Transformers: Escalation #5 was published by IDW Publishing on March 1, 2007, as part of a series that began in 2006. Simon Furman writes, and art comes from E. J. Su, Klaus Scherwinski and Zac Atkinson. This 36-page issue features Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ratchet, Prowl and Ironhide, among 16 characters cataloged on VerseDB.