The 25th Anniversary of Transformers kicks off in style with 9 comic release from IDW Publishing. There is new and old material coming from many of the different sub-lines over the years.

There are 3 movie-verse titles. The first 2 are prequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen; Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Defiance #1 and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance #2, with the third being a collection of the Titan UK stories; Transformers Movie Prequel: Saga of the Allspark TPB.

Next we have 2 continuing titles for IDW’s main universe, The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots #2 and The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #7.

The current line get two titles as well, with an extra issue for The Arrival series, Transformers Animated: Arrival #6 and another cartoon screen compilation, Transformers Animated Vol. 7 TPB.

Finally, there are two sets of reprints, Classic Transformers, Vol. 3, with a range of material and Transformers: Armada, Vol. 2, collecting issues #7-12 of Dreamwave’s Armada comic.

Full details and covers are at comicnewsi.com.