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Amazon.com has listed Revolution: Aw Yeah! for pre-orders. The book is a retelling of the IDW Revolution story for a younger audience from Baron Karza's perspective, and is scheduled to be released on October 24, 2017. Artwork and Story by Art Baltazar.

Meanwhile in the Microspace, the evil Baron Karza searches for a magical ancient relic that is rumored to be ultimate power of all existence. His search leads him to the Transformers Universe! Baron Karza's plan is to attack the Transformers’ leader…OPTIMUS PRIME! How can he do this? He’s so tiny and the Autobots are so huge! Never underestimate his micro power of evil

Product Details
Age Range: 7 - 10 years
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Series: Revolution
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: IDW Publishing (October 24, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1631409875
ISBN-13: 978-1631409875

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Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1857706)
Posted by Nexus Knight on February 7th, 2017 @ 2:23pm CST

True product definition-
Remember Revolution, the crossover that often seemed like its purpose was to throw your childhood at you without care for story? Well, now you can buy this book to confusing the ever living daylights outta your kids! Now you and your family can sit around wondering, "what the hell did I just read?", together! ;)^

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1857707)
Posted by Va'al on February 7th, 2017 @ 2:25pm CST

Nexus Knight wrote:True product definition-
Remember Revolution, the crossover that often seemed like its purpose was to throw your childhood at you without care for story? Well, now you can buy this book to confusing the ever living daylights outta your kids! Now you and your family can sit around wondering, "what the hell did I just read?", together!

But it'll be cute and evil cute and angry cute in the process!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1857715)
Posted by Kurona on February 7th, 2017 @ 3:04pm CST

Once again, Action Man is almost completely excised from Revolution... seriously, even if not considering his minimal appearance in what I can only just barely call 'the story', he has barely any appearance in advertising in marketing. I guess showing off one of the two good new comics isn't as important as all these amazing, totally-not-boring G.I. Joe characters, right?

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1863150)
Posted by Va'al on February 26th, 2017 @ 3:15pm CST

We all know that a number of new IDW Publishing comics came out of the Revolution crossover event, involving a whole scoopful of Hasbro licensed properties - we cover Revolutionaries and GI Joe regularly, given their ties to the Transformers, but there is also ROM the SpaceKnight, Micronauts, and MASK who take a bit of a backburner on the Hasbro Universe material, though still carry some mythos elements with them as part of Reconstruction and probably the upcoming Earthwar.

The long preamble is to introduce a pretty cool variant cover for M.A.S.K. #3, artist edition by Ron Joseph, featuring Dinobot Grimlock! Who does not appear in the issue. As the cover says. Check it out below nonetheless!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1863238)
Posted by BumbleDouche on February 27th, 2017 @ 6:17am CST

Under sub-section 11(3) of the Autobot Code (Appendix D: Entertainment), it is an offense to feature on the cover of a publication a character who does not appear therein.

Somebody call Magnus so he can punish IDW!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1863299)
Posted by VanOscuro on February 27th, 2017 @ 4:12pm CST

Why is he on a cover if he's not in the story?

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1864863)
Posted by Va'al on March 7th, 2017 @ 2:57am CST

Out this Wednesday with IDW Publishing is the paperback collecting the tie-in stories to the Hasbro Universe crossover event Revolution - or at least, all the ones not containing too many Transformers: Action Man, MASK, GI Joe, Micronauts and Rom the Spaceknight, all under the name Revolution: Heroes. Check out the opening pages below, and head to our database for more info!

Revolution: Heroes
Brandon Easton, Cullen Bunn, Chris Ryall, Christos Gage, Aubrey Sitterson, John Barber (w) • Tony Vargas, Chris Panda, Ron Joseph, Giannis Milonogiannis, Paolo Villanelli (a) • Brandon Peterson (c)
The Revolution spreads across the world of M.A.S.K., Micronauts, Rom, G.I. JOE, and Action Man! The origin of M.A.S.K.! The Micronauts make a HUGE discovery that will transform everything! The Dire Wraiths stalk a lone stranger! G.I. JOE is back, led by Scarlett and joining the fray! And, the U.K.’s top field agent tracks down the mystery of ORE-13! Collects the M.A.S.K., Micronauts, Rom, G.I. JOE, and Action Man Revolution One-Shots.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 120 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-841-0

Bullet points:
IDW’S biggest event continues with this collection of heroes tales from REVOLUTION!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1864864)
Posted by Va'al on March 7th, 2017 @ 2:58am CST

The second collected trade out this week from IDW Publishing is the Transformers-related Revolution tie-ins, plus the one leftover book from the previous year - the Holiday Special 2015! Check out a preview of the trade below, and head to our database for more info on each story.

