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Transformers: Age of Extinction will be released on June 27th in the US and on July 10th in the UK. Well, we already know from the trailer that this isn't exactly how this scene plays out in the movie, but I guess this is more of a symbolic poster. So here's Mark Wahlberg and Nicola Peltz[...]

But Ghostbusters #14 at least lets us hear his voice, trapped on the winds of time, echoeing from the past… Transformers: Dark Cybertron Finale has a refreshingly frank and open attitude to mass robotic genocide Introducing the Garth Ennis of massive space robots… Game Of Thrones #19 starts us off where we mean to continue, with male genital[...]

1: Destination Danger TPB • FC • $19.99 • ISBN: 978-1-60010-876-1 Danger Girl: Trinity TPB • FC • $17.99 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-736-7    Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #30: Dawn of the Autobots James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a & c) EVACUATION! Is it possible for a starship to object to its captain? That's[...]

There may, apparently, by other comics in this anthology as well that might even be worth checking out… Transformers Robots in Disguise #27 shows us that you never want to get on the couch with Shockwave. While Transformers Regeneration One shows us that you can go back home, at least if it's your hundredth issue… technically. I thought[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubGpDoyJvmI[/youtube] The first thing we notice is a Remember Chicago sign, setting this up as a direct sequel of Michael Bay's first Transformers trilogy The next thing of note is that this is a world where everyone is perfectly aware of what Transformers are Mark Wahlberg even gets pretty excited when he realizes the old truck[...]

Spencer Ellsworth writes: Simon Furman is, to quote the man himself, "like unto a living god," at least for Transformers fans He started out writing for Marvel UK in the 80's, and saw the Transformers comic through a legendary period, penning the most memorable TF comics in the franchise's history. Recently IDW gave Furman a chance to[...]

Five extensions give them three years to do so. The second trademark is for "toy action figures and toy robots convertible into other visual toy forms," which leads to the already existing rumor that Hasbro is going to make Rom part of the Transformers toy line It, too, was granted in April 2013 and has had[...]

A little less so in Protocol Orphans #4. And they just don't respect the tech in Regular Show #4 either. Memory Collectors #3 turns into a fortune cookie. Transformers: Robots in Disguise #26 there Jiggety jog. Robocop: Live And Die In Detroit What is it with Robocop and shooting folks in the penis? It's like he's obsessed And yes,[...]

MTMTE has been the stand-out Transformers series of the last few years It started with a simple quest: find the mythical Knights of Cybertron The journey has proven to be just as enticing as the destination Exploring robo-therapy, heist tales, apartheid, PTSD, and plain old space battles, Roberts knows how to provoke thought in the[...]

But he really is Judge Dredd, isn't he? I mean, even more than usual? Talking of which, from Judge Dredd Classics #8, is he talking about a floating dooky there? It just sounds like another faecal euphemism… And there's another from Transformers More Than Meets The Eye #26 And the euphemism flips the other way in Illegitimates #3. And[...]

Here's a great example, the magazine cover popping out from the world around. Well, in Transformers Regeneration One #98, I think you can treat this guy as the villain without too much difficulty. We get a return to Serenity from Dark Horse as well, and, well, you can hear the theme tune running around your head can't[...]

But if you scroll down past the My Little Pony Flip And Whirl Rainbow Dash Pony, down below the Nerf N-Strike Mega Tunderbow… even below the Spidey Kapow Action Plush we get to what might be the big news item: Angry Birds Transformers!!! Racers – September Battle Packs – September Energon Multi-Pack – September Bumblebee Blast – September Telepods Optimus Raceway – September If[...]

Boy these Transformers: Robots in Disguise are dim. Yeah, yeah Ellen Baker, I know you think that of Animal Man, but to be fair, Mera probably thought the same thing about Aquaman. Sorry Sabretooth in Origin II, all I did was ask what you'd been doing since we all left school I mean you can see[...]

By Spencer Ellsworth Transformers creators, old and new, are fighting Over a very special lady. Okay, sorry, sorry, it's actually over the portrayal of female Transformers You see, although the Robots in Disguise are technically sexless, there are a few distinctively female characters in their ranks Why these robots have apparent genders, and what it means, and[...]

