Energon Universe Archives

Arune Singh, Vice President Brand, Editorial at Skybound posts to social media, "Proud to say I storyboarded the new @Skybound Energon Universe trailer that will play before these Transformers theatrical screenings across the country, driving fans to their local comic shops Shout out to the epic Adam Huebner, whose video work will make you stand[...]

Robert Kirkman and Hasbro's Energon Universe of Transformers and GI Joe-related stories continue in Image Comics' July 2024 solicits and solicitations, as the Cybertronians join the Zertonians over in Void Rivals. TRANSFORMERS #10 CVR A DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON & MIKE SPICER (W) Daniel Warren Johnson (A) Jorge Corona, Mike Spicer (CA) Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer **Shockwave's plan[...]

That means the crown jewel of Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe – combining Transformers, G.I Joe, and Void Rivals – is now likely selling over 80,000 copies with its seventh issue, putting it in the ballpark of the typical monthly sales for DC's Batman and Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man Transformers #7 is also keeping the Cover E[...]

The Energon Universe solicitations from Skybound/Image Comics launch new titles, Scarlett and Destro, Transformers brings Cybertron into the mix, and Void Rivals finds some Energon All taken from the Image Comics June 2024 solicits and solicitations. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in[...]

But now the Energon Universe has achieved a sales record that few comics will ever reach – it has sold over one million copies in less than a year (more like nine months to be precise). That's been driven by Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici's Void Rivals, Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers, and Joshua Williamson's G.I[...]

Dan Watters and Andrei Bressan are joining Skybound, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman and Hasbro's Energon Universe in a new four-issue mini-series Destro #1, launching on the 19th of June. "James McCullen Destro XXIV is the man behind M.A.R.S Industries, the undisputed leader in providing high-tech weapons to world powers…for the right price[...]

Kelly Thompson and Marco Ferrari are joining Skybound, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman and Hasbro's Energon Universe in a new four-issue mini-series Scarlett #1, launching on the 5th of June, 2024. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ "Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara is about[...]

The Energon Universe solicitations from Skybound/Image Comics include a reprint of the Free Comic Book Day title, as well as the Autobot Springer turning up in Void Rivals, Cobra Commander dealing with, presumably, Megatron, as the Transformers head to Cybertron Taken from the Image Comics May 2024 solicits and solicitations. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:[...]

Joe in Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe, the new shared universe with Transformers and Void Rivals that I have been hearing from some retailers is selling at or above top Marvel and DC titles It certainly doesn't hurt that writer Joshua Williamson's first two limited series, Duke and Cobra Commander, set their own impressive franchise records[...]

Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe was undoubtedly one of the bigger comic book stories of 2023, stealth launching the return of Hasbro's beloved Transformers and G.I Joe properties in the pages of Void Rivals #1 last June from Image & Skybound (though I of course told you about it first). Then Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers #1 went[...]

All in Image Comics 2024 solicits and solicitations from The Energon Universe books from Skybound and Hasbro. Transformers, GI Joe & Hasbro Energon Universe April 2024 Solicits TRANSFORMERS #7 STORY: DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON, ART: JORGE CORONA, MIKE SPICER WHO WILL LEAD THE DECEPTICONS? After last issue's shocking ending, Starscream and Soundwave battle for leadership—and the result will change the[...]

Joe/Energon Universe miniseries, in collaboration with Hasbro And because this is Skybound, they include high-ratio spoiler covers revealing some important scene, usually at the end of the comic book And despite some retailers being sworn to secrecy, they get put on eBay the weekend before the sale And Bleeding Cool notices, posts it, and the[...]

Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe continues in March 2024 from Skybound, Hasbro and Image Comics, with the return of Void Rivals, the end of the first Transformers arc and both Cobra Commander and Duke heading towards their series conclusions… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]

Back in October on the heels of the record-breaking Image/Skybound Transformers #1 from Daniel Warren Johnson, retailers (but sadly not me) were invited to a private Energon Universe call Void Rivals writer and Energon Universe showrunner Robert Kirkman was joined by Duke and Cobra Commander writer Joshua Williamson, along with Skybound SVP/Publisher/Eisner-Nominee Sean Mackiewicz[...]

