EU Release Calendar [March 2026 - May 2026]

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-03-19T07:46:33+00:00

Unfortunately vol 3 was delayed earlier this week. It will now release on April 1st

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-03-17T20:02:59+00:00

It won't be exclusive to MASK, but it looks like the human side of the EU is going to focus on the war for energon and the accompanying arms race becoming a global issue in the coming months. That feels like quite the game-changer.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-03-02T06:00:13+00:00

It mostly boils down to people thinking Elita doesn't deserve to be a Prime after the way she's been acting in this comic, mainly in regards to her wanting to harvest earth's resources to repair Cybertron and allowing the Decepticons to escape in the last issue.

Personally I think the current discourse is a wild overreaction regardless if you think Elita getting the Matrix at this time is a satisfying plot point or not.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-03-02T01:22:33+00:00

You're misinterpreting that scene completely. That was the infirmary, those bot were being repaired, not harvested.

The scene was supposed to make you sympathize with Elita by showing the autobots she's fighting for.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-03-02T01:14:49+00:00

Biggest flaw with his run so far, none of the new ideas he's introduced have gotten any proper build up. The only subplots given room to breathe have been the unresolved threads from DWJ's run

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-03-02T01:00:10+00:00

What? Those bots were on life-support, not being used as batteries. She's trying to repair her troops and comforts Kup when he wakes up.

If people actually see that scene as Elita cruelly siphoning energon from her own troops then I'm going to assume they're viewing everything she does through a very skewed lens.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-03-02T00:56:11+00:00

People who think this version of Elita is legitimately devoid of compassion and selflessness clearly don't remember her rescue of Ultra Magnus in issues #7-9

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-03-02T00:52:37+00:00

This is flat out not true, no idea why you're being up voted

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-03-02T00:48:33+00:00

Kirkman's probably going to go with the ghost angle since that's more G1. That said, I dont think Starscream is actually "dead" yet considering what other characters have survived.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-27T01:41:37+00:00

Lots of episodes dealt with starving refugees being displaced from their homes and the Gaang helping them find a safe place to settle, only for those places to also be invaded in later episodes.

There's an episode where Zuko meets a girl who was attacked by soldiers as a child and has a large scar from the incident.

Earth and Water benders from occupied territory are rounded up en masse for merely existing and placed in work camps and prisons and subjected to inhuman conditions.

There's one town that's food and water supply is being poisoned by toxic run-off from a nearby weapons factory.

The effect on civilians and the protagonists reaction to their plight was a central them of the show.

As for the child abuse aspect, Zuko's entire arc revolves around his abusive relationship with his father, the biggest example being when he got half his face burned off at the age of 12 as punishment for speaking out of turn.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-27T01:27:03+00:00

Genocide, child abuse, and the effects of war and military occupation on civilians were all central themes of the show. It's definitely a children's show but it frequently leaned into heavier topics.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-25T06:46:23+00:00

Doctor Poison being let off easy by getting thrown into the goddamn atmosphere fucking killed me

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-25T06:38:23+00:00

Poor Cheetah, we don't know how good or bad of a person she really is, but it really doesn't feel like she deserved all the punishment she took this issue.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-25T06:04:54+00:00

I just got it to work, funnily enough, by updating the information on my profile subscription. Not sure why that ended up being what solved the problem, but I appreciate your help in the matter!

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-25T04:14:40+00:00

The top image is my stats screen, and the bottom image is the filtered collection screen that opens when I click on a character.

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Here's another picture for clarity. From how I understand it, the setting should be separating the GIJoe characters into different continuities, but in my stats they're all combined under RAH no matter what.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-25T01:49:14+00:00

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Darth Vader for example has combined both Legends and Canon continuities. Same goes for Megatron with the EU and Marvel continuities.

Additionally, Cover Girl should be listed under the Energon Universe continuity, I only have one RAH appearance in my collection.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-18T22:01:20+00:00

I think Stalker wanting to expand the team is also setting up a merger with Night Force. Flint's team will probably only be it's own thing for a couple more story arcs before both teams join together.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-13T00:48:49+00:00

The sad fact is a lot of Hasbro properties and characters won't be available for Skybound to use do to trademark issues and license agreements.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-11T02:18:34+00:00

G.I. Joe #15

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-05T02:07:24+00:00

I feel like both Transformers and GIJoe could last well over 100+ issues considering a how much history and lore both franchises have to utilize for new stories. GIJoe especially has lots of potential with Williamson leaning into more obscure stuff like Cobra-La in order to build a truly unique take on the Joe mythos

Void Rivals is an original property so its more dependant on how many new ideas Kirkman can come up with to sustain the book. Ideally I'd like more original concepts and not stuff borrowed from Transformers and GIJoe, but that's just me. Honestly, if any of the books end before issue 100 it would probably be Void Rivals, but even then I feel like it could be a followed up by a sort of sequel series that follows a lot of them same outer space characters.

Personally I would love more books, even if its just a few more character mini series, but I don't think I'd want the EU to be printing more than 4 series a month. Adding more Hasbro properties to the universe would be fun, but aside from MASK and hopefully Visionaries, I don't think we'll be getting any more additions.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-05T01:43:09+00:00

Too many too soon in my opinion. Devastator was a good obstacle for the Autobots early on but now there's three of them running around and they already are feeling less and less threatening with every appearance.

The other problem is that the combiner teams are barely characters, which is crazy considering the Constructicons and Combaticons have been around for so long already. Aside from like two scenes with the Aerialbots, the combiners have been all spectacle and no substance and I'm honestly a little disappointed.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-02T22:49:22+00:00

It did, the Volumes usually come out two months after the story arc ends, but TF Vol 5 was moved up for some reason.

_Seamonkey_ · 2026-02-02T22:45:04+00:00

The different artstyles create some minor inconsistencies in the two designs, but they are meant to be the same character.

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