Transformers vs. The Terminator

Remember when we pitched this concept as a JOKE?

Transformers vs. The Terminator is a four-issue crossover miniseries that debuted in March 2020, featuring a time-travelling adventure that brings the Autobots and Decepticons in contact with the heroes and villains of the long-running Terminator franchise.

	Transformers vs. The Terminator issues
#1 #2 #3 #4

Overview

In the year 2029, the Earth has been laid to waste, ravaged by the Decepticons after their complete victory over the Autobots. To prevent this from occurring and ensure their own dominance, Skynet sends a lone T-800 unit back in time to 1984 to destroy the dormant Cybertronians and save the future.

Creative team

Produced in partnership with Dark Horse Comics, current license holder of the Terminator franchise, the series sees the return of Transformers author John Barber to the franchise, bringing with him longtime IDW Publishing editor David Mariotte and artist Alex Milne.

Collections

• Transformers vs. The Terminator TPB (February 3, 2021) ISBN 1684057256 / ISBN 978-1684057252

Collects issues 1–4

96 pages

Bonus materials unknown at this time

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  Transformers vs. The Terminator; cover art by Gavin Fullerton

Notes

• Simon Furman proposed a script for a crossover event between Transformers and Terminator in 2007; however, the project never came to fruition.