There was a whole lot of buzz leading into the FOC for Image/Skybound's Duke #1 this past Monday from Joshua Williamson, Tom Reilly and Jordie Bellaire, including some $400 sales of the high ratio variants and unique retailer video opportunities. It also doesn't hurt that Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe has arguably established the "Big Three" comic book[...]

along with the rest of the GI Joe and Energon Universe listings in Image Comics February 2024 solicits and solicitations. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ TRANSFORMERS #5 CVR A JOHNSON & SPICER IMAGE COMICS DEC230520 DEC230521 – TRANSFORMERS #5 CVR B STOKOE DEC230522 –[...]

Duke #1 is the new GI Joe launch comic from Skybound/Image Comics as part of the new Energon Universe line that includes Transformers, Void Rivals and Cobra Commander And to help bump those numbers, any comic book store that orders a hundred or more copies of Duke #1 by the 26th of November, writer Joshua[...]

We've been telling you for months about how Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe from Image/Skybound  – a new shared universe with the Transformers, G.I Joe and Void Rivals – has been exploding with collectors, from the SDCC exclusive drops that eventually passed $1200 and the more recent NYCC exclusives from Duke to the record-breaking orders for Transformers #1. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1[...]

Robert Kirkman and his team at Skybound came to NYCC last weekend with a big focus on the company's popular Energon Universe – the new shared universe between Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers, Joshua Williamson's new take on G.I Joe with artists like Tom Reilly and Andrea Milana, and the new Void Rivals by Kirkman and[...]

The Image Comics January 2024 solicits dropped nice and big earlier today, including the Energon Universe titles of Transformers, Duke and the new Cobra Commander from Skybound/Image And Bleeding Cool has the first look at that month's worth of comics With Cobra Commander's aim to steal the Energon that powers the Transformers, while Duke is[...]

The buzz around Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer's Transformers #1 from Image Comics/Hasbro/Skybound has been growing, so much so that the former's art rep compared the launch to Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's The Dark Knight Returns (though looking at this 5-page preview, I think Tom King and Daniel Sampere's Wonder Woman might have[...]

When we first told you about The Energon Universe, a new shared universe stealth-launched by Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici in Void Rivals #1, we speculated on how big it could become – possibly, ahem, transforming the Big Two comics universes (Marvel and DC) into the Big Three with continued success. Bringing the Transformers, G.I[...]

The Energon Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con saw Joshua Williamson, Robert Kirkman and Daniel Warren Johnson talk about bringing Transformers and GI Joe comics to Skybound and Image Comics via their Void Rivals series, and teased much to come. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left:[...]

The main Skuxxoif character was played by Corey Burton in the Marvel cartoon. Transformers cartoon screencap There were Skuxxoid appearances in the Transformers manga, but not in the standard comic continuity that I can recall – or find. Transformers cartoon screencap Well, that will all be changing with Void Rivals #2, as the Skuxxoid come to play in The[...]

After just ten months in the role, former DC Comics and Tapas editor Bixie Mathieu Daggett has left her role at Skybound, where she was editor of the new Hasbro/Energon Universe line, even though for most of her tenure there, she couldn't tell anyone that's what she was doing Editor of the Void Rivals series[...]

The solicits listed below for Image Comics/Skybound's Transformers/GI Joe titles reveal a little about how The Energon Universe is going to play out.  And, as the appearance of Jetfire in Void Rivals #1 may have suggested it's a full reboot. Transformers #1 will see the Autobots and Decepticons having crash landed from the Cybertronian War onto[...]

And it is owned by Hasbro.  It's kicking off The Energon Universe storytelling sandpit which will include Transformers and GI Joe With new series Transformers #1 written and drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson in September, Duke #1 by Joshua Williamson and Tom Reilly in December and Cobra Commander #1 by Joshua Williamson and Andrea Milana in January. But Void Rivals itself is something different[...]

Published tomorrow in comic book shops but available digitally on Kindle now, or certainly in the UK at least. The new shared storytelling space, The Energon Universe, is where Void Rivals the first three explicitly Transformers and GI Joe comic book series from Image, Transformers #1 written and drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson in September, Duke[...]

We then confirmed that  Transformers #1 would be out in October, to be part of what Image Comics, Skybound and Robert Kirkman are calling The Energon Universe that will include GI Joe in months to come And that means for GI Joe fans, we confirmed that would include Duke #1 in December and Cobra Commander #1 in January[...]

And which we now all know will be launching the Image Comics and Skybound Transformers and GI Joe shared universe comic books dubbed The Energon Universe, and will spin off their own series, Transformers, Duke and Cobra Commander, later in the year Although Third Eye Comics is trying to keep the secret to its usual[...]