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Speculator Watch: Did Duke #1 & Cobra Commander #1 Ashcans Win NYCC? 
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[...]
Cover image for TRANSFORMERS #4 CVR B
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[...]
Will James Tynion IV’s Take on The Original Bat-Man Make Dracula a Hit? 
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[...]
There Is Absolutely Nothing To Spoil About Transformers #1 Except That It's Transformers
#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[...]
Image Comics December 2023 Solicits
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[...]
Daniel Warren Johnson’s Transformers #1 Opens With Over 153,000 Orders
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 Three For This Time Next Year From Skybound
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[...]
Creepshow
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[...]
Is Transformers #1 The Next Dark Knight Returns? 
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[...]
Robert Kirkman & Chris Samnee's Fire Power To End In December
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[...]
Zoe Thorogood
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[...]
Transformers #1 San Diego Comic-Con Ashcan Is Already At $300 
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[...]
Image/Skybound Will Reprint Marvel & IDW Transformers & GI Joe Comics
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:[...]
Cover image for TRANSFORMERS #1 CVR A JOHNSON & SPICER
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[...]
How The Transformers Universe Emerges In Void Rivals #2 (Spoilrs)
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[...]
Transformers/Hasbro Comics Editor Bixie Mathieu, Leaves Skybound
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[...]
James Tynion IV & Martin Simmonds' Universal Monsters: Dracula
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[...]
Transformers & GI Joe Image Comics Solicits Reveal Energon Universe
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[...]
Confirmed: Larry Hama Continues GI Joe With #301 From Image Comics
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 #2
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,[...]
"Void Rivals" Is Owned And Trademarked By Hasbro, Too
(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[...]
The Creative Teams For New Transformers & GI Joe Comics, Revealed
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[...]
Robert Kirkman Will Talk Transformers & GI Joe At Third Eye Comics
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[...]
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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[...]
The Energon Universe: GI Joe From Image Comics In December
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[...]
Transformers #1 To Launch From Image Comics In October, The Energon Universe
Bleeding Cool scooped the news on Friday that Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment had the Transformers and GI Joe licenses from Hasbro and that they would make their first appearance in Void Rivals #1, out next week from Image, already pitched as a shared universe storytelling comic by Robert Kirkman, Matheus Lopes and Lorenzo De[...]
Larry Hama Is Still Writing GI Joe: A Real American Hero
Well, now Bleeding Cool has confirmed that Image Comics/Skybound are the new publishers of Transformers and GI Joe comic books, with the first appearance in next week's Void Rivals #1, out on Wednesday But what of Larry Hama? He's just celebrated his 74th birthday, but he is working away. In June 2022, with the news that[...]
Transformers & GI Joe Come To Image Comics In Void Rivals #1
That the Transformers and GI Joe will be making their debut appearance together for Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment in Void Rivals #1, out next week And this will begin a new Skybound comic book license with Hasbro for Transformers and GI Joe This comes just as the new film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts'[...]
Did Robert Kirkman Tell You The Big Void Rivals Secret? 
Last Thursday, Skybound hosted a retailer-only call about Void Rivals, the new series from Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici that launches in June and promised some big reveals, including the secrets behind the debuting new shared universe before the debut issue FOCs on the 22nd of May While Bleeding Cool wasn't invited (seriously, it was for the beat) we[...]