Energon (comic)

Following the Dreamwave series Armada, the Energon storyline commenced, beginning with issue 19. Set ten years after the end of the Armada era, the opening issue featured several of the major players from that series recapping the events of Armada, with Optimus Prime displaying concern that the threat of evil was ever-present. Several characters had received their storyline upgrade to their Energon forms. Several, including Optimus Prime, had not.

The Energon series ended with issue 30 (December 2004 cover date), but was planned to have an 18-issue arc as with the Armada series. The Energon was cut short due to Dreamwave's shuttering at the end of 2004. Cover art from issues 31 through 33 have appeared on Seibertron, among other places.

Issue 19
Cover date: January 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Guido Guidi "This Evil Reborn"

Issue 20
Cover date: February 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Guido Guidi "What Lies Beneath"

Issue 21
Cover date: March 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Joe Ng "What Lies Beneath, Part Two"

Issue 22
Cover date: April 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Guido Guidi "What Lies Beneath, Part Three"

Issue 23
Cover date: May 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Joe Ng "What Lies Beneath, Part Four"

Issue 24
Cover date: June 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: James Raiz "Aftershock"

Issue 25
Cover date: July 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Joe Ng "Omni-potent"

Issue 26
Cover date: August 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Alex Milne "Multiplicity"

Issue 27
Cover date: September 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Alex Milne "Multiplicity, Part Two"

Issue 28
Cover date: October 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Alex Milne "Multiplicity, Part Three"

Issue 29
Cover date: November 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Alex Milne "Multiplicity, Part Four"

Issue 30
Cover date: December 2004 Story by: Simon Furman Pencils by: Marcelo Matere "No Exit"

Issue 31
Anticipated release: Juanuary 2005 (not released) Story assigned to: Simon Furman Pencils assigned to: Alex Milne This issue did not receive a title, and was not formally released.

Issue 32
Anticipated release: February 2005 (not released) Story assigned to: Simon Furman Pencils assigned to: Marcelo Matere This issue did not receive a title, and was not formally released.

Issue 33
Anticipated release: March 2005 (not released) Story assigned to: Simon Furman Pencils assigned to: Alex Milne This issue did not receive a title, and was not formally released.

Issues 34, 35, 36
Scheduled to have been released in the spring of 2005. Rough outlines of the final three issues of the series may have been drafted by Furman (who likely would have been the writer), but no evidence has surfaced about them, nor has Furman commented on these issues.