The Transformers: Robots in Disguise

The name or term "Robots in Disguise" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Robots in Disguise (disambiguation).

"Ironhide, GoBots ahead!"
"ATTACK!"

The Transformers: Robots in Disguise is a comic series begun by IDW Publishing in 2012. The series initially focused on Bumblebee and the Autobots trying to organize peace among the NAILs and Decepticons and bring Cybertron to a new Golden Age. Later issues follow the adventures of Optimus Prime as he reassumes command, the further exploits of the Transformers on Earth and the resurgence of combination technology that ultimately culminates in Earth choosing to join the galactic community.

The series picks off from The Death of Optimus Prime, the final issue of the previous ongoing, and intertwines with events from the first new series for 2012, More than Meets the Eye, forming with it the fourth major "act" of IDW's then ongoing Generation 1 continuity.

The series dropped its subtitle with issue #35, becoming simply The Transformers to avoid confusion with the 2015 Robots in Disguise franchise. The series concluded with issue #57 and after a Revolution one-shot, was relaunched as Optimus Prime in November 2016.

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Overview

Based on Cybertron, the series focuses on Bumblebee's new government, and their attempts to lead and rebuild the primordial planet. They must deal with new arrivals daily —NAILs, ex-Autobots, and ex-Decepticons, along with the Decepticons left around after Megatron's disappearance— and attempt to unify them all. The series employs consistent use of first-person narrative captions, with each issue being narrated by one of the central characters of the series: Bumblebee himself, ineffective in his leadership role and struggling to do anything about it; sanctimonious NAIL representative Metalhawk; Starscream, trying his hand at legitimately gaining power through political manipulations; security chief Prowl, slowly turning to the dark side as his past weighs down on him; under-appreciated but perennially upbeat Wheeljack; and Ironhide, who has seen a vision of the future and is trying to balance its meaning with present-day reality. Major supporting cast members include Arcee, now employed as a secret assassin by Prowl with plans of her own; Dirge and Swindle, the former hoping that the war may be truly over and he can have a life of his own, the latter there to temper his optimism; and a retired Blurr, now running Maccadam's Old Oil House. A small circle of Autobots, Decepticons and NAILS make up a recurring group of tertiary characters that includes Needlenose, Sky-Byte, Zetca, and others.

"Optimus, Kiss Players ahead!"
"ATTACK!"

Season 1

Tensions run high following the apparent destruction of the Lost Light, and Ratbat plots to have Skywarp assassinate Bumblebee during a memorial for the ship. Prowl and Arcee foil the attempted murder thanks to Starscream, who sees no benefit to restarting the war, and begins to work with Bumblebee and Metalhawk to form a new united government for Cybertron. Though many Decepticons are provided with jobs and fall into line, Bombshell continues with mysterious experiments that result in Prowl, at the end of his tether and increasingly emotionally closed-off, executing him. Fortunately, Ironhide is able to prevent events snowballing into chaos by successfully petitioning to have the I/D chips installed in the Decepticons turned off, restoring a sense of equality to the Transformer race. Ironhide then recruits the Dinobots to join him in venturing into the wilderness to searching for the missing Aerialbots, only to go missing themselves. The other Autobots, Decepticons, and NAILs search for them, but discover a Titan has returned to Cybertron. Metrotitan briefly awakens, to dub Starscream the "Chosen One" - destined leader of the Transformer race. Before Starscream can exploit this new standing to any great extent, Megatron makes a surprising return and is taken into custody, causing the Decepticons to riot in the streets. Megatron has secretly been working with a small team of Decepticons in Iacon to perfect the combination process, and he creates a new, more-powerful Devastator out of the Constructicons and Prowl, who has been under the mind-control of the still-living Bombshell. Ironhide and the Dinobots return with the Aerialbots— now a combiner named Superion— and battle Devastator, while Megatron himself is neutralized by a failsafe created by Wheeljack. In the chaos, however, Starscream kills Metalhawk and uses his death to secure his position as sole ruler of Iacon, casting the Autobots and Decepticons out into the wilderness.

Simultaneously with this story arc, the adventures of Orion Pax are chronicled in a few side-story issues narrated by Orion himself. Alongside Garnak, Hardhead, and Wheelie, Orion discovers that Jhiaxus, Bludgeon, and Monstructor are carrying out a plan of Shockwave's that involves using the different ores of the Regenesis program to alter the future. With Megatron's defeat on Cybertron, Shockwave turns all his attention to his part of this plan, paving the way for the "Dark Cybertron" crossover event.

