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Revision as of 17:41, 30 August 2025
| This article is about the shared universe from Skybound Entertainment's comics. For the universe from Transformers: Legacy, see Transformers: Energon (franchise). |
The Energon Universe is the name for the shared universe in which Skybound Entertainment's comic books featuring licensed properties from Hasbro take place. Launched in 2023, these properties currently include an ongoing Transformers series, a line of G.I. Joe comics, and the original series Void Rivals.
Overview
The aliens Darak and Solila, members of two warring factions, become stranded on a deserted planet and are forced to work together to survive. While attempting to escape, the two come across the derelict form of the Cybertronian Jetfire, who is restored to functionality and leaves to check on the state of his homeworld, Cybertron.
Jetfire's journey brings him to the planet Earth, where he finds and reactivates the dormant Autobots and Decepticons and they resume their war. In response to their awakening, events are set into motion that will lead to the formation of the special ops team G.I. Joe and the terrorist organization Cobra.
Development
Robert Kirkman first began developing the Energon Universe in 2021 after Hasbro approached Skybound about taking over the licenses for Transformers and G.I. Joe from IDW Publishing. Wanting to do something unique, Kirkman proposed launching the universe with a new property that would feature a surprise reveal in the first issue, which eventually became Void Rivals. Along with writing Void Rivals, Kirkman acts as a sort of "showrunner" for the rest of the Energon Universe line, with other creators working on the main Transformers and G.I. Joe comics.[1] It was named the Energon Universe after Joshua Williamson pitched the idea of integrating Energon into the Cobra Commander mini series.[2]
In the letters page for Void Rivals #3, Kirkman stated that there are currently no plans to integrate other Hasbro properties into the Energon Universe, though that could change in the future. He also confirmed that they don't plan to have more than four series running at once. As of Void Rivals #15, Kirkman has affirmed that the Energon Universe will "for the foreseeable future" consist solely of the Void Rivals, Transformers and G.I. Joe ongoing titles to keep the line at a manageable, easy-to-follow size, with no plans to publish any additional miniseries in the style of the four G.I. Joe origin stories.
List of featured intellectual properties
- G.I. Joe
- M.A.S.K.
- Transformers
- Void Rivals (original)
Titles
Ongoing series
Limited series
Specials
Other
- Energon Universe 2025 Aschan
Distribution and localization
| Publisher | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Ades Media | Sweden | Swedish |
| Moztros Editorial | Spain | Spanish |
| Nagle Comics | Poland | Polish |
| OVNI Press | Latin America | Spanish |
| Panini Comics | Germany | German |
| saldaPress | Italy | Italian |
| Szukits Kiadó | Hungary | Hungarian |
| Tiandi Press | China | Chinese |
| Urban Comics | France | French |
Toyline
Void Rivals
| San Diego Comic-Con 2025 |  |
Notes
Previously, G.I. Joe comics fell out of this wiki’s purview unless they featured Transformers characters in them. For example, IDW Publishing’s G.I. Joe vol. 5 is covered on this wiki due to the presence of Skywarp, but the preceding volumes are not. However, unlike prior publishers such as IDW and Marvel Comics, the Energon Universe's non-Transformers properties are being incorporated into one coherent storyline right from the get-go, with Cybertronians appearing as recurring characters in Void Rivals and driving the plots of the various G.I. Joe series (and later appearing in them as well). As such, we at TFWiki.net have, at least for now, opted to cover the non-Transformers titles in the Energon Universe in full, in order to keep everything nice and simple.
See also
References
- ↑ How Robert Kirkman's Void Rivals Secretly Launches a Massive Shared Universe — IGN
- ↑ "We were actually struggling for a name for the line, as Josh was developing Cobra Commander. He was like "I think I think they could find some Energon in the swamp here". And I was like "oh, Energon's in G.I. Joe now. I can put Energon in Void Rivals, super easy.""—Robert Kirkman, YouTube, 2025/05/12
