Generation 1 continuity family - Revision history

Powermetal: /* Energon Universe */

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	* ''[[Destro (comic)\|Destro]]'' (2024)		* ''[[Destro (comic)\|Destro]]'' (2024)
	* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)		* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)
	* ''[[M.A.S.K. (2026 comic)\|M.A.S.K.]]'' (~~2026-~~)		* ''[[M.A.S.K. (2026 comic)\|M.A.S.K.]]'' (2026–)


	In November 2021, rumors surfaced that IDW Publishing would lose the ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' licenses at the end of 2022; shorty afterwards, several news sources reported that [[Skybound Entertainment]], a subdivision of the larger [[Image Comics]] company, was in talks with Hasbro to become the next ''Transformers'' comics licensee. Following the end of IDW Publishing's tenure on the ''Transformers'' license, a long period of radio silence ensued until Skybound revealed, in a most unconventional fashion, that it had indeed acquired the ''Transformers'' license.		In November 2021, rumors surfaced that IDW Publishing would lose the ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' licenses at the end of 2022; shorty afterwards, several news sources reported that [[Skybound Entertainment]], a subdivision of the larger [[Image Comics]] company, was in talks with Hasbro to become the next ''Transformers'' comics licensee. Following the end of IDW Publishing's tenure on the ''Transformers'' license, a long period of radio silence ensued until Skybound revealed, in a most unconventional fashion, that it had indeed acquired the ''Transformers'' license.

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	* ''[[Destro (comic)\|Destro]]'' (2024)		* ''[[Destro (comic)\|Destro]]'' (2024)
	* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)		* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)
	* ''[[[M.A.S.K. (2026 comic)\|M.A.S.K.]]'' (2026-)		* ''[[M.A.S.K. (2026 comic)\|M.A.S.K.]]'' (2026-)

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	* ''[[Destro (comic)\|Destro]]'' (2024)		* ''[[Destro (comic)\|Destro]]'' (2024)
	* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)		* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)
			* ''[[[M.A.S.K. (2026 comic)\|M.A.S.K.]]'' (2026-)


	In November 2021, rumors surfaced that IDW Publishing would lose the ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' licenses at the end of 2022; shorty afterwards, several news sources reported that [[Skybound Entertainment]], a subdivision of the larger [[Image Comics]] company, was in talks with Hasbro to become the next ''Transformers'' comics licensee. Following the end of IDW Publishing's tenure on the ''Transformers'' license, a long period of radio silence ensued until Skybound revealed, in a most unconventional fashion, that it had indeed acquired the ''Transformers'' license.		In November 2021, rumors surfaced that IDW Publishing would lose the ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' licenses at the end of 2022; shorty afterwards, several news sources reported that [[Skybound Entertainment]], a subdivision of the larger [[Image Comics]] company, was in talks with Hasbro to become the next ''Transformers'' comics licensee. Following the end of IDW Publishing's tenure on the ''Transformers'' license, a long period of radio silence ensued until Skybound revealed, in a most unconventional fashion, that it had indeed acquired the ''Transformers'' license.

Locoman: /* Transformers Roleplaying Game */

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Transformers Roleplaying Game

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	* ''[[Decepticon Directive]]'' (2023)		* ''[[Decepticon Directive]]'' (2023)
	* ''[[The Enigma of Combination]]'' (2024)		* ''[[The Enigma of Combination]]'' (2024)
			* ''[[Technorganic Secrets]]'' (2025)

	The ''Transformers Roleplaying Game'' takes place in an open-ended universe designed to facilitate various official and unofficial tabletop campaigns, with the games master free to adapt, reinterpret, or exclude whatever plot beats they see fit. The universe primarily takes inspiration from a mixture of familiar IDW and Sunbow plot beats, although the game books contain a number of surprising deep cuts. Notably, the ''[[Field Guide to Action and Adventure]]'' expansion reveals that within the official ''Roleplaying Game'' canon, the Transformers exist alongside the forces of [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] and the [[Power Rangers (group)\|Power Rangers]].		The ''Transformers Roleplaying Game'' takes place in an open-ended universe designed to facilitate various official and unofficial tabletop campaigns, with the games master free to adapt, reinterpret, or exclude whatever plot beats they see fit. The universe primarily takes inspiration from a mixture of familiar IDW and Sunbow plot beats, although the game books contain a number of surprising deep cuts. Notably, the ''[[Field Guide to Action and Adventure]]'' expansion reveals that within the official ''Roleplaying Game'' canon, the Transformers exist alongside the forces of [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] and the [[Power Rangers (group)\|Power Rangers]]. 2025 saw the release of [[Transformers One Sourcebook\|an expansion]] based on ''[[Transformers One (film)\|Transformers One]]'', although this expansion also features some continuity-agnostic worldbuilding involving the history of the [[Thirteen]] across the ''Transformers'' [[multiverse]].

