TRANSFORMERS IDW COLL PHASE 2 HC #3
(W) JOHN BARBER (A) Alex Milne (CA) Marcelo Matere
The Lost Light finally reaches the Crystal City, while Orion Pax follows a rogue group of Decepticons. Meanwhile, back on Cybertron, violence breaks out in the heart of the city and Prowl looks for someone to blame! Collects More Than Meets The Eye #9-13 and the 2012 Annual, Robots in Disguise #9-11 and the 2012 Annual, plus the Thundercracker, Bumblebee, and Megatron Spotlights.
TRANSFORMERS IDW COLL PHASE 2 HC #6
(W) JOHN BARBER (A) Phil Jimenez (CA) Guido Guidi
Presenting IDW's Transformers comics in preferred reading order! The end of everything! Shockwave makes a move millions of years in the planning-an ultimate strategy to remake Cybertron and destroy both the Autobots and Deceptions! Only the combined forces of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Rodimus can save their world-but billions of miles and eons of war leave our heroes divided, in "Dark Cybertron." Plus, Windblade takes the planet by storm-but where did she come from-and what does her secret mean for the future of the Transformers? Collects Dark Cybertron #1 and Finale, More Than Meets The Eye issues #23-27, Robots In Disguise issues #23-27, and Windblade issues #1-4.
TRANSFORMERS IDW COLL PHASE 2 HC #8
(W) JOHN BARBER (A) Alex Milne (CA) Marcelo Matere
Rodimus leads a team of Autobots into Cybertron's past, pursuing the Decepticon double-agent Brainstorm, who plans on killing Orion Pax before he can become Optimus Prime. Meanwhile, on Earth, Prowl is left in command gathering his allies, the Constructicons, to search for the one human he holds a grudge against, Spike Witwicky. Then, Drift returns! After leaving the Autobots in disgrace, he's now alone, on a mission to clean up the darkest depths of the galaxy. Collects Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye issues #35-40, Transformers: Robots in Disguise issues #35-38, Transformers: Punishment, and Transformers: Drift-Empire of Stone. ? Advance solicited for December release! ? The best format for new readers to pick up the series and for continuing readers to supplement their collections with deluxe hardcovers.
TRANSFORMERS IDW COLL PHASE 2 HC #11
(W) JOHN BARBER (A) Sara Pitre-Durocher (CA) Marcelo Matere
Presenting IDW's Transformers comics in recommended reading order, including one-shots, crossovers, and event series! OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to find his place on CYBERTRON where half the population hates him and the other half worships him. Meanwhile, on Earth, GALVATRON doesn't care what anybody thinks. And, although Megatron has rejected his past, that doesn't keep him safe from the Decepticon Justice Division. Plus, Getaway is staging a mutiny on the Lost Light, all leading to a climactic showdown, and not everyone will come out the other side. In the one-shot special, the Dinobots battle for Redemption! Cybertron is dead. No new life has been created in millions of years. But when the Dinobots make a brutal play for a briefcase full of cash, they find something else: a chance for a better future... for their world, and for themselves.