THE Energon Universe misplaced a fan favourite, like a Transformers character falls in battle within the final version of Void Rivals. The alien bounty hunter Skuxxoid solely appeared in just a few episodes of the unique cartoon, however his frequent appearances within the Energon Universe have made the minor Transformers character a fan favourite. Sadly, these followers could wish to brace themselves, as Skuxxoid's time in Skybound's new shared continuity has come to a definitive finish.
Coming from the artistic staff of Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, Patricio Delpeche and Rus Wooton, Rivals of the Void #16 begins with a battle between Skuxxoid and Cobra-La's forces. The earlier situation ended on a cliffhanger, with Skuxxoid capturing the Cobra-La ship despatched to declare struggle on Cybertron.
Skuxxoid finally ends up getting greater than he bargained for when Pythona and his Cobra-La guards emerge from their ship with their signature battle cry “Cobra-La-La-La”. Skuxxoid resists at first, however it doesn't take lengthy to the alien bounty hunter falls in fight, being lower in half by an enormous sword.
The small particulars of the Energon Universe are the rationale why Skuxxoid took on a lifetime of its personal and have become so fashionable in a comparatively quick time frame.
RIP Skuxxoid: A Transformers Fan Favourite Falls In Battle
Skuxxoid's recognition is a testomony to Skybound's reboot of the Energon universe
It's a loss of life that hurts, however it actually exhibits how Skybound and one another's artistic groups The e book Energon Universe constructed a brand new continuity that entails the reader emotionally. It's doubtless that many informal followers had by no means heard of Skuxxoid earlier than its debut in Void Rivals #3. The race of alien bounty hunters first appeared within the unique G1 Transformers cartoon, and barely appeared in any Transformers media. Nonetheless, his appearances within the Energon Universe added better depth to the character, reworking Skuxxoid from a bit half into a fascinating antihero.
THE Void Rivals The artistic staff labored onerous to show what may have been a throwaway Easter egg right into a well-developed character in its personal proper. All through his appearances in Void Rivalsreaders discovered that he labored as a bounty hunter to assist his spouse and kids. This storyline had a moderately poignant revelation in Void Rivals #9, the place Skuxxoid lastly arrived dwelling solely to disclose that his household is now not round. Little particulars like this are why Skuxxoid has taken on a lifetime of its personal and turn into so fashionable in a comparatively quick time frame.
Sure, the Energon Universe has a variety of deaths...
...However the finish of the Skuxxoid proves they weren't meant to shock
Some followers criticized the excessive variety of deaths within the Energon Universe books, however no deaths had been dedicated only for shock worth. It's straightforward to lose sight of the true value of violence in motion/journey fiction, however the deaths of beloved characters within the Energon Universe present how nice every loss is. Skuxxoid's loss of life within the final situation of Void Rivals hurtsand that's precisely how issues needs to be. It's a credit score to the artistic staff that loss of life in Energon Universe carries actual weight, making Void Rivals and the brand new period of Transformers one thing particular.
Void Rivals #16 is now out there from Skybound Leisure