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We've been telling you a lot about Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe – the new shared universe published by Image/Skybound featuring Transformers, G.I Joe and Void Rivals that has become the biggest Hasbro comic launch ever (as we told you first). But there's more to the deal between Skybound and Hasbro that's hit the market, namely the[...]

Three years ago I scooped the news that comics publicity and marketing veteran Arune Singh was leaving Boom Studios after four years.  We then discovered he was going to Skybound Entertainment as Director, Brand in their Editorial department And he gave us this photograph to use. Photo courtesy of Arune Singh. Handsome devil Previous to this, he[...]

We told you in September that Robert Kirkman's Energon Universe from Image/Skybound/Hasbro had made history, with Transformers #1 from Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer as the best-selling comic book launch this century from Hasbro and effectively turning the "Big Two" shared universes of Marvel and DC into a "Big Three". But now it looks like 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[...]

On the 15th of November, Image Comics/Skybound will reprint the very first issue of GI Joe: A Real American Hero #1, as originally published by Marvel Comics way back in September 1983, over forty years ago Well, almost as published The solicitation states, "Celebrate the return of G.I JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO with the[...]

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[...]

Over the last four years, there's been no more of a sure thing that James Tynion IV, whose meteoric rise in 2019 with Boom Studios' Something is Killing The Children and Batman reached even higher heights with his Image Comics hits Department of Truth and WorldTr33, capped off by an Eisner Award win just months[...]

#1, Image Comics/Skybound will publish Transformers #1 from Daniel Warren Johnson The 4th of October will be a big comic book sales day, it seems Skybound has been teasing that there will be big spoilers that it has shared with retailers that may shake the world of Transformers with its arrival at Image Comics. Well, Bleeding[...]

Bleeding Cool just ran the Image Comics December 2023 solicits and solicitations, including the Transformers and GI Joe titles being published by Skybound Entertainment through Image No Void Rivals in December, but Transformers #3 and Duke #1, as well as the continuing GI Joe: A Real American Hero And with Duke from Joshua Williamson, Tom[...]

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[...]

Sea Serpent's Heir Book Two: Black Wave has just come out, But what about Book Three? Skybound Comet officially announced the autumn 2024 release of Sea Serpent's Heir Book Three: Queen of Mercy, the third and final instalment of the graphic novel trilogy about growing up and changing your fate from creators Mairghread Scott (Netflix's[...]

The Creepshow Holiday Special #1 is the latest tie-in from Image Comics and Skybound with Greg Nicotero's Shudder TV series produced and licensed by Cartel Entertainment, and to be published on the 6th of December, 2023 Brian Witten is overseeing on behalf of Nicotero's Monster Agency Productions The Creepshow comic miniseries deal was brokered by[...]

Last time we were talking about relaunch of Transformers at Skybound from Daniel Warren Johnson, we were telling you that the surprised SDCC ashcan drop was already selling for $300 And in the interim, it has sold for as high as $1200 for a CGC 9.9 But more recently, the influential comics art rep Felix[...]

Today Skybound Entertainment announced that the comic book series Fire Power by Robert Kirkman and Chris Samnee published through Image Comics will come to a close with its 30th issue at the end of the year, on the 27th of December, with a supersized 56-page final issue, coloured by Matthew Wilson and lettered by Rus[...]

And in November, the multi-Eisner-nominated Zoe Thorogood will be joining Creepshow Vol 2 #3 published by Skybound/Image Comics in which she writes and draws the story of a woman who discovers the fountain of youth, and the terrifying journey into "Eternity, Eternity, Eternity" as well as drawing a cover for the comic The volume will[...]

In a big year of comic book news, one of the biggest stories certainly will be Skybound stealth launching a new Transformers and GI Joe shared universe in Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici's Void Rivals #1, which I'm hearing has sold close to 150,000 copies since its launch in June I could also mention how 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:[...]

Image Comics' October 2023 solicits and solicitations are here, with Transformers #1 from Daniel Warren Johnson and Skybound, as well as Universal Monsters: Dracula by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds, Destiny Gate from Ryan Cady and Christian DiBari, Hack/Slash by Zoe Thorogood, A Haunted Girl by Ethan and Naomi Sacks and Marco Lorenzano, the[...]

Void Rivals #2 has just dropped on Amazon Kindle, courtesy of Image Comics, Skybound and Hasbro. Void Rivals #2 by Robert Kirkman (Author), Lorenzo De Felici (Cover Art, Artist), Mateus Lopes (Artist)  Format: Kindle Edition ROBERT KIRKMAN & LORENZO DE FELICI's new shared universe continues here! After the jaw-dropping reveal in the debut issue, everything Darak and Solila thought they knew about the Sacred Ring's[...]

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[...]

Looks like there may be a fair bit of Skybound news out today Not all the news they want, but still So, Skybound has added to their Hasbro licenced line with a deal with Universal Products & Experiences, and has announced Universal Monsters: Dracula, a new four-issue comic book limited series from James Tynion IV[...]

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 with the news that Image Comics/Skybound are the new publishers of Transformers and GI Joe comic books we asked "will we see GI Joe: A Real American Hero #301 from Image Comics in September? Or will we have to wait till later? #300 did end on a cliffhanger, after all…" Now that has been confirmed[...]

Void Rivals #1 by Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici was published by Image Comics/Skybound – but owned by Hasbro – last week, kicking off The Energon Universe, a new shared universe continuity, that included Transformers and GI Joe. But, as we saw, also an intergalactic story regarding two races at eternal war with each other,[...]

(c) 2023 Hasbro, Alt Rights Reserved, Licensed by Hasbro", That's what the indicia in Void Rivals #1 published by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment reads 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[...]

Bleeding Cool scooped the news on Friday that Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment had the Transformers and GI Joe comic book licenses from Hasbro And that they would be first appearing in Void Rivals #1 out tomorrow We then confirmed that  Transformers #1 would be out in October, to be part of what Image Comics, Skybound and Robert Kirkman are calling[...]

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[...]

With exactly who you might expect on the cover. Daniel Warren Johnson's 1:100 Variant Cover For Void Rivals #1 The Transformers have come to town, courtesy of Skybound artist and massive Transformers fan, Daniel Warren Johnson Bleeding Cool has already reported that Transformers #1 will be published in October, followed by Duke #1 in December and Cobra[...]

Bleeding Cool scooped the news on Friday that Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment had the Transformers and GI Joe licenses from Hasbro 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[...]