Transformers (2019 comic book)

Transformers is an ongoing American comic book series that is mostly written by Brian Ruckley and was initially published twice-monthly by IDW Publishing that started on March 13, 2019. Based upon the Transformers franchise by Hasbro and Takara-Tomy, this series is a reboot of the previous comic book series that started with The Transformers: Infiltration in 2005 and concluded with Transformers: Unicron in 2018, taking place in a new continuity that is separate from the Hasbro Comic Book Universe.

Transformers
Issue #1's cover by Gabriel Rodríguez and Nelson Dániel
Publication information
Publisher	IDW Publishing
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Action Mystery Political Thriller Science fiction
Publication date	March 13, 2019 – present
No. of issues	26 (plus 1 special)
Creative team
Written by	Patrick Ehlers Sara Pitre-Durocher Brian Ruckley
Penciller(s)	Andrew Griffith Angel Hernandez Jack Lawrence Anna Malkova Bethany McGuire-Smith Umi Miyao Billie Montfort Fico Ossio Sara Pitre-Durocher Blacky Shepherd Cachét Whitman
Letterer(s)	Riley Farmer Tom B. Long Neil Uyetake Tom Waltz Jake M. Wood
Colorist(s)	John-Paul Bove Josh Burcham Nelson Daniel Joana Lafuente Sara Pitre-Durocher
Editor(s)	David Mariotte Tom Waltz Assistant Editor: Riley Farmer

Premise

The story is set a long time ago, when Cybertron was a commerce hub across the galaxy during its age of peace. But everything gets turned upside down when a series of murders sets a chain of events that brings the inevitable war between the Autobots and Decepticons.

Production history

Background

Following the bankruptcy and closure of Dreamwave Productions in January 2005, IDW Publishing acquired the Transformers comic book license in May and hired veteran writer Simon Furman to craft a rebooted continuity based on the Generation 1 toyline.[1]

IDW's first Transformers title, set in its own continuity, was The Transformers: Infiltration, which was previewed with a #0 in October and formally launched with #1 in January 2006.[1]

After having acquired the comic book licence of various other Hasbro properties throughout the years—such as G.I. Joe, Action Man, Rom, M.A.S.K., and Micronauts—IDW announced the Hasbro Reconstruction campaign in January 2016; a launch meant to converge these franchises in the same continuity, starting with the crossover events Revolution and First Strike.[2]

In April 2018, it was announced that this shared continuity, the Hasbro Comic Book Universe (HCBU), would end with Transformers: Unicron in November.[3]

Development

Transformers was first announced by IDW Publishing on December 18, 2018.[4][5] The title is written by Brian Ruckley, and was initially illustrated by Angel Hernandez and Cachét Whitman (replacing Ron Joseph),[5] and started publishing issues twice-monthly in March 2019.[6][7] Ruckley described the writing opportunity as a "privilege", and stated that the title would be a great opportunity for new readers to familiarize themselves with the universe and characters of the Transformers franchise, which he describes as of the "biggest [and] best that science fiction has to offer".[8]

Transformers: Galaxies

In June 2019, IDW announced its first spin-off series titled Transformers: Galaxies to be released in September 2019. The series is being featured as an anthology starring several characters being affected by the events on Cybertron, like the Constructicons, Cliffjumper, Arcee, Greenlight and Ultra Magnus, among others.[9]

Transformers: Escape

In September 2020, IDW announced its second spin-off series titled Transformers: Escape to be released in December 2020. The series features events parallel to Transformers #25–31,[10] with Wheeljack, Nautica and Hound attempting to evacuate the organic population of Cybertron during the outbreak of the conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons.[11]

