What’s Next for Optimus Prime in Transformers #20?

Skybound, Image Comics, and Hasbro have revealed interior pages and the lineup of variant covers for Transformers #20, the two-time Eisner Award winning series from writer Daniel Warren Johnson, artist Jorge Corona, and colorist Mike Spicer. The next chapter of the tentpole Energon Universe story will be available on shelves in comic book shops May 14, 2025. 

What’s next for Optimus Prime? The Autobots revive a group of allies who could change the tide of their war with the Decepticons, but little do they know who or what is coming for them… 

This issue features key first appearances of fan-favorite characters from the worlds of Transformers and G.I. JOE.  

In addition to the main cover by Daniel Warren Johnson and series colorist Mike Spicer, the lineup of variant covers for Transformers #20 includes an open-to-order cover B by series artist Jorge Corona and Mike Spicer, a 1:10 incentive variant continuing the connecting cover series by David Nakayama, a 1:25 incentive variant by Howard Porter and Romulo Fajardo Jr., and a 1:50 incentive variant by Pye Parr. 

The full list of variant covers is below: 

• TRANSFORMERS #20 Cover A by Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer (Lunar Code: 0325IM370) 
• TRANSFORMERS #20 Cover B by Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer (Lunar Code: 0325IM371) 
• TRANSFORMERS #20 Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive) (Connecting) by David Nakayama (Lunar Code: 0325IM372) 
• TRANSFORMERS #20 Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive) by Howard Porter & Romulo Fajardo Jr. (Lunar Code: 0325IM373) 
• TRANSFORMERS #20 Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive) by Pye Parr (Lunar Code: 0325IM374)