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We've been waiting for the speculation about the future of the IDW universe to reach a turning point with this news, but haven't really received the information we were expecting for the Transformers and Hasbro Universe comics due for the month of May 2018 - we did, however get a new Wreckers book!

Alongside the two ongoing series for Optimus Prime (some minor spoilers potentially on the cover, too) and Lost Light, Nick Roche has gathered the likes of Guido Guidi and Geoff Senior (!) to work on the third and final (!!) chapter in the Wreckers saga: Requiem of the Wreckers (Wreckuiem? Wrequiem?), which he had teased about on Twitter in the past week.

This of course still means we don't know what the Hasbro Universe is doing with the Unicron story, though they may very well be press announcements coming out between today and next month's solicits for June. In the meantime, take a look below and join the discussion in the Energon Pub!

Transformers: Lost Light #18—Cover A: Jack Lawrence
James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a & c)
LIGHTS OUT! The “Everlasting Voices” trilogy concludes with an explosion of hope, a grave betrayal… and more answers than you can handle! Events of the last six years build to a frenzy of revelations, casting everything that’s gone before in a new—and deadly—light. No exaggeration, no hyperbole: there has never been a more important issue of Lost Light.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: Lost Light #18—Cover B: Alex Milne
James Roberts (w) • Jack Lawrence (a) • Alex Milne (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
Leads directly into the biggest story in the history of the Lost Light!
Black & White variant cover by Alex Milne!

Optimus Prime #19—Cover A: Kei Zama
John Barber (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Kei Zama (c)
“The Falling,” Part 4. Onyx Prime’s motivations are clear, and his scheme seems unstoppable. Heroes have fallen, and hope dwindles for the survivors. Cybertron’s last chance of salvation is in the hands of… well, that would be telling, wouldn’t it?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Optimus Prime #19—Cover B: Casey W. Coller
John Barber (w) • Sara Pitre-Durocher (a) • Casey W. Coller (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
Black & white cover by Kei Zama!

Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers—SPOTLIGHT
Nick Roche (w) • Nick Roche, Guido Guidi, & Geoff Senior (a) • Nick Roche (c)
Wreck & Rule! They’ve been beaten up, torn apart, betrayed, and had their sins revealed. The few remaining Wreckers are more lost and lonelier than they’ve ever been, which makes it the perfect time for them to come under fire from an anti-Cybertronian campaigner and an old foe! Remember them fondly, because this is the “Requiem of the Wreckers.”
FC • 48 pages • $7.99

Bullet points:
The final entry in the Wreckers trilogy!
Written and drawn by Nick Roche (Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers, Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows)!

HASBRO UNIVERSE

Scarlett's Strike Force
Aubrey Sitterson (w) • Nelson Daniel, Ilias Kyriazis (a)
They've fought back invasions from home and afar—now, they're back on Earth, and ready to take on the wildest, weirdest threats out there!

It's Scarlett's G.I. JOE team, the Strike Force, against a brand-new Cobra Commander, a revitalized Cobra, and everyone else trying to conquer Earth... or destroy it! Featuring all-stars of the Hasbro line as M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand and the Transformers bots join G.I. Joe in the fight against Cobra! Collects issues #1-3, the G.I. JOE First Strike one-shot, and the M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand First Strike one-shot.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 128 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-68405-237-0

Bullet points:
Advance solicited for June release!

here is the synopsis of the new issue of Optimus Prime
“The Falling,” Part 4. Onyx Prime’s motivations are clear, and his scheme seems unstoppable. Heroes have fallen, and hope dwindles for the survivors. Cybertron’s last chance of salvation is in the hands of… well, that would be telling, wouldn’t it?
Looking at the cover of Optimus Prime there, and considering we know he'll be back amongst the living in Unicron, does anyone think that Cybertron's last chance of salvaton is in the hands of ... Bumblebee?

That cover for LL18 has me on edge but I also like it at the same time. Drift you better keep that grumpy ol' docbot outta trouble!

Agent 53 wrote:here is the synopsis of the new issue of Optimus Prime
“The Falling,” Part 4. Onyx Prime’s motivations are clear, and his scheme seems unstoppable. Heroes have fallen, and hope dwindles for the survivors. Cybertron’s last chance of salvation is in the hands of… well, that would be telling, wouldn’t it?
Looking at the cover of Optimus Prime there, and considering we know he'll be back amongst the living in Unicron, does anyone think that Cybertron's last chance of salvaton is in the hands of ... Bumblebee?

Part of your answer is here: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... cbd/40723/

Actually looking at that silhouette on the cover of prime I would say that a certain ex-ruler of cybertron is the one to save the day

ZeroWolf wrote:Actually looking at that silhouette on the cover of prime I would say that a certain ex-ruler of cybertron is the one to save the day

Yes and no! Intriguing speculation, but each cover has had a silhouette, all so far for the narrating voice of the issue.

