Energon Universe Archives

Last week, Bleeding Cool scooped the news about Skybound, Image Comics and Hasbro publishing an Energon Universe Special 2025 for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, the 3rd of May, 2025, as part of Image Comics' February 2025 solicits and solicitations And Skybound promises "a perfect jumping on point for new readers and a can't[...]

Joe…and that's only half the surprises in store from the chart-topping Energon Universe dream team of JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and TOM REILLY! Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 11/13/2024 GI JOE #2 CVR A TOM REILLY (W) Joshua Williamson (A) Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire (CA) Tom Reilly THE BIGGEST COMIC BOOK LAUNCH OF THE DECADE CONTINUES! Cobra Commander unveils the next phase[...]

Joe…and that's only half the surprises in store from the chart-topping Energon Universe dream team of JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and TOM REILLY! Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 11/13/2024 GI JOE #2 CVR A TOM REILLY (W) Joshua Williamson (A) Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire (CA) Tom Reilly THE BIGGEST COMIC BOOK LAUNCH OF THE DECADE CONTINUES! Cobra Commander unveils the next phase[...]

Updated with new images: These are the full Image Comics December 2024 solicits and solicitations, debuting on Bleeding Cool (though we did break a couple of them out earlier while this was uploading…) With Doll Parts, Dust To Dust, Juvenile, Dread The Halls, Freddie Fix, Motherfu-kin' Monsters, Top Cow Holiday Special as well as the[...]

There is also Transformers with the fate of  Starscream and Void Rivals with Darak back in Agorria for a day, for the whole Energon Universe going forward.   G.I JOE #1 ON SALE NOVEMBER 13 STORY JOSHUA WILLIAMSON ART TOM REILLY, JORDIE BELLAIRE 40 PAGES FULL COLOR $4.99 US COVERS P, Q, R $5.99 US T TEEN (AGES 12+) THE[...]

The Energon Universe listings from the October 2024 solicits and solicitations from Image Comics, courtesy of Skybound, have finale issues for Destro and Scarlett, and new storyline arcs for Void Rivals and Transformers With GI Joe #1 to come after this year, set up by Scarlett and Destro, with the origin of Starscream. DESTRO #5 (OF 5) CVR[...]

Todd McFarlane got two in there with Misery and Spawn, Ghost Machine also got two with Geiger and Rook: Exodus, with another Skybound comic for Universal Monsters between them… The GI Joe title Duke was also the bestseller of the collections for June 2024 as well. TOP 10 COMICS (Direct Market) DESTRO #1 SCARLETT #1 TRANSFORMERS #9 VOID RIVALS #10 GI[...]

JOE #1 from the Duke creative team of writer Joshua Williamson and artist Tom Reilly with colourist Jordie Bellaire as part of the Energon Universe, shared with Transformers and Void Rivals on Wednesday, 13th of November. "Conrad Hauser, Codename DUKE, has assembled a special force known as G.I Joe to battle the rising power of the[...]

The Energon Universe listings from the September 2024 solicits and solicitations from Image Comics, courtesy of Skybound, have penultimate issues for Destro and Scarlett as well as continuing for Transformers and a collection for Void Rivals No GI Joe #1 yet though… will that be for October or November? #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]

Who is Cobra Commander? Where does he come from? And what horrors is he planning to unleash that will rock the world-and maybe the universe-to its core? Red-Hot writer JOSHUA WILLIAMSON (Superman, DUKE) and artist ANDREA MILANA (IMPACT WINTER: ROOK) kick off the second of four action-packed miniseries that will introduce the best and worst[...]

It was in March when we broke the news – that surprised even some at Image, Skybound and Hasbro, not to mention other comics publishers – that Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe had already sold over one million copies with just a handful of series and released issues, something unprecedented for any of the Big Three[...]

In a world where Transformers now outsells Batman, and also gets Eisner Award nominated it's no longer surprising when I tell you that Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe of connected Transformers, G.I Joe, and Void Rivals comics is selling more comics in 2024 than when it launched a year ago or when my frenemies at The Hollywood[...]

Transformers, GI Joe & The Energon Universe August 2024 solicitations topped the traffic at Bleeding Cool yesterday, followed by the Basingstoke Comic Con backlash Where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day[...]

The Energon Universe titles from Skybound in Image Comics' August 2024 solicits and solicitations count Destro and Scarlett #3, Transformers #11 and Void Rivals #12 As well as the continuing GI Joe A Real American Hero #309, and a 40th-anniversary reprint of the first Marvel Transformers comic book on newsprint. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]

Image Comics' August 2024 solicits include launches for C.O.W.L 1964, Convert, The Power Fantasy, Standstill, Frankenstein and Violator.

The standouts that we were asked for the most were Monster High, which should get some reprint; people would buy it if it included a new, second story for $3.99, TMNT because of the character debut, the Archie horror book (shame they can't get their head out of their ass), and Energon Universe ruled the[...]

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[...]