Transformers (2019 comic book)

Transformers
Issue #1's cover by Gabriel Rodríguez and Nelson Dániel
Publication information
Publisher	IDW Publishing Hasbro
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Action Mystery Political Thriller Science fiction
Publication date	March 13, 2019 – present
No. of issues	33 (plus 1 annual and 1 special)
Creative team
Written by	Patrick Ehlers Sara Pitre-Durocher Brian Ruckley Dan Watters
Penciller(s)	Andrew Griffith Angel Hernandez Jack Lawrence Anna Malkova Bethany McGuire-Smith Umi Miyao Billie Montfort Fico Ossio Sara Pitre-Durocher Blacky Shepherd Cachét Whitman
Letterer(s)	Riley Farmer Tom B. Long Neil Uyetake Tom Waltz Jake M. Wood
Colorist(s)	John-Paul Bove Josh Burcham Nelson Daniel Joana Lafuente Sara Pitre-Durocher
Editor(s)	David Mariotte Tom Waltz Assistant Editor: Riley Farmer

Transformers is an ongoing American comic book series that is mostly written by Brian Ruckley and was initially published twice-monthly by IDW Publishing that started on March 13, 2019. Based upon the Transformers franchise by Hasbro and Takara-Tomy, this series is a reboot of the previous comic book series that started with The Transformers: Infiltration in 2005 and concluded with Transformers: Unicron in 2018, taking place in a new continuity that is separate from the Hasbro Comic Book Universe.

The story is set a long time ago, when Cybertron was a commerce hub across the galaxy during its age of peace. But everything gets turned upside down when a series of murders sets a chain of events that brings the inevitable war between the Autobots and Decepticons.

Plot[]

"The World in Your Eyes" (1–5)[]

A long time ago, when Cybertron was a commerce hub across the galaxy, there was an age of peace. Orion Pax, Senator of the Autobots, tries to have a talk with Megatron, Senator of the Ascenticons, about the tensions between factions around the planet, to no avail. A newly forged Cybertronian named Rubble is joined by his mentors Bumblebee and Windblade to meet another Cybertronian named Brainstorm, but they found him dead outside his house.^[1]

As Prowl and Chromia continue to investigate Brainstorm's death, Bumblebee convinces Wheeljack to get Rubble a job in the Tether as an engineer. In the city of Tarn, Megatron and the Ascenticons are giving a speech when they are ambushed by snipers.^[2]

Tensions increase in Cybertron as Windblade takes Rubble to the Senate to be interrogated by Chromia and Geomotus before they planted a tracking device. Orion searches for Codexa to get a bit of advice.^[3]

Windblade and Chromia attempt to interrogate Cyclonus, as they suspect him to be a potential witness in Brainstorm's murder. After watching a ceremony, Bumblebee prevents a fight between two Cybertronians, only for Prowl to show up.^[4]

Bumblebee secretly reunites with Soundwave, head of Security Operations. When Rubble tries to return home, he follows a Voin Scavenger he previously recognised. He cannot communicate with Bumblebee because Soundwave blocked their communication. Therefore, Rubble communicates with Prowl about the Voin he found, and is ambushed by Quake, leaving his fate unknown.^[5]

"Orion Pax: Free Fall" (6)[]

By the time Orion visited Codexa for counsel, she remembers how Orion and Megatron met in the past, but also warns Orion that an unexpected betrayal will lead to Cybertron's fall.^[6]

"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet" (7–11)[]

Following the news of Rubble's murder being confirmed, a grief-driven Bumblebee renounces his job and decides to join the Ascenticon Guard, where he is received by Elita-1. Quake's absence makes Bumblebee to suspect. Ratchet grieves Rubble's death too and is determined to bring his killer to justice. Upon returning to Iacon's Memorial Crater, Cyclonus is confronted by Flamewar in a fight.^[7]

During the fight, Shadow Striker intervenes to help Flamewar, causing Cyclonus to get badly injured and escape. Searching for advice, Megatron consults Termagax, the original leader of the Ascenticons, but she is still not interested in returning, causing Megatron to push his own agenda. Elita-1 teaches Bumblebee about his newfound position. After Cyclonus told Chromia about his encounter, she decides to find Flamewar and Shadow Striker on her own terms, even without Orion's permission.^[8]

