I think that if you look at the similarities between Transformers and GI Joe, it's Autobots versus the Deceptions and G. Audiences for any Transfotmers story have already been primed — no pun intended — to expect a Transformers story to center around two planets: Cybertron, the home planet of the Transformers, and Earth, where the war moves after the Transformers crashland on it. In terms of building anticipation, it does remind of those early crew scenes from James Cameron ’s Aliens (1986), especially in how it introduces each character and their role in the team. It is the first installment in the Energon Universe, a shared universe that combines new Transformers and G.

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And so being able to meet with them and geek out about these characters was, yeah, it was absolutely essential. The series serves as the launch of Skybound's Energon Universe, a shared universe featuring both Transformers and G. Hidden intentions and half-truths lie behind deceitful faces, all things we’ve come to expect from Mutti’s work. Sean Mackiewicz, publisher and SVP for Skybound Entertainment, also added, " Void Rivals takes every element fans expect from Skybound comics—incredible worlds, dynamic characters, and jaw-dropping twists—and kicks off our first shared universe. I think that his concept work on Oblivion Song and Kroma shows that he's got a real knack for coming up with really unique visuals.Joe has about, I don't know, 50 to 100 characters that could lead their own series that have their own interesting backstories.

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As Void Rivals was coming together, I started talking to him about it, and he was very excited about the concept and the new ideas mixed with the old ideas and getting to play in the Transformers Universe. After combining parts of both their spaceships to create a new one, they successfully launch, but when another asteroid-like spaceship approaches them, Darak and Solila are taken captive by Skuxxoid. As the story picks up these two pilots have gone on this mission to recover a comet so that they can mine its frozen ice, but they find themselves stranded on this desolate planet. Because 16 pages in, a Transformer shows up and blasts into space, leaving the characters there as it speeds away, presumably to be the center of the new Transformerscomics, which are to be written and illustrated by Daniel Warren Johnson(a huge “get” for this line).What made Jetfire crash onto the planetoid, and is it related to the same accident that sends Optimus Prime et al to Earth in Daniel Warren Johnson's upcoming Transformers series? We're going to get into that right from the off, so if you're keen to stay clear of spoilers, look away now! If you're reading all of them, there's going to be an additive experience where the different things that happen enrich the overall story and make it one big thing, but each individual book completely stands on its own and has its own narrative and its own rewards and isn't dependent on the other titles.