The most telling part to me, other than his face is on the cover. Is Prime half way in a portal, I think this portal leads to BB and that's how he gets out in part four and has some hand in the end of the this part of the series.

Va'al wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Actually looking at that silhouette on the cover of prime I would say that a certain ex-ruler of cybertron is the one to save the day

Yes and no! Intriguing speculation, but each cover has had a silhouette, all so far for the narrating voice of the issue.

I wouldn't discount Centurion having a role to play in all this, even if it is just housekeeping to avoid having Bee and a Bee analogue around.

These books have just gone from bad to worse, to complete trash.

So disappointing.

If only Dreamwave could come back

Galactic Prime wrote:These books have just gone from bad to worse, to complete trash.

So disappointing.

If only Dreamwave could come back

Why do you say that? I find the deeper exploration of the characters beyond their basic toy bios to be very intriguing. Dreamwave played it very safe with the characters' personalities.

Lore Keeper wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:These books have just gone from bad to worse, to complete trash.

So disappointing.

If only Dreamwave could come back

Why do you say that? I find the deeper exploration of the characters beyond their basic toy bios to be very intriguing. Dreamwave played it very safe with the characters' personalities.

Dreamwave also literally stole money from its creators.

Va'al wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:These books have just gone from bad to worse, to complete trash.

So disappointing.

If only Dreamwave could come back

Why do you say that? I find the deeper exploration of the characters beyond their basic toy bios to be very intriguing. Dreamwave played it very safe with the characters' personalities.

Dreamwave also literally stole money from its creators.

There is that...

Lore Keeper wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:These books have just gone from bad to worse, to complete trash.

So disappointing.

If only Dreamwave could come back

Why do you say that? I find the deeper exploration of the characters beyond their basic toy bios to be very intriguing. Dreamwave played it very safe with the characters' personalities.

I say it because they've ruined the characters in IDW. There is nothing more intriguing or interesting about Optimus Prime, or Jazz, or Megatron, or any of them. They've essentially ruined most of them and killed many of the others off willy nilly.

Mirage getting sliced in pieces by another Autobot. Autobots shooting and killing each other just 2 panels later.

The way Kup died? Or Sideswipe?

Yeah, these books were garbage from the day they started and they've only gotten worse.

Dreamwave did far more in my opinion with the 2 completed War Within mini-series than IDW has in their entire run.

Va'al wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:These books have just gone from bad to worse, to complete trash.

So disappointing.

If only Dreamwave could come back

Why do you say that? I find the deeper exploration of the characters beyond their basic toy bios to be very intriguing. Dreamwave played it very safe with the characters' personalities.

Dreamwave also literally stole money from its creators.

So what? That has no bearing on the stories that were told. Was it right? No, but it has ZERO bearing on the quality of the stories

Galactic Prime wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:These books have just gone from bad to worse, to complete trash.

So disappointing.

If only Dreamwave could come back

Why do you say that? I find the deeper exploration of the characters beyond their basic toy bios to be very intriguing. Dreamwave played it very safe with the characters' personalities.

Dreamwave also literally stole money from its creators.

So what? That has no bearing on the stories that were told. Was it right? No, but it has ZERO bearing on the quality of the stories

It kinda does. The stories were never able to be finished because the creators were not paid.

Va'al wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:These books have just gone from bad to worse, to complete trash.

So disappointing.

If only Dreamwave could come back

Why do you say that? I find the deeper exploration of the characters beyond their basic toy bios to be very intriguing. Dreamwave played it very safe with the characters' personalities.

Dreamwave also literally stole money from its creators.

So what? That has no bearing on the stories that were told. Was it right? No, but it has ZERO bearing on the quality of the stories

It kinda does. The stories were never able to be finished because the creators were not paid.

No it doesn't those stories were written and they came out.

Were the creators paid for them? Plus you were the one who asked for dreamwave to come back, everyone give you reasons as to why that couldn't be the case. You may nother like IDW but for me, I love their take on everything, I like how different it is from what's come before. Your opinion is your own thing just like mine on something like this, there isn't a right or wrong answer.

MOAR WRECKERS!!!!!

ZeroWolf wrote:Were the creators paid for them? Plus you were the one who asked for dreamwave to come back, everyone give you reasons as to why that couldn't be the case. You may nother like IDW but for me, I love their take on everything, I like how different it is from what's come before. Your opinion is your own thing just like mine on something like this, there isn't a right or wrong answer.

It doesn't matter if the creators were paid or not. The books came out, I have them and they are better than IDW's.