The Transformers: Spotlight

Extremely logical that I was given the first Spotlight!

The Transformers: Spotlight (later The Transformers Spotlight), published since 2006, is an semi-ongoing series of one-shot comics published by IDW Publishing and set in the 2005 IDW continuity. Each issue focuses on a particular Transformer.

Initially intended only to consist of five issues, the series evolved into an intermittent "ongoing" of sorts until the end of 2009, at which point it was shelved. One additional issue, Spotlight: Prowl, was published in April 2010. The series returned for a final six issues starting in December 2012 as part of a tie-in with the Generations toyline.

	Transformers: Spotlight issues:
Shockwave Nightbeat Hot Rod Sixshot Ultra Magnus Soundwave Kup Galvatron Optimus Prime Ramjet Blaster Arcee Mirage Grimlock Wheelie Cyclonus Hardhead Doubledealer Sideswipe Blurr Jazz Drift Cliffjumper Metroplex Prowl Orion Pax Thundercracker Megatron Bumblebee Trailcutter Hoist

Overview

The Spotlight series is set within the 2005 IDW continuity. The format allows more free-ranging story settings—many issues are set on alien worlds—and serve to give a wider view of the overall IDW Transformers universe. As such, the issues are not set in any kind of absolute chronological order, taking place at various points in the 2005 IDW timeline, sometimes expanding upon pre-existing plot points, sometimes setting up ideas to be explored later, and sometimes—get this—just telling a story.

For the vast majority of its first three years, during Simon Furman's tenure as the chief Transformers writer at IDW, in addition to spotlighting singular characters, the series served to visibly set up plot points that would tie into the main ongoing story Furman was telling at the time. Roughly speaking, five issues were released per year across 2006, 2007 and 2008, collected into three trade paperbacks; Nightbeat, Hot Rod, Sixshot, Ultra Magnus, Soundwave and Kup were also reprinted in hardback library editions and sold through ABDO Publishing Group and its aptly named subsidiary, Spotlight. After this, when Furman's run on the Generation 1 universe was truncated, four additional Spotlight issues published at the end of 2008 played home to the finale of his story, "Revelation".

Spotlight continued to run concurrently with the new "main" series, All Hail Megatron, publishing another set of five issues in 2009 which were collected as All Hail Megatron Vol. 3, despite having almost nothing to do with that series itself. Following this, the launch of the ongoing series, Last Stand of the Wreckers, and The Transformers: Bumblebee miniseries led to Spotlight being put on hold. A planned spotlight for Cosmos was canceled, and only one further issue was published in 2010: "Spotlight: Prowl", containing a story intended for the ongoing series itself which was only released in this format as a means of quickly addressing fandom concerns about the characterization of the title character.

The Spotlight series returned in late 2012 as part of a joint effort between IDW and Hasbro, developed first for release to comic book stores, and then as pack-in comics included with new Generations figures of the IDW characters' designs. These six issues again told stories that fleshed out moments of characters' lives at various points in the IDW timeline—broadly speaking, two of the six were set in the distant past, two during the ongoing series, and two in the "present" era of publishing—filling in key moments in their history with a connecting thread between issues that centered on a Decepticon search for Metroplex and the space bridge technology in his body. In addition to promoting the high-profile new Generations Metroplex toy, the six issues together served as something of a stealth prequel to the "Dark Cybertron" crossover event.

Creative teams

Of the first nineteen Spotlights, all but three were written by Simon Furman: the exceptions were Spotlight: Kup by Nick Roche, Spotlight: Ramjet by Stuart Moore and Spotlight: Mirage by George Strayton. Klaus Scherwinski co-wrote "Spotlight: Wheelie" with Furman.

All Hail Megatron writer Shane McCarthy penned three of the Spotlights that accompanied that series—Spotlight: Blurr, Spotlight: Drift and Spotlight: Cliffjumper—while Josh van Reyk & Shaun Knowler wrote Spotlight: Jazz and editor Andy Schmidt handled Spotlight: Metroplex. The writer of the ongoing series, Mike Costa, wrote Spotlight: Prowl.

When Spotlight returned in 2012, writing duties were predominantly shared between the two writers of the current series: More than Meets the Eye's James Roberts, who scripted Orion Pax, Trailcutter and Hoist, and Robots in Disguise's John Barber, who penned Thundercracker and Bumblebee. Nick Roche wrote and drew the sixth, Megatron.

The list of artists throughout the series is diverse; please see each issue for credits.

Collections

• The Transformers: Spotlight Volume 1 (May 30, 2007) ISBN 1600100686 / ISBN 978-1600100680
  • Collects Spotlight: Shockwave, Nightbeat, Hot Rod, Sixshot and Ultra Magnus.
  • Trade paperback format. The spine bears the number 1.