Chromia, Sideswipe, and Windblade approach the Iacon Memorial Crater, searching for potential members of the Rise, an even more extremist faction. Prowl interrogates Headlock about the Voin that Rubble found prior his murder. Being aware of their presence, Sixshot enlists Flamewar and Shadow Striker to destroy the building. Bumblebee gets surprised when Barricade left Security Operations for the Ascenticons. After a brief fight, Sixshot's team escapes before blowing out the building, leaving Windblade badly injured.^[9]

During a meeting with the Senate, Orion insists Megatron to dissolve the Ascenticons before the Rise's threat worsens. Bumblebee and Elita-1 are forced to fight back against Protestants of a riot. Megatron warns Shockwave, leader of the Rise, about how their actions affected the Ascenticons' public image. Prowl asks Soundwave to interrogate Barricade, but his permission is denied. In the middle of these events, Sentinel Prime appears to intervene.^[10]

Sentinel questions Orion about the Ascenticons' actions while Chromia checks a list of possible suspects in the murders. Megatron is furious about Barricade passing information directly to Shockwave, regarding the location of the Voin witness when Rubble was murdered. Orion asks Bumblebee not to return to the Ascenticons' headquarters, following what happened to Windblade, but Bumblebee refuses, insisting he needs to honor Rubble's memory. Megatron and Shockwave organize a false attack during a meeting between the Ascenticon Guard and Security Operations, where the Risers retrieve Barricade. Megatron takes advantage to deliver a new speech, blaming the Autobots for the current disasters and announcing the Ascenticons' new campaign.^[11]

"Nautica: Home" (12)[]

Nautica is the head of the Xeno-Relations division, being obsessed with knowing other organic species; but she never returned to Cybertron, even after several factions still threaten peace. Then Starscream, the head of Intelligence, warns her about possible disturbs from Thraal's embassy on the planet Na'conda. Together with her bodyguard Road Rage, Nautica infiltrates the embassy and deduces several Thraal extremists' plan to exterminate the last refugees of A'ovan. Nautica and Road Rage are then attacked by one of those terrorists with a suicide bomb to blow up the Cybertronian ship. With Lightbright's help, Nautica and Road Rage managed to send the bomb away before exploding, as well as saving the A'ovan refugees. While departing from the embassy on their way back to Cybertron, Sentinel asks Nautica to keep this news in the dark.^[12]

"The Change in Your Nature" (13–17)[]

During the Ascenticons' new campaign, Bumblebee has an altercation with Skytread. He later sneaks inside Soundwave's encrypted files, attempting to confirm his suspicions related to Brainstorm and Rubble's deaths, discovering that Soundwave deleted the files related to Sixshot and Quake. While Ratchet and Chromia continue to check on the list of suspects for the murders, Sentinel Prime is under pressure for an election demanded by the Cybertronians, while dealing with Risers who searching for an Energon facility located in an Immersant Titan. When Sideswipe and Springer arrive, Ruckus' Risers attack them. Back on Iacon, Ratchet suspects of Frenzy, a former Riser who used to be a miner and Intelligence operative.^[13]

Chromia's team attempts to interrogate Ruckus' Risers, but it turns into a shooting, until Soundwave's Ascenticons arrive. Nautica tells Ratchet that the murdered Voin had previously traded information, and its death will bring consequences. When Soundwave offers himself to negotiate with Ruckus, Bumblebee secretly follows him. Refraktor is revealed to be a mole sent by Starscream to spy on both the Ascenticons and the Rise. Under Megatron's orders, Soundwave causes an explosion around the Titan to extract Ruckus' team.^[14]

In the past, Megatron was a simple miner who found fame as a gladiator before the War of the Threefold Spark. Afterward, the Nominus Edict was established, which caused many workplaces to close down and many liberties to be strictly forbidden. Some time later, Megatron would find his place after joining Termagax and the Ascenticons, but when she left society after failing to accomplish her mission, Megatron believed only he could impose a better future for Cybertron. Back in the present, Sentinel wants to capture and interrogate Soundwave while Megatron forcibly announces Shockwave the official dissolution of the Rise.^[15]

