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.

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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

• The mini-series is very noticeably written based on an earlier script or incomplete outline of Bumblebee in which Bumblebee has been on Earth for decades. As a result it is entirely incompatible with the movie it was supposed to be promoting, which depicts the title character as having freshly arrived on Earth at the start of the film.

Collections

Japanese Reprints

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

Japanese Reprints

• Transformers: Bumblebee (March 9, 2019)
  • Published from Villagebooks, translated by Shiori Miyo, includes a booklet with a commentary.
  • Collects issues #1–4.