Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel

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"Bees are funny. If we didn't laugh, we'd cry with what we have to deal with."

Transformers: Bumblebee: Movie Prequel is a 4-part comic series published by IDW Publishing, tying into the 2018 film. An all-ages spy thriller, it focuses on Bumblebee's prior adventures during the Cold War.

«	Transformers: Bumblebee: Movie Prequel issues:
#1 #2 #3 #4

Overview

During the Cold War, Bumblebee is on loan to MI6 and teamed with a new partner, but must soon search for a traitor in the ranks when a mission goes awry.

Creative team

The series is written by long-time Transformers scribe and continuity aficionado John Barber, author of several other live-action movie universe titles including Sector 7, Foundation, and Rising Storm, and drawn by Andrew Griffith, who previously worked with Barber on Robots in Disguise.

Notes

• This series, despite being billed as the official movie prequel, is utterly incompatible with the movie proper. The movie depicts Bumblebee first making landfall from Cybertron in 1987, which clashes with the prequel's premise of him being an active agent on Earth in the '60s, as well as the World War II flashback from The Last Knight.

Collections

• Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel: From Cybertron With Love TPB (October 24, 2018) ISBN 1684052297 / ISBN 978-1684052295
  • Contains issues #1–4.
  • Bonus content: CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.