Issues

Issue	Title	Written by	Drawn by	Colored by	Publication date
1	"The World in Your Eyes: Part One"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Cachét Whitman	Joana Lafuente	March 13, 2019
A long time ago, when Cybertron was a commerce hub across the galaxy, there was an age of peace. Orion Pax, Senator of the Autobots, tries to have a talk with Megatron, Senator of the Ascenticons, about the tensions between factions around the planet, to no avail. A newly forged Cybertronian named Rubble is joined by his mentors Bumblebee and Windblade to meet another Cybertronian named Brainstorm, but they found him dead outside his house.
2	"The World in Your Eyes: Part Two"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Cachét Whitman	Joana Lafuente, Josh Burcham	March 27, 2019
As Prowl and Chromia continue to investigate Brainstorm's death, Bumblebee convinces Wheeljack to get Rubble a job in the Tether as an engineer. In the city of Tarn, Megatron and the Ascenticons are giving a speech when they are ambushed by snipers.
3	"The World in Your Eyes: Part Three"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Cachét Whitman	Joana Lafuente	April 16, 2019
Tensions increase in Cybertron as Windblade takes Rubble to the Senate to be interrogated by Chromia and Geomotus before they planted a tracking device. Orion searches for Codexa to get a bit of advice.
4	"The World in Your Eyes: Part Four"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Cachét Whitman, Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente, Josh Burcham	April 30, 2019
Windblade and Chromia attempt to interrogate Cyclonus, as they suspect him to be a potential witness in Brainstorm's murder. After watching a ceremony, Bumblebee prevents a fight between two Cybertronians, only for Prowl to show up.
5	"The World in Your Eyes: Part Five"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Anna Malkova, Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente, Josh Burcham	May 14, 2019
Bumblebee secretly reunites with Soundwave, head of Security Operations. When Rubble tries to return home, he follows a Voin Scavenger he previously recognised. He cannot communicate with Bumblebee because Soundwave blocked their communication. Therefore, Rubble communicates with Prowl about the Voin he found, and is ambushed by Quake, leaving his fate unknown.
6	"Orion Pax: Free Fall"	Brian Ruckley	Bethany McGuire-Smith	Bethany McGuire-Smith	May 29, 2019
By the time Orion visited Codexa for counsel, she remembers how Orion and Megatron met in the past, but also warns Orion that an unexpected betrayal will lead to Cybertron's fall.
7	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part One"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Anna Malkova, Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente, Josh Burcham	June 11, 2019
Following the news of Rubble's murder being confirmed, a grief-driven Bumblebee renounces his job and decides to join the Ascenticon Guard, where he is received by Elita-1. Quake's absence makes Bumblebee to suspect. Ratchet grieves Rubble's death too and is determined to bring his killer to justice. Upon returning to Iacon's Memorial Crater, Cyclonus is confronted by Flamewar in a fight.
8	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part Two"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Anna Malkova	Joana Lafuente, Josh Burcham	July 2, 2019
During the fight, Shadow Striker intervenes to help Flamewar, causing Cyclonus to get badly injured and escape. Searching for advice, Megatron consults Termagax, the original leader of the Ascenticons, but she is still not interested in returning, causing Megatron to push his own agenda. Elita-1 teaches Bumblebee about his newfound position. After Cyclonus told Chromia about his encounter, she decides to find Flamewar and Shadow Striker on her own terms, even without Orion's permission.
9	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part Three"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Anna Malkova, Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente	July 17, 2019
Chromia, Sideswipe, and Windblade approach the Iacon Memorial Crater, searching for potential members of the Rise, an even more extremist faction. Prowl interrogates Headlock about the Voin that Rubble found prior his murder. Being aware of their presence, Sixshot enlists Flamewar and Shadow Striker to destroy the building. Bumblebee gets surprised when Barricade left Security Operations for the Ascenticons. After a brief fight, Sixshot's team escapes before blowing out the building, leaving Windblade badly injured.
