Transformers/Back to the Future

Transformers/Back to the Future is a four-issue crossover comic miniseries from IDW Publishing that debuted in October 2020. The series is a crossover event to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Transformers franchise by Hasbro and the Back to the Future films by Universal Pictures.[1][2]

Transformers/Back to the Future
Cover A for issue #1 by Juan Samu.
Publication information
PublisherIDW Publishing
FormatLimited series
GenreCrossover
Science fiction
Publication dateOctober 7, 2020 — present
No. of issues4
Main character(s)Transformers (Hasbro)
Back to the Future (Universal Pictures)
Creative team
Written byCavan Scott
Penciller(s)Juan Samu
Letterer(s)Neil Uyetake
Colorist(s)David García Cruz
Editor(s)David Marriotte
Chase Marotz

Premise

Following the events of the first film, Marty McFly finally returns home to Hill Valley in 1985, while Doc Brown departs with the DeLorean time machine. Meanwhile, the Autobots and Decepticons fought to control the time machine. Unexpedted for Marty, he wakes up in a dystopic present when the Decepticons killed most of the Autobots and successfully ruled the Earth, with Megatron having Biff Tannen as his second in command. Luckily, a time-traveling Cybertronian named Gigawatt qsearches Marty for help. After a tough and confusing encounter with Starscream, Marty decides trusting Gigawatt, who is joined by Skilz, another Cybertronian disguised as Marty's Hoverboard. The group meets the surviving Autobots lead by Rodimus Prime, who reveals that Doc was unintentionally responsible for the chain of events: when he traveled forward to the year 2015, he met Decepticon Rumble, who survived his encounter in 1985. Doc befriended Rumble, unaware of the latter's agenda. When the DeLorean was completely repaired, Rumble used it to travel back to 1974, using Biff to develop Energon supplies for Megatron's arrival. Gigawatt then revels he used to be a Decepticon, but after having enough with Megatron abusing and murdering other human workers, he trans-scanned the Delorean and escaped, but his flux capacitator was damaged in the process and in order to fix it, they need Doc, who is somewhere forming his own resistance.

Publication history

Comic book

The Transformers/Back to the Future series is being written by Cavan Scott, and illustrated by Juan Samu, as part of the 35th anniversary of Hasbro's Transformers and Universal Pictures' Back to the Future.[1]

Toy

As part of the Transformers Collaborative toy line, Hasbro released a toy figure based on the original character Gigawatt, which is based on the DeLorean time machine.[2]

Characters
Main articles: List of Transformers characters and List of Back to the Future characters
Transformers characters Back to the Future characters Original characters
  • Gigawatt
  • Skilz

Issues
Issue # Written by Drawn by Coloured by Publication date
1 Cavan Scott Juan Samu David García Cruz October 7, 2020
2 Cavan Scott Juan Samu David García Cruz December 23, 2020
3 Cavan Scott Juan Samu David García Cruz February 24, 2021
4 Cavan Scott Juan Samu David García Cruz March 31, 2021

Reception
Issue # Publication date Critic rating Critic reviews Ref.
1 October 7, 2020 8.7/10 8 [3]
2 December 23, 2020 6.0/10 1 [4]
3 January 6, 2021 TBA TBA TBA
4 January 27, 2021 TBA TBA TBA
Overall N/A 7.3/10 9 [5]

Collected editions
Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Transformers/Back to the Future
  • Transformers/Back to the Future #1−4
  • Bonus material
 April 21, 2021 1684058015, 978-1684058013

References
  1. "Back To The Future and Transformers Get Their Own Comics Crossover". ScreenRant. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  2. July 2020, George Marston 02. "Back to the Future crosses over with Transformers for its 35th anniversary". Newsarama. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  3. "Transformers/Back to the Future #1 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  4. "Transformers/Back to the Future #2 Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  5. "Transformers/Back to the Future Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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