• The Transformers: The Premiere Collection Volume 1 (December 5, 2007) ISBN 1600101186 / ISBN 978-1600101182
  • Collects Infiltration issues #0–6, Stormbringer issues #1–4, Escalation issues #1–6, and Spotlight: Shockwave, Nightbeat, Hot Rod, Sixshot & Ultra Magnus.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers: Spotlight Volume 2 (February 20, 2008) ISBN 1600101542 / ISBN 978-1600101540
  • Collects Spotlight: Soundwave, Kup, Galvatron, Optimus Prime and Ramjet.
  • Includes covers art for each issue and bonus art for each issue.
  • Trade paperback format. The spine bears the number 2.

• The Transformers: Spotlight Volume 3 (September 17, 2008) ISBN 160010245X / ISBN 978-1600102455
  • Collects Spotlight: Blaster, Arcee, Mirage, Grimlock and Wheelie.
  • Includes covers art for each issue and bonus art for each issue. The cover is an unused incentive cover from Spotlight: Grimlock, art by Marcelo Matere.
  • Trade paperback format. The spine bears the number 3.

• The Transformers: Spotlight Volume 4: Revelation (February 4, 2009) ISBN 1600104215 / ISBN 978-1600104213
  • Collects Spotlight: Cyclonus, Hardhead, Doubledealer and Sideswipe.
  • Bonus material includes each A and B cover, and sketches of the 4-part image, Cyclonus, Nightbeat, Doubledealer (including a dragon-like alternate mode), Grindcore and Straxus (the last 2 in robot and alt mode).
  • Trade paperback format. The spine bears the number 4, putting it clearly in the Spotlight series rather than in the "-ation" series.

• The Transformers: The Premiere Collection Volume 2 (June 17, 2009) ISBN 1600104371 / ISBN 978-1600104374
  • Collects Devastation issues #1–6, and Spotlight: Soundwave, Kup, Galvatron, Optimus Prime, Ramjet, Blaster, Arcee, Mirage, Grimlock, Wheelie, Cyclonus, Hardhead, Doubledealer & Sideswipe.
  • Hardcover format.

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  Spotlight Volume 1 – cover art by Nick Roche and Rob Ruffolo
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  The Premiere Collection Volume 1 – cover art by Klaus Scherwinski
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  Spotlight Volume 2 – cover art by Gabriel Rodríguez
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  Spotlight Volume 3 – cover art by Marcelo Matere
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  Spotlight Volume 4: Revelation – cover art by Nick Roche
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  The Premiere Collection Volume 2 – cover art by Nick Roche and Josh Burcham

• The Transformers: All Hail Megatron Volume 3 (October 28, 2009) ISBN 1600105416 / ISBN 978-1600105418
  • Collects Spotlight: Blurr, Jazz, Drift, Cliffjumper and Metroplex.
  • Bonus material includes the alternate covers of each issue, as well as art of each Throttlebot by Marcelo Matere and new cover art by Trevor Hutchison.
  • Trade paperback format. Instead of being Volume 5 of the Spotlights, the TPB is labeled as part of the All Hail Megatron series. For some reason, the Drift and Cliffjumper issues were swapped from their original order.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One (May 26, 2010) ISBN 978-1600106675
  • Collects Megatron Origin issues #1–4, Spotlight: Blurr, Cliffjumper, Shockwave, Nightbeat, Hot Rod & Soundwave, and Infiltration issues #0–6.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime (June 2, 2010) ISBN 1600106668 / ISBN 978-1600106668
  • Collects The Transformers (1984) #48: "The Flames of Boltax!", Transformers Annual 1985: "And There Shall Come...a Leader!", Transformers: The Animated Movie #1: "The Gathering Storm", The War Within #1, Spotlight: Optimus Prime, and Stormbringer #4.
  • Bonus material includes an art gallery.
  • Trade paperback format.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two (October 6, 2010) ISBN 978-1600107511
  • Collects Stormbringer issues #1–4, Escalation issues #1–6, and Spotlight: Sixshot, Ramjet, Ultra Magnus, Kup, Mirage & Optimus Prime.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers: Best of Grimlock (November 24, 2010) ISBN 1600107869 / ISBN 978-1600107863
  • Collects The Transformers (1984) issues #31: "The Wrath of Guardian!", #32: "The Wrath of Grimlock!" & #280: "The 4,000,000 Year Itch!", Transformers Annual 1986: "Victory!", The Transformers (1984) issues #27: "King of the Hill!" & #76: "Still Life!", Generation 2 #4: "Devices and Desires!", and Spotlight: Grimlock.
  • Trade paperback format.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three (March 2, 2011) ISBN 978-1600108563
  • Collects Spotlight: Galvatron, Blaster, Arcee, Grimlock & Wheelie, New Avengers/Transformers issues #1–4, and Devastation issues #1–6.
  • Hardcover format.

