Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye

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Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, also simply known as More Than Meets the Eye or MTMTE, is a monthly ongoing comic book series published by IDW Publishing that ran for six years, beginning January 11, 2012 and ending with a one-shot on December 7, 2016. Written by James Roberts, More Than Meets the Eye had a variety of different artists and cover artists draw various issues of the series. Set in 2012 to 2016, More Than meets the Eye focuses on the crew of the Lost Light, a ship whose quest is to find the fabled Knights of Cybertron.

As the first series of IDW Publishing's 2012 "Phase 2" of their Transformers comics, More Than Meets the Eye soon became one of IDW's best-selling titles. In 2013-2014, More Than Meets the Eye hosted five issues of the Dark Cybertron crossover, an event that crossed into both of IDW's ongoing Transformers series at the time. Later, in 2016, MTMTE hosted two issues for the Transformers: Titans Return crossover and one issue for Revolution. That same year, the series received a sequel ongoing also written by Roberts that was set immediately after the final story arc, Transformers: Lost Light.


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Issues Title Publication date Trade paperback Publication date
Liars, A to D
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Volume 1
June 13, 2012
1 Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It January 11, 2012
2 Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On February 15, 2012
3 Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things March 14, 2012
4 Life After the Big Bang April 18, 2012
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Volume 2
October 17, 2012
5 How Ratchet Got His Hands Back May 23, 2012
6 Interiors June 27, 2012
Scavengers
7 Rules of Disengagement July 25, 2012
8 Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the Past August 22, 2012
Annual Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations September 12, 2012
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Volume 3
March 27, 2013
Shadowplay
9 Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc September 26, 2012
10 Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism October 31, 2012
11 Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading November 21, 2012
12 Before & After December 19, 2012
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Volume 4
July 17, 2013
13 Cybertronian Homesick Blues February 6, 2013
14 Remembrance Day March 6, 2013
15 Under Cold Blue Stars March 20, 2013
16 The Gloaming April 24, 2013
Remain in the Light
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Volume 5
November 13, 2013
17 Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon May 29, 2013
18 Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus June 19, 2013
19 Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self July 31, 2013
20 Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely August 28, 2013
21 Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life September 25, 2013
22 Little Victories October 9, 2013
Dark Cybertron
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Dark Cybertron Volume 1
April 16, 2014
23 Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2 November 20, 2013
24 Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4 December 4, 2013
25 No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6 January 15, 2014
26 Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8 February 5, 2014
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Dark Cybertron Volume 2
June 11, 2014
27 The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10 March 12, 2014
World, Shut Your Mouth
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Volume 6
December 10, 2014
28 World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace April 30, 2014
29 World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air May 14, 2014
30 World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide June 25, 2014
31 Twenty Plus One July 9, 2014
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32 slaughterhouse August 27, 2014
33 slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken September 17, 2014
34 Births, Deaths, and Interventions October 29, 2014
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Volume 7
May 13, 2015
An Elegant Chaos
35 The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue November 26, 2014
36 Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays December 17, 2014
37 Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet February 4, 2015
38 Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide March 4, 2015
39 The Permanent Revolution April 8, 2015
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Volume 8
October 21, 2015
40 Our Steps Will Always Rhyme April 29, 2015
41 The Sensuous Frame May 27, 2015
42 The Frail Gaze June 24, 2015
43 The One Where They Go to Earth July 29, 2015
44 The Not Knowing September 2, 2015
45 Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots September 30, 2015
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Volume 9
May 4, 2016
46 Animals November 4, 2015
47 The Lopsided Traingle November 25, 2015
Speak, Memory!
48 Speak, Memory: Part 1 December 23, 2015
49 Speak, Memory! (Part 2) February 10, 2016
One-shot Transformers: Holiday Special December 23, 2015
The Dying of Light
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Volume 10
October 5, 2016
50 The Dying of the Light Part 1: How Bright Their Frail Deeds February 24, 2016
51 The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight March 30, 2016
52 The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears April 27, 2016
53 The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day May 25, 2016
54 The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage June 22, 2016
55 The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle July 27, 2016
Titans Return
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Titans Return
January 14, 2017
56 Ten to Midnight August 17, 2016
57 Last Light September 28, 2016
Revolution
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Revolution: Transformers
March 8, 2017
One-shot Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again! December 7, 2016

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Issues #1-5 Issues #6-8 Issues Annual-13 Issues #14-16 Issues #17-22 Issues #23-27 One-shot
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Volume 1
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Volume 2
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Volume 3
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Volume 4
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Volume 5
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Volume 6
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Dark Cybertron
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Revolution

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Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Main issues:
Season One:

Dark Cybertron:

Season Two:
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Hardcover collections