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	* ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'' (2004)		* ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'' (2004)

	Around the same time as the first ''G.I. Joe'' crossover, [[Dreamwave Productions]] launched their own take on the concept with ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe]]''. This continuity, however, changed things up by setting the story in 1939, on the eve of [[World War II]]. This reality saw [[Cobra]] stumble across the dormant Decepticons on the remote [[Fera Islands]] and form an alliance with the aliens to conquer [[Europe]], and it falls to the men and women of [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] to stop them with the assistance of th Autobots.		Around the same time as the first ''G.I. Joe'' crossover, [[Dreamwave Productions]] launched their own take on the concept with ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe]]''. This continuity, however, changed things up by setting the story in 1939, on the eve of [[World War II]]. This reality saw [[Cobra]] stumble across the dormant Decepticons on the remote [[Fera Islands]] and form an alliance with the aliens to conquer [[Europe]], and it falls to the men and women of [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] to stop them with the assistance of the Autobots.

	Notable for its usage of period-appropriate [[alternate mode]]s for every Cybertronian character involved in the story, ''Transformers/G.I.Joe'' received a sequel series set fifty years later, but Dreamwave's bankruptcy meant that only one issue of ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front\|Divided Front]]'' saw release.		Notable for its usage of period-appropriate [[alternate mode]]s for every Cybertronian character involved in the story, ''Transformers/G.I.Joe'' received a sequel series set fifty years later, but Dreamwave's bankruptcy meant that only one issue of ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front\|Divided Front]]'' saw release.

Locoman at 02:46, 16 June 2025

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	For the next decade and a half, basically every subsequent franchise—most notably ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''—used bits and pieces of cartoon and comic lore as they saw fit, joining them together and extending the continuity into the distant future. It would take until [[2001]] for the first true "reboot" to break cleanly away from that which had gone before—and even [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)\|that cartoon]] would eventually get subsumed back into the extremely complicated [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] as part of a series of complicated retcons.		For the next decade and a half, basically every subsequent franchise—most notably ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''—used bits and pieces of cartoon and comic lore as they saw fit, joining them together and extending the continuity into the distant future. It would take until [[2001]] for the first true "reboot" to break cleanly away from that which had gone before—and even [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)\|that cartoon]] would eventually get subsumed back into the extremely complicated [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] as part of a series of complicated retcons.

	~~In more recent years~~, the Generation 1 continuity family ~~has remained~~ a perennial favourite with modern comic publishers seeking nostalgic audiences. Companies like [[Dreamwave Productions]], [[IDW Publishing]], and [[Skybound Entertainment]] have published a steady stream of ''The Transformers''-branded comics since 2003; although the majority of these stories generally take more inspiration from the more famous [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|cartoon]] than the Marvel Comics continuity, both have received their fair share of sequels, spinoffs, and homages.		Although the ''Transformers'' brand has continued to iterate and evolve over the intervening decades, the Generation 1 continuity family remains a perennial favourite with modern comic publishers seeking nostalgic audiences. Companies like [[Dreamwave Productions]], [[IDW Publishing]], and [[Skybound Entertainment]] have published a steady stream of ''The Transformers''-branded comics since 2003; although the majority of these stories generally take more inspiration from the more famous [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|cartoon]] than the Marvel Comics continuity, both have received their fair share of sequels, spinoffs, and homages.

	Within the fictional ''Transformers'' [[multiverse]], the [[Transcendent Technomorph\|TransTech]] classify every Generation 1 continuity as a part of the "[[Primax]]" [[universal stream\|universal cluster]].		Within the fictional ''Transformers'' [[multiverse]], the [[Transcendent Technomorph\|TransTech]] classify every Generation 1 continuity as a part of the "[[Primax]]" [[universal stream\|universal cluster]].

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Sticker Adventures */ Return to Cybertron -> Return to Cybertron (sticker book) disambig update

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	* "[[Revenge of the Decepticons]]" (1984)		* "[[Revenge of the Decepticons]]" (1984)
	* "[[Return to Cybertron]]" (1984)		* "[[Return to Cybertron (sticker book)\|Return to Cybertron]]" (1984)
	* "[[Battle on the Junk Planet]]" (1986)		* "[[Battle on the Junk Planet]]" (1986)
	* "[[Galvatron Attacks]]" (1986)		* "[[Galvatron Attacks]]" (1986)

