IDW Brings Ongoing #2 & Bumblebee Spin-Off To Your Stockings This December

Comics Continuum has posted the solicitations for IDW Publishing's December 2009 releases, and it looks to be rather exciting.

TRANSFORMERS: BUMBLEBEE #1

Written by Zander Cannon, art by Chee, covers by Chee and Trevor Hutchison.
After a shakeup in Autobot leadership, Bumblebee finds himself leading a group that believes him to be unprepared for the job. An opportunity to radically improve the Autobots reputation arises and he accepts despite his reservations, embarking on a clandestine mission for the human military to find and disable all remaining rogue robots.

32 pages, $3.99.

TRANSFORMERS #2

Written by Mike Costa, art by Don Figueroa, covers by Figueroa and Andrew Wildman.
"Things Fall Apart," Part 1: After the shocking events at the end of last issue, the Autobots are in total disarray. An unexpected leader rises, and unlikely alliances are made.

32 pages, $3.99.

TRANSFORMERS: TALES OF THE FALLEN #5

Written by Simon Furman, art by Alex Milne, covers by Carlos Magno, Milne.
The momentous event that is Transformers: Nefarious kicks off with the sudden, shocking -- and silent -- reappearance of stealth agent Ravage. Thought destroyed in Revenge of the Fallen, Ravage is back. But who is pulling his strings, and what is his mysterious but crucial mission?

32 pages, $3.99.

TRANSFORMERS BEST OF THE UK: PREY #5

Written by Simon Furman, art by Jeff Anderson, covers by Andrew Griffith.
Dinobot Swoop sets out alone to settle an old score with Divebomb, but gets more than he bargained for when the rest of the Predacons arrive. Continuing the collection of classic tales from across the pond.

32 pages, $3.99.

CLASSIC TRANSFORMERS, VOL. 5

Written by Simon Furman, art by Geoff Senior, Jose Delbo, Dwayne Turner and Andrew Wildman.
The war between the Autobots and Decepticons rages on. This fifth collection of vintage Transformers lore spans issues #62-74, and draws closer to the conclusion of the original series! Enjoy the five-part "Matrix Quest," as well as stories like "Deadly Obsession," "The Human Factor," "...All This and Civil War 2," "Out of Time," and "The Void!"

284 pages, $19.99.