Revolution: Transformers—SPOTLIGHT
Mairghread Scott, James Roberts, John Barber, Nick Roche (w) • Andrew Griffith, Naoto Tsushima, Alex Milne, Corin Howell, Kotteri, Josh Burcham (a) • Marcelo Matere (c)
The Revolution continues in The Transformers! Thundercracker and Buster save the World! A White House under siege by Dire Wraiths! Windblade on Earth! And a date with destiny for Krok, Crankcase, Fulcrum, Spinister, and Misfire! Collects The Transformers, More Than Meets The Eye, and Till All Are One Revolution One-Shots plus the 2015 Holiday Special.
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-842-7

Bullet points:
Don’t miss the REVOLUTION. All TRANSFORMERS stories are collected here!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1864877)
Posted by Kurona on March 7th, 2017 @ 4:06am CST

Revolution: Transformers is highly, highly recommended and easily the best thing to come out of Revolution. Thundercracker's story is short and sweet and kinda shows how far the character's come... and then MTMTE: Revolution is a hilarious deconstruction and satire of franchise crossovers and brand recognition.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1864897)
Posted by dragons on March 7th, 2017 @ 7:15am CST

Mostly be buying this for
Transformers crossover transformers, gijoe crossovers changes things up for time to time fan of action man and mask

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1865042)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 7th, 2017 @ 6:37pm CST

The Transformers Revolution Spotlight is the only comic I'm buying from Revolution. The rest was atrocious and I'm not a fan of anything other than Action Man really.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1865149)
Posted by Amelie on March 8th, 2017 @ 9:06am CST

Va'al wrote:[center][url=https://static.seibertron.com/images/comics/uploads/1488834590-reh1.jpg]

I'd love the Scarlett part of this cover as a poster.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866417)
Posted by Va'al on March 14th, 2017 @ 4:30am CDT

We may not be offering full coverage of the Hasbro Universe over at IDW, but some aspects will necessarily come up - like Revolutionaries, with Blackrock and Kup, and in the case of this post, G.I. Joe (The Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe - TCJHU), as Skywarp in not only on the cover, but also part of the team! Check out a preview below of issue #3 of the new ongoing (TCJHU), and check out our database entries for more info about the series so far.

G.I. JOE #3
Aubrey Sitterson (w) • Giannis Milonogiannis (a) • Aaron Conley (c)
Roadblock and the Joe field team set out to free Inner Mongolia from the grip of the Dreadnoks and Crystal Ball's eldritch abilities, as Lady Jaye & Gung-Ho run up against a familiar enemy in Athens. Plus, a startling revelation about one of the Joe team's oldest, most revered members–one that changes absolutely everything!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
Spinning directly out of the events of IDW’s Revolution event!
It's the Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe, from the critically acclaimed creative team of Aubrey Sitterson and Giannis Milonogiannis!
Variant cover by Brandon Graham!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866418)
Posted by Va'al on March 14th, 2017 @ 4:36am CDT

Similarly to the Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe, M.A.S.K. is part of this new shared world over on at IDW Publishing, and the technology they use is part of Cybertronian tech too - and there is a special robot guest in the 2017 annual of the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand team, and art by Transformers star Andrew Griffith. Check out a preview below, and check our database if you're curious about the series!

M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand Annual #1
David A. Rodriguez (w) • Andrew Griffith (a & c)
The M.A.S.K and G.I. Joe teams are put to the ultimate test as they join forces in a desperate, world-spanning, quest to keep V.E.N.O.M from harnessing the power of a stolen meteorite before its strange power can be used to dominate the world!
FC • 48 pages • $7.99

Bullet points:
The Annual Offensive is here!
Re-imagining the original television pilot, “The Deathstone”, for the new comic book age!
The origin of Cliff Dagger revealed!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866424)
Posted by ScottyP on March 14th, 2017 @ 6:23am CDT

TCJHU? I chuckled, well done :MATTEL:

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866426)
Posted by Randomhero on March 14th, 2017 @ 6:48am CDT

Well it's nice to see Astrotrain made it back to Esther alive...kinda...sorta...maybe

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866434)
Posted by YoungPrime on March 14th, 2017 @ 8:12am CDT

..........I hate these Transformer crossovers with books that only have humans. The premise is always the same.

-Heroic Autobots going out of their way to save stupid, ungrateful, humans.

-Decepticons with ongoing connection with humans become big dumb oafs who have turned a new leaf.

OR

-Sunstreaker, Ramjet, Dirge, Blitzwing, SkyWarp and now Astrotrain becoming some uninteresting human Tyrant or boring team of human's new pet weapon's plot, in order to...blah, blah, blah!

I get that it's Earth and you can't rule out humans completely but this was crap that put people off during Costa's era, making RID and MTMTE based on cybertron and outer space a breath of fresh air.

Now they're back on Earth and overdoing it with crossovers with human characters I couldn't care less about killing or picking apart popular Autobots and Decepticons characters I actually do like!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866436)
Posted by Kurona on March 14th, 2017 @ 8:22am CDT

To be fair Sunstorm died on Cybertron. Shame, really.

And while I generally share the same view a lot of the time, I actually feel that RiD/Transformers/OP is handling things in a very interesting way since there are humans who are legitimately in favour of Optimus and the Autobots... and those that do have concerns mostly have them for very good reasons considering both AHM and the sort of person Optimus has become and is becoming.

