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Italian fan site Autorobot.it have posted some artwork by Guido Guidi that is from the comic that will accompany the TakaraTomy release of Leader Class Revenge of the Fallen Starscream (Masterpiece Movie Starscream). You can view the images by clicking the link at the start of this article.
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Chinese fan site TFClub.com have posted some more images and coverage from the first annual Cybertron Con, the official Chinese Transformers convention. The images include more detailed pictures of Masterpiece Rodimus Convoy, the Welcome to Transformers 2010 line (including a look at Unicron's minicon and a direct comparison with the recoloured Primus). You can view the images here, here and here.
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The Allspark has posted a translated version of the E-Hobby Exclusive Masterpiece Ghost of Starscream comic online for you to read.
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Titan Comics have issued the following release regarding issue 15 of the UK Transformers Comic
Transformers Comic 2.15 - On Sale 15th July!
Check out the latest issue of Transformers Comic for action-packed features, games, puzzles, competitions and lots more! Issue 2.15 also includes "Making Waves", a fantastic comic story written by Robin Etherington and featuring art from Jon Davis-Hunt. Find out more on the story from the synopsis below and check out the sneak peeks attached!
Making Waves
SOUNDWAVE has been under orders from Megatron to cause as much mayhem as possible without being caught by roving NEST forces. Striking from the upper atmosphere, Soundwave uses his spread of sonic cannons to sink ships in the Atlantic Ocean. But, NEST troops that have been monitoring the pattern of his attacks.
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Our thanks go out to Mike Kazybird for letting us know that a new Humph the Cat strip has been created for the first time since April 86.
Whilst working on various licensed characters, presently on the Wallace & Gromit daily cartoon strip in The Sun newspaper, a new Humph the Cat strip has finally been produced. The 23 page story, whilst already begun, will be downloaded on the above blog during the weeks of July. The strip has been done by way of thanks to those who read and enjoyed the original story in Transformers. At a later stage, it will go to print with additional pages to the story, plus feature pages.
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Transformers own legendary scribe Simon Furman has updated his blog with a new article entitled Script (W)Rap — Nefarious #5
"As, once again, we’re reasonably close to publication date, this script (w)rap also serves as pre-release teaser for Transformers: Nefarious #5, the penultimate issue of the official comic book sequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Spoilers ahoy, though as always I will try not to give away too much here. So — the pieces are all in place. Soundwave has tried and failed to crack the remarkably resilient nut that is The Initiative (the human organization with some long-standing ties and kind-sized grudges to/against the earliest Transformers to reach Earth — Seekers). So now it’s a joint offensive, Soundwave and the Autobots — together. But first they have to find the Initiative, who — it soon becomes apparent — aren’t just going to sit still and wait for the next attack. And just what did (or who did) happen to Soundwave last issue? What isn’t he telling his newfound Autobot allies? And just who is the Seeker incarcerated within the Initiative’s base? Carter Newell, the embittered and vengeful mastermind behind the Initiative, takes a big step towards the glorious realization of a plan seventy years in the making. Trouble is, in achieving his ends, he may also wipe out the entire world! Story is by me, art by the ever-magnificent Carlos Magno. The issue should be in stores on 14th (US) or 15th (UK) of July."
Visit Simon's blog to leave him your comments and to view the cover art
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Titan Comics UK exclusive Transformers comic issue 2.14 went on sale today. Below you can find a synopsis along with some preview images.
STRATOSPHERE head in the clouds, that's Stratosphere all over. He's in his element at high altitude but unversed in ground combat. So, when his wings are clipped on a routine reconnaissance mission in the Cascades, Stratosphere must learn the hard way, from scratch if he's to survive and report back. Especially as he's learned of a Decepticon operation to
rebuild/reactivate Devastator!
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Simon Furman has updated his blog with another Script (W)rap entry.