Megatron receives the warning from Heretech, leader of the Reversionists, about Soundwave's incoming arrest, while Starscream warns Megatron about Bumblebee being Orion's double agent. Nautica receives a Voin Asserter as "compensatory justice" in response for the murdered Voin. Elita-1 warns Megatron about Soundwave's actions in the Mountains. Slipstream's team infiltrates within a Titan net subsidiary hub, killing the guards in the process. By using a specially-engineered data-bomb developed by Shockwave's inner scientists, the Cityspeaker Skystalker awakens the Titan Vigilem.^[16]

After finishing their work, Slipstream's team abandon the Titan net subsidiary hub. Cyclonus considers his options to deal with the Rise after the events in the Memorial Crater. In the Winged Moon, Wheeljack finds out about a Riser installing an Energon siphon and transmitter. Iacon's Titan net subsidiary hub detects all Titans being deactivated except for Vigilem, who approaches the Winged Moon. Aboard the Titan Lodestar, Lightbright fights against Vigilem while Wheeljack and the other workers evacuate the Winged Moon, but Vigilem succeeds on destroying the Tether.^[17]

"Arcee/Greenlight: Run" (18)[]

Gauge is a newly forged Cybertronian who has been trying to find a profession available to her, under the care of both Arcee and Greenlight. When Gauge is trying the job of architectural design, Greenlight suggests to leave Cybetron through a Reversionist starship, but Arcee refuses. However, as the Tether falls down, they all began to evacuate. At the same time, Gauge is shot by looters who are invading Energon reserves. After Arcee retaliates against two of them, she changes her mind about leaving the planet. Upon arriving at the Exodus, Security guards are blocking the entrance, but Arcee fights them in order for Greenlight and Gauge to get inside. When the Exodus is leaving, Arcee manages to get inside too.^[18]

Valentine's Day Special 2020[]

Glyph is a data analyst who always wanted to join Xeno-Relations, and gets her chance when Nautica offered her a place to study the native civilization on the remote world of SDS-359. For security purposes, Glyph is joined by her friend Tap-Out, a former gladiator with a decreasing career. After arriving at SDS-359, Tap-Out deals with the natives who want to see fights instead of being diplomats. After defeating a reptilian creature, he receives respect from the natives but causes Glyph to become an outcast. During a brief talk, they confess their feelings to one another as she convinces him to speak with the natives and learn their language, and when a misunderstanding causes a fight with an even giant guardian, Glyph saves Tap-Out by defeating it. After finishing her report, Glyph returns with Tap-Out to Cybertron.^[19]

Cosmos has become the new Chief of Space Security, but his job of defending the Winged Moon leads him most to isolation. After receiving a transmission from Blast Off, they talk to each other but have never met personally. Over the cycles, they become romantically involved to the point of finally meeting face-to-face.^[19]

"Rise of the Decepticons" (19–23)[]

Following the Tether's fall that caused several casualties, Megatron gets shocked and disappointed about how his plan did not go as he planned. Soundwave receives protection from The Rise and demotes Elita from her rank, placing Skytread in her place. Bumblebee deals with several memories, but then confronts Catgut and Treadshot, Risers who were sent to kill him. However, Bumblebee is saved by Chromia. Meanwhile, Sentinel is obsessed with exposing the lies from both the Ascenticons and the Rise, demoting Orion from his duty. Windblade recruits Novastar and other security veterans to form a counter-strike team. Shockwave gets bad news from Sixshot about several Risers joining the Ascenticon Guard, alongside even more horrible news about Mindwipe looking for one of Shockwave's researches.^[20]

Since the Tether's fall, Sentinel Prime has publicly denounced both the Ascenticons and the Rise's members, now branding them as "Decepticons". Security Operations interrogates Singe, who was arrested for stealing Energon during the Tether's collapse, and the latter reveals they should search on Swindle's bar, where most of the criminals gather. Inside Swindle's, Bumper locates Mindwipe, another Riser suspect, but Mindwipe hypnotizes him to attack Prowl. After Mindwipe escapes, Sideswipe captures Swindle, who cut a deal with the Risers. At Rise headquarters, Sixshot unlocks a secure room and prepares Frenzy and Quake to scuttle their current base.^[21]