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  All Hail Megatron Volume 3 – cover art by Trevor Hutchison
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  The IDW Collection Volume One – cover art by E. J. Su
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  The Best of Optimus Prime – cover art by Livio Ramondelli
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  The IDW Collection Volume Two – cover art by E. J. Su
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  The Best of Grimlock – cover art by Klaus Scherwinski
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  The IDW Collection Volume Three – cover art by E. J. Su

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four (May 25, 2011) ISBN 978-1600109386
  • Collects Spotlight: Cyclonus, Hardhead, Doubledealer, Sideswipe, Drift, Metroplex & Jazz, Maximum Dinobots issues #1–5, and Drift issues #1–4.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers: The Complete All Hail Megatron (July 27, 2011) ISBN 1600109551 / ISBN 978-1600109553
  • Collects All Hail Megatron issues #1–16, and Spotlight: Blurr, Jazz, Drift, Cliffjumper & Metroplex.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers Volume 6: Police Action (February 15, 2012) ISBN 1613771649 / ISBN 978-1613771648
  • Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #25, #27 & #29, and Spotlight: Prowl.
  • Bonus material includes art from most covers, and a B&W art page from #25: "Police Action: Part 1".
  • Trade paperback format.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Six (May 9, 2012) ISBN 1613771835 / ISBN 978-1613771839
  • Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #1–6, Bumblebee issues #1–4, Last Stand of the Wreckers issues #1–5, and Spotlight: Prowl.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers: Complete Drift (January 30, 2013) ISBN 1613775393 / ISBN 978-1613775394
  • Collects Spotlight: Drift, and Drift issues #1–4.
  • Bonus material includes all covers and bonus art.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers: Dark Prelude (August 14, 2013) ISBN 1613777167 / ISBN 978-1613777169
  • Collects Spotlight: Orion Pax, Thundercracker, Megatron, Bumblebee, Trailcutter and Hoist.
  • New cover art by Nick Roche and Josh Perez.
  • Each of the characters receiving the Spotlight also had new Deluxe Class toys as part of the 2012–2013 Generations line, 'Thrilling 30'.
  • Cover gallery.
  • Trade paperback format.

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  The IDW Collection Volume Four – cover art by E. J. Su
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  The Complete All Hail Megatron – cover art by Trevor Hutchison
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  Volume 6: Police Action – cover art by Brendan Cahill and Priscilla Tramontano
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  The IDW Collection Volume Six – cover art by E. J. Su
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  Complete Drift – cover art by Trevor Hutchison
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  Dark Prelude – cover art by Nick Roche and Josh Perez

• The Transformers: Spotlight Omnibus Volume 1 (April 15, 2015) ISBN 1631402463 / ISBN 978-1631402463
  • Collects Spotlight: Shockwave, Nightbeat, Hot Rod, Sixshot, Ultra Magnus, Soundwave, Kup, Galvatron, Optimus Prime, Ramjet, Blaster, Arcee and Grimlock.
  • Bonus material unknown at this time.
  • Trade paperback format.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 2 (August 12, 2015) ISBN 1631403648 / ISBN 978-1631403644
  • Collects Autocracy issues #1–12, Spotlight: Trailcutter, Hoist & Orion Pax, Robots in Disguise issues #7 & #8–9, and More than Meets the Eye issues #6–8.
  • Bonus material includes alternate covers.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers: Spotlight Omnibus Volume 2 (September 9, 2015) ISBN 1613779429 / ISBN 978-1613779422
  • Collects Spotlight: Mirage, Wheelie, Cyclonus, Hardhead, Doubledealer, Sideswipe, Blurr, Jazz, Drift, Cliffjumper, Metroplex and Prowl.
  • Trade paperback format.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 3 (February 24, 2016) ISBN 1631405403 / ISBN 978-1631405402
  • Collects Spotlight: Thundercracker, Bumblebee & Megatron, More than Meets the Eye Annual 2012, issues #9–11, #12–13 & "Signal to Noise", and Robots in Disguise Annual 2012 & issues #10–11.
  • Bonus material includes alternate covers.
  • Hardcover format.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Compendium, Vol. 1 (July 6, 2016) ISBN 163140637X / ISBN 978-1631406379
  • Collects The IDW Collection One and Two.
  • Trade paperback format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 36: Stormbringer (January 11, 2017)
  • Collects Stormbringer issues #1–4, and Spotlight: Shockwave, Soundwave, Nightbeat & Hot Rod.
  • Bonus material includes an article on the beginning of IDW-verse production and several sketches by Figueroa.
  • Hardcover format.

