Transformers (2019)
6 primary works
Book 1
A new era dawns with a new Transformers universe, as leaders Orion Pax and Megatron vie to win the hearts and minds of utopian Cybertron.
In the infinite universe, there exists no other planet like Cybertron. Home to the Transformers, and a thriving hub for inter-stellar commerce, it is a world brimming with organic and constructed diversity. Immense structures line its landscape. Mechanical giants roam across its surface. Starship-sized titans orbit its skies, keeping a constant protective watch above and below. Ancient Transformers merge into its very fabric. Small, mysterious creatures skulk in its shadows. It is a truly amazing realm, long untouched by war, and exuberantly reaching for the stars. This is the Cybertron that Orion Pax and Megatron compete for in this bold new origin--a world of seemingly endless peace.
All that changes when Bumblebee and Windblade take a newly-forged Cybertronian on his first voyage through this world of wonders, only to discover the first murder to occur on Cybertron in living memory! Soon, they'll face the hard reality that the planet is on the brink of an unprecedented shift, and nothing will ever be the same.
IDW Publishing and Hasbro proudly present a bold new vision of the Transformers universe that will excite longtime fans while serving as the unequivocal best place for new readers to begin their obsession.
Collects issues #1-12 of IDW's new Transformers saga by writer Brian Ruckley and artists Angel Hernandez, Cachét Whitman, Sara Pitre-Durocher, Andrew Griffith, Anna Malkova, and Beth McGuire-Smith.
In the infinite universe, there exists no other planet like Cybertron. Home to the Transformers, and a thriving hub for inter-stellar commerce, it is a world brimming with organic and constructed diversity. Immense structures line its landscape. Mechanical giants roam across its surface. Starship-sized titans orbit its skies, keeping a constant protective watch above and below. Ancient Transformers merge into its very fabric. Small, mysterious creatures skulk in its shadows. It is a truly amazing realm, long untouched by war, and exuberantly reaching for the stars. This is the Cybertron that Orion Pax and Megatron compete for in this bold new origin--a world of seemingly endless peace.
All that changes when Bumblebee and Windblade take a newly-forged Cybertronian on his first voyage through this world of wonders, only to discover the first murder to occur on Cybertron in living memory! Soon, they'll face the hard reality that the planet is on the brink of an unprecedented shift, and nothing will ever be the same.
IDW Publishing and Hasbro proudly present a bold new vision of the Transformers universe that will excite longtime fans while serving as the unequivocal best place for new readers to begin their obsession.
Collects issues #1-12 of IDW's new Transformers saga by writer Brian Ruckley and artists Angel Hernandez, Cachét Whitman, Sara Pitre-Durocher, Andrew Griffith, Anna Malkova, and Beth McGuire-Smith.
Book 2
A new era dawns in this bold new vision of the Transformers universe that will excite longtime fans and new readers alike!
Orion Pax, Chromia, and Security Operations have almost cracked the case of the Rise terrorists who killed Brainstorm and Rubble. But they aren't the only ones worried about the Rise and with a bolder Ascenticon faction behind them, Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave seek to save Cybertron from all threats--the Rise, the Nominus Edict, and the Autobots! Meanwhile, in Cybertron's colonies, other bots find themselves dealing with the fallout of the rising tensions on Cybertron as they seek new avenues of Energon... and a way home. Collects Transformers #13-18 and Transformers: Galaxies #1-6!
Orion Pax, Chromia, and Security Operations have almost cracked the case of the Rise terrorists who killed Brainstorm and Rubble. But they aren't the only ones worried about the Rise and with a bolder Ascenticon faction behind them, Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave seek to save Cybertron from all threats--the Rise, the Nominus Edict, and the Autobots! Meanwhile, in Cybertron's colonies, other bots find themselves dealing with the fallout of the rising tensions on Cybertron as they seek new avenues of Energon... and a way home. Collects Transformers #13-18 and Transformers: Galaxies #1-6!
Book 3
The bold new vision of the Transformers universe that will excite longtime fans and new readers alike continues!
Crisis! The tether holding Cybertron's inner moon to the planet has fallen and hundreds of lives have been lost. As the rubble is sorted through, the Ascenticons are on the move, hoping to leverage the situation and the lives lost in their favor. Meanwhile, the Rise, now under Megatron's command, attempt to hide some of their most vicious members, but putting a bunch of killers in a single transport is never a good idea. And through it all, the Autobots have a new message--this is a deception. But who's really being deceived?
Plus, in response to the crisis at home, the Reversionist faction has fled Cybertron and the teachings of their leader have convinced them that the only way to return is to trigger Cybertron's rebirth. But when the decision comes to Gauge, the youngest Cybertronian, will she spare the planet? And far away from Cybertron, Ultra Magnus has his own problems--namely, a group of sinister mercenaries on the hunt for Cybertronian artifacts.
Collects Transformers #19-24 and Transformers: Galaxies #7-12.
Crisis! The tether holding Cybertron's inner moon to the planet has fallen and hundreds of lives have been lost. As the rubble is sorted through, the Ascenticons are on the move, hoping to leverage the situation and the lives lost in their favor. Meanwhile, the Rise, now under Megatron's command, attempt to hide some of their most vicious members, but putting a bunch of killers in a single transport is never a good idea. And through it all, the Autobots have a new message--this is a deception. But who's really being deceived?
Plus, in response to the crisis at home, the Reversionist faction has fled Cybertron and the teachings of their leader have convinced them that the only way to return is to trigger Cybertron's rebirth. But when the decision comes to Gauge, the youngest Cybertronian, will she spare the planet? And far away from Cybertron, Ultra Magnus has his own problems--namely, a group of sinister mercenaries on the hunt for Cybertronian artifacts.