A sort of combined deal this time around, a script (w)rap for Transformers Nefarious #4 and also a pre-release teaser for the same, as it hits stores this coming week (June 16th in the US, 17th in the UK). Last issue saw Soundwave slip through the Autobots’ collective fingers and this issue he’s decided enough is enough. The human organization responsible for both the resurrection/usurping of Ravage and the manipulations that landed Soundwave in trouble in the first place is going down — hard! But the Initiative has tricks up its sleeve that, once again, even Soundwave hasn’t seen coming. And at last we learn some of the how and why about this mysterious and far-reaching organization (which seems to have an uncanny grasp of Cybertronian technology) and its coldly calculating director, Carter Newell. Just how long does his relationship with the robots in disguise go back? What traumatic event eventually gave rise to the Initiative? The answers will surprise you. And, meanwhile, director of national security Theodore Galloway is well and truly in the firing line — hunted by none other than Ransack! Things are looking distinctly terminal in that direction! Nefarious #4 is out in the next few days, with story by me art by the incredible Carlos Magno. Don’t miss it!
Visit Simon's blog to view the cover of the comic and to leave him your comments
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Below you will find a copy of the latest press release issued by Titan Comics regarding issue 13 of the UK Transformers comic
Bend It like Optimus with Transformers 2.13 On Sale 20th May!
Get into the action with the latest issue of Transformers Comic set amidst the World Cup in South Africa! Check out the sneak peaks attached and find out more on the story from the synopsis below!
Each magazine comes with an awesome FREE Transformers stationary set, cool comics, video game reviews, and fun football facts!
Check out the competitions for a chance to win cool action figures and other fun prizes! Don’t get sidelined – make sure you check out this fantastic issue on sale Thursday 20th May!
Synopsis
INSIDE OUT – defeated by Jolt, Bludgeon is restrained in a NEST
maximum-security facility in South Africa. And that’s exactly what he wanted! He’s bent on building his own splinter group on Earth, and where better to start his recruitment drive than in a holding pen full to bursting with embittered captives? With the eyes of the world focused on South Africa, Bludgeon makes his play—and kicks off terrifying new phase in the war for planet Earth.
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Simon Furman has posted a reminder on his blog that he will be making an appearance at London’s Apollo Piccadilly cinema on Lower Regent Street tomorrow, Saturday 1st May 2010, as part of Sci-Fi London. Joining Mr Furman will be apanel of UK creators including Dez Skinn, John Freeman, Dan Abnett and Gary Erskine to talk about the creative boom-time of Marvel UK in the 70s, 80s and 90s. The event kicks off at 11.45AM and hosted by Resonance FM’s Alex Fitch.
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Transformers Comic 2.12 - On Sale Tomorrow!
The newest issue of Transformers comic is full of action-packed features, games, puzzles, competitions and much, much more! Don't miss "Rules of Engagement", a fantastic 8-page comic story written by Transformers legend Simon Furman and featuring art from Jon Davis-Hunt. Check out the sneak peaks below and find out more on the story from the synopsis below!
SPRINGER, one of Optimus Prime's most trusted and battle savvy warriors, Springer is drafted in to whip the new unit into shape ahead of their first full mission. Springer likes things done a certain way, which immediately puts him at odds with Jolt, who doesn't follow anyone's rulebook. But Springer's Cybertronian-honed skills don't gel on Earth and he's forced to learn from his students.
You can order the comic online at www.titancomicsuk.com
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Simon Furman has updated his blog with an entry entitled "Transformers Nefarious #2 - Out Now!". The entry contains the cover for issue 2 as well as the entry "The second rip-roaring issue of Nefarious, the official
comic book sequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, hits comic
book stores today (in the US), and tomorrow (in the UK), April 14th
& 15th respectively. And finally, Optimus Prime’s Autobots and
Soundwave’s Decepticons clash explosively — but, of course, all is not
what it seems. It suits the shadowy human collective known as The
Initiative to have the Autobots and Decepticons at each other’s throats,
largely because it stops them probing the larger mystery around the
resurrection of Ravage and the efforts of the Initiative to harvest All
Spark energy from key locations. Can Optimus Prime trust the wily and
calculating Soundwave? If not, it may just be the end for them… and for
planet Earth! Big battle action in the Utah Salt Flats, and more on
tenacious Director of National Security, Theodore Galloway, who’s doing
his own investigation. You just know that’s not going to end well! Story
is by me, art by the tremendously talented Carlos Magno. Do not miss
this one! And for more information on all IDW’s Transformers releases,
check out their website here."
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Amazon.com has updated their "Transformers: Exodus" product page with the following description of the Exodus novel.