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  Spotlight Omnibus Volume 1 – cover art by Jeffrey Veregge
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 2 – cover art by Saren Stone
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  Spotlight Omnibus Volume 2 – cover art by Jeffrey Veregge
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 3 – cover art by Marcelo Matere
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  The IDW Collection Compendium, Vol. 1 – cover art by Jeffrey Veregge
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 36: Stormbringer – cover art by Don Figueroa and Guido Guidi

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 37: Escalation (March 8, 2017)
  • Collects Escalation issues #1–6, and Spotlight Sixshot & Ultra Magnus.
  • Bonus material includes Sketches by E. J. Su, bios on IDW Ultra Magnus & IDW Sixshot, an article on creating the IDW Spotlights, and an interview with Su.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 39: Hearts of Steel (April 5, 2017)
  • Collects Hearts of Steel issues #1–4, and Spotlight: Galvatron, Optimus Prime & Mirage.
  • Bonus material includes concept art by Guido Guidi and an article about the creation of Hearts of Steel.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 40: Maximum Dinobots (September 6, 2017)
  • Collects Maximum Dinobots issues #1–5, and Spotlight: Grimlock & Wheelie.
  • Bonus material includes Dinobot sketches by Nick Roche and Klaus Scherwinski's Spotlight: Wheelie sketchbook.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 33: Megatron Origin (November 1, 2017)
  • Collects Megatron Origin issues #1–4, and Spotlight: Blurr & Orion Pax.
  • Bonus material includes a discussion of the production stages on Megatron: Origin by Eric Holmes.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers Drift: Origins & Empires (December 27, 2017) ISBN 1684052238 / ISBN 978-1684052233
  • Collects Spotlight: Drift, Drift issues #1–4, and Drift - Empire of Stone issues #1–4.
  • Bonus material includes covers and bonus art.
  • Trade paperback format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 45: Last Stand of the Wreckers (May 16, 2018)
  • Collects Last Stand of the Wreckers issues #1–5, Spotlight: Prowl, and The Transformers (2009) #1.
  • Bonus material includes an interview with Nick Roche, pre-production sketches and story drafts for Last Stand.
  • Hardcover format.

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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 37: Escalation – cover art by Don Figueroa and E. J. Su
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 39: Hearts of Steel – cover art by Don Figueroa, Guido Guidi and Aaron Leach
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 40: Maximum Dinobots – cover art by Don Figueroa and Nick Roche
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 33: Megatron Origin – cover art by Don Figueroa and Alex Milne
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  Origins & Empires – cover art by Livio Ramondelli
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 45: Last Stand of the Wreckers – cover art by Don Figueroa and Nick Roche

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 42: Revelation (October 17, 2018)
  • Collects Spotlight: Arcee, Cyclonus, Hardhead, Doubledealer, Sideswipe, Jazz and Metroplex.
  • Bonus material includes an "-Ations" retrospective, sketchbook art from Alex Milne and E. J. Su reprinted from individual Spotlights.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 53: Liars, A to D (December 26, 2018)
  • Collects More than Meets the Eye issues #1–6, and Spotlight: Trailcutter & Hoist.
  • Bonus material includes an all-new interview with James Roberts, rare archive material from the dawn of More than Meets the Eye, and Alex Milne's sketchbook.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 41: Drift (February 6, 2019)
  • Collects Drift issues #1–4, and Spotlight: Drift & Blaster.
  • Bonus material includes an article on the creation of Drift, and Guido Guidi's Drift sketchbook.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 48: Revenge of the Decepticons (April 17, 2019)
  • Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #13–18, and Spotlight: Megatron.
  • Bonus material includes a Spotlight: Megatron sketchbook.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 38: Devastation (August 7, 2019)
  • Collects Devastation issues #1–6, and Spotlight: Kup, Ramjet & Cliffjumper.
  • Bonus material includes a cover gallery and an introduction by Simon Furman.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 34: Autocracy (October 16, 2019)
  • Collects Autocracy issues #1–12, and Spotlight: Thundercracker.
  • Bonus material includes "Creating the IDW-Verse - Optimus Origin" — a one-page article on Autocracy, including an interview with co-writer Chris Metzen, a cover gallery and an introduction by Simon Furman.
  • Hardcover format.

