Soundwave fans should be very happy this week! Two comics this week, one (digital) from IDW and the other from Titan, feature the Decepticons’ master of frequency modulated machinations. Oh, and Combaticons in IDW’s Transformers Ongoing #9.

Brawn, one of the toughest Autobots, certainly had a tough time in Transformers during his time on Earth. As one of the Ark’s original crew, Brawn was one of the first Transformers to set foot on our fair planet. He took to its rough terrain like a 4×4. Literally, in fact.

Here’s a little secret about Transformers: They can’t die. After the events of Transformers #32’s “The Wrath of Grimlock”, the Autobots thought that Swoop was liquefied by the explosive effects of a high density thermo-nuclear bomb. The readers did, too.

A vision of Brawl appeared to Buster Witwicky during a nightmare in Transformers 63’s “Second Generation”. Brawl’s first mission on Earth was to accompany Megatron and the rest of the Combaticons to Energy Futures Industries with the intent of stealing the company’s hydrothermacline technology.

It’s 2010. Hasbro has re-branded its Universe line into Transformers: Generations, a platform from which to release what it calls “legacy” characters from all generations of Transformers.

One of the first Transformers from this range is the ever-popular Bumblebee. And this time he’s part of the oldest generation of all, and the one Transformers collectors have been intrigued about for more than 25 years: the ancient civil war on Cybertron.

Is there anything that Nick Roche isn’t capable of?

Judging by his work for IDW Publishing’s Transformers comics, Nick is both a writer and an artist without compare. But what other talents can this man boast?

Two Transformers comics released through IDW’s Transformers App for iPad and iPhone today:

Transformers Reign of Starscream #3

Mowry/Milne

Decepticons against Autobots… on Mars! Originally published July 2008.

Read The Hub’s review of Reign of Starscream here.

There’s one simple word that greedy executives use when they want to repeat the commercial successes of their past. That word is “more”. Whatever they think worked last time, this time they want more. More. “War and Peace” is everything that was wrong with “Prime Directive”, but, somehow, more.

Prowl, according to the comics published by IDW thus far, is a stern Autobot, unwavering on his principles in his determination to win the war against the Decepticons. He’s not afraid to make unpopular decisions and he hates–absolutely hates–heroic grandstanding. And then there’s “Spotlight Prowl”, a one-shot that seems to focus on an altogether different character.

The are many rules, directives if you will, to follow to ensure the creation of a high quality comic book. Dreamwave’s first Transformers six-issue mini-series breaks all of these rules and more. It also breaks the brain of any reader who might dare to read all six issues in one sitting.