Warning! Spoilers for Transformers #15An Autobot just made their debut in Transformers' new Energon Universe continuity, but they’re destroyed as soon as they appear, as Starscream’s new faction officially enters the Autobot / Decepticon war. The stakes continue to grow for the Robots in Disguise, and with three factions of Cybertronians waging war on Earth, things are looking ever more grim for humanity.

Coming from the creative team of Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona, Sarah Stern, and Rus Wooton, Transformers #15 returns readers to the main story after the brief two-issue arc focusing on Starscream. Following the cataclysmic events of Transformers’ second arc, the Autobots are looking for allies, which they find in their comatose ally, the classic G1 Transformer Trailbreaker.

Although Wheeljack plans to revivify Trailbreaker, the comatose Autobot is destroyed before any work can be completed, as “Starscream’s Brigade” enters the scene just in time for a...