The Energon Pub

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:02 am

Great news, I'm looking forward to it.

I was hoping they might put some lesser used characters front and center, instead of the same old crew, but at least Bumblebee is not in the starting lineup. Getting tired of him.

Curious about the Cons. Probably Megatron, Shockwave, Starscream, Soundwave and 1 more random well-known character.

It's still weird to see Ratchet with a white helmet and black crest instead of a red helmet and white crest in a comic.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 3:06 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:It's still weird to see Ratchet with a white helmet and black crest instead of a red helmet and white crest in a comic.

Agreed. Conjures up memories of Dreamwave; when I saw Ratchet in Sunbow colors on a printed page, I had a bad feeling that someone at the helm just didn't get it. Show-accuracy is fine for the rest of the original Ark crew, but Ratchet and Prowl were iconic because of their Marvel characterization. There were much bigger problems in the first DW series, but that detail gave me a sense that this new TF Universe was going to crash and burn before its time, and that's not just hindsight bias.

Here though, on the cover of a restart comic that just has to be different enough from IDW instead of bringing all of G1 back from the dead in an appeal to old fans who'd considered it to have been so for over a decade...could work. We'll see.

News Credits: 1 · by **Cheetron** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 5:58 am

Odd lineup for sure. For I'll give it a try. No bee? More me! I got sick of everything I watch, everywhere I go its Bumblebee.

by **Halfofme07** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:23 am

The artwork looks like crap.

by **Stormshot_Prime** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:24 pm

Cannot express how shocked I am that Bee isn’t there! It really does seem like at the last second they switched Bee to Cliff. Probably no coincidence that the lineup is similar to the main team from ROTB.

That all being said, I am so excited. The lack of TF comics lately has really felt like a hole in my life.

Website · by **Silver Wind** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 4:58 pm

*sees black crosses on Ratchet and immediately giggles* Ah, legal issues...

Edit: Fixed link as it seems Moylan since changed his website to a redirect to his DeviantArt page.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:41 pm

Bumblevivisector wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:It's still weird to see Ratchet with a white helmet and black crest instead of a red helmet and white crest in a comic.
Agreed. Conjures up memories of Dreamwave; when I saw Ratchet in Sunbow colors on a printed page, I had a bad feeling that someone at the helm just didn't get it. Show-accuracy is fine for the rest of the original Ark crew, but Ratchet and Prowl were iconic because of their Marvel characterization. There were much bigger problems in the first DW series, but that detail gave me a sense that this new TF Universe was going to crash and burn before its time, and that's not just hindsight bias.

Here though, on the cover of a restart comic that just has to be different enough from IDW instead of bringing all of G1 back from the dead in an appeal to old fans who'd considered it to have been so for over a decade...could work. We'll see.

As long as they don't keep it slave to the G1 cartoon, or wings universe or whatever asinine thing they're calling it. Let it be its own thing, like IDW was.

Regardless, as a comic book fan, I'm really looking forward to it, especially after the Brian Ruckley schiffshow we got.

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 4:01 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:Regardless, as a comic book fan, I'm really looking forward to it, especially after the Brian Ruckley schiffshow we got.

Man, I hear that! I've picked most of that nonsense up and even when you have it all together, it's damned slow going.

Looking forward to new creators.

~ Grim

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:24 pm

I'm going to read it regardless, but just 5?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:27 pm

The cartoon models coupled with the writer's interview turned me completely off this.

i will read the wiki, just as I did for IDW2019. If just to keep up with anything interesting.

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:53 am

I wish Bumblebee was there. He would help with the color balance of this team.

Kinda wish they used different designs.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:55 am

These are promo previews and they look like interior pages from one of IDW's backup stable.

Also, how long until Megatron shows up in some form? Furman made us wait an entire four issues in Infiltration, so let's call the over/under 5.5 issues with safer money on the under

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:11 am

new teaser poster

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:18 am

Say what you will about Kirkman, he's an effective marketer. We're going to be getting at least two more versions of this same teaser poster as the other predictable choices are revealed. (I'm assuming the other seeker isn't Slipstream.)

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:13 pm

So the initial Con line up is Screamer, Skywarp, Soundwave with Rumble and Laserbeak. Interesting. I'm still looking forward to it, the art looks great. Hopefully the stories will live up to it.

1 thing I don't like is the writer proclaiming "Optimus Prime the savior of Earth." That part is the same old. Personally I would really love it if finally Ultra Magnus got to be the main character of an entire series. He's like Optimus, except more interesting. G1 Prime is basically a 2-note tune. Getting boring after 40 years.

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:58 pm

I'm a big Daniel Warren Johnson fan. So I was STOKED to pick up his Transformers ashcan at SDCC!

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:07 am

I went to the Skybound Energon Universe panel on Saturday afternoon. I was already in the tank for the line of books but it was great to see Joshua Williamson, Daniel Warren Johnson, Sean Mankiewicz, and Robert Kirkman talk about the comics.

And they gave away a panel exclusive Transformers ashcan! I love Mike Spicer's coloring but they really could sell black & white versions of DWJ's comic and I'd buy it.

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:12 pm

For anyone interested in what's in the ashcan, Daniel Warren Johnson was showing off the pages in his livestream earlier today.

by **snavej** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:43 am

I suppose they have to focus on a core group to avoid being over-complex. However, they shouldn't forget the wider TF population.

Maybe they could kill off Cliffjumper every month only to have him resurrected by magic by the next month?!

'Oh my God, they killed Cliffy!' as South Park would have it. :-D

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:31 pm

Read Void Rivals #3 yesterday. It's another fun issue with a color preview of Transformers #1. It is stunning to see it in color!

by **wyokid** » Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:43 pm

This issue massively expanded the universe for Transformers. They not only introduced the Quintesson, but they established that The Age of Wrath happened. Skuxxoid also name dropped Slizardo and reintroduced Nebulons while establishing that the Hive exist. I'm looking forward to seeing the home planets of our characters coming up.
The art was great, I'm really getting invested in the characters and the amount of Transformers love we're getting has me positively giddy. I love what they're doing with Skuxxoid, hopefully he can get a miniseries at some point. Overall I think this universe is exactly what Transformers needs right now and its nice to have a comic I can look forward to every month again.
Lastly, there was a three page preview for Daniel Warren Johnson's book and man, this might be the best Transformers has ever looked in comic form. The pages had me floored.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Aug 21, 2023 6:18 am

I'm not reading the book, but I did see the 3 pages preview. And much like the material we have gotten so far, the G1 cartoon redo in both look and story has zero interest from me.

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:32 pm

Skybound showed off some of the variant covers for #1. It's bonkers the talent they got for the variants.

Francis Manapul!

Cliff Chiang!

Ryan Ottley! Probably my favorite of the covers not by DWJ so far.

News Credits: 1 · by **bluecatcinema** » Thu Aug 31, 2023 2:28 pm

Amazing stuff.

by **Fricknmaniac** » Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:01 pm

So far I've found four different exclusive covers for #1. Two are currently live, Stadium Comics and Things From Another World. One is going live today (August 31st) for the Singapore based store Comic Grail Vault. And one is going live next Friday (September 8th) (two days earlier if you sign for their massively overpriced "subscription" service) from Big Time Collectibles.

Has anyone spotted any more exclusives? Usually I waited on any IDW exclusives, but given how hyped people are for this series, I'm being more proactive about getting them upfront, rather than waiting and trying to get them cheaper.

Hopefully this post will be approved, it's been almost a week since I first tried posting. I know, as a new member my posts need to be reviewed, but I've received no feedback, so I don't know if my posts are being rejected or have just yet to be approved.