| LOS ANGELES 04/08/2025 — Today Skybound, in collaboration with leading games, IP and toy company Hasbro, launched the campaign for the Kickstarter-exclusive THE TRANSFORMERS Compendium Set,which collects the complete US and UK stories from the original 1980s THE TRANSFORMERS run in definitive hardcover compendiums. The campaign is live now on Kickstarter.
Lovingly bound in gorgeous faux leather, each THE TRANSFORMERS compendium is between 1,000 and 1,200 pages. Longtime and new fans alike can relive the classic stories that started it all for the Robots in Disguise in hardcover editions that will not be available anywhere else.
The TRANSFORMERS franchise rocked the comic book world with a debut that was truly …MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, and now fans can experience every story from the original run. Discover the heroic Autobots, evil Decepticons, and their galaxy-spanning war that will leave you breathless.
“This campaign is a celebration of TRANSFORMERS history,” said Alex Antone, Editorial Director at Skybound. “With two different reading experiences to choose from, there’s truly something for every kind of TRANSFORMERS fan, from casual to hardcore.”
Fans can enjoy eight total books, including the two U.S. and two U.K. compendium sets, and exclusive THE TRANSFORMERS: Til All Are One Box Set, which intercuts the U.S. and U.K. runs into the most seamless and comprehensive reading experience yet. This edition houses four hardcovers in a deluxe collector’s box with new art from current TRANSFORMERS series cover artist and comics megastar Daniel Warren Johnson.
Choose your side! Backers who pledge THE TRANSFORMERS: Til All Are One Box Set will choose between Autobot or Decepticon editions—or both!
The campaign also includes pledge levels for signed editions by Simon Furman, the most prolific TRANSFORMERS comic book writer of all time and a major force in these stories, and Bob Budiansky, the original architect of THE TRANSFORMERS universe, who created names, personalities, and stories for many of its most iconic characters.
Campaign rewards will include 1980s-style tech spec cards, a challenge coin featuring Autobot and Decepticon shields, patches, exclusive comics, and additional stretch goals to unlock as the campaign progresses.
Previous Skybound campaign backers and mailing list members will receive a free Jetfire tech spec card when they back the campaign.
Skybound continues to uphold its reputation as the biggest name in comic book publisher crowdfunding, setting records with the most funded comics campaign on Kickstarter with G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, and the most funded webcomic, Ava’s Demon Book Two: Aftermath. Skybound’s record-breaking slate of graphic novel campaigns that have elevated a diverse group of voices also includes Extremity: Signature Edition, Ava’s Demon Book One: Reborn, Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure, Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Feelings, Excellence, The King-Killing Queen, The Extra Fabulous Experience, and The Book of Shame: An Extra Fabulous Experience.
Skybound’s compendium releases are an integral component of its overall comics partnership with Hasbo. While the Energon Universe has delivered a fresh new start for the TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE franchises in Void Rivals by writer Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead) and artist Lorenzo De Felici (Oblivion Song), TRANSFORMERS by writer Daniel Warren Johnson (Extremity, Do a Powerbomb) and artist Jorge Corona (Middlewest), and G.I. JOE by writer Joshua Williamson (DC’s Superman, Dark Ride) and artist Tom Reilly (The Thing), these compendiums celebrate the rich history of TRANSFORMERS in comic book form.
The TRANSFORMERS Compendium Setcampaign is live now on Kickstarter, with stretch goals and campaign-exclusive products to be announced through the close of the campaign on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET. |
