Transformers: IDW Collection Phase Two Volume 12, Hardcover

All Hail Optimus Backed by an army of zealous followers, Optimus Prime declares Earth to be a part of Cybertron's Council of Worlds--but the Decepticons and the people of Earth won't take it lying down Meanwhile, on Cybertron Starscream rules. He and Windblade vie for control of the Council of Worlds, each aligning themselves with as many long-lost colonies as they can. But Starscream's secret police keep increasing the tension and destablizing the fragile peace that has been established.

All of this leads to one momentous event--Titans Return

Collects Transformers #51-57, Transformers: Till All Are One #1-4, Titans Return #1, and Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #56-57.

About author(s):John Barber is IDW's Editor-In-Chief. A former editor at Marvel, his comics writing credits include: Transformers, Optimus Prime, Spidey, Doctor Strange, Back to the Future, and many other projects across many other media. He lives in San Diego with his family.

James Roberts is a British comic book writer best known for his contributions to the Transformers franchise, having worked consistently with the robots in disguise since he co-wrote the 2010 limited series, Last Stand of the Wreckers, with Nick Roche. His first solo story, the two-part Chaos Theory, appeared in Mike Costa's ongoing Transformers title and explored the origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron's relationship. He and Costa co-plotted the series' finale, Chaos. Roberts is best known, however, for Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye (often abbreviated to MTMTE), the ongoing series that launched in January 2012 and ran for 57 issues, plus annuals and one-shots. He writes the new ongoing series Transformers: Lost Light, which continues the events from his previous series.