Season 2

"Starscream, nervous breakdown ahead!"
"ATTACK!"

The setting shifts from Cybertron to Earth, Orion reclaims the name Optimus Prime and resumes leadership of the Autobots following Bumblebee's death, while Galvatron becomes the new Decepticon leader. New additions to the main cast of Autobots include Kup, Jetfire, Jazz, Sideswipe, Sky Lynx, and Cosmos, while the Constructicons start working for Prowl. More of Galvatron's backstory is explored, harkening back to his role in the First Cybertronian Civil War against the Headmasters. The opening story of "Earthfall" chronicles Optimus and Galvatron's attempts to find the missing Alpha Trion, who was absent after Metroplex returned to Cybertron.

Entering Earth's orbit, the crew of Ark-7 is attacked by human-built missiles derived from Cybertronian technology. Unwilling to risk the ship, Optimus takes Arcee, Jazz, Sideswipe, Kup, and Prowl down to Earth in Sky Lynx, while Jetfire steers the ship into the Moon's orbit. When they arrive, Optimus, Kup, and Jazz meet the ex-Seeker Thundercracker, who has been living a quiet life on Earth since before Cybertron's resoration. Once in the open, the three Autobots are placed under arrest by the Earth Defense Command, who allied with the Decepticons shortly after "Dark Cybertron". The Autobots escape the EDC's custody and return to their ship, where they manage to track the signal of the "Mind Bomb" —a device which scrambles a Cybertronian's brainwaves— to an EDC base on Bikini Atoll. Optimus leads an assault on the facility, and the Autobots rescue Alpha Trion, whom the EDC was holding captive. Trion explains that he was on Earth looking for the Enigma of Combination, the artefact of Nexus Prime, which allows for the creation of combiners. The Autobots, Decepticons, and humans fight over the Enigma, which is in the possession of Garrison Blackrock, the CEO of the Onyx Corporation. The Decepticons finally acquire it, but Starscream's spy Scoop steals it. Optimus returns to Cybertron, leading into the "Combiner Wars" crossover event.

Cybertron prepares to make formal first contact with Caminus —one of the thirteen colony planets— via Metroplex's Spacebridge. Once he acquires the Enigma of Combination, Starscream uses Combiners, including the repaired Superion, the reformed Menasor, and the newly created Defensor, as pawns in a plot to manipulate the Camiens into forming an alliance with Cybertron. Caminus' Forgefire Parliament see Optimus as a living god, and he soon convinces them to unite with Cybertron. Receiving word of this alliance through his double agent Rattrap, Prowl returns to Cybertron with the Constructicons via the Spacebridge stolen from Onyx. Determined to prevent Starscream from forming an empire, Prowl forms Devastator and goes on a destructive rampage. Superion and Defensor stop Devastator and Prowl is arrested, but Starscream later uses the Enigma to integrate Scoop into the Constructicon Combiner. Rattrap betrays Starscream, frees the imprisoned Menasor and brings the Enigma of Combination to Prowl, who uses it to merge himself, Optimus, Ironhide, Sunstreaker and Mirage into another Combiner: Optimus Maximus. After Optimus Maximus emerges victorious in a final battle with the other four Combiners, Prowl is re-arrested, but he soon escapes custody and goes on the run.

"Optimus, messiah complex ahead!"
"ATTACK!"

In the aftermath of the Combiner Wars, Starscream and Windblade reopen diplomatic relations with more lost colonies, paving the way for the interplanetary Council of Worlds. A fresh wave of immigration reveals that Caminus is not the only religiously inclined civilization, and that the Transformers from other worlds also deify the Thirteen and Optimus Prime, much to his chagrin. Unsure of his place in this rapidly changing society, Optimus and his persistent agnosticism runs up against the Mistress of Flame and the Torchbearers, who encourage him to use his status as a Prime to help those in need – including the population of Earth, supposedly one of the legendary thirteen colonies. Between Galvatron's attempts to conquer Earth and the machinations of the not-quite-human Blackrock, Optimus Prime uses his clout to make the unilateral – and controversial – decision to annex Earth into the Council of Worlds, sending ructions across Earth and Cybertron. In spite of many setbacks – including an increasingly paranoid and frazzled Starscream's attempts to undermine his authority using the Council of Worlds – Optimus attempts to mediate between Cybertronians and humans to prove his goodwill, culminating in blackmailing Soundwave into forming an alliance with the express intention of putting down Galvatron for good. Only his discovery of Metrotitan, slumbering beneath Monument Valley, "proves" his supposed divinity and prompts the Council to reconsider their decisions. Metrotitan subsequently transforms into Autobot City, a new Cybertronian embassy.