10	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part Four"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Anna Malkova, Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente, Josh Burcham	August 6, 2019
During a meeting with the Senate, Orion insists Megatron to dissolve the Ascenticons before the Rise's threat worsens. Bumblebee and Elita-1 are forced to fight back against Protestants of a riot. Megatron warns Shockwave, leader of the Rise, about how their actions affected the Ascenticons' public image. Prowl asks Soundwave to interrogate Barricade, but his permission is denied. In the middle of these events, Sentinel Prime appears to intervene.
11	"The Cracks Beneath Your Feet: Part Five"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Anna Malkova	Joana Lafuente, Josh Burcham	August 27, 2019
Sentinel questions Orion about the Ascenticons' actions while Chromia checks a list of possible suspects in the murders. Megatron is furious about Barricade passing information directly to Shockwave, regarding the location of the Voin witness when Rubble was murdered. Orion asks Bumblebee not to return to the Ascenticons' headquarters, following what happened to Windblade, but Bumblebee refuses, insisting he needs to honor Rubble's memory. Megatron and Shockwave organize a false attack during a meeting between the Ascenticon Guard and Security Operations, where the Risers retrieve Barricade. Megatron takes advantage to deliver a new speech, blaming the Autobots for the current disasters and announcing the Ascenticons' new campaign.
12	"Nautica: Home"	Brian Ruckley	Sara Pitre-Durocher	Joana Lafuente	September 18, 2019
Nautica is the head of the Xeno-Relations division, being obsessed with knowing other organic species; but she never returned to Cybertron, even after several factions still threaten peace. Then Starscream, the head of Intelligence, warns her about possible disturbs from Thraal's embassy on the planet Na'conda. Together with her bodyguard Road Rage, Nautica infiltrates the embassy and deduces several Thraal extremists' plan to exterminate the last refugees of A'ovan. Nautica and Road Rage are then attacked by one of those terrorists with a suicide bomb to blow up the Cybertronian ship. With Lightbright's help, Nautica and Road Rage managed to send the bomb away before exploding, as well as saving the A'ovan refugees. While departing from the embassy on their way back to Cybertron, Sentinel asks Nautica to keep these news in the dark.
13	"The Change in Your Nature: Part One"	Brian Ruckley	Angel Hernandez, Alex Milne	Joana Lafuente	October 17, 2019
During the Ascenticons' new campaign, Bumblebee has an altercation with Skytread. He later sneaks inside Soundwave's encrypted files, attempting to confirm his suspicions related to Brainstorm and Rubble's deaths, discovering that Soundwave deleted the files related to Sixshot and Quake. While Ratchet and Chromia continue to check on the list of suspects for the murders, Sentinel Prime is under pressure for an election demanded by the Cybertronians, while dealing with Risers who searching for an Energon facility located in an Immersant Titan. When Sideswipe and Springer arrive, Ruckus' Risers attack them. Back on Iacon, Ratchet suspects of Frenzy, a former Riser who used to be a miner and Intelligence operative.
14	"The Change in Your Nature: Part Two"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith	Joana Lafuente	November 6, 2019
Chromia's team attempts to interrogate Ruckus' Risers, but it turns into a shooting, until Soundwave's Ascenticons arrive. Nautica tells Ratchet that the murdered Voin had previously traded information, and its death will bring consequences. When Soundwave offers himself to negotiate with Ruckus, Bumblebee secretly follows him. Refraktor is revealed to be a mole sent by Starscream to spy on both the Ascenticons and the Rise. Under Megatron's orders, Soundwave causes an explosion around the Titan to extract Ruckus' team.
15	"The Change in Your Nature: Part Three"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith	Joana Lafuente. Josh Burcham	January 1, 2020
In the past, Megatron was a simple miner who found fame as a gladiator before the War of the Threefold Spark. Afterward, the Nominus Edict was established, which caused many workplaces to close down and many liberties to be strictly forbidden. Some time later, Megatron would find his place after joining Termagax and the Ascenticons, but when she left society after failing to accomplish her mission, Megatron realized only he could impose a better future for Cybertron. Back in the present, Sentinel wants to capture and interrogate Soundwave while Megatron forcibly announces Shockwave the official dissolution of the Rise.