While investigating some unusual seismic activity out in the Cybertronian hinterlands, Geomutus' crew of geologists plans to extract the Titan Leviathan, who refuses to transform from her alternate mode, until a Riser team that carries Frenzy and Quake are attacking them. Luckily for them, they are protected by members of Novastar's new counter-terrorism team, but Geomutus convinces Leviathan to help. Back on Iacon, Bumblebee quits the Ascenticon Guard after seeing the faction lost their way on their cause, and agrees to testify against them. Optimus fears the worst about Megatron searching for an endgame.^[22]

Levitahan manages to incapacitate Quake, which leads him to be transferred into custody. But during the transferring, an angry mob intervenes, which leads Quake to escape, only to fight the Voin Asserter, who cuts his left hand. After killing the Voin, Quake is killed by Bumblebee, as revenge for Rubble's death.^[23]

When Megatron arrives at the Senate to confront Sentinel Prime, he accepts his future as Decepticon, as he and his followers pretend to archive what the Ascenticons and the Rise could not. At that moment, the Decepticons have launched an attack on the Senate, declaring the crisis is over and Cybertron is free from the Senate's tyranny. Meanwhile, Starscream visits Bumblebee in his cell.^[24]

"Wheeljack: Orbital Decay" (24)[]

Back in Winged Moon, the crew comprising Wheeljack, Huffer, Lancer, Cosmos and Gears attempts to find a way to prevent the Moon being gone to the Sun. After passing through the Croaton Cloud, several Decepticon infiltration troopers led by Strika invade the Moon. In the meantime, Wheeljack reflects on how Termagax founded the Ascenticons as a peaceful movement, and how she later resigned after failing to convince the Senate not to use violence, naming Megatron as the faction's new Senator.^[25]

"War World" (25–30)[]

After Megatron and the Decepticons took over the Senate as their first step to control Cybertron, several Cybertronians regroup into a new Autobot resistance and attempting to free Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax, who are being held as prisoners. Despite the Autobots having a few missteps, their mission is successful, but when Sentinel is killed by the Rainmakers, the Matrix of Leadership chooses Orion Pax as its next wielder, and he renames himself into Optimus Prime.^[26]

Assuming his new rank, Optimus Prime asks council from Pyra Magna, one of the Four Great Generals during the War Against the Threefold Spark. Megatron insists Starscream to shared information with him, but Termagax then appears, feeling deluded for how the Ascenticons’ cause was misused. When Megatron seemingly murders Termagax, it turned out he destroyed a mindless spectrosynth drone, while the real Termagax relocates somewhere else.^[27]

When Team Strika attempts to steal the remaining energon from the Winged Moon, the surviving workers receive help from a rescue team. The workers manage to cause a black hole that drives Strika and the others. The workers return to Cybertron, except for Cosmos, who stays on the Winged Moon to send a message to Blast Off as part of an "invitation".^[28]

Cyclonus is hunting Sixshot to settle their score, but the latter reveals the Autobots joined forces with Pyra Magna, a former nemesis of his. Megatron uses Andromeda to make up an interview, framing Elita-1 for alleged treason. Starscream gains information from Refraktor about what the Decepticons plan to do next. With Trickdiamond's help, Swindle and Bumblebee escape and leave to a hidden bunker concealed under his casino, filled with illicit multiworld simulation couches, where they find Deathsaurus trapped inside one of them, following his encounter with Cliffjumper on the planet Probat.^{[note 1][29]}

Ironhide reunites Javelin and a group of soldiers to guard Optimus, while dealing with the Senate's takeover. As the Autobots' new leader, Optimus is brought to the Pyramid, where Perceptor tell him the secret about the Titansparks being used in the Age of Expansion, but after the Threefold Spark's war, the Nominus Edict was established and sixteen Titansparks were hidden inside the Pyramid. When the Decepticons attack the place, it gets damaged to the point of the being consumed by plasma, which leads the Autobots to evacuate. When the Pyramid explodes, most of the Titans die in the process.^[30]

Optimus attempts to convince Megatron about the future consequences of his actions, with no avail, but it turns out to be a plan of Pyra Magna so the Autobots can escape from Iacon. When the comms are interrupted by Strika, Pyra is confronted by Cyclonus, who seeks revenge for the deaths of many prisoners inside a spaceship during the Threefold Spark's war. However, she chooses not to kill her, as the Torchbearers arrive to reunite with Pyra. While the Autobots abandon Iacon, Megatron concludes he must kill Optimus in order to archive his victory over Cybertron.^[31]

