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The front cover of next week's Diamond Previews catalogue for comic books out in October 2021 and beyond puts IDW's new Star Trek: Mirror War on the cover "Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the ISS Enterprise embark on their most dangerous mission in IDW Publishing's Star Trek: The Mirror War". With Todd McFarlane's launch[...]

IDW Publishing's full October 2021 solicitations sees the launch of Star Trek: Mirror War as an event comic book, a new Dungeons & Dragons comic book with Mindbreaker, a new My Little Pony series, Generations, and a new Transformers comic book series, Wreckers—Tread & Circuits And all listed in the solicitations below, beginning with some[...]

This year IDW has begun expanding their Transformers series coming out of the reboot of the Transformers continuity in 2019 IDW is now set to bring one of the first comic book-created concepts of Transformers back to the printed page in October with Transformers Wreckers—Tread & Circuits. Created by Simon Furman and debuting in issue 82 of the Transformers[...]

John Layman and Nick Bradshaw launch a new mini-series, Bermuda, at IDW Publishing on Wednesday The series explores the story of a man who discovered feelings for his longtime roommate and definitely plans to tell her about it on their next vacation IDW has released a preview of Bermuda #1, which you can see below. BERMUDA[...]

In this preview of Usagi Yojimbo #21, in stores Wednesday from IDW, Usagi and his new pal Yukichi have run afoul of a local martial arts school Now, the choice of the students is to commit suicide in disgrace or to kill Usagi and Yukichi Which will it be? Well, the book isn't called "random[...]

Check out the preview below. MLP TRANSFORMERS II #4 (OF 4) CVR A TONY FLEECS IDW PUBLISHING MAY210447 MAY210448 – MLP TRANSFORMERS II #4 (OF 4) CVR B BETHANY MCGUIRE-SMITH – $3.99 (W) James Asmus, Ian Flynn (A) Casey Coller, Jack Lawrence (CA) Tony Fleecs Spike and Grimlock return! When the Dinobots are attacked by Sombra's minions, can Grimlock's little purple[...]

And you are seeing other jumps playing out with the likes of IDW, Vault, Black Mask, Behemoth Comics, Ahoy, and more It's just that Image Comics is managing to do this more than anyone else, and more consistently right now However, Boom Studios is clearly on their tail. In fact, compared to 2013, Image has launched[...]

There have been all sorts of moves at IDW in the past few months After being an early company that fired and furloughed staff during the pandemic, of late is has all been about executive and editorial moves. Jazmine Joyner joined IDW Publishing as Associate Editor, Heather Antos joined to work on IDW's Marvel and Star[...]

This week, IDW publishes a young readers graphic novel adaptation of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, offering fans an opportunity to reevaluate their thoughts on the film Or maybe not Maybe we just needed to fill 300 words to meet the minimum word count in this preview article Judge for yourself by checking out the[...]

In this preview of TMNT Ongoing #119, in stores Tuesday from IDW, Casey Jones isn't doing so well First, he doesn't answer the door when Raphael goes to check on him, and then he has some very not nice things to say about Raphael's girlfriend Has Jones become an incel since the bomb went off?[...]

GI Joe A Real American Hero #284 is in stores from IDW Publishing on Wednesday, and in this preview of the issue, we see that Al Kawbra may have blown his entire plan… for a pizza?! It may seem outrageous, but for fellow pizza connoisseurs, it makes perfect sense Al Kawbra probably read on yelp[...]

My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #100 marks a milestone for the popular pony comic, and IDW is celebrating that milestone in the traditional comics industry way: with an eight dollar price tag Check out a preview of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #100 below. MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #100 CVR A ANDY[...]

Jumpstart is experiencing the negative consequences of living in a comic book multiverse in this preview of Transformers #32, in stores Wednesday from IDW Sure, in a multiverse, there can be infinite realities where every possible thing that could have happened has happened But if you're in a comic book multiverse, the reality you're going[...]

Check out the preview below. GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO YEARBOOK #2 IDW PUBLISHING APR210632 (W) Larry Hama (A) Michael Golden (CA) Tim Lattie Relive the classic era of G.I Joe: A Real American Hero in this very special reprint of Yearbook #12 From the prolific imaginations of Living Legends Larry Hama and Michael Golden, the yearbook features the[...]

Transformers Escape #5 is in stores from IDW Publishing on Wednesday, and it's the final issue of the series, which means it's make-or-break time for the titular escape Can the Autobots get those Arks off the ground? It would be a hell of a misleading series title if they can't Check out the preview below. TRANSFORMERS[...]

Check out the preview below. STAR WARS ADVENTURES (2020) #6 CVR A FRANCAVILLA IDW PUBLISHING DEC200464 DEC200465 – STAR WARS ADVENTURES (2020) #6 CVR B FICO OSSIO – $3.99 (W) Katie Cook, Shaun Manning (A) Cara McGee, Fico Ossio (CA) Francesco Francavilla Padme and Anakin have grand plans to have a romantic night together after a long separation But before they[...]

