Balancing act, released by idw in april 2007, is a collection of stories from the hasbro collectors club magazine that were published from 2005 to 2006. Starting out as a miniseries, it became very popular and lasted for 80 issues. It started life as a fourissue, bimonthly limited series in 1984, but proved so popular that it continued publication as an ongoing monthly until spring. Transformers comic book series is a massive website about transformers toys, cartoons, comics, and movies. Originally scheduled as a four issue miniseries, it spawned a mythology that would inform other versions of the saga. Two beloved hasbro brands unite in my little pony transformers comic book robots wage war for scifi supremacy in transformers vs. Tesla cybertruck comes to life as a 1980s transformer in this. While the comic book actually predates the cartoon, there was a threeissue miniseries that adapted the movie which is only accepted as canon by the uk version of the comic series and one issue was an adaptation of the cartoon episode the big broadcast of 2006. The transformers was an 80issue american comic book series published by marvel comics telling the story of the transformers. Ill list each hardcover collection prior to the trade paperbacks that contain the same storylines. Marvel and furman were tapped once again for the tiein comic to transformers. Hasbros transformers comic to explore cybertron from very. Based upon the transformers franchise by hasbro and takaratomy, this series is a reboot of the previous comic book series that started with the transformers. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database.
I was just so impressed to read in comic shop news that the death in question was of the optimus prime identity and what it meant to cybertronians, rather than the character dying, i had to pick it up and read it. Windblade series starscream remains in power back on cybertron and hes turned his sights to the stars. The 15 best transformers stories of all time screenrant. It also had a uk sister title that spliced original stories into the continuity, running for 332 issues. Birdsautobirds red as optimus prime, chuck as bumblebee, the blues as bluestreak, bomb as drift, hal as grimlock, terence. A story written with nostalgia and a love for villans. Play transformers comic creator online game to make your own comic book transformers. Robots in disguise which launched the second the transformers.
Galaxies is an anthology comic book series by idw publishing. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a. Angry birds transformers is a comic book series based of the mobile app angry birds transformers. They detail the adventures of the robotic characters from the animated series of the same name. There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name. While the anime series for both were hampered by being translated and dubbed before the show was even finished armada and quite literally some of the worst animation of. Apparently, it will be time to work through listing the backlog of nontransformers comics from. Buy products related to transformers comics and see what customers say about transformers comics on. Idws transformers chronological reading order checklist. So far, it has been an enjoyable comics which is a good place to jump on if you look at the above and decide its too messy for you. Tesla cybertruck comes to life as a 1980s transformer in. Alliance is a 4part comic series that ran from december 2008 to march 2009.
In order to maintain the integrity of the slow burn revelation envisioned by simon furman, this order maintains mostly a publishing standard so that ideas and characters can. Starting out as a mini series, it became very popular and lasted for 80 issues. It serves as both a sequel to the reign of starscream and as a lead in to revenge of the fallen. Oct 14, 2019 ghostbusters has shared a long and successful relationship with idw publishing, says jamie stevens, executive vice president, worldwide consumer products for sony pictures entertainment. Idw publishing proudly announces that the beloved franchises of transformers and ghostbusters will unite for an offbeat, outofthisworld adventure in transformers ghostbusters, a comic book miniseries debuting in june in the first chapter of the ghost of cybertron storyline, the autobots having escaped from the war that destroyed their home planet trace a stray cybertronian. Defiance is a 4part comic series that ran from january to april. There are 6 transformers comic book series listed below. Idw publishing has just announced an upcoming crossover comic book miniseries involving the transformers and the terminator.
Transformers comic creator online game make your own comic. Because that series is part of a new continuity, i. Generation 2 an extreme 90s reissue of older toys whose cartoon was literally old episodes with random cgi thrown in. Its new comic book day, so you know that that means a brand new issue of transformers. Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. In march 2019, idw and hasbro rebooted the transformers comic book continuity. Oct 17, 2016 revolution is a comic book crossover which not only involves the transformers but all of the other hasbro properties that idw has. It is a spinoff to 2019s transformers comic book, featuring various stories about many other characters outside the main storyline. They were the creative team behind the success of the marvel uk transformers comic books series. Transformers comics reading order comic book herald.
View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. This transformers comics price guide is for the series from 1984 to 1991 by marvel. The transformers, was the original cartoon that ran from 1984 to 1987. Ghostbusters and transformers crossover series announced. Dec 18, 2018 the war between autobots and decepticons will start all over again in 2019, but idw publishings ambitious transformers comic book relaunch is, fittingly, more than meets the eye expanding. The comic book that followed was designed to bolster toy sales by creating backstories and spotlighting new characters for that would soon become toys. Angry birds transformers comic series angry birds wiki. Transformers idw reading order comic book reading orders. This story has ramifications for the transformers comics and will launch new comics in its conclusion. Lets let idw publishing know that were all interested in a new transformers generation one comic book and that will happily buy each monthly issue.
