SkyBound Transformers Comic Slowly Dropping Down the Sales Charts + Collected Edition Preorders

By the way, have you all seen the cover for Absolute Batman 2 by Daniel Warren Johnson, I can't wait to own it

Guess the shine's off the new reboot. I wonder the position it'll stablize at. Has the IDW one ever reached the heights in ranking as Skybound?

Still very happy that Skybound TF's coming out with such a bang though!

ScottyP wrote:Why is there a tree hanging off of Batman?

Ha! Thats the odd design of his cape with this new take. And looks like Daniel Warren Johnson is making it look even more organic

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:I compiled a list below of the currently-known status of all Transformers in the Energon Universe:

Updated this list through Chapter 13 of Transformers, Chapter 13 of Void Rivals, and the Energon Universe special:

Left off Zerta Trion, who is implied to be alive inside the Sacred Ring

Okay so I just finished issue 11 of the Skybound Transformers comics. I enjoy each issue in the moment of reading it. But as soon as I close the cover, I don't find myself dwelling on the story or particularly looking forward to the next issue. After my brother picks the comics up from the comic book store, they sit on my table a while before I can be bothered to pick them up.

The action is superb. The characterization is spot on... but there doesn't seem to be enough of it. It feels like the story has been go-go-go with little room to breathe. And it's brutal. It's grim. It's a "war is hell" story. It's not a Transformers universe I'd particularly want to live in.

I get what the writers are going for. It feels mature and grim without crossing the line into edgelord grimdarkness. It's kind of like what I said about Earthspark. I want to like it. But it's just not... pulling me in. At the end of the day, despite the moments of brilliance here and there, it's just... the Saturday morning cartoon but with stakes. And every time a character gets killed off this early on, as "realistic" as it is for there to be deaths, as much as they make the stakes feel more solid, and costly... that's one less character we'll get to know, less potential for stories with them.

And the good and bad kind of cancel each other out and I'm just left feeling apathetic as soon as I close the book.

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:I compiled a list below of the currently-known status of all Transformers in the Energon Universe:

Ch. 14 spoilers below

Big changes in issue 14, so here's an updated list

Alive and Active on Earth:

Autobots
Optimus Prime
Cliffjumper
Wheeljack
Jazz
Beachcomber
Arcee

Decepticons
Soundwave
Thundercracker
Laserbeak
Rumble
Devastator (and the Constructions that form him)

Starscream's Brigade
Starscream
Astrotrain
Onslaught
Brawl
Vortex
Swindle
Blast Off

Alive and active off-world

Autobots:
Elita-1 (Cybertron)
Springer (The Sacred Ring)
Hot Rod (Traveling through space)
Omega Supreme (Location/status unknown)

Decepticons
Swindle (Cybertron)
Blast Off (Cybertron)

Alive and Inactive

Autobots
Jetfire (Trapped in alt-mode)
Ultra Magnus (Fled from battle)
Omega Supreme (Location/status unknown)

Decepticons
Megatron (Escaped from Cobra-La, location unknown)
Skywarp (Merged with Teletraan-1)

Other
Zeta Trion (Implied to be alive inside the Sacred Ring)

Offline, presumed alive

Autobots
Prowl
Windcharger
Hound
Ironhide
Trailbreaker

Decepticons
Ravage

Dead/presumed dead (Based on what the story has implied/wants us to believe)

Autobots
Bumblebee (Killed by Starscream)
Ratchet (Killed by Shockwave)
Brawn (Killed by Megatron)
Warpath (Killed storming Shockwave's fortress)
Huffer (Killed storming Shockwave's fortress)
Kup (Killed storming Shockwave's fortress)

Decepticons
Reflector (Killed by Optimus Prime)
Frenzy (Killed by Optimus Prime)
Shockwave (Killed by Optimus Prime)
Genvo (Killed early in the war)

Issue 16 spoilers below

This version of Megatron is already so fascinating. While he mutilated Laserbeak for his own benefit, he also expressed (seemingly) genuine gratitude to him and made it clear that it was temporary. Based on this small interaction, he seems to be cold while also showing genuine care for his soldiers. He reminds me a lot of Animated Megatron so far.

Also, I wonder if the new warrior that Cliffjumper creates might be Gridlock.

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:Issue 16 spoilers below

Also, I wonder if the new warrior that Cliffjumper creates might be Grimlock.

Another thought has occurred to me: Given the focus on combiners this arc, and the upcoming toy release, this could be Superion

That was also my thought as well

Time for another status update on all transformers revealed in this world so far. This is as of Transformers issue #18 and Void Rivals issue #17

Alive and Active on Earth:

Autobots
Optimus Prime
Wheeljack
Jazz
Trailbreaker
Arcee
Beachcomber

Decepticons
Megatron
Laserbeak
Soundwave
Ravage
Rumble
Devastator (and the Constructions that form him)

Starscream's Brigade
Starscream
Astrotrain
Bruticus (and the Combaticons that form him)

Alive and active off-world

Autobots:
Elita-1 (Cybertron)
Cliffjumper (Cybertron)
Blurr (Cybertron)
Bluestreak (Cybertron)
Warpath (Cybertron)
Shredhead (Cybertron)
Springer (The Sacred Ring)
Hot Rod (The Sacred Ring)

Decepticons:
Hotlink (Cybertron)

Alive and Inactive

Autobots
Jetfire (Trapped in alt-mode)
Ultra Magnus (captured by G.I. Joe)
Omega Supreme (Location/status unknown)

Decepticons
Skywarp (Merged with Teletraan-1)
Thundercracker (Left to find Skywarp)

Other
Zerta Trion (Inside the Sacred Ring)
Alpha Trion (Location/status unknown)

Offline, presumed alive

Autobots
Prowl
Windcharger
Hound
Ironhide

Dead/presumed dead (Based on what the story has implied/wants us to believe)

Autobots
Bumblebee (Killed by Starscream)
Ratchet (Killed by Shockwave)
Brawn (Killed by Megatron)
Huffer (Killed storming Shockwave's fortress)
Kup (Killed storming Shockwave's fortress)

Decepticons
Reflector (Killed by Optimus Prime)
Frenzy (Killed by Optimus Prime)
Shockwave (Killed by Optimus Prime)
Genvo (Killed early in the war)
Ramjet (Killed by Bluestreak for Energon)
Bitstream (Cut in half by Shredhead)
Carnivac (Killed by Shredhead)

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:my Skybound shelf is fully up to speed.

You may need to throw Jetfire in vehicle mode for accuracy to his current state