Transformers: Galaxies
Transformers: Galaxies is a monthly comic series from IDW Publishing that premiered in September 2019. A spin-off of the ongoing Transformers series, and set in the 2019 IDW continuity, Galaxies stars secondary characters amidst the backdrop of the antebellum storyline in the main series, with the first story arc featuring the Constructicons. Following that, the second will highlight Cliffjumper, the third will star Arcee, Greenlight, and their mentee Gauge,[1] and the fourth arc will showcase Ultra Magnus.
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Overview
An anthology series in the vein of the original IDW continuity's Spotlight series, Galaxies features a variety of loosely connected story arcs that weave in and out of the main Transformers ongoing, telling stories set elsewhere in outer space during the buildup to the Great War.
- "Constructicons Rising"
In the aftermath of the War of the Threefold Spark, Termagax encouraged the potential of six promising young students, the Constructicons, even teaching them the art of combination thanks to the mysterious Enigma... but the danger this new form represented led Nominus Prime to exile them to the barren world of Mayalx. Many years later, a chance run-in with the Insecticons, similarly cast out by Nominus, leads them down a darker path...
- "Wannabee"
Cliffjumper is tired of always being mistaken for his more popular lookalike Bumblebee—but that's just why ambassador Deathsaurus wants him, in the hopes of fooling the superstitious natives of the planet Probat. But not all is at it seems on Probat, and Cliffjumper is caught in the middle when Deathsaurus discovers a valuable secret...
- "Gauging the Truth"
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- "Storm Horizon"
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Creative team
The first arc of Galaxies is written by Vox Media co-founder and Transformers fan Tyler Bleszinski, with art by Livio Ramondelli. The second is to be written by Kate Leth and Cohen Edenfield, with art by Alex Milne and Josh Perez. The third is to be written by Sam Maggs, with art by Umi Miyao. The fourth is to be written by Deviations and M.A.S.K. writer Brandon M. Easton, with art by Andrew Griffith and Thomas Deer.
Collections
- Transformers Volume 2: The Change In Their Nature (June 30, 2020 **scheduled**) ISBN 1684056756 / ISBN 978-1684056750
- Hardcover.
- Collects Transformers issues #13-18 and Galaxies issues #1-6.
- Bonus material currently unknown.
- Transformers Volume 3: All Fall Down (December 15, 2020 **scheduled**) ISBN 1684057396 / ISBN 978-1684057399
- Hardcover.
- Collects Transformers issues #19-24 and Galaxies issues #7-12.
- Bonus material currently unknown.
Notes
- TBA