"Light/Star" (Annual 2021)[]

Following the Tetherfall on Cybertron, Lightbright and Lodestar search for Vigilem, while getting help from the Technobots. They all entered the trade and logistics outpost located in Hexagon, where Thunderwing is repairing Vigilem. When the Technobots arrive within the outpost for negotiations, they discover Thunderwing, Bludgeon and Airachnid have been doing experiments to recreate the Artifacts of the Primes, starting with the Combination Core, a copy of the Enigma of Combination. The Technobots forcibly free Vigilem so Lightbright and Lodestar can confront him, but they are attacked by Airachnid. During their fight, the Technobots make contact with the Combination Core, combing them into "Computron". Vigilem is destroyed, Thunderwing and the others retreat while Lightbright and Lodestar reunite with the Technobots after being ejected from Hexagon. However, their celebration is abruptly ended when they are informed about the Pyramid being destroyed and all Titans killed, making Lodestar the last Titan standing.^[32]

"Lords of Misrule" (31–)[]

Cyclonus deals with his discovery about Provoke being barely alive after being buried within Cybertron for two megacycles. Optimus welcomes Ultra Magnus during the recent events. Shockwave keeps Sunstorm inside a pod after being transported from the Winged Moon. While Strongarm and her team are on guard, Perceptor tests a nucleon-fueled teleportation hybrid-rig on Jumpstream, but its side effects transport her to a parallel universe where Exarchon and the Threefold Spark reign Cybertron.^[33]

In the parallel universe, Jumpstream tries to survive while Exarchon sells her the some Thraal Mercenaries, but she is saved by Bumblebee and other survivors. When some of Exarchon's loyalists attack them, Jumpstream uses some parts from several Transformers to activate the rig and return to her dimension, but ends up being in a comatose state. When Pyra Magna demands Perceptor for an explanation, Lancer explains that she was saturated with chronon particles, which means she was not transported to a parallel universe, but to an alternate timeline in the future. Onslaught switchs turns with Vortex into guaring Sunstorm. Flatline succeeds in repairing Provoke to Cyclonus' happiness. By merging with Skywarp's body, Exarchon succeeds on returning to Cybertron from the unspace.^[34]

Back on his bar, Swindle secretly keep Bumblebee hidden while trying to locate Barricade to complete his revenge for Rubble's murder. Trickdiamond remembers how her mentor was killed by the Combiner Devastator.^{[note 2]} Swindle reveals that Elita-1 is being moved into the Senate's prison. With the help of Charger and Fire Beast, Bumblebee causes a breakout to rescue Eilta. In the process, Bumblebee meets Barricade, but he decides not to kill him after Optimus reminded him to become the best version of himself. Instead, he lets Charger and Fire Beast to burn his right arm. In the end, Swindle reveals where the Enigma of Combination might be, so Bumblebee asks him to contact Optimus. Meanwhile, Exarchon/Skywarp walks around Cybertron to learn what has changed, and decides to meet Megatron himself.^[35]

Production history[]

Background[]

Following the bankruptcy and closure of Dreamwave Productions in January 2005, IDW Publishing acquired the Transformers comic book license in May and hired veteran writer Simon Furman to craft a rebooted continuity based on the Generation 1 toyline.^[36]

IDW's first Transformers title, set in its own continuity, was The Transformers: Infiltration, which was previewed with a #0 in October and formally launched with #1 in January 2006.^[36]

After having acquired the comic book licence of various other Hasbro properties throughout the years—such as G.I. Joe, Action Man, Rom, M.A.S.K., and Micronauts—IDW announced the Hasbro Reconstruction campaign in January 2016; a launch meant to converge these franchises in the same continuity, starting with the crossover events Revolution and First Strike.^[37]

In April 2018, it was announced that this shared continuity, the Hasbro Comic Book Universe (HCBU), would end with Transformers: Unicron in November.^[38]

Development[]

