New Avengers/Transformers

This article is about the IDW series with issues titled "Man and Machine". For the Marvel issue, see The Man in the Machine!.

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New Avengers/Transformers is a crossover miniseries between comic book companies IDW Publishing and Marvel Comics.

	New Avengers/Transformers issues:
#1 #2 #3 #4

Overview

Megatron has recently come to Earth to put down insubordination of the infiltration team there led by Starscream. After crippling Starscream and bringing the rest of the team in line Infiltration, Megatron reestablishes infiltration protocol and initiates phase two. Escalation #1 Phase two involves the destabilization of global politics with the goal of having national powers fight each other to reduce their ability to resist in later stages. Megatron's first course of action is to establish a base in the Eastern European country of Latveria and attack the neighboring country of Symkaria, knowing the Symkarians would blame the Latverians and likely start a war over the matter. He also steals the Psycho-Prism from Doctor Doom, which has the effect of increasing hostile tendencies of nearby humans, which would further escalate tensions.

Both the Avengers and Autobots investigate the disturbance...

Creative team

The title was written by Stuart Moore and illustrated by Tyler Kirkham. Moore would later write the Spotlight issue for Ramjet, who made his IDW debut in this series.

Notes

• The best place to locate this series in the 2005 IDW continuity is during the latter part of Escalation #1, after Megatron is last seen in his Cybertronian tank form (he is in gun form in this series). Megatron had gathered his troops together at that point to secure his leadership and oversee the reestablishment infiltration protocol. Ironhide and Sunstreaker were off driving Hunter O'Nion, Verity Carlo, and Jimmy Pink home at that part of the story which would account for their absence in this series. Spotlight: Ramjet, which takes place after this series, begins during Escalation #2.
• In Marvel continuity, this story is obviously not congruent with the mainstream Marvel Comics universe ("Earth-616"), even discounting the presence of the Autobots and Decepticons. At the time this story is intended to take place (between the first two story-arcs of New Avengers, circa mid-2005), Doctor Doom was supposed to be dead, and Carol Danvers was not on the New Avengers team. With that said, we now return you to your scheduled dosage of space robots.

Collections

• New Avengers/Transformers TPB (January 16, 2008) ISBN 0785-12790-9 / ISBN 978-0785127901

Bonus material includes issue cover art (no text).

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• New Avengers Vol. 1: Breakout
• New Avengers Vol. 2: Sentry
• New Avengers Vol. 3: Secrets & Lies
• New Avengers Vol. 4: The Collective
• New Avengers Vol. 5: Civil War
• New Avengers Vol. 6: Revolution
• Marvel's heroic collections

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

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  New Avengers/Transformers TPB – cover art by Jim Cheung, Mark Morales and Justin Ponsor
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  The IDW Collection Volume Three – cover art by E. J. Su

External links

• Stuart Moore Talks New Avengers/Transformers