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Daniel Warren Johnson Plays With His Transformers #1 (Spoilers)

A very physical, visceral portrayal of Transformers, but without losing the "human" touch, Daniel Warren Johnson was born to draw this comic.

Before Image Comics/Skybound published the new  Transformers #1 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Bleeding Cool stated that

"In the original, the Transformers, in battle, crash into the Earth and are preserved for four million years, revived by a volcano, and turned by their ship to blend in with the dominant life form of the planet, believed to be vehicles, weapons and other technology. And the war resumes."

"In the new Transformers, it's a system reset. Jetfire arrived from where we saw him in Void Rivals, and is the one who revives the Transformers. And that's it. The war – which Jetfire was unaware of – resumes. Just told with Daniel Warren Johnson's kinetic, organic touch. Blows feel like blows on the page, metal hitting metal, splintering and shedding, with every smack, Things crush, they spindle, they creak. These are not your toys; these are very large metal robots smacking the hell out of each other."

And that really is what we got yesterday. Autobots and Decepticons doing this to each other.

And this.

And this.

It almost feels as if they are speaking their own sound effects.

And then rolling out.

There appear to be Eisner nominations all over the place for this comic.

A very physical, visceral portrayal of Transformers, but without losing the "human" touch, that is both organic and robot at the same time, courtesy of the utter master of this sort of thing, Daniel Warren Johnson. He was born to draw this comic.

And as to the big supposed-spoilers of the issue., we previously said;

"I mean, yes, some Transformers are present, some are not. Some are dead, some are not, some can be revived, some can not. But they are all robots, nothing lasts forever here."

And no, he is not the only one. But for how long?

As in the original, there is a battle for the scraps of remaining energy – hence the Energon Universe. There are a lot fewer of them up and about than you might have expected. But basically, when it comes to it? They are Transformers. There are Autobots and Decepticons, at odds and war and both desperate for energy. And more, it seems to be revealed…

This is not a major post-modern reinvention of the Robots In Disguise. For once in their lives, the Transformers are exactly what they appear to be… and so are we.

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SERIES PREMIERE THE ALL NEW TRANSFORMERS ERA STARTS HERE! Superstar creator DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON (DO A POWERBOMB, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth), alongside ENERGON UNIVERSE showrunner ROBERT KIRKMAN (VOID RIVALS, INVINCIBLE), reimagines Hasbro's robots in disguise for a brand-new generation. Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobots to victory. Instead, the fate of Cybertron is unknown, and his allies have crash-landed far from home, alongside their enemies-the Decepticons. As these titanic forces renew their war on Earth, one thing is immediately clear: the planet will never be the same. New alliances are struck. Battle lines are redrawn. And humanity's only hope of survival is Optimus Prime. Discover THE TRANSFORMERS like you've never seen them before!In Shops: Oct 04, 2023 SRP: $4.99

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(W) Daniel Warren Johnson (A/CA) Mike Spicer, Daniel Warren Johnson
THE SMASH-HIT SERIES CONTINUES!   The Decepticons have been unleashed! As Optimus Prime and Autobots regroup, Starscream terrorizes humanity. This issue features a surprising first Energon Universe appearance!In Shops: Nov 08, 2023 SRP: $3.99

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(W) Daniel Warren Johnson (A/CA) Mike Spicer, Daniel Warren Johnson
THE BIGGEST LAUNCH OF THE YEAR CONTINUES HERE! Outnumbered and overpowered, it's time for the Autobots to stand their ground, as Optimus Prime goes to toe to toe with Skywarp!In Shops: Dec 06, 2023 SRP: $3.99

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