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	* [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (pack-in manga)\|''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers'' pack-in manga]] (2008–2009)		* [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (pack-in manga)\|''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers'' pack-in manga]] (2008–2009)
	* ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Comic ~~Bun Bun~~)\|''Henkei! Henkei! Comic ~~Bun Bun~~'' manga]]'' (2008-9)		* ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Comic BunBun)\|''Henkei! Henkei! Comic BunBun'' manga]]'' (2008-9)
	* ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-]]'' (2008-9)		* ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-]]'' (2008-9)

	Unusually for a Japanese manga, ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (franchise)\|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' did not position itself somewhere within the sprawling [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], instead opting for a kid-friendly, back-to-basics tale to help advertise the concurrent [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|toyline]]. Artist [[Naoto Tsushima]] drew three separate stories under this banner, which share some story beats but are all otherwise mutually incompatible with one another—the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (pack-in manga)\|pack-in manga]] and [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-\|''Visualize'' prose stories]] advertised the concurrent toyline, while the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Comic ~~Bun Bun~~)\|''Comic ~~Bun Bun~~'' manga]] has the Autobots befriend hyperactive schoolkid [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]] while searching for the [[Energon cube#Henkei! Henkei! Comic ~~Bun Bun~~ pack-in manga\|Energon Cube]].		Unusually for a Japanese manga, ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (franchise)\|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' did not position itself somewhere within the sprawling [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], instead opting for a kid-friendly, back-to-basics tale to help advertise the concurrent [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|toyline]]. Artist [[Naoto Tsushima]] drew three separate stories under this banner, which share some story beats but are all otherwise mutually incompatible with one another—the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (pack-in manga)\|pack-in manga]] and [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-\|''Visualize'' prose stories]] advertised the concurrent toyline, while the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Comic BunBun)\|''Comic BunBun'' manga]] has the Autobots befriend hyperactive schoolkid [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]] while searching for the [[Energon cube#Henkei! Henkei! Comic BunBun pack-in manga\|Energon Cube]].

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Energon Universe

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	In November 2021, rumors surfaced that IDW Publishing would lose the ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' licenses at the end of 2022; shorty afterwards, several news sources reported that [[Skybound Entertainment]], a subdivision of the larger [[Image Comics]] company, was in talks with Hasbro to become the next ''Transformers'' comics licensee. Following the end of IDW Publishing's tenure on the ''Transformers'' license, a long period of radio silence ensued until Skybound revealed, in a most unconventional fashion, that it had indeed acquired the ''Transformers'' license.		In November 2021, rumors surfaced that IDW Publishing would lose the ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' licenses at the end of 2022; shorty afterwards, several news sources reported that [[Skybound Entertainment]], a subdivision of the larger [[Image Comics]] company, was in talks with Hasbro to become the next ''Transformers'' comics licensee. Following the end of IDW Publishing's tenure on the ''Transformers'' license, a long period of radio silence ensued until Skybound revealed, in a most unconventional fashion, that it had indeed acquired the ''Transformers'' license.

	In June 2023, Skybound released the [[Void Rivals issue 1\|first issue]] of ''[[Void Rivals]]'', a tale about two shipwrecked aliens attempting to survive on a barren planet. Midway into the story, the pair stumble upon what appears to be a derelict starship—however, they soon find that the wrecked vessel is really the Cybertronian [[Jetfire (G1)\|Jetfire]]. From this surprise reveal, Skybound announced that ''Void Rivals'' would be the first instalment of the "[[Energon Universe]]", a shared comic universe that encompassed ''Void Rivals'', a new ''Transformers'' series which follows Optimus Prime's adventures on Earth, and several miniseries that ~~will lay~~ the groundwork for an ~~upcoming~~ ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' relaunch.		In June 2023, Skybound released the [[Void Rivals issue 1\|first issue]] of ''[[Void Rivals]]'', a tale about two shipwrecked aliens attempting to survive on a barren planet. Midway into the story, the pair stumble upon what appears to be a derelict starship—however, they soon find that the wrecked vessel is really the Cybertronian [[Jetfire (G1)\|Jetfire]]. From this surprise reveal, Skybound announced that ''Void Rivals'' would be the first instalment of the "[[Energon Universe]]", a shared comic universe that encompassed ''Void Rivals'', a new ''Transformers'' series which follows Optimus Prime's adventures on Earth, and several miniseries that laid the groundwork for an eventual ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' relaunch.

