Warning: Accommodates SPOILERS for Void Rivals #4!
Skybound’s new Transformers collection is about to debut in October 2023, however the writer has already revealed that Optimus Prime’s Autobots can have their backs to the wall within the Energon Universe. Showing in Void Rivals #4, the Decepticon Shockwave is left in command of Cybertron, suggesting that the Decepticons received the Cybertronian struggle millennia in the past.
Skybound shocked the world after they revealed that they had acquired the Transformers license with the shock look of Jetfire in Void Rivals #1, and now they’ve supplied a shock of a special variety with the most recent Transformer to seem within the Energon Universe. The looks of Shockwave in Void Rivals #4 by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo de Felici, Matheus Lopes and Rus Wooten is a serious revelation, not least as a result of the Decepticon warrior’s look confirms that the Decepticons have received the struggle.
Shockwave seems on Cybertron as a Skuxxoid bounty hunter makes an attempt to dump a bounty to the Decepticons. Shockwave turns the Skuxxoid away, saying they don’t have the sources on Cybertron to maintain themselves working full-time, not to mention to pay for any bounties.
The Decepticons ruling Cybertron following some failure on the a part of Optimus Prime is one thing that’s been hinted at for the reason that Energon Universe was first introduced, so getting affirmation of that story level is a big reveal and may amp up the stakes for the approaching Transformers collection by author/artist Daniel Warren Johnson and colorist Mike Spicer. The set-up is harking back to the unique G1 Transformers cartoon, which incorporates a band of Autobots and Decepticons stranded on Earth following the nice Cybertronian struggle.
At that time, Shockwave was left in command of the remaining Decepticons on Cybertron whereas Megatron adopted after Optimus Prime to go looking the universe for extra Energon. It additional hammers house how Skybound is pulling closely from Transformers’ G1 period, and it’s not a foul course for the franchise to take. Having Optimus Prime and his Autobots reeling from shedding the Cybertronian struggle makes for an amazing start line for the brand new collection, as they now should overcome insurmountable odds by standing as much as the triumphant Decepticons as soon as extra.
The place the Energon Universe period goes from right here is anybody’s guess, however Skybound has definitely given followers loads to be enthusiastic about. By aligning fellow Hasbro property G.I. Joe extra carefully to the world of the Transformers than ever earlier than, the creators have discovered a strategy to relaunch each properties in a approach that’s generated unprecedented ranges of pleasure for each franchises.
Void Rivals #4 is on sale now, and Transformers #1 is on sale October 4th, each from Skybound Leisure.