Star Mage was a new comic book series by novelist JC De La Torre that went to Kickstarter. It was funded and will now be published in May by IDW. APril

Gillen has brought back Death's Head, the freelance peacekeeping agent (don't call him a bounty hunter) that debuted in Transformers UK in 1987. Listen to the man talk fan: "If Impactor was our Jean Grey, Death's Head was our Wolverine," Gillen has said, referring to Simon Furman's seminal, world-breaking run on the original Marvel comics He[...]

Spencer Ellsworth writes: The thing about reading Transformers comics: it's one of those nerd habits that one has to defend in the presence of other nerds So: If you can get good stories from a rubber bat suit, you can get good stories about shape-changing robots Damn good stories, at times That's the law of averages[...]

In a post on his website with the juicy title of I Do Not Apologize For Any Transformers Movies, Michael Bay manages to drop a bit of news amidst setting the record straight on some other stuff. His latest giant alien robot flick, Transformers: Age of Extinction, has just finished filming, wrapping up with a month-long[...]

Sorry, Doctor. Come on everyone, do the Black Bat! And stretch to the left, stretch to the right, reach up and feel the burn! Someone else wants to join in the dance, it seems, in Deadworld Restoration. I know you've tried the water cooler, the laptop and the mug of coffee in Dinosaurs Attack… but you haven't quite[...]

IDW's solicitations for February 2014 starts out string with the Artist's Edition of Jack Kirby's New Gods, before giving us X-Files Vs Transformers and X-Files Vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as new Rogue Trooper ripped from 2000AD and the rather intruguing looking City: Mind in the Machine… dive in folks! Jack Kirby's New Gods[...]

It's my hometown, and I like supporting small local cons especially my hometown. You grew up in Grosse Pointe, right? Yup. You've got GI Joe, Transformers and Smoke and Mirrors Can you talk about your GI Joe work a little bit? Yah I started with the franchise when it started with IDW about 5 years ago[...]

They are serious about using this as a way to target comics to kids, and plan to expand the category with other comics, Transformers, Turtles and the like. But it's not the only comics outreach using Transformers that's on the table. IDW have arranged to package Transformers comics with full-size Transformers toys, each with ads for further[...]

program that will shift the balance of power to Cobra's favor. FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Chuck Dixon and Paul Gulacy bring the action! • Variant Cover by S L Gallant! Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #25: Dark Cybertron Part 6 (of 12) James Roberts & John Barber (w) • Atilio Rojo, James Raiz,[...]

With Agents Mulder and Scully working one lead, the Gunmen must spring into action and investigate several urban legends: a group of ghost-hunters, mutant turtles that live in the sewers, shape-changing alien robots, and a vengeful spirit from beyond the grave! Yes folks, that's the X-Files vs the Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers and The[...]

In war, I've always found myself playing with the hand I've been dealt. Though if one person could change the rules… a promotion for Wonder Woman gives her all sorts of possibilities. Yes, a bit like that, Transformers More Than Meets The Eye Evolution and change We don't have to have fighting, fighting, fighting all the time[...]

Two of the most popular comic book franchises of all-time,TRANSFORMERS and G.I JOE, will be going head-to-head in a brand-new ongoing series debuting next summer! Written and drawn by comic luminary Tom Scioli (Godland, American Barbarian) with co-writer and TRANSFORMERS veteran John Barber (TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, FALL OF CYBERTRON), these classic characters will explode off the page like never before! Based on the iconic[...]

Therapy through bristol board… So… is this Spider-Man in Superior Spider-Man Team Up? Or is it Mr Fantastic? Maybe having Doc Ock in there is giving him tentacles… still it is a cool-ass entrance. Sorry Transformers, Superior Spider-Man beat you to it He is, after all, Superior. In Think Tank, for every hallucination, there is an equal and[...]

With the release of Transformers: Regeneration One #0, folks in the city of Halifax got a chance to see their home being visited by a six-pack of Decepticons Comic book shop owner Darryl Wall came up with the idea for the exclusive cover that was brought to life by artist Casey Coller The graffiti being sprayed[...]

I'll leave it to the more hardcore nerds to get worked up about whatever this means for the appearance of Dinobots, but Michal Bay's Transformers reboot/sequel – the fourth in the series – has been officially titled Transformers: Age of Extinction. A new teaser poster has also been released along with the film's official title,[...]

Batman, Punisher and Transformers logos started showing up on car windows and t-shirts everywhere The once shunned subculture took over the consumer driver's seat Now if you want to launch a successful product… be it toy, comic, video game, book, movie, clothing line or just about anything else, you need to advertise it to the[...]