In a groundbreaking move, Transformers and GI Joe are teaming up for the first time in Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment’s Void Rivals #1. The news was kept under wraps by comic book retailers, who had ordered over 100,000 copies of the comic. However, the arrival of Diamond Comics Distributors’ shipment in select stores in the US today confirmed the joint debut of the two iconic franchises. The collaboration marks the beginning of a new Skybound comic book licensing deal with Hasbro for Transformers and GI Joe, coming just as the new Transformers: Rise of the Beasts film promises more to come for the franchise.
Originally reported by Bleeding Cool in November 2021, IDW Publishing had lost the Transformer and GI Joe comic book rights, leading to speculation that Robert Kirkman’s Skybound would acquire the rights. Void Rivals #1, which will inaugurate an all-new shared storytelling universe by Kirkman, Matheus Lopes, and Lorenzo De Felici, is scheduled for release next week. As per rumors, the comic will bring together Transformers and GI Joe, and there may be new series launches from Image Comics for both franchises in September.
Skybound, the company owned by Kirkman, is renowned for its creator-owned and reactor-participant properties, and the move signals a new direction for the publisher. The surprise collaboration may also set the tone for other shared storytelling spaces, inviting speculation about potential matchups like GI Joe vs. Invincible or Transformers vs. The Walking Dead.
Void Rivals #1 CVR A De Felici from Image Comics and Skybound, written by Robert Kirkman, is priced at $3.99 and comes with a jaw-dropping reveal, changing everything Darak and Solila thought they knew about the Sacred Ring and its never-ending war.
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