Energon Universe Archives

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[...]

Daniel Warren Johnson's 1:100 Variant Cover for Void Rivals #1 has been revealed in its full Transofrmers glory and has sold for $250 on eBay

We have now confirmed that  Transformers #1 would be out in October, to be part of what Image Comics, Skybund 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 have Duke #1 in December and Cobra Commander #1 in[...]

That we are to expect a big display at the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con and I suggested that given the timing, I might expect a new Transformers #1 or GI Joe #1 comic book from Image Comics for September or October. Transformers #1 From Image Comics' Energon Universe In October And that is what we now have[...]