# Transformers (Skybound Entertainment)

Transformers is an ongoing line of American comic books published by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment, being based on the toy line of the same name by Hasbro and Takara Tomy.
It is a successor of IDW Publishing's previous relaunch of Transformers comics.

## Publication history

After IDW Publishing lost the licenses to produce Transformers and G.I. Joe comics by the end of 2022, Hasbro announced in June 2023 that Skybound Entertainment, an imprint of Image Comics, would acquire those licenses.
During San Diego Comic-Con 2023, it was revealed that Skybound has plans to reprint both the Marvel and IDW comics based on Transformers, with more info set to release later.

## Energon Universe series
### Premise

When Autobots and Decepticons travel from Cybertron to Earth, their war changes humanity's fate, and only Optimus Prime can save them.

### Overview

| Title | Issue(s) | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Colorist(s) | Premiere date |
| Transformers | 1– | Daniel Warren Johnson (1–24) | Daniel Waren Johnson (1–6) Jorge Corona (7–12, 15–) Jason Howard (13–14) | Mike Spicer (1–16) Sarah Stern (17–) | October 4, 2023 |
| Energon Universe 2024 Special | One-shot | Daniel Warren Johnson Robert Kirkman Joshua Williamson | Lorenzo De Felici Ryan Ottley Jason Howard | Annalisa Leoni Matheus Lopes Mike Spicer | May 4, 2024 (Free Comic Book Day) |
| Energon Universe 2025 Special | One-shot | Daniel Warren Johnson Robert Kirkman Joshua Williamson | Conor Hughes Daniel Warren Johnson Andrea Milana | TBA | May 3, 2025 (Free Comic Book Day) |

#### Mainline series

Skybound's first Transformers comic is set in the Energon Universe, being written and drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson, and colored by Mike Spicer, and debuted on October 4, 2023.
Johnson said, “To my readers, retailers, and fellow Transformers fans: get ready! I’ve only been drawing Optimus Prime and the rest of this amazing cast since I was in first grade. This is a dream project for me, and I’m so glad to be adding a new chapter to the decades long celebration of robots turning into cars. Also, cab-over trucks are so fun to draw!”
In June 2023, Skybound announced that the main roster of Autobots features Optimus Prime, Arcee, Cliffjumper, Wheeljack and Ratchet, while the main roster of Decepticons features Starscream, Soundwave, Laserbeak, Rumble and Skywarp.
In January 2024, it was announced that Jorge Corona would serve as the new artist of the series starting with issue 7, with Johnson staying as writer for the series.
In August 2024, Johnson confirmed that his run will feature 24 issues in total.