The creation of Autobot City kicks off the "Titans Return" crossover, as Metrotitan's transmissions across space awaken Sentinel Prime, the former Autobot leader thought dead since the early days of the Great War. Disgusted by the postwar order, Sentinel goes on a rampage across Cybertron and Earth, and in the process reveals his true identity as Infinitus: an ancient Titan Master from the bygone era of the First Cybertronian Civil War. Proclaiming himself and Sovereign as the heralds of Onyx Prime's return, the two Titan Masters attempt to convince Optimus to stand with them, but Optimus and Soundwave fight back. In the aftermath, Prime and Soundwave rejoin the Autobots in Monument Valley, convinced that if the Autobots, Decepticons, NAILs, and colonists alike stand united, then together they will be enough to defeat the ancient menace.

Unbeknownst to Prime and his allies, however, an entirely different alien threat stands poised to imperil the Earth, setting the stage for the Revolution crossover event. The final issue of the series, a Revolution-tie in, sees aspiring scriptwriter Thundercracker and some unlikely allies defend the White House from Dire Wraiths.

Creative team

Series writer John Barber (left) and artist Andrew Griffith (right).

The series is written by John Barber, bringing to the book the eye for intricate continuity-handling and first-person-narrative flow that he implemented during his time on IDW's Dark of the Moon comics. Barber's Foundation co-creator Andrew Griffith is the regular artist, basing his depictions of many characters on the designs used for their Aligned continuity family counterparts in the War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron video games, with Josh Perez on colors.

Livio Ramondelli is the regular artist for the Orion Pax side-story issues, drawing and coloring in his unique painterly style. Casey Coller provides "B" covers for the series, and has stepped in to provide occasional interior pages throughout the series, as have Brendan Cahill and Guido Guidi, who also illustrated the 2012 annual. Joana Lafuente and Priscilla Tramontano have also contributed colors. Marcelo Matere regularly provides retailer incentive variant covers for the series.

Collections

Trade Paperbacks

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 1 (July 25, 2012) ISBN 1613772912 / ISBN 978-1613772911
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #1–5.
  • Bonus material includes art from most covers and notes on issue #3 by the author/artists.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 2 (January 2, 2013) ISBN 1613775415 / ISBN 978-1613775417
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #6–9.
  • Bonus material includes a cover gallery.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 3 (April 17, 2013) ISBN 1613776268 / ISBN 978-1613776261
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #10–11 and Annual 2012.
  • Bonus material includes a cover gallery, and Barber's script notes and Guidi's sketches for the Annual.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 4 (September 18, 2013) ISBN 1613777655 / ISBN 978-1613777657
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #12–16.
  • Bonus material includes a cover gallery.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 5 (December 4, 2013) ISBN 1613778368 / ISBN 978-1613778364
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #17–22.
  • Bonus material includes a cover gallery.

• The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 1 (April 16, 2014) ISBN 1613778910 / ISBN 978-1613778913
  • Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More than Meets the Eye issues #23–25, and Robots in Disguise issues #23–24.
  • Bonus material includes covers from each issue.

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  Robots in Disguise Volume 1 – cover art by Andrew Griffith and Josh Perez
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  Robots in Disguise Volume 2 – cover art by Andrew Griffith and Joana Lafuente
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  Robots in Disguise Volume 3 – cover art by Brendan Cahill and Josh Perez
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  Robots in Disguise Volume 4 – cover art by Andrew Griffith and Josh Perez
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  Robots in Disguise Volume 5 – cover art by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
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  Dark Cybertron Volume 1 – cover art by Phil Jimenez and Romulo Fajardo Jr.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 1 (Reissue) (May 21, 2014) ISBN 161377964X / ISBN 978-1613779644
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #1–5.
  • New cover by Livio Ramondelli.
  • Bonus material includes cover gallery and notes on issue 3 by Barber, Griffith, and Josh Perez.

• The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 2 (June 11, 2014) ISBN 1613779984 / ISBN 978-1613779989
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #25–27, More than Meets the Eye issues #26–27, and Dark Cybertron Finale.
  • Bonus material includes covers from each issue.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 6 (November 19, 2014) ISBN 1631401645 / ISBN 978-1631401640
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #28–32.
  • Bonus material includes covers from each issue.