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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 42: Revelation – cover art by Don Figueroa and Nick Roche
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 53: Liars, A to D – cover art by Don Figueroa and Alex Milne
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 41: Drift – cover art by Alex Milne and Josh Burcham
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 48: Revenge of the Decepticons – cover art by Don Figueroa, Nick Roche and Len O'Grady
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 38: Devastation – cover art by Don Figueroa and Robby Musso
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 34: Autocracy – cover art by Dreamwave Productions and Livio Ramondelli

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 51: Chaos Theory (December 11, 2019)
  • Collects The Transformers (2009) issues #21: "Police Action: Prologue", #22–23, #25, #27 & #29, and Spotlight: Bumblebee.
  • Bonus material includes a one-page article exploring the origins of the "Chaos" arc and beyond, a cover gallery and an intro by Simon Furman.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: Best of Hot Rod (May 4, 2022)
  • Collects Autocracy #10: "Rise", Spotlight: Hot Rod, The Transformers (1984) #254: "White Fire", Lost Light #20: "Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre", Regeneration One #100: "The War to End All Wars, Part 5", and Transformers Annual 1989: "Peace".
  • Bonus material includes an art gallery.
  • Comic format.

• Transformers: Best of Shockwave (November 9, 2022)
  • Collects Spotlight: Shockwave, The Transformers (1984) issues #5: "The New Order", #225: "Aspects of Evil!" & #277: "Internal Affairs!", Robots in Disguise #17: "Shockwaves", and Optimus Prime #18: "The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named".
  • Bonus material includes an art gallery.
  • Comic format.

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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 51: Chaos Theory – cover art by Don Figueroa and Alex Milne
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  Best of Hot Rod – cover art by James Biggie
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  Best of Shockwave – cover art by James Biggie

International Printings

Spain

Transformers: Spotlight was translated and released in Spain by NORMA Editorial

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  Spotlight Volume 1
  ISBN 978-84-9847-862-4
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  Spotlight Volume 2
  ISBN 978-84-9847-945-4
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  Spotlight Volume 3
  ISBN 978-84-9847-810-5
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  Spotlight Volume 4: Revelación
  ISBN 978-84-679-0039-2

Japan

• The Transformers: The Complete All Hail Megatron (March 23, 2015) ISBN 978-4796875141
  • Collects All Hail Megatron issues #1–16, and Spotlight: Blurr, Jazz, Drift, Cliffjumper & Metroplex.
  • Bonus material includes a cover gallery and the art sketches from previous collections.
  • Trade paperback format.

• The Transformers: Megatron Origin (June 29, 2018) ISBN 978-4864913836
  • Collects Megatron Origin issues #1–4, and Spotlight: Shockwave & Soundwave.
  • Bonus material includes art from all covers, appearance character commentary.
  • Includes a booklet with a commentary written by Akihisa Koike and Eugene Ishikawa.
  • Cy-Kill has been modified to become another bot, possibly due to rights conflicts with Machine Robo.
  • Trade paperback format.

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  The Complete All Hail Megatron – cover art by Trevor Hutchison
  
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  Megatron Origin – cover art by Kei Zama and Josh Burcham
  

Sweden

• Transformers: Wreckers sista strid (June 8, 2018) ISBN 978-91-88131-23-2
  • Collects Last Stand of the Wreckers issues #1–5.
  • Swedish reprint volume published from Ades Media, translated by Johan Boström.
  • Includes all extras from the English hardcover, as well as Spotlight: Kup and "Everything in Its Right Place" plus Wreckers: Sweclassified, a short article from Boström.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: Mer än ögat kan se (June 15, 2019)
  • Collects More than Meets the Eye issues #1–8 & Annual 2012, Spotlight: Trailcutter & Hoist, and a special illustrated edition of "Bullets".
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: Krig och hågkomst (July, 2021)
  • Collects More than Meets the Eye issues #14–22, a special illustrated version of "The Sound of Breaking Glass", and Spotlight: Orion Pax.
  • Hardcover format.

• Transformers: Stormvarning (April, 2026)
  • Collects Spotlight: Shockwave, Nightbeat, Hot Rod, Sixshot, Ultra Magnus & Soundwave and the Stormbringer miniseries.
  • Hardcover format.

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  Wreckers sista strid – cover art by Trevor Hutchison.
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  Mer än ögat kan se – cover art by Alex Milne and Joana Lafuente.
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  Krig och hågkomst – cover art by Alex Milne and Josh Perez.
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  Stormvarning – cover art by Nick Roche and Josh Burcham

Unreleased

• In 2007, Nick Roche and James Roberts pitched an Octane-based issue of The Transformers: Spotlight to IDW. Some of the concepts from the pitch were later used in More than Meets the Eye.