### Plot
#### Volume 1: Robots in Disguise

| No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
| 01 | Transformers #1 | October 7, 2023 | — |
| Artist: Daniel Warren Johnson In the town of Farmingham, Spike Witwicky finds his father Sparky asleep in a local veterans' bar. After a short argument, Sparky's coworker Davey picks him up while Spike leaves with his girlfriend Carly. The two climb a nearby mountain to discuss their futures when an earthquake sends them plummeting into the mountain, and they find themselves inside an enormous crashed spaceship. The Cybertronian Jetfire arrives and activates the ship's computer, Teletraan 1, to repair his fallen friends; upon being rebuilt, Starscream immediately kills the nearby Bumblebee and guns down Jetfire, but is stopped by Optimus Prime. Teletraan 1 randomly reactivates more Autobots and Decepticons, including Skywarp, Ratchet, and Soundwave, and Optimus is pinned down after being distracted by Bumblebee's body. After Spike and Carly help him break free, he destroys Ravage and the computer and flees with them, Ratchet, and the bodies of several other Autobots. Jetfire awakens and uses the last of his strength to deter the pursuing Starscream and Skywarp. Spike leads the Autobots to an abandoned quarry where Jetfire dies, while Soundwave informs Starscream he needs energy and raw materials to fix Teletraan 1. As Sparky and Davey finish their shift at a local power plant, Starscream arrives and kills Davey. ||||
| 02 | Transformers #2 | November 7, 2023 | — |
| Artist: Daniel Warren Johnson Optimus and Spike connect with each other through stories about their names, families, and homes – in particular, Optimus tells Spike about how a vicious civil war consumed his homeworld of Cybertron, prompting him and a team of Autobots to flee aboard the Ark. However, the Decepticons and their leader Megatron attacked them, with the Ark crashlanding on Earth during the battle. The newly repaired Cliffjumper arrives and everyone returns to the quarry, where Ratchet informs them that both they and the Decepticons are out of Energon. Skywarp, Starscream, and Soundwave arrive at the power plant with technology from the Ark to convert the plant's energy into Energon. Starscream kills a police officer as Soundwave intercepts a U.S. military transmission requesting air support to investigate; an amused Starscream destroys the fighter jet and kills its pilot, but its passenger Duke manages to escape. Sparky flees in the chaos as the Autobots realize the plant is under attack, and Optimus and Spike leave to investigate despite Ratchet's protests. Carly returns home to find an armed Sparky barricaded inside, who informs her that Davey, her father, is dead. ||||
| 03 | Transformers #3 | December 6, 2023 | — |
| Artist: Daniel Warren Johnson Carly realizes that Starscream killed her father as she and Sparky are ambushed by Laserbeak. Cliffjumper saves them, but Sparky shoots him before fleeing with Carly. As Starscream and Soundwave bicker over repairing Teletraan 1, they send Skywarp to deal with the humans while Sparky and Carly arrive at the veterans' bar, already fortified by a local militia. Cliffjumper arrives and is shot again before Carly can explain, and Skywarp also arrives and attacks Cliffjumper and the militia. Carly distracts the Decepticon long enough for Optimus to arrive; although he manages to subdue Skywarp, Sparky and the militia severely injure Optimus' right arm with a bazooka. As the humans renew their attack on all three Cybertronians, Spike is shot in the crossfire, and Optimus rips off his injured arm to beat Skywarp into submission. The Autobot leader picks up the mortally wounded Spike and asks Sparky to help him save his son. ||||
| 04 | Transformers #4 | January 10, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Daniel Warren Johnson Starscream confronts the severely damaged Skywarp as Ratchet receives a call for help from Optimus and Sparky. Starscream catches up to the Autobots but is ambushed by Carly and Cliffjumper, and he contacts Soundwave for backup as they escape. The Autobots arrive at Farmingham Hospital and are attacked by Soundwave, Laserbeak, and Rumble as Spike is rushed inside. Starscream arrives and destroys the hospital's power generators, but Ratchet and the freshly repaired Jazz force the Decepticons to retreat. Optimus uses the Matrix of Leadership to reactivate the hospital as Starscream and Soundwave return to the Ark and tear the injured Skywarp apart to repair Teletraan 1. Jazz shuts down again, having used up the very last of the Autobots' Energon, and Ratchet berates Optimus for prioritizing the humans' safety over their own survival. Optimus reluctantly accepts Ratchet and Sparky's ideas to regain a foothold as Cliffjumper comforts a grief-stricken Carly, revealing that Starscream killed his family on Cybertron during the war. Starscream gloats over successfully reactivating Teletraan 1 as Optimus rallies the Autobots and humans, having replaced his right arm with Megatron's. ||||
| 05 | Transformers #5 | February 14, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Daniel Warren Johnson Optimus and Sparky connect over their wartime experiences as the Decepticons use Teletraan 1 to repair and revive Thundercracker, Frenzy, and Reflector. Thundercracker is horrified to see Skywarp disassembled and integrated into the computer's systems, but Starscream assures him he sacrificed himself for the greater good. The Decepticons leave to find the Autobots as Sparky, Ratchet, and a newly repaired Wheeljack (albeit only his upper half) finish building a water turbine to convert the local dam's power into an Energon generator. They revive Arcee before the Decepticons attack, but Optimus singlehandedly kills Reflector and Frenzy and injures Starscream, who calls for a retreat after destroying the turbine. The Autobots and Sparky decide to press the advantage and pursue their enemies, with Cliffjumper secretly bringing Carly along. However, the Autobots are beset by the revived Constructicons upon arriving at the Ark, and a repaired Starscream orders them to combine into Devastator. ||||
| 06 | Transformers #6 | March 13, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Daniel Warren Johnson The Autobots manage to fend off Devastator long enough to escape into the Ark, but Ratchet loses a leg and Optimus is fatally injured. Cliffjumper and Carly sneak into the Autobot ship through another route and encounter Starscream while Devastator begins digging into the mountain. As the Autobots despair, Sparky sacrifices himself to the Matrix of Leadership and repairs Optimus, who promises to protect Spike and Earth in his honor. The Autobot leader attacks Devastator with his blaster and Megatron's fusion cannon as Carly and Cliffjumper manage to subdue Starscream; however, Cliffjumper hesitates to deliver the killing blow, and Starscream nearly crushes Carly. She is only saved when Optimus throws Devastator off the mountain, injuring Starscream as he falls. The Constructicons decombine and retreat with Starscream, and Soundwave rejects Optimus' peace offering before leaving with Thundercracker. At the hospital, Spike awakens and asks where his father is. ||||