Star Trek Year Five concludes Wednesday when IDW releases Star Trek Year Five #22 as the crew of the U.S.S Enterprise completes its five-year mission But while all good things must indeed come to an end (er… if that's true, why are we reading comics starring the original Star Trek cast in 2021?), this preview[...]

Hopefully IDW will give Deadgame a well-deserved follow-up ASAP, but until that happens, we'll just have to enjoy this final issue while we've got it. Written by Rob Liefeld, with script by Chad Bowers, colors by Federico Blee, and inks by a veritable plethora of talented artists, Snake Eyes: Deadgame #5 is in stores Wednesday from[...]

The postal service has been royally f**ked up since Donald Trump tried to sabotage it to stop people from voting by mail, but until we saw this preview of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic from IDW Publishing, we had no idea how bad things had gotten The USPS is so short on workers that[...]

IDW is launching a new Star Wars Adventures series, Ghosts Of Vader's Castle, in September, as well as creating a Design Archive from Kevin Eastmnan for TMNT: The Last Ronin While their long-running My Littke Pony comes to an end, all in IDW September 2021 solicits alongside GI Joe, Canto, Star Trek, Spider-Man, Transformers and[...]

IDW celebrates 30 years of Sonic the Hedgehog on Wednesday with the Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary special, a $8.99 comic (price reduced a dollar since the cover was printed, apparently) featuring three separate stories by longtime Sonic creators and some special guests Check out the preview below. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 30TH ANNIV SPEC CVR A[...]

The comic is in stores on Wednesday and features two stories. STAR WARS ADVENTURES #5 CVR A FRANCAVILLA IDW PUBLISHING NOV200403 NOV200404 – STAR WARS ADVENTURES #5 CVR B BEAVERS – $3.99 (W) Katie Cook, Casey Gilly (A) Cara McGee, Ethen Beavers (CA) Francesco Francavilla Padme and Anakin have grand plans to have a romantic night celebrating a recent victory[...]

How long before that goes horribly wrong? Check out a preview of TMNT Ongoing #118 below. TMNT ONGOING #118 CVR A NELSON DANIEL IDW PUBLISHING APR210672 APR210673 – TMNT ONGOING #118 CVR B EASTMAN – $3.99 (W) Sophie Campbell (A / CA) Nelson Daniel The Shredder returns! Oroku Saki has been to Hell and back, but will he now come to[...]

Transformers #31 is in stores from IDW Publishing on Wednesday, and here in this preview, we find Optimus Prime trying to get the members of his own Autobots party to cooperate But some of them, like Mancintron and Sinemus, want to work with the Decepticons Can you believe that?! Will Optimus Prime manage to get[...]

The Transformers/Back to the Future crossover at IDW ends this week with Transformers Back to the Future #4, and you might be thinking, at this point, if you haven't been keeping up with this already highly niche crossover, the fourth and final issue is probably not the place where you're going to decide, "you know[...]

IDW has been publishing My Little Pony since 2012 with the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book But to everything, there must be an end Sorry to break the news to Brony International, but right now friendship is tragic IDW Publishing states; Since its very inception in 2012, the My Little Pony: Friendship is[...]

Out from IDW Publishing on Wednesday, June 16th, Usagi Yojimbo #20 by Stan Sakai introduces a new recurring character: Yukichi Yamamoto He and Usagi have met before when Yukichi was a young novice, but they'll have more to do than catch up on old times as they attempt to deliver some swords through enemy territory[...]

Who is commandeering the escape ships planned to evacuate refugees from war-torn Cybertron? For that, you'll need the full issue, but you can enjoy a brief preview below. TRANSFORMERS ESCAPE #4 (OF 5) CVR A MCGUIRE-SMITH IDW PUBLISHING JAN210504 JAN210505 – TRANSFORMERS ESCAPE #4 (OF 5) CVR B HERZPLATTER – $3.99 (W) Brian Ruckley (A / CA) Bethany McGuire-Smith As Wheeljack,[...]

The Jedi must rush to prevent a Junk Maven massacre in this preview of Star Wars High Republic Adventures #5, the new comic hitting stores from IDW Publishing on Wednesday, June 16th and tying into Star Wars The High Republic super-mega-media-crossover event Check out the preview below. STAR WARS HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES #5 IDW PUBLISHING APR210659 (W) Daniel Jose[...]

The issue is in stores on Wednesady. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #41 CVR A ADAM BRYCE THOMAS IDW PUBLISHING MAR210463 MAR210464 – SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #41 CVR B NATALIE HAINES – $3.99 (W) Ian Flynn (A / CA) Adam Bryce Thomas The Deadly Six are still on the loose and attacking towns Jewel the Beetle recruits Sonic's friends the Chaotix to find[...]