• The Transformers Volume 7: Combiner Wars First Strike (April 8, 2015) ISBN 1631402854 / ISBN 978-1631402852
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #33–38.
  • Bonus material includes covers from each issue.

• The Transformers: Combiner Wars (August 12, 2015) ISBN 1631403869 / ISBN 978-1631403866
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #39–41, and Windblade (2015) issues #1–3.
  • Bonus material includes covers from each issue.

• Transformers: Robots in Disguise Box Set (December 2, 2015) ISBN 1631404261 / ISBN 978-1631404269
  • Collects Robots in Disguise Volumes 1–5.
  • Bonus material unknown at this time.

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  Robots in Disguise Volume 1 – cover art by Livio Ramondelli
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  Dark Cybertron Volume 2 – cover art by Phil Jimenez and Romulo Fajardo Jr
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  Robots in Disguise Volume 6 – cover art by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
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  Volume 7: Combiner Wars First Strike – cover art by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
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  Combiner Wars – cover art by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
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  Robots in Disguise Box Set – cover art by ???

• The Transformers Volume 8 (March 16, 2016) ISBN 1631405853 / ISBN 978-1631405853
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #42–45.
  • Bonus material includes covers from each issue.

• The Transformers Volume 9 (June 29, 2016) ISBN 163140668X / ISBN 978-1631406683
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #46–49.
  • Bonus material includes covers from each issue.

• The Transformers Volume 10 (October 5, 2016) ISBN 1631407481 / ISBN 978-1631407482
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #50–55.
  • Bonus material includes covers from each issue.

• The Transformers: Titans Return (January 14, 2017) ISBN 1631408216 / ISBN 978-1631408212
  • Collects Titans Return #1, The Transformers (2012) issues #56–57, and More than Meets the Eye issues #56–57.
  • Bonus material unknown at this time.

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  Volume 8 – cover art by Andrew Griffith and Josh Perez
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  Volume 9 – cover art by Andrew Griffith and Klaus Scherwinski
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  Volume 10 – cover art by Casey Coller and John-Paul Bove
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  Titans Return – cover art by Priscilla Tramontano

Hardcovers

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 1 (September 3, 2014) ISBN 1631400401 / ISBN 978-1631400407
  • Collects The Death of Optimus Prime, More than Meets the Eye issues #1–3 & #4–5, and Robots in Disguise issues #1–5 & #6.

• The Transformers: Dark Cybertron (February 11, 2015) ISBN 163140072X / ISBN 978-1631400728
  • Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More than Meets the Eye issues #23–27, and Robots in Disguise issues #23–27, and Dark Cybertron Finale.
  • Bonus material unknown at this time.

• 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 unknown at this time.

• 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 unknown at this time.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 4 (October 12, 2016) ISBN 1631407155 / ISBN 978-1631407154
  • Collects Monstrosity issues #1–12, Robots in Disguise issues #12–16 & #17–18, and More than Meets the Eye issues #14–16.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 5 (February 22, 2017) ISBN 1631408445 / ISBN 978-1631408441
  • Collects Primacy issues #1–4, Robots in Disguise issues #19–20 & #21–22, and More than Meets the Eye issues #17–21, #22 & "The Sound of Breaking Glass".

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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 1 – cover art by Saren Stone
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  Dark Cybertron – cover art by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 2 – cover art by Saren Stone
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 3 – cover art by Marcelo Matere and Tom B. Long
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 4 – cover art by Marcelo Matere and Tom B. Long
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 5 – cover art by Marcelo Matere and Tom B. Long

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 59: Dark Cybertron, Part 1 (June 14, 2017)
  • Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More than Meets the Eye issues #23–25, and Robots in Disguise issues #23–24.
  • Bonus material includes a bio on the Titans, the making of Dark Cybertron with John Barber and James Roberts, a cover gallery and a forward by Simon Furman.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 64: Windblade (August 9, 2017)
  • Collects Windblade (2014) issues #1–4, and The Transformers (2012) issues #35–38.
  • Includes a bio for Windblade, an overview of her conception, pictures of her Thrilling 30 toy, and early design sketches by Hasbro.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6 (October 18, 2017) ISBN 1684050855 / ISBN 978-1684050857
  • Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More than Meets the Eye issues #23–27, and Robots in Disguise issues #23–27, Dark Cybertron Finale, and Windblade (2014) issues #1–4.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 75: Titans Return, Part 1 (February 7, 2018)
  • Collects Till All Are One issues #1–4, Titans Return #1, The Transformers (2012) issues #56–57, and More than Meets the Eye issues #56–57.
  • Bonus material includes a two-page article on the beginning of More than Meets the Eye and Robots in Disguise, a cover gallery and a forward by Simon Furman.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 60: Dark Cybertron, Part 2 (February 21, 2018)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #25–27, More than Meets the Eye issues #26–27, and Dark Cybertron Finale.
  • Bonus material includes a "blow-by-blow account of Dark Cybertron's hidden secrets", a cover gallery and a forward by Simon Furman.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 71: All Hail Optimus (March 7, 2018)
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #50–55.
  • Bonus material includes Background material on the Council of Worlds.