"For twenty-five years the colossal battle between Megatron and
Optimus Prime has captivated Transformers fans around the world. Yet
the full story of the conflict between the two most famous
Transformers—everything that happened before Optimus and Megatron
arrived on planet Earth—has always been a mystery . . . until now. Here,
for the first time told in its entirety, is the thrilling saga of
Optimus and Megatron before they were enemies, before they even knew
each other.
“Freedom is every Cybertronian’s right!” After
Megatron utters these immortal words, the caste-bound planet of
Cybertron is rocked to its foundations. Megatron, an undefeated
gladiator thug, gives voice to the unspoken longings of the oppressed
masses—and opens the mind of an insignificant data clerk to
possibilities previously unthinkable.
Long before becoming the
honorable Optimus Prime, Orion Pax is a mere office underling, an
unlikely candidate to answer an outlaw’s call to revolution. But Orion
is determined to meet this defiant enemy of all that Cybertron stands
for, no matter what he has to do, or how many laws he has to break.
What
happens between Orion Pax and Megatron forever changes the destiny of
all Transformers. This gripping, action-packed novel reveals all the
loyalties and treacheries, trust and betrayals, deadly violence and
shining ideals, as well as the pivotal roles played by other characters,
including Starscream, Sentinel Prime, Omega Supreme, and one of the
thirteen original Primes, the last link to Cybertron’s glorious Golden
Age.
Discover how meek disciple Orion Pax becomes the fearless
leader Optimus Prime; follow the tantalizing clues about the lost Matrix
of Leadership and the lore surrounding it; find out why the two allies
fighting a corrupt regime suddenly turn on each other, and what
triggers their epic war. Transformers: Exodus provides everything fans
ever wanted to know about one of the fiercest rivalries of all time."
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Bzzurkk.com have published a small preview of the upcoming Transformers: Nefarious issue 1 comic from IDW. Visit their website to view some preview images from the comic.
Transformers: Nefarious #1
Written by Simon Furman with art by Carlos Magno and covers by Magno and
Brian Rood.
The sequel to TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN starts here! What is
The Initiative? More to the point, why doesn’t the all-seeing SOUNDWAVE
know anything about it? How did they come to reanimate/control RAVAGE?
SOUNDWAVE must find the answers, and he’ll destroy anything in his path
to get them!
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Titan Publications have issues the following press release regarding the launch of their Transformers comic iPhone app.
Titan Publishing launches TRANSFORMERS Comic on iPhone!
Following the global success of the Wallace & Gromit iPhone comic app, Titan Publishing is proud to announce the arrival of its first TRANSFORMERS iPhone comic.
Launching today, 26 February, and based on Hasbro¹s TRANSFORMERS brand, each TRANSFORMERS comic download includes an awesome action packed story and is bursting with fun facts and trivia about the characters, movies and comics!
The digital comic is free and can be downloaded for iPhone by visiting www.titanpublishing.com/digital or the app store (comics are available in the UK and EIRE only.)
The first download includes ŒOPTIMUS PRIME¹, a story written by TRANSFORMERS
legend Simon Furman and featuring artwork by fan favourite Geoff Senior (Judge Dredd, 2000AD, Dr Who and Dragons Claws).
TRANSFORMERS Comic writer, Simon Furman said "TRANSFORMERS on your iPhone - wow! It's a simply incredible chance for fans of the warring 'ROBOTS IN
DISGUSE' to experience incredible stories that expand upon and underpin the incredible movie universe. The stories, written by me and drawn by a host of
old and new TRANSFORMERS artists, bring the movie characters to life as never before, and now they can be seen as never before! So get ready for
tales of CYBERTRON and Earth that spotlight your favourite characters... and probably a few you know only by name... beamed direct to your iPhone."
TRANSFORMERS Comic #1 is available to download for FREE on iPhone via www.titanpublishing.com/digital.There¹ll be more TRANSFORMERS comic stories released over the coming weeks
so check back soon!
Find out more at www.titanpublishing.com/digital
The first issue of the comic features a story about Optimus Prime trying to survive an assassination attempt aftre he tries to send the Allspark into space.
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Choose Your Fate
Ep 18: Sentinel Prime Press Conference
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