Transformers: Death of Optimus Prime One-Shot
Story by James Roberts, John Barbar
Art by Nick Roche
Colors by John Burcham
Letters by Shawn Lee
Covers by Vicktor Deak, Nick Roche, and Livio Ramondelli
IDW Publishing
Release Date: December 21, 2011
Cover Price: $3.99

Even though this book is titled Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime, it should really almost be called Transformers #0. Why? It’s a launching point for IDW Publishing’s brand new direction of the Transformers franchise, and do they go out/start out with a bang! Writers James Roberts and John Barbar do a fantastic job of both closing up the previous Transformers storyline AND starting off a brand new direction for everyone’s favorite robots in disguise.