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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 59: Dark Cybertron, Part 1 – cover art by Guido Guidi (Ratchet) and Phil Jimenez/Andrew Griffith
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 64: Windblade – cover art by Guido Guidi and Saren Stone
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6 – cover art by Marcelo Matere and Tom B. Long
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 75: Titans Return, Part 1 – cover art by Don Figueroa (Arcee) and Livio Ramondelli (retro)
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 60: Dark Cybertron, Part 2 – cover art by Mark Brooks (Brainstorm) and Andrew Griffith (retro)
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 71: All Hail Optimus – cover art by Don Figueroa (Sky Lynx) and Livio Ramondelli (retro)

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 7 (March 21, 2018) ISBN 1684051495 / ISBN 978-1684051496
  • Collects More Than Meets the Eye issues #28–30, #31–33 & #34, and Robots in Disguise issues #28–32 & #33–34.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 62: Earthfall (August 8, 2018)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #28–34.
  • Bonus material includes the lowdown on the (new) human cast and rare promotional posters for the Dawn of the Autobots event.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 65: Combiner Wars (October 31, 2018)
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #39–42, and Windblade (2015) issues #1–4.
  • Bonus material includes an article on the Prime Wars Trilogy.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8 (December 5, 2018) ISBN 1684053722 / ISBN 978-1684053728
  • Collects More than Meets the Eye issues #35–38 & #39–40, The Transformers (2012) issues #35–38, Punishment issues #1–5, and Drift - Empire of Stone issues #1–4.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 54: A Better Tomorrow (April 3, 2019)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #1–7.
  • Bonus material includes a new interview from by John Barber.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 58: Shockpoint (May 15, 2019)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #15–22.
  • Bonus material includes a 2-page history of IDW Shockwave's history-setting plans.

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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 7 – cover art by Marcelo Matere and Tom B. Long
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 62: Earthfall – cover art by Don Figueroa (Galvatron) and Andrew Griffith (retro)
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 65: Combiner Wars – cover art by Don Figueroa (Defensor) and Livio Ramondelli (retro)
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 8 – cover art by Marcelo Matere
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 54: A Better Tomorrow – cover art by Don Figueroa and Andrew Griffith
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 58: Shockpoint – cover art by Don Figueroa and Livio Ramondelli

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 9 (June 19, 2019) ISBN 1684054842 / ISBN 978-1684054848
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #39–41, #42–43, Windblade (2015) issues #1–3 & #4–5, and More than Meets the Eye issues #41–44.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 67: Conquerors (July 24, 2019)
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #43–49, and Combiner Hunters #1.
  • Bonus material includes development art by Andrew Griffith, a cover gallery and an intro by Simon Furman.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 56: City on Fire (October 2, 2019)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise #8-14 and Annual 2012.
  • Bonus material includes a cover gallery and an intro by Simon Furman.

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 10 (January 1, 2020) ISBN 1684055849 / ISBN 978-1684055845
  • Collects Windblade (2015) issues #6–7, The Transformers (2012) issues #44–45, Combiner Hunters #1, Sins of the Wreckers issues #1–5, More than Meets the Eye issues #45–47 & #48–49, The Transformers Holiday Special: "Choose Me" & "The Thirteenth Day of Christmas".

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 11 (June 17, 2020) ISBN 1684056403 / ISBN 978-1684056408
  • Collects The Transformers Holiday Special: "Silent Light", Redemption, The Transformers (2012) issues #46–50 & "New Worlds Order", and More than Meets the Eye issues #50–55 & "No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases".

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 12 (February 10, 2021) ISBN 1684057469 / ISBN 978-1684057467
  • Collects The Transformers (2012) issues #51–55 & #56–57, Till All Are One issues #1–4, Titans Return #1, and More than Meets the Eye issues #56–57.

