IDW April Transformers Comics

IDW Publishing has released their publishing plans for April. The month will have four Transformers books, two trades and two slipcases. The slipcases are the various mini-series that IDW published for Transformers 1 and 2. If you are interested in the books, just let your local comic book store know. For the full details of IDW's other books including GI Joe, Star Trek, Angel and more click here.

Transformers #18
Written by Mike Costa, art by Alex Milne, covers by Marcelo Matere, Nick Roche.
The Autobots have been beaten down, backed into a corner, and harried into making a huge mistake. But the biggest blow has yet to fall, as Prime sets out to face Megatron one-on-one in the final chapter of REVENGE OF THE DECEPTICONS. Nobody dies... but somebody's gonna wish they had.
32 pages, $3.99.

Transformers: Foundation #3
Written by John Barber, art by Andrew Griffith, covers by Brian Rood.
Optimus Prime has reached his goal: the gates of Megatron's citadel. Prime has one thing in mind and he won't let Shockwave or Starscream slow him down -- tonight, Megatron must die! Secrets are revealed and lines are crossed as the countdown to Transformers 3 ramps up. How far will Prime go to stop the Decepticons?
32 pages, $3.99.

Transformers: Rising Storm #3
Written by John Barber, art by Carlos Magno, covers by Brian Rood.
It's all out war in Philadelphia, as Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots roll out to stop Starscream and his forces from killing Sam Witwicky! The biggest, most explosive battle in Transformers history begins here! The fate of the universe rests on the outcome and the action of this summer's hottest movie heats up right here!
32 pages, $3.99.

Transformers: Heart of Darkness #2
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, art by Ulises Farinas, covers by Farinas, Casey Coller.
Galvatron is on the move! With the mystery surrounding Gorlam Prime still unsolved, Cyclonus and Scourge are tasked with helping raise an army! But an army to do what?! Find out as the ROAD TO "CHAOS" finds its first travelers!
32 pages, $3.99.

Transformers: Sector 7
Written by John Barber, art and cover by Joe Suitor.
Spinning out of the hit movies Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- witness the secret history of SECTOR 7 and their torrid connections to the alien Transformers in this century-spanning tale that follows a cursed family as they protect the Earth from invaders far more advanced than anything on Earth!
140 pages, $19.99.

Transformers Animated: Prime vol 2
By various.
The action from Hasbro's new HUB show Transformers: Prime comes to life on the printed page in this collection of screengrabs from the actual animated cartoon!
104 pages, $7.99.

Transformers Movie Slipcase 1
Written by Simon Furman, Chris Ryall, Kris Oprisko, Chris Mowry, art by Alex Milne.
The action surrounding the first live-action Transformers movie came alive on the comics page in IDW's Movie Prequel and Movie Adaptation, and continued in the official movie sequel comic, Reign of Starscream. Now all three TPBs are collected into this slipcase edition.
344 pages, $39.99.

Transformers Movie Slipcase 2
Written by Simon Furman, Chris Mowry, art by Alex Milne, Dan Khanna, Andrew Griffith, Jon Davis-Hunt, Don Figueroa.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen roared into theaters in 2009, and IDW's comics brought you the action first in these three graphic novels: the two prequel editions Alliance and Defiance, as well as in the Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation. Now all three trade paperbacks are available in this slipcase series.
296 pages, $39.99.