Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime: First Strike #1… Its not unusual for a big comic book event to have several tie-in issues to the main series, telling companion stories with some of the supporting characters to either help expand the event’s scope or fill in some gaps. What is unusual, however, is to have an […]
Preview of Optimus Prime: First Strike #1
Optimus Prime: First Strike #1 hits comic book stores this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue right here courtesy of IDW Publishing; check it out… With Cybertron under siege by Baron Ironblood’s forces, Optimus Prime and Arcee defend their homeland! Caught in the middle is the human/Transformer team […]
First banner for Transformers: Cyberverse animated series
Back in August, it was announced by Hasbro that a new Transformers animated series is set to launch next year entitled Transformers: Cyberverse, and thanks to Comic Book we now have a look at the first banner for the show, which features Bumblebee, Windblade and Optimus Prime. The official synopsis reads: “Bumblebee is on a […]
Preview of First Strike #5
IDW’s Hasbro crossover event First Strike continues this Wednesday with the release of issue #5; check it out here… WPrison Break! After a daring escape, Optimus Prime, the Autobots, Scarlett, G.I. Joe and M.A.S.K. must venture into the heart of Cybertron to stop Cobra’s devastating weapon that will kill every Transformer on the planet! First […]
Galvatron joins Transformers: Forged to Fight
Kabam has announced that the fearsome Decepticon Galvatron has become the latest addition to the roster of the hit mobile game Transformers: Forged to Fight. Mortally wounded in the attack on Autobot City, Megatron was discovered by Unicron adrift in the vacuum of space. The Decepticon leader accepted the Chaos Bringer’s bargain and was reborn […]
Optimus Prime seemingly confirmed for Bumblebee Transformers spinoff
We’ve heard on several occasions that the upcoming Bumblebee spinoff will feature less in the way of Transformer characters, with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura stating that it will explore how the Autobot scout deals with the Decepticon threat “without Optimus and without everyone else.” Well, it seems that may not be entirely accurate, as Optimus […]
Transformers: Titans Return gets a new poster and images
A poster and four new images have arrived online for the second chapter of the Transformers Prime Wars Trilogy digital series Transformers: Titans Return, along with the announcement that it is set to premiere this November. Picking up right where the destruction of the Combiner Wars left off, TRANSFORMERS TITANS RETURN takes the action of the Prime Wars Trilogy to new ‘heights,’ and features […]
Preview of First Strike #3
IDW’s Hasbro event First Strike continues this Wednesday with the release of the third issue, and we’ve got a preview for you here; check it out… Secrets revealed! G.I. Joe, the Autobots and M.A.S.K. make their way to Cybertron to stop the siege and encounter the COBRA leader, but all is not as it seems! […]
Exclusive Interview with Transformers’ John Barber and Steve Kurth
Ricky Church chats with Transformers’ John Barber and Steve Kurth… If you’ve seen the commercials with a transforming razor, that’s the latest addition to the vast Transformers mythology, Hydrobot. He was introduced earlier this summer through IDW’s one-shot comic, Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers, written by John Barber and drawn by Steve Kurth. Barber is the writer […]
Akiva Goldsman no longer involved with Transformers franchise
Back in 2015, Paramount Pictures set up a writer’s room spearheaded by Akiva Goldsman, with a view to working out the future direction of the Transformers franchise. Since then, we’ve had Transformers: The Last Knight, which was mauled by critics, and failed to match the box office performance of its predecessors, while production on the […]
