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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 […]

Transformers: Cyberverse gets a season 2 trailer

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Hasbro has released a trailer for the second season of its animated series Transformers: Cyberverse which is entitled ‘Power of the Spark’ ahead of its premiere on Cartoon Network this fall; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Transformers: War for Cybertron animated series coming to Netflix SEE ALSO: Hasbro confirms that Bumblebee has rebooted the Transformers […]

Hasbro confirms that Bumblebee has rebooted the Transformers franchise

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Although it was originally announced as a spinoff movie set within the Michael Bay universe, Hasbro has now officially confirmed that December’s Bumblebee is being regarded as a reboot of the Transformers franchise. Hasbro made the announcement at New York Toy Fair, with Transformers fan site TFW2005 reporting that the Travis Knight-directed film is the […]

Transformers: War for Cybertron animated series coming to Netflix

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The Robots in Disguise are heading to Netflix, with the streaming service announcing that it is teaming with Hasbro and Rooster Teeth for a brand new animated series entitled Transformers: War for Cybertron. Deadline reports that FJ DeSanto (Transformers: Titans Return, Transformers: Power of the Primes) will serve as showrunner on War for Cybertron, which promises […]