Void Rivals #9

Void Rivals (Single Issues)

by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici (cover_art), Mat Lopes (cover_art)

As Darak and Solila cling to life, deep in the wasteland they find—SPRINGER?! It’s the first Energon Universe appearance of everyone’s favorite Triple-Changer Autobot!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

32 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 22, 2024

About the author

Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.

Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.

In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Void Rivals und die Transformers werden nun zusammengeführt. Entweder war ich zu lange raus, oder die letzten paar Hefte waren nicht so überzeugend.

[Myles Gerber · Rating 5 out of 5]

FANTASTIC issue!!! Love seeing more Transformers stuff work its way into this series!

[Nicolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

First it was Jetfire, in the very first issue of this series. Then Hot Rod made an appearance in the Void Rivals short story of the Energon Universe FCBD 2024 Special. Now, Springer, my all-time favorite Transformers made his appearance known with a killer cover (A).

I'm starting to think that Robert Kirkman and I share the same Transformers tastes.

Series artist De Felici draws two versions of the triple-chaging Autobot for its appearance in Void Rivals. The first appears on the cover, a nicely detailed rendering of Springer in a heroic pose. The second version is a Jose Delbo-esque approach for the interiors.

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nuevo cruce total de representantes Transformers en esta punta de lanza del nuevo plan comiquero del Universo Energon. ¿El tamaño importa? Entre la indefensa Solila y el desesperado Darak se erige un enorme robot transformable que se interpone ante el constante cazador biomecánico que les persigue desde el anterior número. Una dura lucha que deja entre medias un par de escenas que siguen avanzando el trasfondo con el que Robert Kirkman, aparentemente cimentará lo que pueda dar de sí la gran arquitrama en torno al Energon.

[Yasser Maniram · Rating 5 out of 5]

Light read but lots happening.

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

Darak carries the wounded Solila only to come upon transformer Springer who in turn gets attacked by the hunter pursuing them.
Solila awakens but the danger is not over.

[Dennis Brock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continues to be fantastic!! 4.25/5