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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 9 – cover art by Marcelo Matere
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 67: Conquerors – cover art by Don Figueroa and Andrew Griffith
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  The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 56: City on Fire – cover art by Don Figueroa (Sludge) and Andrew Griffith (retro)
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 10 – cover art by Marcelo Matere
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 11 – cover art by Marcelo Matere
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  The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 12 – cover art by Marcelo Matere

• The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Three: Volume 1 (September, 2021) ISBN 1684058422 / ISBN 978-1684058426
  • Collects Revolution issues #0–5, Till All Are One: Revolution #1, The Transformers (2012): Revolution #1, Action Man: Revolution #1, More than Meets the Eye: Revolution #1, Till All Are One issues #5–8 and Revolutionaries issues #1–4.

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  The IDW Collection Phase Three: Volume 1 – cover art by Sara Pitre-Durocher

One-shots

• Transformers: Best of Bumblebee (September 7, 2022)
  • Collects The Transformers (1984) #16: "Plight of the Bumblebee!", Transformers Annual 2017: "Ghost Stories", Robots in Disguise #27: "Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11", Transformers (2019) #2: "The World In Your Eyes Part Two", and All Hail Megatron #16: "Hidden".
  • Bonus material includes an art gallery.

• Transformers: Best of Starscream (September 21, 2022)
  • Collects Infiltration #6, Robots in Disguise #20: "Three Monologues", The Transformers Holiday Special: "Choose Me", Till All Are One #12: "Your First Mistake", and Shattered Glass #3.
  • Bonus material includes an art gallery.

• Transformers: Best of Arcee (October 5, 2022)
  • Collects Combiner Hunters #1: "An Uneventful Night", The Transformers (2012) #55: "All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights", Optimus Prime #9: "The Life of Sideswipe", Excerpt from Optimus Prime #21: "The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable", The Transformers (1984) #224: "Aspects of Evil!", and Transformers (2019) #18: "Arcee/Greenlight: Run".
  • Bonus material includes an art gallery.

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

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  Best of Bumblebee – cover art by James Biggie
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  Best of Starscream – cover art by James Biggie
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  Best of Arcee – cover art by James Biggie
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  Best of Shockwave – cover art by James Biggie

International Printings

Japanese reprints

The Japanese reprinted editions have been published from Villagebooks. Bonus material includes: art from all covers, appearance character commentary, includes a booklet with a commentary written by Akihisa Koike and Eugene Ishikawa.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 1 (September 28, 2019)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #1–5.
  • Translated by Eugene Ishikawa and Ken Rose.
  • There are two covers, regular and exclusive. Produced exclusively for the Amazon.co.jp, verse COMICS, Shosen book tower, BLISTER comics and Mamegyorai.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 2 (March 28, 2020)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #6–10 and Annual 2012.
  • Translated by Eugene Ishikawa and Shiori Miyo.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 3 (November 30, 2020)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #11–16.
  • Translated by Eugene Ishikawa and Ruby Shōma James.

• The Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 4 (August 2, 2021)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #17–22.
  • Translated by Akihisa Koike.

• The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 1 (March 25, 2022)
  • Collects Dark Cybertron #1, More than Meets the Eye issues #23–25, and Robots in Disguise issues #23–24.
  • Translated by Akihisa Koike.

• The Transformers: Dark Cybertron Volume 2 (March 25, 2022)
  • Collects Robots in Disguise issues #25–27, More than Meets the Eye issues #26–27, and Dark Cybertron Finale.
  • Translated by Akihisa Koike.

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  Robots in Disguise Volume 1 Regular Cover – cover art by Kazumasa Yasukuni. Unite More than Meets the Eye vol.1 cover.
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  Robots in Disguise Volume 1 Exclusive Cover – cover art by DAI-XT.
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  Robots in Disguise Volume 2 Regular Cover – cover art by Yuki Ohshima.
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  Robots in Disguise Volume 3 Regular Cover – cover art by Hidetsugu Yoshioka.
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  Robots in Disguise Volume 4 Regular Cover – cover art by Takeshi Nakamura.
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  Dark Cybertron Volume 1 – cover art by Kazumasa Yasukuni.
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  Dark Cybertron Volume 2 – cover art by Kazumasa Yasukuni.

Swedish reprints

• Transformers: Optimus Prime - Tillbaka till jorden (February 15, 2023)
  • Swedish reprint volume of #28-32 and #34-38 as well as the Punishment mini-series.

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  Tillbaka till jorden – cover art by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente

Notes

• Barber, like James Roberts, was told to assume their comics would last a year. Then it became lasting sixteen issues. And then Hasbro wanted Dark Cybertron. And then...