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Hearts of Steel is a comic miniseries published by IDW Publishing in 2006. It was the first (and thus far the only) story in IDW's The Transformers: Evolutions series. It is set in an alternate Generation 1 continuity in which the Transformers' first contact with humanity is in the late 19th century, rather than the 20th.
The series is penned by Chuck Dixon, with pencils by Guido Guidi (except for the third issue, whose art was provided by Antonio Vasquez and Luis Czerniawski). Guidi also designed the characters' new 19th century forms.
When the series was first announced, art duties were said to be handled by Ted McKeever, and a Newsarama article on the series included a single piece of promotional art, the inks to a wraparound cover of issue 1 in McKeever's distinctive style. The reason for the change in creative teams is unknown.