16	"The Change in Your Nature: Part Four"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith	Joana Lafuente. Josh Burcham	January 29, 2020
Megatron receives the warning from Heretech, leader of the Reversionists, about Soundwave's incoming arrest, while Starscream warns Megatron about Bumblebee being Orion's double agent. Nautica receives a Voin Asserter as "compensatory justice" in response for the murdered Voin. Elita-1 warns Megatron about Soundwave's actions in the Mountains. Slipstream's team infiltrates within a Titan net subsidiary hub, killing the guards in the process. By using a specially-engineered data-bomb developed by Shockwave's inner scientists, the Cityspeaker Skystalker awakens the Titan Vigilem.
17	"The Change in Your Nature: Part Five"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith	Joana Lafuente. Josh Burcham	February 19, 2020
After finishing their work, Slipstream's team abandon the Titan net subsidiary hub. Cyclonus considers his options to deal with the Rise after the events in the Memorial Crater. In the Winged Moon, Wheeljack finds out about a Riser installing an Energon siphon and transmitter. Iacon's Titan net subsidiary hub detects all Titans being deactivated except for Vigilem, who approaches the Winged Moon. Aboard the Titan Lodestar, Lightbright fights against Vigilem while Wheeljack and the other workers evacuate the Winged Moon, but Vigilem succeeds on destroying the Tether.
18	"Arcee/Greenlight: Run"	Brian Ruckley	Umi Miyao, Bethany McGuire-Smith	Josh Burcham	March 11, 2020
Gauge is a newly-forged Cybertronian who has been trying to find a profession available to her, under the care of both Arcee and Greenlight. When Gauge is trying the job of architectural design, Greenlight suggests to leave Cybetron through a Reversionist starship, but Arcee refuses. However, as the Tether falls down,[12] they all began to evacuate. At the same time, Gauge is shot by looters who are invading Energon reserves. After Arcee retaliates against two of them, she changes her mind about leaving the planet. Upon arriving at the Exodus, Security guards are blocking the entrance, but Arcee fights them in order for Greenlight and Gauge to get inside. When the Exodus is leaving, Arcee manages to get inside too. To be continued in Transformers: Galaxies #7–9.
19	"Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova	Joana Lafuente	March 18, 2020
Following the Tether's fall that caused several casualties, Megatron gets shocked and disappointed about how his plan did not go as he planned. Soundwave receives protection from The Rise and demotes Elita from her rank, placing Skytread in her place. Bumblebee deals with several memories, but then confronts Catgut and Treadshot, Risers who were sent to kill him. However, Bumblebee is saved by Chromia. Meanwhile, Sentinel is obsessed with exposing the lies from both the Ascenticons and the Rise, demoting Orion from his duty. Windblade recruits Novastar and other security veterans to form a counter-strike team. Shockwave gets bad news from Sixshot about several Risers joining the Ascenticon Guard, alongside even more horrible news about Mindwipe looking for one of Shockwave's researches.
20	"Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith	John-Paul Bove	June 17, 2020
Since the Tether's fall, Sentinel Prime has publicly denounced both the Ascenticons and the Rise's members, now branding them as "Decepticons". Security Operations interrogates Singe, who was arrested for stealing Energon during the Tether's collapse, and the latter reveals they should search on Swindle's bar, where most of the criminals gather. Inside Swindle's, Bumper locates Mindwipe, another Riser suspect, but Mindwipe hypnotizes him to attack Prowl. After Mindwipe escapes, Sideswipe captures Swindle, who cut a deal with the Risers. At Rise headquarters, Sixshot unlocks a secure room and prepares Frenzy and Quake to scuttle their current base.
21	"Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors"	Brian Ruckley	Billie Montfort, Blacky Shepherd	John-Paul Bove, Joana Lafuente	July 22, 2020
While investigating some unusual seismic activity out in the Cybertronian hinterlands, Geomutus' crew of geologists plans to extract the Titan Leviathan, who refuses to transform from her alternate mode, until a Riser team that carries Frenzy and Quake are attacking them. Luckily for them, they are protected by members of Novastar's new counter-terrorism team, but Geomutus convinces Leviathan to help. Back on Iacon, Bumblebee quits the Ascenticon Guard after seeing the faction lost their way on their cause, and agrees to testify against them. Optimus fears the worst about Megatron searching for an endgame.
