IDW Announces TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE #80.5 for Free Comic Book Day 2012
Friday, Dec 2nd, 2011
Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman return to the original
TRANSFORMERS comic universe
After a twenty-year wait, IDW Publishing today proudly announced
the return of the original Generation One TRANSFORMERS comics,
beginning with the free TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE
#80.5, available on Free Comic Book Day, May 5, 2012 as a
Gold Sponsorship comic. Fan-favorite writer Simon
Furman and legendary TRANSFOMERS artist Andrew
Wildman pick up right where 1991's TRANSFORMERS #80 left
off, and lead into this all-new month series, kicking off in July
with TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE #81.
Starting with the free TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE
#80.5, OPTIMUS PRIME, GRIMLOCK, KUP, HOT ROD and all the
favorite Generation One TRANSFORMERS characters charge into the
future. Reflecting back on the dizzying highs and the terrifying
lows of the original run of Transformers comics, OPTIMUS PRIME
watches over a CYBERTRON that hasn't faced MEGATRON for decades.
But that peace shudders to an end and dives headlong into July's
TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE #81.
Artist Stephen Baskerville-the original inker on
those classic issues- joins Wildman on
interiors as inker, as Wildman also provides
eye-catching covers. "The fans asked for this comic, and we
listened," said IDW's TRANSFORMERS editor, John
Barber. "TRANSFORMERS fans are some of the most loyal in
the world, and they've been very patient. Now that patience will
pay off. And for new readers, the Free Comic Book Day TRANSFORMERS:
REGENERATION ONE #80.5 will get you up to speed on the classic
TRANSFORMERS universe!"
TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE #80.5 (Free, 32 pages;
full color) will be available on May 5, 2012 as part of Free Comic
Book Day.
TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE #81 ($3.99, 32
pages; full color) will be available in July
2012.