#### Volume 2: Transport to Oblivion

| No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
| 07 | Transformers #7 | April 10, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona On Cybertron, Elita One's squad of Autobots are killed while storming a Decepticon fortress; she manages to escape inside and finds her target, an Autobot prisoner, stripped down to a near-skeletal pile of parts. On Earth, the captain of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Henry Harrison is ordered to investigate reports of giant robots as Soundwave challenges Starscream for leadership of the Decepticons. Starscream protests but refuses to yield, and Soundwave mortally wounds him in the resulting duel. He disposes of Starscream's body and promises the remaining Decepticons they will rebuild together. At the Ark, Carly bonds with Arcee over target practice, who tells her how she was trained by the great Autobot warrior Ultra Magnus after her family died in the war. Cliffjumper worries about his relationship with Carly after failing to kill Starscream as a recovering Spike refuses to speak with Optimus and Ratchet; while returning to the Ark, Optimus is suddenly overcome by a mysterious vision of himself holding a baby human. Wheeljack informs them that the Skywarp-controlled Teletraan 1 is refusing to repair any more Autobots, and Optimus suggests creating an aerial transport out of Jetfire's remains. ||||
| 08 | Transformers #8 | May 8, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona Carly brings Spike to a lake for some fresh air, where they grieve over the deaths of their fathers and Carly refuses to speak with Cliffjumper. Elita promises to kill the prisoner herself rather than face recapture as Soundwave and Thundercracker attack and sink the Henry Harrison. Thundercracker allows the ship's crew to escape out of pity, but Soundwave refuses to risk detection and reluctantly kills the humans. Carly threatens to destroy Skywarp's remains with a missile launcher, not realizing it would destroy Teletaan 1 as well. Arcee deflects her accidental shot, and Skywarp fully repairs Wheeljack's legs in gratitude; Carly storms off in anger and later confesses to Arcee that she doesn't understand why the Autobots don't act like the powerful warriors she sees them as. As Arcee shares how Optimus rallied them together at great personal sacrifice, Ratchet revives Jetfire, albeit blinded and immobile in his alternate shuttle mode. Soundwave and Thundercracker follow the Henry Harrison to the ocean floor, where the Constructicons use its nuclear reactor to partially repair the Nemesis, the Decepticon attack vessel that pursued the Ark to Earth. They find Astrotrain imprisoned within the ship, and Soundwave recruits him with the promise of killing Megatron once they find him. The Autobots detect the Decepticon activity and depart with Jetfire, leaving Carly, Arcee, and Wheeljack behind, as Soundwave makes contact with Shockwave on Cybertron. ||||
| 09 | Transformers #9 | June 12, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona The Nemesis activates a space bridge connecting Earth and Cybertron, and Jetfire and the Autobots crashes on the ocean floor from the energy surge. The Constructicons attack them as Shockwave arrives on Earth, and Ratchet is killed defending Cliffjumper. Optimus engages Shockwave as the Farmingham militia confronts Wheeljack and Arcee on their way back to the dam, but Carly convinces them to stand down. Astrotrain threatens to destroy the hospital if Spike does not come with him, and they leave as Elita and the Autobot prisoner escape through the space bridge portal and arrive on Earth as well. They are pursued by the Combaticons, but only Onslaught makes it through before Elita destroys the portal and bisects Brawl. Elita forces Optimus to retreat with the prisoner while Shockwave captures the injured Cliffjumper and Jazz and orders the Decepticons to repair the space bridge. As Astrotrain prepares to deliver Spike to Soundwave and Shockwave, he is shot down and Spike is rescued by Beachcomber. ||||
