Phil Jimenez's JLA/Transformers crossover pitch was undeniably 'epic'

Phil Jimenez's JLA/Transformers crossover pitch was undeniably 'epic'

From the annals of 'Oh, What Might've Been' comes this doozy, courtesy of Brian Michael Bendis: art from Phil Jimenez 's pitch for a Justice League/Transformers crossover that, for some reason, never came about.

'Oh, what an epic that would have been,' Jimenez wrote last night on Twitter, saying to one follower, 'You missed out on Wonder Woman's invisible jet becoming a very cool Transformer.' You can get a peek of that in the image above, along with an enormous Bat-former and, perhaps best of all, Optimus Prime as a Green Lantern. (He added this morning, 'Giving credit where credit is due: the idea for Optimus Prime as a GL was none other than [IDW Publishing Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall's].'

Jimenez also dusted off another piece of art featuring Prime wielding his power ring and Megatron clutching Superman's tattered cape, which you can see below. Hopefully the artist will offer more details about the pitch, and why it never went anywhere.

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Optimus Prime + Green Lantern. My mind is blown.

While I'm usually not a fan of Jimenez but sweet god it's refreshing to see the DC characters actually look like themselves instead of Wildstorm characters failing at cosplay. Good to see non Bayformed Transformers to.

Sounds like it would have been something fun and unpretentious. The idea of Prime and Superman teaming up would be many a childhood afternoon spent mixing my Super Powers collection with other toylines come to life for me. I even had once had a 'plot' where Brainiac took over a Shogun warrior (Great Mazinger actually). lol.

Damn, that is some great art and probably would have been a fun read. Could you just imagine hearing Peter Cullen saying the Green Lantern oath in his Optimus voice.

I would have loved to have read this, to bad, so sad.

I'm just going to blame this for not happening on DC because they are against fun. This needs to be revived and fast.

W.W. with an invisible Jet/Transformer..brilliant !

DO THIS NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW !!!!
WTF DC!? Marvel is circling you like VULTURES_ a CROSSOVER THIS EPIC would have REVIVED INTEREST IN ALL OF YOUR CHARACTERS!!! Who are your marketing people?! What the hell are they doing?!
DO THIS!!!

I would have loved to have read this, I'd buy it in a second. The artwork is great and I'm a sucker for anything Transformers, especially crossovers. And really why not, IDW and DC already published that Legion/Star Trek crossover so why not something that's actually cool?!

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