SkyBound Transformers Comics Discussion
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:36 am
Confirmation of rumors about where and when Transformers would return to the world of comic books has arrived today, with Bleeding Cool posting the news that next week's Void Rivals #1 from Image Comics will feature the debut of the Transformers in a new shared universe. If your next question is "shared with whom?", the answer is unsurprisingly the real American heroes of G.I. Joe.
Void Rivals' first issue arrives next week on June 14th with writing by Robert Kirkman - yes, the one you've heard of from The Walking Dead - and artwork from Lorenzo De Felici. Image's website teases the book with the following description:
It's hard not to think of IDW Publishing's ill-fated attempt at a shared universe of Hasbro properties that began with 2016's Revolution series when reading this news as Transformers fans have not been especially keen on following non-Transformers comic series alongside the franchise's own books. Of course, we also don't yet know what other series may follow in the near future related to Void Rivals, or how many of those there will be ("Would G.I. Joe fancy a team-up with M.A.S.K.?"), but if the story's good enough those secondary concerns really don't matter.
Regardless of any past history, the fact remains that Transformers will return to comic books next week, and that's pretty exciting.
Void Rivals' first issue arrives next week on June 14th with writing by Robert Kirkman - yes, the one you've heard of from The Walking Dead - and artwork from Lorenzo De Felici. Image's website teases the book with the following description:
The blockbuster OBLIVION SONG team of ROBERT KIRKMAN & LORENZO DE FELICI debut the biggest new comic book series of 2023 with the launch of AN ALL-NEW SHARED UNIVERSE and a SURPRISE you won't see coming!
War rages around the Sacred Ring where the last remnants of two worlds have collapsed around a black hole in a never-ending war.
However when pilot Darak and his rival Solila both crash on a desolate planet these two enemies must find a way to escape together. But are they alone on this strange planet? And what dark forces await that threaten the entire universe?
It's hard not to think of IDW Publishing's ill-fated attempt at a shared universe of Hasbro properties that began with 2016's Revolution series when reading this news as Transformers fans have not been especially keen on following non-Transformers comic series alongside the franchise's own books. Of course, we also don't yet know what other series may follow in the near future related to Void Rivals, or how many of those there will be ("Would G.I. Joe fancy a team-up with M.A.S.K.?"), but if the story's good enough those secondary concerns really don't matter.
Regardless of any past history, the fact remains that Transformers will return to comic books next week, and that's pretty exciting.