| 10 | Transformers #10 | July 10, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona Beachcomber chains up Astrotrain and tells Spike his story: millions of years ago, when the Ark and Nemesis crashlanded on Earth, Beachcomber was thrown away from the battle and landed on the Moon. He hitched a ride to Earth on the Apollo 11 return flight eons later, entranced by the planet's natural beauty, and discovered the crashed Ark while exploring. Ultimately, he chose not to reactivate his fellow Autobots, fearing their war would inevitably destroy Earth. Although Astrotrain brags that Shockwave plans to strip Earth's natural resources to save Cybertron, the pacifistic Beachcomber refuses to join the fighting. On the Nemesis, Shockwave chides Soundwave for attempting to repair Ravage but is distracted by a pod of humpback whales outside the ship; unfortunately, rather than appreciating their organic beauty with Soundwave, Shockwave activates a feeder machine that kills the whales and converts them into Energon. Optimus and Elita return to the dam, where Arcee recognizes the prisoner as Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack leaves distraught after hearing of Ratchet's death. As Elita confronts Optimus over abandoning Cybertron to the Decepticons, Thundercracker privately confides in Soundwave about his doubts while Shockwave tortures Cliffjumper and Jazz. Although Soundwave also has reservations, he maintains the Decepticons need Shockwave's methods to succeed and denies a request to rescue Skywarp from the Ark. Using the energy gathered, Shockwave reactivates the space bridge and transports Cybertron itself into Earth's orbit. ||||
| 11 | Transformers #11 | August 14, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona As Beachcomber investigates the natural disturbances caused by Cybertron's arrival, a guilt-ridden Arcee apologizes to an unconscious Ultra Magnus for failing him. She punches Elita for blaming her for Magnus' condition and informs Carly that this is what happens to Shockwave's victims. Since repairing Magnus will use all of their Energon reserves, Wheeljack suggests postponing the repairs and reviving more Autobots instead, but Magnus awakens and begs to join the fight. Shockwave again dismisses Soundwave's concern for Ravage and returns to Cybertron, informing the other Combaticons to defend their side of the space bridge at all costs. The Autobots deduce that destroying the Nemesis will sever the connection between Earth and Cybertron, and Elita balks at the idea of prioritizing Cliffjumper and Jazz's rescue over toppling Shockwave's control of Cybertron, especially with his new stores of Energon. Using Teletraan 1, now fully integrated with Skywarp's teleportation abilities, Optimus, Elita, and Arcee teleport onto the Nemesis and plant enough explosives to destroy the ship as Spike urges Beachcomber to reconsider his neutrality for Earth's sake. The Autobots ambush Shockwave and rescue Cliffjumper and Jazz, but Optimus stops Arcee from giving in to her rage and killing the Decepticon. Shockwave uses the moment of hesitation to take Cliffjumper hostage and order the Constructicons to combine into Devastator, but Wheeljack and a freshly repaired Magnus arrive as backup. However, Magnus panics upon seeing Shockwave again and flees the battle. ||||
| 12 | Transformers #12 | September 11, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona Without Ultra Magnus, the Autobots are quickly surrounded by the Decepticons, but Carly teleports her van into the midst of the chaos and saves Cliffjumper. Their reunion is short-lived, though, as Devastator smashes the van and throws it and Cliffjumper back through the space bridge portal. The other Autobots target Devastator until he falls and crushes the Energon harvester, disconnecting Cybertron from Earth; Shockwave flees through the still-active portal to gather reinforcements, but Optimus follows him and takes down Swindle, Vortex, and Blast Off. He blasts Shockwave's arm off as another vision of the human baby overtakes him; however, the vision shifts into a nightmare, and the baby becomes trapped in a sea of wires as Optimus crushes Shockwave's head. Elita approves of the ruthless action and stops a horrified Optimus as he and Cliffjumper attempt to return to Earth. She reveals she never planted the charges on the Nemesis, urging him to stay on Cybertron and continue harvesting energy from Earth to win the war. Optimus refuses to sacrifice Earth and destroys the Energon reserves with his cannon, severing the connection and blasting him and a large chunk of Cybertron into Earth's atmosphere. Beachcomber saves Optimus as the piece of Cybertron falls into the ocean. ||||