Collects Transformers #19-24 and Transformers: Galaxies #7-12.
Book 4
The bold new vision of the Transformers universe that will excite longtime fans and new readers alike continues!
The Decepticons have officially overthrown the Senate--with the Autobots out of power and Sentinel Prime deposed, it looks like Megatron's vision of the future will take over. But not if the new Prime can rally what's left of Security Operations and the Senate Guard into a resistance! Meanwhile, with the Autobots and Decepticons declaring war on each other, a group of Cybertron's top scientists and diplomats launch a plan to get those uninterested in the fighting, including the alien A'ovan refugees living on Cybertron, a way out of the devastation to come.
Collects Transformers #25-30, the Valentine's Day Special one-shot, and Transformers: Escape #1-5.
The Decepticons have officially overthrown the Senate--with the Autobots out of power and Sentinel Prime deposed, it looks like Megatron's vision of the future will take over. But not if the new Prime can rally what's left of Security Operations and the Senate Guard into a resistance! Meanwhile, with the Autobots and Decepticons declaring war on each other, a group of Cybertron's top scientists and diplomats launch a plan to get those uninterested in the fighting, including the alien A'ovan refugees living on Cybertron, a way out of the devastation to come.
Collects Transformers #25-30, the Valentine's Day Special one-shot, and Transformers: Escape #1-5.
Book 4
The bold new vision of the Transformers universe continues! The war that will define Cybertron sees Autobots and Decepticons alike face challenges like never before.
The war grows desperate for Optimus Prime's Autobots. With Energon and morale running low, they seize on a dangerous plan to boost Jumpstream's teleportation abilities. Meanwhile, Bumblebee enters a criminal alliance and Megatron learns that his former mentor holds an artifact that could be the key to the Decepticons' victory.
Next, when a criminal group known as Mayhem threatens the Speedia 500, the biggest race in the universe, the Wreckers—a covert ops squad—show up to keep the peace. But can they maintain their covers in front of the cameras?
Then, the fall of the tether that anchored Cybertron's moon was a critical step on the road to war, and the ancient Titan Vigilem caused it. Now the only other active Titan, Lodestar, and her cityspeaker, Lightbright, must hunt him down!
And finally, when Starscream follows rumors of a disembodied spark in the desert, what he finds will horrify and rattle him to his core!
Collects Transformers #31–36, Transformers: Wreckers: Tread and Circuits #1–4, the Transformers 2021 Annual, and the 2021 Transformers Halloween Special.
The war grows desperate for Optimus Prime's Autobots. With Energon and morale running low, they seize on a dangerous plan to boost Jumpstream's teleportation abilities. Meanwhile, Bumblebee enters a criminal alliance and Megatron learns that his former mentor holds an artifact that could be the key to the Decepticons' victory.
Next, when a criminal group known as Mayhem threatens the Speedia 500, the biggest race in the universe, the Wreckers—a covert ops squad—show up to keep the peace. But can they maintain their covers in front of the cameras?
Then, the fall of the tether that anchored Cybertron's moon was a critical step on the road to war, and the ancient Titan Vigilem caused it. Now the only other active Titan, Lodestar, and her cityspeaker, Lightbright, must hunt him down!
And finally, when Starscream follows rumors of a disembodied spark in the desert, what he finds will horrify and rattle him to his core!
Collects Transformers #31–36, Transformers: Wreckers: Tread and Circuits #1–4, the Transformers 2021 Annual, and the 2021 Transformers Halloween Special.
Book 5
It’s all come down to this. With the Decepticons gaining ground and the Autobots at the brink, the war for Cybertron careens to its climax.
Before now, the planet had known peace for 2,000 years, but there are those who remember the last war, and would bring that knowledge to bear to end the current one. Will more than secrets be unburied? Then, Arcee, Windblade, and Chromia mount a desperate rescue mission that finally reunites Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, but is it too little too late?
Even as the Decepticons lay siege to the last Autobot stronghold, new dangers emerge that threaten the entire world. Insecticlone swarms. Rust worms. And a great evil reborn... Exarchon, the Threefold Spark.
Just like that, the conflict is rearranged. With Exarchon’s reappearance, battles evaporate, victories become moot. Nowhere—and no one—on Cybertron is safe. The Autobots face a choice: is Cybertron even worth saving? And if so, can Optimus and Megatron set aside their rivalry to do it?
Collects Transformers #37–43, Transformers: War’s End #1–4, and Transformers: Fate of Cybertron, from writer Brian Ruckley and artists Anna Malkova, Jack Lawrence, and Andrew Griffith.
Before now, the planet had known peace for 2,000 years, but there are those who remember the last war, and would bring that knowledge to bear to end the current one. Will more than secrets be unburied? Then, Arcee, Windblade, and Chromia mount a desperate rescue mission that finally reunites Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, but is it too little too late?
Even as the Decepticons lay siege to the last Autobot stronghold, new dangers emerge that threaten the entire world. Insecticlone swarms. Rust worms. And a great evil reborn... Exarchon, the Threefold Spark.
Just like that, the conflict is rearranged. With Exarchon’s reappearance, battles evaporate, victories become moot. Nowhere—and no one—on Cybertron is safe. The Autobots face a choice: is Cybertron even worth saving? And if so, can Optimus and Megatron set aside their rivalry to do it?
Collects Transformers #37–43, Transformers: War’s End #1–4, and Transformers: Fate of Cybertron, from writer Brian Ruckley and artists Anna Malkova, Jack Lawrence, and Andrew Griffith.