Since the beginning of IDW’s reboot on its
Transformers continuity, writer Brian Ruckley has been playing the long game as he’s led Cybertron to the brink of its infamous, millions-year long war between the Autobots and Decepticons. All throughout his series we’ve seen the small sparks of war as Megatron and his followers manipulate events to their benefit and now in
Transformers Vol. 3: All Fall Down, the pay off comes as the newly christened Decepticon leader makes his move, forever changing the destiny of Cybertron and the galaxy. The third volume contains compelling character work from Ruckley, great artwork and other entertaining stories from Sam Maggs and Brandon Easton that further build the world and history of Cybertron.
After a little over a month long delay, IDW’s main
Transformers series returns with a focus on many of the supporting characters in both the Autobot and Decepticon factions as well as a few neutral bots, including one particular bot scheming as usual against both sides. Brian Ruckley writes a compelling issue that pushes the story forward in some very interesting areas as characters come together in unexpected ways while the artwork from Anna Malkova and David Garcia Cruz is as detailed as always.
Rather than focus on the big players like Optimus Prime and Megatron, Ruckley instead utilizes several of the supporting characters like Cyclonus, Swindle and a few others. Interestingly, these bots haven’t yet chosen a clear side in the conflict as Cyclonus is a bit of a wild card more motivated by settling his grievances against bots who have wronged him whether they’re Autobot or Decepticon and Swindle is just serving his own opportunism in the crisis, helping those who can he
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Chained to the Grave #4 (of 5)
Brian Level & Andy Eschenbach (w) • Kate Sherron (a & c)
Outlaw Roy Mason has come back from the dead, chained to the headstone that marked his grave. On the trail of buried gold and hunted by a Big Bad, Roy struggles to hold his family and his body together.
Writers Brian Level (Darth Vader, Thanos, Deadpool) & Andy Eschenbach (Heavy Metal Magazine, Red Shoes) and artist Kate Sherron (Invader Zim, The Amazing World of Gumball) bring you a tale of intrigue, murder, magic, and the good ol’ wild, wild west!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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IDW Transformers Comics Solicitations for May 2021
Sunday, February 21st, 2021 10:31am CST The most recent batch of Transformers comics solicitations has been released by IDW Publishing, with a healthy slate of books scheduled for release in May. The ongoing Beast Wars series reaches its fourth issue, with the Brian Ruckley Transformers series getting both its normal monthly release and an Annual despite its middling reception among the fandom. The Annual is highlighted by the return of fan-favorite Transformers artist Alex Milne, so it s likely to be worth the price of admission just for the visuals. All of this plus more friendship magic and an advance solicitation for the August release of the next hardcover trade await.