{"id":862885,"date":"2026-09-27T22:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862885\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:18:08","slug":"transformers-and-the-energon-universe-are-a-massive-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862885\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Transformers’ and The ‘Energon Universe’ Are a Massive Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been three years since Skybound Comics brought\u00a0Transformers\u00a0and\u00a0<\/a>G.I. Joe<\/a>\u00a0into a single continuity, and the results have been quite fruitful.<\/p>\n

Per the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the Energon Universe has been quite successful since 2023, with Skybound boasting 7.6 million units sold. That number covers its collection of ongoing and limited books, which also includes the original (and technically inaugural) series Void Rivals\u00a0and solo minis for\u00a0Joe\u00a0characters Duke, Cobra Commander, and Scarlett.<\/p>\n

Of those, it\u2019s Transformers\u2014originally from writer\/artist Daniel Warren Johnson and artists Jorge Corona, Ludo Lullabi, Jason Howard, and Ryan Ottley\u2014that\u2019s the top seller, with 3.5 million copies sold. Transformers #1 has been reprinted 14 times, with a 15th on the way. (Overall, the book\u2019s been reprinted 67 times, which is just nuts.) Robert Kirkman, who took over the book from Johnson, credited him with the first issue\u2019s continued success: \u201cThree years in\u2026and it\u2019s a testament to Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to the larger Energon Universe, Kirkman said it was on an \u201cupward trajectory,\u201d something fairly rare in comics. Both he and Hasbro were initially nervous about his idea to create a shared universe for\u00a0Transformers and G.I. Joe,\u00a0with him admitting the very real risk of it not having an audience. Now on year three, the company is \u201cvery proud\u201d of sustained sales, plus those rising up in \u201csome places\u201d he didn\u2019t specify.<\/p>\n

Last year, Hasbro announced its plans to team with Skybound Entertainment on an adult-oriented Energon<\/a> series. Details on that have been quiet since, while on the big screen, it seems Paramount\u2019s play at linking Transformers and Joe is no longer happening\u2014or at least, not without building up the\u00a0Joe\u00a0side of things<\/a> first.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out the best movies and TV shows<\/a> to stream this month and all the upcoming sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books<\/a> that should be on your radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been three years since Skybound Comics brought\u00a0Transformers\u00a0and\u00a0G.I. Joe\u00a0into a single continuity, and the results have been quite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[364040,88,226349,206,364041,35003],"class_list":["post-862885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-energon-universe","tag-entertainment","tag-g-i-joe","tag-movies","tag-robert-kirkman","tag-transformers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}