22	"Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova	John-Paul Bove	August 12, 2020
Levithan manages to incapacitate Quake, which leads him to be transferred into custody. But during the transferring, an angry mob intervenes, which leads Quake to escape, only to fight the Voin Asserter, who cuts his left hand. After killing the Voin, Quake is killed by Bumblebee, as revenge for Rubble's death.
23	"Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova	Joana Lafuente	September 16, 2020
When Megatron arrives at the Senate to confront Sentinel Prime, he accepts his future as Decepticon, as he and his followers pretend to archive what the Ascenticons and the Rise could not. At that moment, the Decepticons have launched an attack on the Senate, declaring the crisis is over and Cybertron is free from the Senate's tyranny. Meanwhile, Starscream visits Bumblebee in his cell.
24	"Wheeljack: Orbital Decay"	Brian Ruckley	Beth McGuire-Smith	Beth McGuire-Smith	October 28, 2020
Back in Winged Moon, the crew comprising Wheeljack, Huffer, Lancer, Cosmos and Gears attempts to find a way to prevent the Moon being gone to the Sun. After passing through the Croaton Cloud, several Decepticon infiltration troopers lead by Strika invade the Moon. In the meantime, Wheeljack reflects on how Termagax founded the Ascenticons as a peaceful movement, and how she later resigned after failing to convince the Senate not to use violence, naming Megatron as the faction's new Senator. To be continued in Transformers: Escape.
25	"War World: Prime"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova	Joana Lafuente	December 9, 2020
After Megatron and the Decepticons took over the Senate as their first step to control Cybertron, several Cybertronians regroup into a new Autobot resistance and attempting to free Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax, who are being held as prisoners. Despite the Autobots having a few missteps, their mission is successful, but when Sentinel is killed by the Rainmakers, the Matrix of Leadership chooses Orion Pax as its next wielder, and he renames himself into Optimus Prime.
26	"War World: Awakenings"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova	David Garcia Cruz	December 30, 2020
Assuming his new rank, Optimus Prime asks council from Pyra Magna, one of the Four Great Generals during the War Against the Threefold Spark. Megatron insists Starscream to shared information with him, but Termagax then apprears, feeling deluded for how the Ascenticons’ cause was misused. When Megatron seemingly murders Termagax, it turned out he destroyed a mindless spectrosynth drone, while the real Termagax relocates somewhere else.
27	"War World: Moon"	Brian Ruckley	Fico Ossio	David Garcia Cruz	January 20, 2021
When Team Strika attempts to steal the remaing energon from the Winged Moon, the surviving workers receive help from a rescue team. The workers manage to cause a black hole that drives Strika and the others. The workers return to Cybertron, with the exception of Cosmos, who stays on the Winged Moon to send a message to Blast Off as part of an "invitation".
28	"War World: Hunt"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova	TBA	February 10, 2021
29	"War World: Titans"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova	TBA	March 17, 2021
30	"War World: The General"	Brian Ruckley	Anna Malkova	TBA	April 2021
Special	Valentine's Day Special[13]	Patrick Ehlers, Sara Pitre-Durocher	Jack Lawrence, Sara Pitre-Durocher	Josh Burcham, Sara Pitre-Durocher	February 14, 2020
Glyph is a data analyst who always wanted to join Xeno-Relations, and gets her chance when Nautica offered her a place to study the native civilization on the remote world of SDS-359. For security purposes, Glyph is joined by her friend Tap-Out, a former gladiator with a decreasing career. After arriving on SDS-359, Tap-Out deals with the natives who want to see fights instead of being diplomats. After defeating a reptilian creature, he receives respect from the natives but causes Glyph to become an outcast. After a brief talk, they confess their feelings to one another as she convinces him to speak with the natives and learn their language. After a misunderstanding causes a fight with an even giant guardian, Glyph saves Tap-Out by defeating it. After finishing her report, Glyph returns with Tap-Out to Cybertron. Meanwhile on Cybertron, Cosmos has become the new Chief of Space Security, but his job of defending the Winged Moon leads him most to isolation. After receiving a transmission from Blast Off, they talk to each other but have never met personally. Over the cycles, they become romantically involved to the point of finally meeting face-to-face.

