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IDW unveils first look preview of Transformers/Ghostbusters #1

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Two of the biggest franchises of the 80s are crossing paths this summer as IDW Publishing releases the crossover series Transformers/Ghostbusters, and you can take a look at an unlettered first-look preview of the first issue here… “GHOSTS OF CYBERTRON” PART 1! After years of civil war, the Autobots fled Cyberton, leaving their home planet […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8… While IDW has started a new Transformers series with a fresh continuity, the publisher is still releasing its previous series in deluxe format with Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8. Collecting several issues from Transformers, More Than Meets The Eye, the Drift: Empire of […]

Bumblebee director discusses his original plans for Megatron appearance

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This past December, every Generation One fan’s childhood was brought to life on the big screen by director Travis Knight in the all-too-brief Cybertron battle sequence in Paramount Pictures’ Transformers spinoff Bumblebee. The sequence featured cameo appearances from some of the franchise’s most beloved characters in their classic 80s designs. Unfortunately, the film’s ties to […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers #2

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers #2… After setting up an intriguing new world in IDW’s reboot of Transformers, Brian Ruckley delivers a nice follow-up in the series’ second issue. Picking up almost immediately after the first issue’s discovery of Cybertron’s first murder in millions of years, Transformers #2 builds off that development in some interesting ways as the […]

Bumblebee sequel will feature “a little more Bayhem” says Transformers producer

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While December’s Bumblebee movie didn’t reach the financial heights of past Transformers films, it certainly managed what no Michael Bay instalment before it had accomplished, fully embracing its source material to please both fans and critics alike. Those fans with a dislike for Bay’s brand of Transformers received another boost in February when it was […]

Get a sneak peek at the Bumblebee – Sector 7 Adventures comic book

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Those of you picking up the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee on 4K Ultra HD or Blu-ray will get your hands on a free comic entitled Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome which picks up some time after the conclusion of the movie. Take a look at a three-page preview of the comic right here… […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers #1

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers #1… For the first time in nearly 15 years, IDW has begun a new continuity for its Transformers comic book franchise. Beginning in the pre-war days of Cybertron, Brian Ruckely sets out to examine the start of the conflict between Autobots and Decepticons with fresh eyes in both a literal and figurative sense. […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek vs. Transformers #5

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The conclusion to IDW Publishing’s crossover series Star Trek vs. Transformers arrives this Wednesday; check out a preview of the fifth and final issue here… As the Klingon-Decepticon alliance prepares to wipe out their enemies once and for all, Kirk and the Autobots make one last desperate bid to merge Cybertronian technology with Starfleet ingenuity. […]

Transformers and Ghostbusters to cross over in new comic book series

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Following hot on the heels of the announcement of the Transformers Generations Collaborative Ghostbusters Mash-Up Ecto 1 Ectotron action figure, IDW Publishing has announce that it is set to celebrate the 35th anniversaries of the Transformers and Ghostbusters franchises with a new crossover comic book series. Written and illustrated by the long-time fan-favorite Ghostbusters creative […]