#### Volume 3: Combiner Chaos

| No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
| – | Energon Universe 2024 Special – Transformers | May 4, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Ryan Ottley As the Ark begins to crashland on Earth, Megatron tears through the Autobots aboard and kills Brawn during the battle. Optimus engages him in a fury, slicing off Megatron's right arm and kicking him out of the ship. Although Megatron orders Starscream to save him, he blasts Megatron away to seize control of the Decepticons, sending him falling to the planet below. Much later, Megatron awakens inside the underground laboratories of Cobra-La, now missing an eye and his other arm. He breaks free of his restraints and kills one of the scientists, but allows the other to live in exchange for the return of his left arm. Golobulus, riding a massive snake-like creature, breaches the laboratory with a contingent of soldiers and orders them to destroy Megatron. Although the Decepticon leader kills many Cobra-La warriors and creatures, including Golobulus' war beast, Golobulus himself manages to stab out his remaining eye. Blinded, Megatron flees and bursts out into a snowy mountainous wasteland, where he swears vengeance on Starscream. ||||
| 13 | Transformers #13 | October 13, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Jason Howard Starscream, mangled and mortally wounded after his duel with Soundwave, flashes back to his past on Cybertron: Ulchtar and his two friends Genvo and Jetfire spend a last night together before the latter's departure. Genvo urges Ulchtar and Jetfire to join his faction of the burgeoning civil war, but Jetfire refuses and vows to find a peaceful solution to Cybertron's energy crisis while off-world. The enormous Guardian robot Omega Supreme suddenly flies overhead, and Ulchtar decides to detonate a small ammunition depot to get their attention. The plan works, and the gigantic Cybertronian waves at the three before departing. Sometime later, after Jetfire also left Cybertron, Ulchtar's lab is destroyed in the crossfire of a sudden attack. He finds an injured Genvo, who dies in his arms, and Ulchtar believes the Autobots are responsible. Megatron, the leader of Genvo's faction, recruits Ulchtar and offers him the power to destroy his enemies; Ulchtar agrees and renames himself Starscream after Genvo's last words. Although Starscream suddenly awakens to find his legs have melted off in a pool of lava, he quickly falls unconscious again as a team of M.A.R.S. Industries salvage operatives claim his body. ||||
| 14 | Transformers #14 | November 13, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Jason Howard Starscream awakens to find the M.A.R.S. team – commanding officer Horton and Privates Razz, Martin, and Clayton – has crudely grafted his upper body onto the top of their H.I.S.S. tank, complete with a remote control. Although enraged at his humiliating situation, disgusted by Razz's pet cat, and offended at Martin's poor sketch of him, he begrudgingly agrees to work with the humans after Horton reveals they planted explosives inside his body. Starscream and the M.A.R.S. team discover Astrotrain chained on a beach, who agrees to join them if Starscream delivers on Soundwave's promise to kill Megatron. The conversation is interrupted as the piece of Cybertron falls into the ocean and creates a tidal wave; although Starscream attempts to flee, Horton forces the Decepticons to transport the M.A.R.S. team to safety as well. Horton is knocked unconscious as Astrotrain also rescues the Combaticons from the devastation, and he awakens to find that Starscream repaired Brawl and tricked Razz into removing the explosives. Starscream kills Razz, Clayton, and Horton but spares Martin and the cat as he vows revenge on Soundwave. ||||
| 15 | Transformers #15 | December 11, 2024 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona To gather more energy and attract the Autobots' attention, Soundwave leads the Decepticons in destroying the city of Tacoma, Washington; although Thundercracker complies, he is wracked with guilt and allows a group of humans to escape the destruction. As Arcee, Carly, Spike, and Beachcomber leave to find Ultra Magnus, Cliffjumper awakens on Cybertron and reunites with his fellow Autobots Bluestreak, Warpath, and Blurr. Optimus, Wheeljack, and Jazz also leave to investigate the Decepticon attack on Tacoma, where they theorize that the Matrix is causing Optimus' mysterious