1 (Megatron cover)
Drift, Metroplex, and Jazz: Volume 4 (Grimlock cover)

Re: Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume 5 Hardcover Pre-Order and Cover (1263552)
Posted by st@rscream on July 21st, 2011 @ 9:09am CDT

Yea, I think the Spotlights are in the earlier volumes.

Glad that Starscream made the cover of volume 5!

I really like this series of hardcovers!