Transformers Movie Novel and Avengers Crossover Announced

At the New York Comic-Con some additional information was released in regards to publishing plans for Transformers. The first is information on the planed prequel novel for the Transformers move called "Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday by Alan Dean Foster. The novel covers the discovery of Megatron in the Artic and what I presume is Sector 7 sending out a manned craft named Ghost 1 to find Cybertron.

The second announcement, not related to the movie but riding on its coattails, is the comic book New Avengers/Transformers 4 issue mini-series that has the G1 Transformers from IDW's line meet up with the New Avenger from Marvel Comics. The comic will be written by Stuart Moore with art by Tyler Kirkman. The storyline is out of continuity that pretends that Transformers have existed in secret on the Marvel Universe's Earth but forced out in the open due to a war that breaks out between Symkaria and Latveria (Fantastic Four's Dr. Doom country). The first issue is expected to be out around July 4th.