Transformers was first announced by IDW Publishing on December 18, 2018.^[39][40] The title is written by Brian Ruckley, and was initially illustrated by Angel Hernandez and Cachét Whitman (replacing Ron Joseph),^[40] and started publishing issues twice-monthly in March 2019.^[41][42] Ruckley described the writing opportunity as a "privilege", and stated that the title would be a great opportunity for new readers to familiarize themselves with the universe and characters of the Transformers franchise, which he describes as of the "biggest [and] best that science fiction has to offer".^[43]

Issues[]

Issue	Title	Written by	Drawn by	Colored by	Publication date
Main
1	"The World in Your Eyes: Part One"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez and Cachét Whitman	Joana Lafuente	March 13, 2019
2	"The World in Your Eyes: Part Two"			Joana Lafuente and Josh Burcham	March 27, 2019
3	"The World in Your Eyes: Part Three"				April 16, 2019
4	"The World in Your Eyes: Part Four"		Angel Hernandez, Cachét Whitman and Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente and Josh Burcham	April 30, 2019
5	"The World in Your Eyes: Part Five"		Angel Hernandez, Anna Malkova and Sara Pitre-Durocher		May 14, 2019
6	"Orion Pax: Free Fall"		Bethany McGuire-Smith	Bethany McGuire-Smith	May 29, 2019
7	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part One"		Angel Hernandez, Anna Malkova and Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente, Josh Burcham	June 11, 2019
8	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part Two"		Angel Hernandez and Anna Malkova		July 2, 2019
9	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part Three"		Angel Hernandez, Anna Malkova and Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente	July 17, 2019
10	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part Four"			Joana Lafuente and Josh Burcham	August 6, 2019
11	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part Five"		Angel Hernandez and Anna Malkova		August 27, 2019
12	"Nautica: Home"		Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente	September 18, 2019
13	"The Change in Your Nature: Part One"		Angel Hernandez and Alex Milne		October 17, 2019
14	"The Change in Your Nature: Part Two"		Anna Malkova and Bethany McGuire-Smith		November 6, 2019
15	"The Change in Your Nature: Part Three"			Joana Lafuente and Josh Burcham	January 1, 2020
16	"The Change in Your Nature: Part Four"				January 29, 2020
17	"The Change in Your Nature: Part Five"				February 19, 2020
18	"Arcee/Greenlight: Run"		Umi Miyao and Bethany McGuire-Smith	Josh Burcham	March 11, 2020
19	"Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down"		Anna Malkova	Joana Lafuente	March 18, 2020
20	"Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's"		Anna Malkova and Bethany McGuire-Smith	John-Paul Bove	June 17, 2020
21	"Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors"		Billie Montfort and Blacky Shepherd	John-Paul Bove and Joana Lafuente	July 22, 2020
22	"Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners"		Anna Malkova	John-Paul Bove	August 12, 2020
23	"Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You"			Joana Lafuente	September 16, 2020
24	"Wheeljack: Orbital Decay"		Beth McGuire-Smith	Beth McGuire-Smith	October 28, 2020
25	"War World: Prime"		Anna Malkova	Joana Lafuente	December 9, 2020
26	"War World: Awakenings"			David Garcia Cruz	December 30, 2020
27	"War World: Moon"		Fico Ossio		January 20, 2021
28	"War World: Hunt"		Anna Malkova		March 31, 2021
29	"War World: Titans"				May 19, 2021
30	"War World: We Are Not Meant to Be Darkness"				May 26, 2021
31	"Lords of Misrule: Test Flight I"		Angel Hernandez and Anna Malkova	David García Cruz	June 23, 2021
32	"Lords of Misrule: Test Flight II"				July 14, 2021
33	"Lords of Misrule: Swindle's II"		Anna Malkova		August 4, 2021
34	"Lords of Misrule: Sea of Rust I"			David García Cruz and Evan Gauntt	September 1, 2021
35	"Lords of Misrule: Sea of Rust II"				September 22, 2021
36	"Lords of Misrule: Sea of Rust III"			TBA	October 13, 2021
37	"War Stories"			TBA	TBA
38	"Darkness, Once Gazed Upon"			TBA	TBA
Annual
Annual 2021	"Light/Star"	Brian Ruckley	Alex Milne	John-Paul Bove	June 9, 2021
Specials
Valentine's Day Special 2020	N/A	Patrick Ehlers	Jack Lawrence	Josh Burcham	February 14, 2020
	"Open Comms"	Sara Pitre-Durocher
Halloween Special 2021	"I Have No Mouth and I Must Starscream"	Dan Watters	Bethany McGuire-Smith	TBA	September 29, 2021

