Transformers (2023) issue 23
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| Publisher | Image Comics Skybound Entertainment | ||||||||||||
| First published | August 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | August 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Daniel Warren Johnson | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Jorge Corona | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Mike Spicer | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Rus Wooton | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Ben Abernathy | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Energon Universe | ||||||||||||
As his comrades make their last stand against the Decepticons, Optimus unexpectedly reunites with an old friend in the heart of the Matrix.
Synopsis
Featured characters
Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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Quotes
"Um... Optimus Prime, sir? My sister was in Seattle. She was going to be crushed by a skyscraper. Until you stopped it. With your own body."
"We were in Tacoma."
"I thought we were going to die."
"But you saved me."
"You rescued us."
"You rescued me."
- — Refugees from all over Washington, including Carly, pay their respects to a comatose Optimus Prime.
"Ever since I knew of Optimus... I wanted to be just like him. But that was always impossible. I am strong on the outside. But on the inside... I don't know how to be strong. I don't know how to be a leader. I don't know how to be brave. But I know how to die. I can die for his dream of a better world for all of us. Including those who are small. We can all die!!! Protecting the one who has been strong for us, for so many years!!! For Optimus Prime."
- —Ultra Magnus rallies the Autobots as he reflects on his nature as a soldier.
"This infection... it wants to take you away from yourself. It wants you to give up. To put walls up. Just like I did. But I'm not that way anymore. Thanks to you, Optimus."
- —Sparky finds the Matrix's infection all too familiar.
Notes
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Covers
- Cover A: Ultra Magnus holds firm with a flag bearing the Autobot insignia, by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
- Cover B: Optimus and the Autobots in silhouette, by Jorge Corona and Mike Spicer.
- Cover C: Connecting cover by David Nakayama.
- Cover D: Optimus Prime with his right arm torn off, by Doug Mahnke and David Baron.
- Cover E: Soundwave, by Simon Parr.
- The 616 Comics Cover A: Jazz, by Björn Barends.
- The 616 Comics Cover B: Foil variant of Björn Barends' cover.
- PCB Hobby Cover A: Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak, by Sajad Shah.
- PCB Hobby Cover B: Logoless variant of Sajad Shah's cover.
- ThatGuyWill Cover A: A watercolor painting of Optimus, by Ito.
- ThatGuyWill Cover B: An oil painting of Optimus blocking an attack, by Ito.