visions, potentially influenced by Sparky's sacrifice. The Autobots arrive at the wrecked city but are driven away by the survivors and first responders; before leaving, Optimus rips a tank apart as he is once again overtaken by a nightmarish vision of the baby, now grown into a child, trapped in a heap of wires. Watching from afar, Soundwave resolves to ambush their enemies later before sending Laserbeak off on a secret mission. On Cybertron, Cliffjumper is disturbed when the Autobots cannibalize the Decepticon Ramjet for his Energon as he encounters Elita again. After returning to the dam, Optimus' team is attacked by both Starscream and Soundwave's Decepticons as they revive Trailbreaker; however, Starscream ignores the Autobots and orders the Combaticons to combine into Bruticus and destroy Soundwave. ||||
| 16 | Transformers #16 | January 8, 2025 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona Cliffjumper, Elita, and Bluestreak visit what was once the home of Cliffjumper's family; he reveals that, before leaving Cybertron, he had salvaged the remains of their sparks and hidden them away, hoping to someday use them and create a new Autobot. On Earth, the Constructicons merge into Devastator to counter Bruticus as the Autobots are caught in the middle of the Decepticon infighting. Starscream accidentally reveals the truth of Skywarp's sacrifice to Thundercracker, who throws him off the dam and flees the battle. Again overtaken by a foreign rage, Optimus destroys the dam with Megatron's cannon and washes all the Cybertronians away. Trailbreaker manages to save a group of human children with his force fields as Cliffjumper decides to bring his family's sparks to the Well of All Sparks. Although Elita argues that the Well is deep in Decepticon territory, Cliffjumper and Bluestreak believe that the possibility of creating a new Autobot warrior is worth the risk. As Carly, Spike, Arcee, and Beachcomber continue looking for Magnus, Laserbeak finally discovers the object of his own search – the wounded and blinded Megatron. ||||
| 17 | Transformers #17 | February 12, 2025 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona As Thundercracker returns to the empty Ark and reunites with the imprisoned Skywarp, Arcee, Carly, Spike, and Beachcomber find Magnus hidden away in an enormous crude fortress within the San Juan Islands. As the Autobots on Cybertron prepare to attack, Bluestreak cuts off Elita's pessimistic rant and reminds her that, although he left Cybertron, Optimus managed to take down Shockwave during his brief return, and they need to carry the moment of hope forward by creating a new Autobot. On Earth, the Autobots roll out to stop the Decepticons' conflict from destroying the city of Seattle as Elita's team storms the Well of All Sparks and takes out Decepticon guards Thrust and Ratbat. Cliffjumper begins the creation procedure as the battle between Starscream and Soundwave's teams devastates Seattle, and Optimus orders the Autobots to save as many humans as possible. To finish the Well's creation program, Cliffjumper has Blades deposit the remains of Carly's van as an alternate mode for the new Autobot, who names themselves Shredhead. ||||
| 18 | Transformers #18 | March 12, 2025 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona Outside the Well of All Sparks, Bluestreak, Warpath, and Blurr are pinned down by Decepticon forces, but they are saved by Shredhead. As they marvel at the new Autobot's power, Magnus confesses to Arcee, Carly, Beachcomber, and Spike that his imprisonment and torture at Shockwave's hands still weighs heavily on him, leaving him unable to defend Earth from the Decepticons. Carly reassures him that the others share his fear, but the fortress is suddenly attacked by a group of soldiers; in the chaos, the soldiers manage to escape with Magnus and a tranquilized Carly. In Seattle, the Autobots continue protecting the humans as Soundwave and Starscream's Decepticons rampage through the city. Rumble manages to shoot down Starscream and Astrotrain atop a nearby skyscraper, and both Bruticus and Devastator climb the building to reach them. At the top, Devastator throws himself and Bruticus off the skyscraper, and the impact from their fall levels a city block. Starscream and Soundwave duel again on the building's roof but are stopped by Megatron's arrival. Megatron revives Ravage, and Soundwave returns to his side as a horrified Optimus orders the Autobots to retreat. ||||