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Energon Universe

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	* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)		* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)

	In November 2021, rumors surfaced that IDW Publishing would lose the ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' licenses at the end of 2022; shorty afterwards, several news sources reported that [[Skybound Entertainment]], a subdivision of the larger [[Image Comics]] company, was in talks with Hasbro to become the next ''Transformers'' comics licensee. Following the end of IDW Publishing's tenure on the ''Transformers'' license, a long period of radio silence ensued until Skybound revealed, in a most unconventional fashion, that it had indeed acquired the ''Transformers'' license		In November 2021, rumors surfaced that IDW Publishing would lose the ''Transformers'' and ''G.I. Joe'' licenses at the end of 2022; shorty afterwards, several news sources reported that [[Skybound Entertainment]], a subdivision of the larger [[Image Comics]] company, was in talks with Hasbro to become the next ''Transformers'' comics licensee. Following the end of IDW Publishing's tenure on the ''Transformers'' license, a long period of radio silence ensued until Skybound revealed, in a most unconventional fashion, that it had indeed acquired the ''Transformers'' license.

	In June 2023, Skybound released the [[Void Rivals issue 1\|first issue]] of ''[[Void Rivals]]'', a tale about two shipwrecked aliens attempting to survive on a barren planet. Midway into the story, the pair stumble upon what appears to be a derelict starship—however, they soon find that the wrecked vessel is really the Cybertronian [[Jetfire (G1)\|Jetfire]]. From this surprise reveal, Skybound announced that ''Void Rivals'' would be the first instalment of the "[[Energon Universe]]", a shared comic universe that encompassed ''Void Rivals'', a new ''Transformers'' series which follows Optimus Prime's adventures on Earth, and several miniseries that will lay the groundwork for an upcoming ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' relaunch.		In June 2023, Skybound released the [[Void Rivals issue 1\|first issue]] of ''[[Void Rivals]]'', a tale about two shipwrecked aliens attempting to survive on a barren planet. Midway into the story, the pair stumble upon what appears to be a derelict starship—however, they soon find that the wrecked vessel is really the Cybertronian [[Jetfire (G1)\|Jetfire]]. From this surprise reveal, Skybound announced that ''Void Rivals'' would be the first instalment of the "[[Energon Universe]]", a shared comic universe that encompassed ''Void Rivals'', a new ''Transformers'' series which follows Optimus Prime's adventures on Earth, and several miniseries that will lay the groundwork for an upcoming ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' relaunch.

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	* ''[[Destro (comic)\|Destro]]'' (2024)		* ''[[Destro (comic)\|Destro]]'' (2024)
	* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)		* ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)\|G.I. Joe]]'' (2024–)
	* ''[[[M.A.S.K. (2026 comic)\|M.A.S.K.]]'' (2026-)		* ''[[M.A.S.K. (2026 comic)\|M.A.S.K.]]'' (2026-)

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	For the next decade and a half, basically every subsequent franchise—most notably ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''—used bits and pieces of cartoon and comic lore as they saw fit, joining them together and extending the continuity into the distant future. It would take until [[2001]] for the first true "reboot" to break cleanly away from that which had gone before—and even [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)\|that cartoon]] would eventually get subsumed back into the extremely complicated [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] as part of a series of complicated retcons.		For the next decade and a half, basically every subsequent franchise—most notably ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]''—used bits and pieces of cartoon and comic lore as they saw fit, joining them together and extending the continuity into the distant future. It would take until [[2001]] for the first true "reboot" to break cleanly away from that which had gone before—and even [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)\|that cartoon]] would eventually get subsumed back into the extremely complicated [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] as part of a series of complicated retcons.

	~~In more recent years~~, the Generation 1 continuity family ~~has remained~~ a perennial favourite with modern comic publishers seeking nostalgic audiences. Companies like [[Dreamwave Productions]], [[IDW Publishing]], and [[Skybound Entertainment]] have published a steady stream of ''The Transformers''-branded comics since 2003; although the majority of these stories generally take more inspiration from the more famous [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|cartoon]] than the Marvel Comics continuity, both have received their fair share of sequels, spinoffs, and homages.		Although the ''Transformers'' brand has continued to iterate and evolve over the intervening decades, the Generation 1 continuity family remains a perennial favourite with modern comic publishers seeking nostalgic audiences. Companies like [[Dreamwave Productions]], [[IDW Publishing]], and [[Skybound Entertainment]] have published a steady stream of ''The Transformers''-branded comics since 2003; although the majority of these stories generally take more inspiration from the more famous [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|cartoon]] than the Marvel Comics continuity, both have received their fair share of sequels, spinoffs, and homages.

	Within the fictional ''Transformers'' [[multiverse]], the [[Transcendent Technomorph\|TransTech]] classify every Generation 1 continuity as a part of the "[[Primax]]" [[universal stream\|universal cluster]].		Within the fictional ''Transformers'' [[multiverse]], the [[Transcendent Technomorph\|TransTech]] classify every Generation 1 continuity as a part of the "[[Primax]]" [[universal stream\|universal cluster]].