{"id":5471,"date":"2018-03-26T10:16:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2018-03-26T10:16:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T15:16:08","slug":"transformers-face-their-greatest-enemy-in-transformers-unicron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/26\/transformers-face-their-greatest-enemy-in-transformers-unicron\/","title":{"rendered":"TRANSFORMERS Face Their Greatest Enemy In TRANSFORMERS: UNICRON"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"m_368427097251668468subTitle\">The First Chapter Launches On Free Comic Book Day<\/span><\/div>\n<p>SAN DIEGO, CA (March 24th, 2018) \u2013\u00a0The fate of all worlds are at stake, as the world-eating menace Unicron has set his sights on Cybertron, home of the TRANSFORMERS robots, and next in line\u2026 EARTH! A bi-weekly six issue event titled TRANSFORMERS: UNICRON arrives this July and will bring about the end of the TRANSFORMERS universe as we know it. As Optimus Prime gathers his defense against this monstrous threat, it might be too little too late.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran TRANSFORMERS creators\u00a0<strong>John Barber<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Optimus Prime<\/em>) and\u00a0<strong>Alex Milne<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>More Than Meets The Eye<\/em>) are joined by colorist\u00a0<strong>Sebastian Cheng\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Revolution<\/em>) to tell the epic conclusion to the current TRANSFORMERS comic book universe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>TRANSFORMERS: UNICRON<\/em>\u00a0is a culmination of the years of TRANSFORMERS comics I&#8217;ve been a part of&#8230; and\u00a0the conclusion of one of the longest continued narrative in TRANSFORMERS history\u201d said Barber. \u201cThis is a story of heroism in the face of impossible odds; of a reckoning for an entire universe. I couldn&#8217;t be luckier than to have Alex [Milne] right here with me on this\u2014if you know Alex, you know nobody puts more into the TRANSFORMERS than he does, and nowhere before has he drawn drama, action, and pathos at this scale. Tying it all together is the incredible palette of<strong>\u00a0Sebastian Cheng<\/strong>.\u00a0We&#8217;ve never held back before on our TRANSFORMERS comics, but this time we&#8217;re pushing ourselves\u2014and each other\u2014harder than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TRANSFORMERS mainstays from the past 12 years will be providing variant covers for the series, including\u00a0<strong>Andrew Griffith<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Nick Roche<\/strong>, and many more. Additionally, legendary comic artist\u00a0<strong>Bill Sienkiewicz<\/strong>\u00a0will be reinterpreting his classic cover to\u00a0<em>TRANSFORMERS #1<\/em>\u00a0as a special variant, along with a new cover by\u00a0<strong>Francesco Francavilla.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTRANSFORMERS: UNICRON is a grand finale to the past 12 years of TRANSFORMERS comics at IDW and to really celebrate that and to celebrate the people who have made it such an amazing ride, we\u2019re getting some amazing, beloved artists to contribute to what I&#8217;m sure will be our biggest\u2014literally\u2014TRANSFORMERS story ever,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>David Mariotte<\/strong>, Associate Editor. \u201cThis is an event years in the making and one that only works because of the years fans and creators have invested in the comic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The action kicks off on Free Comic Book Day, May 5<sup>th<\/sup>, with the #0 issue by the series creative; available for free at comic shops across the country. 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