October 2013

Transformers / GI Joe Ongoing Comic Series Coming Next Summer

Tom Scioli, John Barber, IDW, The Transformers, GI Joe, ongoing, starting next summer.

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You still want more details? Below is the official IDW press release.

Two of the most popular comic book franchises of all-time, TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, will be going head-to-head in a brand-new ongoing series debuting next summer! Written and drawn by comic luminary Tom Scioli (Godland, American Barbarian) with co-writer and TRANSFORMERS veteran John Barber (TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, FALL OF CYBERTRON), these classic characters will explode off the page like never before! Continue reading Transformers / GI Joe Ongoing Comic Series Coming Next Summer

Hasbro’s New York Comic-Con Party Reveal – Movie 4 Leader Optimus Prime

Hasbro has revealed the first Transformers 4: Age of Extinction figure at their pre-NYCC party and has sent out these press images and corresponding info about the figure.

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TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS OPTIMUS PRIME Leader Scale Figure
(Ages: 4 & up /Approx. Retail Price: $44.99/Available: May 2014) Continue reading Hasbro’s New York Comic-Con Party Reveal – Movie 4 Leader Optimus Prime

TRANSFORMERS: DARK CYBERTRON Architects: Unlike Any Event to Hit Franchise

The Autobots are dispersed across the galaxy and an ancient prophecy is looming to come to fruition…Dark Cybertron is near. Taking place in both of IDW’s Transformers Robots In Disguise and More Than Meets The Eye, the Dark Cybertron event will bring the two factions of Autobots together, but at what price?

Newsarama recently spoke to the Dark Cybertron event architects John Barber and James Roberts as they delve into some of what has been going on with the Transformers leading up to the event starting next month with Dark Cybertron #1 and rotating between both Transformers titles until the finale in March. We got all the secrets that Hasbro and IDW would let loose, and have a sneak peek inside the special first issue.