Transformers (2023) issue 20

« Transformers #20 »
Publisher	Image Comics Skybound Entertainment
First published	May 14, 2025
Cover date	May 2025
Written by	Daniel Warren Johnson
Art by	Jorge Corona
Colors by	Mike Spicer
Letters by	Rus Wooton
Editor	Ben Abernathy
Continuity	Energon Universe

The Autobots revive allies old and new following the return of Megatron, who has his own scores to settle.

Featured characters

Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Others
Ultra Magnus (6) Optimus Prime (8) Trailbreaker (9) Jazz (10) Silverbolt (11) Beachcomber (12) Jetfire (13) Slingshot (14) Fireflight (15) Air Raid (16) Skydive (17) Wheeljack (18) Shredhead (21) Cliffjumper (22)	Soundwave (1) Megatron (2) Laserbeak (3) Astrotrain (4) Skywarp (19) Thundercracker (20) Onslaught (23) Scrapper (24) Scavenger (26) Starscream (27) Swindle (28) Brawl (29)	G.I.Joe operatives (5) Spike Witwicky (7)	Omega Supreme (25)

Quotes

"You are weak Astrotrain. Weak and naive. Naive to think there is justice in this life. But there's no justice here. Only strength. And I am the definition of strength"

—Megatron to Astrotrain

"There is a darkness inside me, Spike. I can't quite tell what it is. No matter how dire our cause has gotten I have always been able to find...light. Where is it now?"

—Optimus Prime to Spike Witwicky

"We must be our own saviors. We must look out for each other. Isn't that right Starscream?"

—Megatron to Starscream

Notes

Covers

• Cover A: Megatron looms over Starscream, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
• Cover B: The Aerialbots, by Jorge Corona and Mike Spicer.
• Cover C: Connecting cover by David Nakayama.
• Cover D: Megatron fights Astrotrain, by Howard Porter and Romulo Fajardo Jr..
• Cover E: Jazz, by Simon Parr.

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