Reception[]

Issue	Publication date	Critic rating	Critic reviews	Ref.
1	March 13, 2019	8.1/10	21	[44]
2	March 27, 2019	7.0/10	13	[45]
3	April 16, 2019	6.4/10	8	[46]
4	April 30, 2019	7.0/10	7	[47]
5	May 14, 2019	7.3/10	8	[48]
6	May 29, 2019	7.7/10	5	[49]
7	June 11, 2019		7	[50]
8	July 2, 2019	8.1/10	5	[51]
9	July 17, 2019	7.3/10		[52]
10	August 6, 2019	7.2/10	6	[53]
11	August 27, 2019	7.6/10	5	[54]
12	September 18, 2019	7.3/10		[55]
13	October 17, 2019	7.9/10	6	[56]
14	November 6, 2019	7.6/10	4	[57]
15	January 1, 2020	7.9/10	2	[58]
16	January 29, 2020	7.1/10	4	[59]
Valentine's Day Special 2020	February 14, 2020	7.0/10	2	[60]
17	February 19, 2020		6	[61]
18	March 11, 2020	7.6/10	4	[62]
19	March 18, 2020	7.8/10	5	[63]
20	June 17, 2020	6.8/10	3	[64]
21	July 22, 2020	6.1/10	4	[65]
22	August 12, 2020	6.9/10	3	[66]
23	September 16, 2020	7.1/10	4	[67]
24	November 11, 2020	7.0/10	2	[68]
25	December 9, 2020	7.3/10	3	[69]
26	December 30, 2020			[69]
27	January 20, 2021	7.8/10	4	[70]
28	March 31, 2021	7.3/10	3	[71]
29	May 19, 2021	7.6/10	4	[72]
30	May 26, 2021	7.2/10	2	[73]
Annual 2021	June 9, 2021	5.0/10	1	[74]
31	June 23, 2021	7.5/10	3	[75]
32	July 14, 2021	6.8/10		[76]
33	August 4, 2021	7.9/10		[77]
34	September 1, 2021	5.0/10	1	[78]
Overall		7.3/10	176	[79]

Expanded material[]

Transformers: Galaxies[]

In June 2019, IDW announced its first spin-off series titled Transformers: Galaxies to be released in September 2019. The series is being featured as an anthology starring several characters being affected by the events on Cybertron, like the Constructicons, Cliffjumper, Arcee, Greenlight and Ultra Magnus, among others.^[80]

Transformers: Escape[]

In September 2020, IDW announced its second spin-off series titled Transformers: Escape to be released in December 2020. The series features events parallel to Transformers #25–31,^[81] with Wheeljack, Nautica and Hound attempting to evacuate the organic population of Cybertron during the outbreak of the conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons.^[82]

Transformers: Wreckers: Tread & Circuits[]

In July 2021, IDW announced Transformers: Wreckers: Tread & Circuits, a limited series written by David Mariotte and illustrated by Transformers: Lost Light artist Jack Lawrence, and is scheduled for release in October 2021. In this series, the Wreckers must act in secret when a galactic racing event is under threat.^[83]

Collected editions[]

Title	Volume	Material collected	Pages	Publication date	ISBN
Transformers, Volume 1: The World in Your Eyes	1	Transformers #1−12	288	October 22, 2019	1684055318, 978-1684055319
Transformers, Volume 2: The Change in Your Nature	2	Transformers #13−18 Transformers: Galaxies #1−6	280	August 25, 2020	1684056756, 978-1684056750
Transformers, Volume 3: All Fall Down	3	Transformers #19−24 Transformers: Galaxies #7−12		December 15, 2020	1684057396, 978-1684057399
Transformers, Volume 4: Declaration of War	4	Transformers #25−30 Transformers Valentine's Day Special 2020 Transformers: Escape #1−5		August 10, 2021	1684058066, 978-1684058068
Transformers, Volume 5: Horrors Near and Far	5	Transformers #31–36 Transformers Annual 2021 Transformers Halloween Special 2021 Transformers: Wreckers: Tread & Circuits #1–4	304	May 24, 2022	978-1684058839

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