Reception

Issue	Publication date	Critic rating	Critic reviews	Ref.
1	March 13, 2019	8.1/10	21	[14]
2	March 27, 2019	7.0/10	13	[15]
3	April 16, 2019	6.4/10	8	[16]
4	April 30, 2019	7.0/10	7	[17]
5	May 14, 2019	7.3/10	8	[18]
6	May 29, 2019	7.7/10	5	[19]
7	June 11, 2019		7	[20]
8	July 2, 2019	8.1/10	5	[21]
9	July 17, 2019	7.3/10		[22]
10	August 6, 2019	7.2/10	6	[23]
11	August 27, 2019	7.6/10	5	[24]
12	September 18, 2019	7.3/10		[25]
13	October 17, 2019	7.9/10	6	[26]
14	November 6, 2019	7.6/10	4	[27]
15	January 1, 2020	7.9/10	2	[28]
16	January 29, 2020	7.1/10	4	[29]
Valentine's Day Special	February 14, 2020	7.0/10	2	[30]
17	February 19, 2020		6	[31]
18	March 11, 2020	7.6/10	4	[32]
19	March 18, 2020	7.8/10	5	[33]
20	June 17, 2020	6.8/10	3	[34]
21	July 22, 2020	6.1/10	4	[35]
22	August 12, 2020	6.9/10	3	[36]
23	September 16, 2020	7.1/10	4	[37]
24	November 11, 2020	7.0/10	2	[38]
25	December 9, 2020	7.3/10	3	[39]
26	December 30, 2020			[40]
27	January 20, 2021	7.0/10	2	[41]
Overall		7.3/10	155	[42]

Collected editions

Title	Volume	Material collected	Pages	Publication date	ISBN
Transformers, Volume 1: The World in Your Eyes	1	Transformers #1−12	288	October 22, 2019	1684055318, 978-1684055319
Transformers, Volume 2: The Change in Your Nature	2	Transformers #13−18 Transformers: Galaxies #1−6	280	August 25, 2020	1684056756, 978-1684056750
Transformers, Volume 3: All Fall Down	3	Transformers #19−24 Transformers: Galaxies #7−12		December 15, 2020	1684057396, 978-1684057399
Transformers, Volume 4: Declaration of War	4	Transformers #25−30 Transformers Valentine's Day Special Transformers: Escape #1−5		August 10, 2021	1684058066, 978-1684058068

References

1. Tramountanas, George A. (May 26, 2005). "IDW's Transformers – New Opportunities In Disguise". Comic Book Resources. Valnet Inc. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
2. Whitbrook, James (January 6, 2016). "IDW Is Merging G.I. Joe, Transformers, and Its Other Hasbro Comics Into One Giant Universe". io9. Univision Communications. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
3. "Transformers: Unicron Event is a 'Grand Finale' to 12 Years at IDW". Newsarama. Purch Group. March 24, 2018. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
4. "IDW Relaunches Transformers Comics". IDW Publishing. December 18, 2018. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
5. McMillan, Graeme (December 18, 2018). "'Transformers' Comic to Explore Cybertron Before the War". The Hollywood Reporter. Valence Media. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
6. Wade, Jessie (December 18, 2018). "Transformers Comic Relaunch to Explore Cybertron Before the Autobot/Decepticon War". Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
7. Silliman, Brian (December 18, 2018). "Comics: Detective Comics #1000, Meet the Skrulls, and Transformers". Syfy. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
8. Stone, Sam (December 18, 2018). "IDW to Relaunch Transformers Comics in 2019". Comic Book Resources. Valnet Inc. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
9. "CONSTRUCTICONS Get 'Year One' Treatment In New TRANSFORMERS Spin-Off, GALAXIES". Newsarama. June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
10. "Transformers: Escape introduces the innocent bystanders of Cybertron". Newsarama. September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
11. https://www.cbr.com/transformers-escape-cybertron-war-new-characters-eyes/
12. Transformers #17
13. "Transformers Valentine's Day Special Cover and Preview from IDW". TFormers. February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
14. "Transformers #1 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
15. "Transformers #2 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
16. "Transformers #3 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
17. "Transformers #4 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
18. "Transformers #5 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
19. "Transformers #6 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
20. "Transformers #7 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
21. "Transformers #8 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
22. "Transformers #9 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
23. "Transformers #10 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
24. "Transformers #11 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
25. "Transformers #12 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
26. "Transformers #13 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
27. "Transformers #14 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
28. "Transformers #15 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
29. "Transformers #16 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
30. "Transformers: Valentine's Day Special #1 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
31. "Transformers #17 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
32. "Transformers #18 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
33. "Transformers #19 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
34. "Transformers #20 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
35. "Transformers #21 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
36. "Transformers #22 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
37. "Transformers #23 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
38. "Transformers #24 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
39. "Transformers #25 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
40. "Transformers #25 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
41. "Transformers #27 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
42. "Transformers (2019) Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.