Only from idw publishing, a leader in digital comics. A book that takes place within the original 1980s transformers cartoon universe. He seeks to reunite the wayward cybertronian colonies, starting with caminus, all under his total rule. Meanwhile, their british branch, marvel uk, also published transformers comics, a mix of reprinted strips from the us series occasionally slightly. Dec 15, 2016 there has never been a franchise more designed to sell toys than transformers. The artwork was also done by british fan favorites, geoff senior and andrew wildman. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The transformers later retitled as transformers is a comic book series by idw publishing, based upon hasbros transformers characters and toy line.
Both johnpaul bove and case coller have expressed a personal interest in working on such a comic book. The death of optimus prime was the first issue of the idw run i ever read. Prime wars trilogy, was revealed at toy fair 2018 today. Transformers is a comic book series published by marvel comics g1, dreamwave productions g2, and idw publishing g3, as a regular series and in the form of various limited series. Told at first through a series of connected miniseries and eventually moving to multiple ongoing titles supplemented by even more miniseries. Well this should be interesting for the seibertron store, as well as the entire comic book industry. It serves as a prequel to the events of the 2007 transformers movie, with the exception of the fourth issue which is set just after the movie. Cybertron balancing act edit balancing act, released by idw in april 2007, is a collection of stories from the hasbro collectors club magazine that were published from 2005 to 2006. Birdsautobirds red as optimus prime, chuck as bumblebee, the blues as bluestreak, bomb as drift, hal as grimlock, terence as heatwave, bubbles as jazz, stella as arcee.
The reign of starscream is a 5issue miniseries that acts as a sequel to the movie transformers. Just like the angry birds comics, it was also published by idw publishing. Jafri feb 19, 2020 ultimately the challenge with this main transformers title is the tendency to ignore characters we have known for decades, and instead focus on characters and concepts new readers would be less familiar with. Even though the coronavirus has caused all the comic book stores to close, greig and i are still determined to make sure you all have a new transformers comic book. See more ideas about transformers, comics and comic books.
It also spawned mutuallycontradictory sequel series under the generation 2 and classics franchises and idws regeneration one. Starscream remains in power back on cybertron and hes turned his sights to the stars. The war between autobots and decepticons will start all over again in 2019, but idw publishings ambitious transformers comic book relaunch. The transformers returned 2 years later at marvel comics in the less successful transformers. Saga of the allspark is a 4issue series reprinting comics from titan magazines transformers comic uk. Your favorite transformers comic book page 2 tfw2005. The first issue of this 4part miniseries will be available april 1st 2020. Transformers comics can be found at any good comic book store as well. Transformers ghostbusters comic book series announced. Transformers comics price guide sell my comic books. Transformers toys botbots series 5 cardio clique 5pack mystery 2in1 collectible figures kids ages 5 and up.
The stories were written by forrest lee and illustrated by dan khanna. The transformers, the monthly comic book published in the u. Within these electronic pages, you will find the first part of a twopart story arc. Transformers is an ongoing american comic book series that is mostly written by brian ruckley and was initially published twicemonthly by idw publishing that started on march, 2019. Were happy to continue our ghostbusters comic book adventures alongside hasbro and their amazing transformers brand with this oneofakind crossover event celebrating our shared. Over 500 comics with brand new stories in the popular more than meets the eye and transformers ongoing series, movie tieins and adaptations, and classics from the 80s and 90s. Writing and distribution for this series were handled as a joint effort by marvel productions and sunbow productions.
Combiner wars is the idw 6issue event of 2015 for the transformers. This comic books were written by fan british fan favorite writer, simon furman. After some various random series by assorted publisher, the. Apparently, it will be time to work through listing the backlog of non transformers comics from. The war for cybertron is about to begin and the main cast of the upcoming transformers animated series on netflix has just dropped news of their main cast. Devout transformers and tesla fan youseph yoshi tanha is adding a cybertruck to his growing collection of teslainspired transformer robots. Transformers idw in 2005 idw picked up the rights for transformers and hired longtime transformers writer simon furman to craft a rebooted generation 1 continuity.
New comic books will not be distributed until further notice. Much more successful were dreamwaves comics for 2002s transformers armada, which introduced a third race of robots, the minicons, who could connect to bigger toys and unlock hidden features, and 2003s transformers energon. New comic books will not be distributed until further. Transformers is a comic book series by idw publishing, based upon the 2007 transformers movie. New information about the final chapter in hasbro and machinimas animated series, transformers. Just a couple of months ago this year like in january, i was flipping through whatever there was for the old marvel transformers comic series in a comic book short box and prices for the single back issues are pretty spendy raning from 14 to 30 bucks and most of those issues never had anything shocking going on or anything i think. Mar 22, 2020 devout transformers and tesla fan youseph yoshi tanha is adding a cybertruck to his growing collection of teslainspired transformer robots, in comic book form. Riots rock cybertron as the delicate balance of peace is fully disrupted. A new comic book series will bring together iconic franchises from the 80s, with the ghostbusters and the transformers colliding in a new crossover event, as revealed by io9. Originally scheduled as a four issue mini series, it spawned a mythology that would inform other versions of the saga. While it continued the story of the transformers, the series only lasted a year.