The Transformers #40

Part 2 of IDW's "Combiner Wars" storyline arrives in The Transformers #40, and the cover sets the stakes immediately: a massive green combiner — bearing the partial license plate "XMSTR" — looms over three battered Autobots sprawled and scrambling across the ground below, their red and blue frames showing the strain of the conflict. John Barber and Livio Ramondelli bring a real sense of scale and desperation to this 2015 chapter, with that towering vehicle mode casting a shadow over the smaller robots in a way that makes the threat feel genuinely overwhelming. If this cover is any indication, the Combiner Wars are proving very costly for those caught beneath them.