Transformers (2019 comic)

This article is about the 2019 comic series. For the similarly-titled 2009 comic series, see The Transformers (IDW). For a list of other meanings, see Transformers (disambiguation).

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Transformers is an ongoing comic series from IDW Publishing that debuted in March 2019 and ended in June 2022, releasing issues every two weeks for its first six months of publication before switching to a monthly release schedule in September 2019. The series marks the first installment of a brand-new continuity for IDW's Transformers comics, replacing the previous ongoing continuity that ran from 2005 to 2018.

Before an endless war raged between the Autobots and the Decepticons. Before Orion Pax took on the mantle of Optimus Prime. Before Earth ever learned about the strange robotic alien beings from Cybertron—the Transformers—there was peace. There was society. There was wonder. Join us now at the dawn of a bold new era...

	Transformers issues:
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 Annual 2021 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36 #37 #38 #39 #40 #41 #42 #43 Specials: Valentine's Day Special (main strip backup strip) Halloween Special Fate of Cybertron

Overview

The day when we see Optimus and Megatron standing side by side... pfftt

Set prior to the war between Autobots and Decepticons, Transformers takes place on a thriving, peaceful Cybertron that serves as an interstellar commerce hub. The era of peace is brought to an unexpected end, however, when the planet experiences its first murder in living memory.

Creative team

The series is written by Brian Ruckley. Issues were regularly drawn by more than one artist. In the beginning, duties were originally split between Angel Hernandez and Cachét Whitman, with Hernandez illustrating the majority of the pages in each issue. The second arc of the series saw the introduction of Anna Malkova and Beth McGuire-Smith to the artistic team, and Malkova has since become the primary artist for the book.

Collections

• Transformers Volume 1: The World In Your Eyes (January 22, 2020) ISBN 1684055318 / ISBN 978-1684055319
  • Hardcover.
  • Collects Transformers issues #1–12.
  • Bonus material includes alternate covers.

• Transformers Volume 2: The Change In Their Nature (September 16, 2020) ISBN 1684056756 / ISBN 978-1684056750
  • Hardcover.
  • Collects Galaxies issues #1–6 and Transformers issues #13–18.
  • Bonus material includes alternate covers.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 98: The World In Your Eyes (October 7, 2020)
  • Collects Transformers issues #1–7.
  • Bonus material includes a cover gallery, a Q&A with series writer Brian Ruckley, and an intro by Simon Furman.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 99: The Cracks Beneath Your Feet (October 21, 2020)
  • Collects Transformers issues #8–14.
  • Bonus material includes a cover gallery, and an intro by Simon Furman.

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 100: Constructicons Rising (November 4, 2020)
  • Collects Transformers issues #15–17 and Galaxies issues #1–4.
  • Bonus material includes a 2-page afterword on the full Hachette G1 collection series, a tiny cover gallery of the Hachette series, a retrospective on the various G1 publishing companies, a cover gallery of the IDW issues and an intro by Simon Furman.

• Transformers Volume 3: All Fall Down (February 24, 2021) ISBN 1684057396 / ISBN 978-1684057399
  • Hardcover.
  • Collects Transformers issues #19–24 and Galaxies issues #7–12.
  • Bonus material includes alternate covers.

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  Volume 1: The World In Your Eyes – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
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  Volume 2: The Change In Their Nature – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
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  The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 98: The World In Your Eyes – cover art by Dreamwave (Quake) and Cachét Whitman
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  The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 99: The Cracks Beneath Your Feet – cover art by Dreamwave (Cyclonus) and Angel Hernandez
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  The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 100: Constructicons Rising – cover art by Don Figueroa (Scrapper) and Livio Ramondelli
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  Volume 3: All Fall Down – cover art by Cryssy Cheung

• Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime (January 5, 2022)
  • Collects Marvel Comics' The Transformers #24, IDW's The Transformers (2009) #23, Autocracy #9, Optimus Prime #25, and Transformers (2019) #6.
  • Bonus content includes an art gallery.

• Transformers Volume 4: Declaration of War (January 19, 2022) ISBN 1684058066 / ISBN 978-1684058068
  • Hardcover.
  • Collects Transformers issues #25–30, Transformers Valentine's Day Special, and Escape issues #1–5.
  • Bonus material includes alternate covers.

• Transformers Volume 5: Horrors Near and Far (June 8, 2022) ISBN 168405883X / ISBN 978-1684058839
  • Hardcover.
  • Collects Transformers issues #31–36, Transformers Annual 2021, Transformers Halloween Special, and Wreckers—Tread & Circuits issues #1–4.
  • Bonus material includes alternate covers.

• Transformers: Best of Bumblebee (September 7, 2022)
  • Collects The Transformers #16, Transformers Annual 2017, Robots in Disguise #27, Transformers #2, and All Hail Megatron #16.
  • Bonus content includes an art gallery.

• Transformers: Best of Arcee (October 5, 2022)
  • Collects Combiner Hunters #1, The Transformers vol. 2 #55, Optimus Prime #9 & #21, The Transformers UK #224, and Transformers #18.
  • Bonus content includes an art gallery.

• Transformers Volume 6: War's End (November 16, 2022) ISBN 1684059410 / ISBN 978-1684059416
  • Hardcover.
  • Collects Transformers issues #37–43, War's End issues #1–4, and Fate of Cybertron.
  • Bonus material currently unknown, most likely alternate covers.

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  Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime – cover art by James Biggie
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  Volume 4: Declaration of War – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
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  Volume 5: Horrors Near and Far – cover art by Cryssy Cheung
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  Transformers: Best of Bumblebee – cover art by James Biggie
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  Transformers: Best of Arcee – cover art by James Biggie
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  Volume 6: War's End – cover art by Cryssy Cheung

• Transformers: Best of Windblade (December 9, 2022 **scheduled**)
  • Collects Windblade #1, Till All Are One Annual 2017, and Transformers #9.

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  Transformers: Best of Windblade – cover art by James Biggie

Notes

• Transformers makes extensive use of Generations toy designs, notably from the War for Cybertron Trilogy, including toy-mandatory features such as protruding hinge covers, screwholes and 5mm pegholes. Characters without Generations figures generally utilize the most recent alternative (such as from Cyberverse) or their original Generation 1 designs. Comments from artists indicate this is not a Hasbro mandate but rather a consensus for ease-of-access to reference material and therefore, consistency.
• Initial promotion for the series stated that Hernandez and Ron Joseph would be the artists, but Joseph had to drop the project for personal reasons and was replaced by Whitman.

External links

• Series announcement at The Hollywood Reporter