For nerds of a sure age, few issues have been as traumatic as seeing Optimus Prime die by the hands of Megatron in 1986’s The Transformers: The Film. A yr later, those self same nerds have been disturbed another time by G.I. Joe: The Film, during which Cobra Commander was slowly mutated right into a bizarre snake monster. If Skybound Leisure has its means, a complete new technology of children will get to have nightmares whereas watching Hasbro properties.
Based on Deadline, Skybound Leisure has teamed with Hasbro to create Energon Universe, an grownup animated collection about G.I. Joe and the Transformers. Chances are you’ll not know the identify Skybound Leisure, however you actually know the upsetting materials the corporate has produced. Based by comedian e-book creator Robert Kirkman, he of The Strolling Lifeless fame, and David Alpert, Skybound gave the world one other grownup animated collection with upsetting materials, Invincible.
Like The Strolling Lifeless and Invincible, Energon Universe is an extension of a comic book collection produced by Skybound. The corporate has had the license for the Hasbro properties since 2023, and has rapidly produced a number of well-recieved collection in regards to the characters. Along with crossing over G.I. Joe and Transformers, Energon Universe additionally consists of Void Rivals, unique creations by Kirkman and artist Lorenzo De Felici, about two alien survivors of an intergalactic race warfare pressured to work collectively.
Deadline reviews that the Energon Universe collection will embrace the Void Rivals characters alongside better-known Transformers and G.I. Joe figures. Present working the collection is Joe Henderson, who lately managed the DC Comics adaptation Lucifer, turning a Sandman spinoff in regards to the satan abandoning Hell to go to Earth right into a trashy, enjoyable community television present.