#### Volume 4: Conquer and Control

| No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
| 19 | Transformers #19 | April 9, 2025 | — |
| Artist: Ludo Lullabi ||||
| 20 | Transformers #20 | May 20, 2025 | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona ||||
| 21 | Transformers #21 | – | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona ||||
| 22 | Transformers #22 | – | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona ||||
| 23 | Transformers #23 | – | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona ||||
| 24 | Transformers #24 | – | — |
| Artist: Jorge Corona ||||

## Worst Bot Ever series (Skybound Comet)

In August 2024, Skybound announced a new graphic novel series titled Transformers: Worst Bot Ever for the Skybound Comet imprint for young readers.
| Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release schedules | Release schedules | Release schedules |
| Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Free Comic Book Day preview | Print edition | Digital edition |
| Transformers: Worst Bot Ever — Meet Ballpoint | Brian “Smitty” Smith | Marz Jr. | May 3, 2024 | July 9, 2024 | July 22, 2024 |

## Reprints

| Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Colorist(s) | Release schedule |
| The Transformers #1 40th Anniversary Edition | Bill Mantlo and Ralph Macchio | Frank Springer and Kim DeMulder | Nel Yomtov | August 28, 2024 |

## Accolades

Transformers won two Eisner Awards for Best Continuing Series and Best Writer/Artist.

## Collected editions
### Energon Universe

| Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| Trade paperback |||||
| Transformers, Volume 1: Robots in Disguise | Transformers Vol. 4 #1–6 | 136 | May 7, 2024 | ISBN 978-1534398177 |
| Transformers, Volume 2: Transport to Oblivion | Transformers Vol. 4 #7–12 | 128 | November 26, 2024 | ISBN 978-1534345270 |
| Transformers, Volume 3: Combiner Chaos | Transformers Vol. 4 #13–18 Energon Universe 2024 Special (Transformers story) | 136 | May 27, 2025 | ISBN 978-1534325593 |
| Transformers, Volume 4: Conquer and Control | Transformers Vol. 4 #19–24 Energon Universe 2025 Special (Transformers story) | 144 | November 25, 2025 | ISBN 978-1534332584 |
| Deluxe |||||
| Transformers: Deluxe Edition, Book 1 | Transformers #1–12 | 280 | May 13, 2025 | ISBN 978-1534328235 |

### The Transformers Compendium

| Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
| The Transformers Compendium, Volume 1 | The Transformers #1–44 The Transformers: Headmasters #1–4 | 1064 | April 22, 2025 | ISBN 978-1534373679 |