First Strike #1

IDW's 2017 Hasbro crossover event kicks off in commanding fashion with this first issue of First Strike. Freddie Williams II's cover art assembles a striking ensemble — two armed human fighters in the foreground, flanked by a gas-masked soldier and a rifle-wielding combatant, all backed by the towering faces of massive robots including a prominent blue Transformer, while a horde of red-armored troops swarms below. It's a bold, jam-packed visual promise of the Hasbro universe colliding on a grand scale, with writers Mairghread Scott and David A. Rodriguez launching "The Origins of Evil Part One: Redcliffe Club" alongside interior art by Max Dunbar and colors by David García Cruz.