Affiliate Link – Transformers: Phase One Omnibus
Interesting. IDW is starting to collect their Transformers comics into omnibus editions, with Transformers: Phase One Omnibus* set for release in September. IDW’s Transformers run has gotten pretty sweet over the last few years, and anyone wondering where things started can go back to the earliest days with this volume that covers Infiltration, Escalation, and Devastation.
My only significant complaint with the earlier IDW Transformers comics is that the storytelling jumps around a lot and it can be tough to determine what order various events occur in. My look at Transformers Continuum back in 2009 (reading post here) touched on the problems with the earlier comics. Five years ago I wrote:
The cover says “The Definitive Chronology,†and author Andy Schmidt did the best job that he could with the source material, but unfortunately even IDW can’t make sense of the organization and chronology of their Transformers series.
Fortunately, things have gotten much better since then.
Are these just larger reprints of the ‘Phase’ collections they already put out?
@Court – Most of the omnibus books are actually smaller. Like 6″ x 9″.
Ah that makes sence, smaller size similar to what Dark Horse does with it’s Omnibuses.
Still might be worth it to splurge for the full size hard covers.