The biggest problem has been just how forceful the Revolution event was, but I think OP has handled it in the best way so far - essentially just using G.I.Joe as a way to give some identity to the military that inevitably gets involved; and absorbing their own staple human characters (Talon, Spike etc.) into those G.I. Joe ranks along with a couple actually established Joes. It makes it feel less like a forced crossover and more just, "this is what our military interacting with Optimus is like now and you can find out more about them in their own book".

At least it doesn't feel the need to have Jetfire or Stormclash say "Look, guys! We've got the CROWN JEWEL OF THE HASBRO UNIVERSE incoming!"

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866437)
Posted by Va'al on March 14th, 2017 @ 8:25am CDT

Kurona wrote:At least it doesn't feel the need to have Jetfire or Stormclash say "Look, guys! We've got the CROWN JEWEL OF THE HASBRO UNIVERSE incoming!"

Just you wait.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866451)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 14th, 2017 @ 9:11am CDT

Va'al wrote:We may not be offering full coverage of the Hasbro Universe over at IDW,

Thankfully we have the IDW Hasbro Wiki to help out with that. ;)^

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866459)
Posted by Amelie on March 14th, 2017 @ 9:55am CDT

I can't say I'm at all happy about the whole Hasbro Universe being one thing. I really have an intense dislike for ROM, M.A.S.K and Micronauts and can't say I'm in love with GI Joe enough to want it in my Transformers, either.

Though I'm of a similar disposition when it comes to a lot of other comic books as well - once things become a cooking pot of several titles it just feels like any suspension of disbelief gets tossed out the window as a merry-go-round of heroes carousel around the story.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866464)
Posted by YoungPrime on March 14th, 2017 @ 10:24am CDT

Amelie wrote:I can't say I'm at all happy about the whole Hasbro Universe being one thing. I really have an intense dislike for ROM, M.A.S.K and Micronauts and can't say I'm in love with GI Joe enough to want it in my Transformers, either.

Though I'm of a similar disposition when it comes to a lot of other comic books as well - once things become a cooking pot of several titles it just feels like any suspension of disbelief gets tossed out the window as a merry-go-round of heroes carousel around the story.

This!!!!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866485)
Posted by Va'al on March 14th, 2017 @ 11:42am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Va'al wrote:We may not be offering full coverage of the Hasbro Universe over at IDW,
Thankfully we have the IDW Hasbro Wiki to help out with that.

You misunderstand. We have a database with everything in it, I just cannot be arsed to review all of it because it really isn't good enough to warrant it.

It's just not worth any effort.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866514)
Posted by jogunwarrior on March 14th, 2017 @ 1:03pm CDT

I haven't read an IDW GI Joe comic in a long time and this preview reminds me why. Utter garbage.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866527)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 14th, 2017 @ 1:46pm CDT

Well, somehow Astrotrain's head made it back. funny how the head has become the popular thing to find nowadays.

I also agree with the HU stuff. I don't like GI Joe much, have no interest in Micronauts, ROM, or MASK, and they still have Blitzwing, Skywarp, and now Astrotain. lame.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866529)
Posted by Kurona on March 14th, 2017 @ 1:54pm CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Well, somehow Astrotrain's head made it back. funny how the head has become the popular thing to find nowadays.

I also agree with the HU stuff. I don't like GI Joe much, have no interest in Micronauts, ROM, or MASK, and they still have Blitzwing, Skywarp, and now Astrotain. lame.

To be fair those three are essentially bit-players.

Oh, sure, they were always on Megatron's main little squad; but they never really got any focus or character. For what it's worth, MASK and GI Joe might as well have gotten Rippersnapper or Slog or G2 Volt.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866530)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 14th, 2017 @ 1:56pm CDT

Kurona wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Well, somehow Astrotrain's head made it back. funny how the head has become the popular thing to find nowadays.

I also agree with the HU stuff. I don't like GI Joe much, have no interest in Micronauts, ROM, or MASK, and they still have Blitzwing, Skywarp, and now Astrotain. lame.

To be fair those three are essentially bit-players.

Oh, sure, they were always on Megatron's main little squad; but they never really got any focus or character. For what it's worth, MASK and GI Joe might as well have gotten Rippersnapper or Slog or G2 Volt.

Yeah, but Skywarp was getting a decent background storyline throughout the RiD season 2, Astrotrain is my favorite G1 con, and Blitzwing is still just strung up. I want them back with the Transformers, not in the other stories, because I just don't care for those stories.

I am thoroughly enjoying Revolutionaries though, mainly cause of Action man and Kup

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866544)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 14th, 2017 @ 3:01pm CDT

Astrotrain's head? Ok, I'm in. I'll be buying this one.

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Posted by Microraptor on March 14th, 2017 @ 6:44pm CDT

Could this relate to headmasters in some way?

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866596)
Posted by Soundwave902 on March 14th, 2017 @ 9:59pm CDT

Microraptor wrote:Could this relate to headmasters in some way?

Most likely relates to the Titan Masters

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866600)
Posted by ebonyleopard on March 14th, 2017 @ 10:20pm CDT

When MASK does a better job GI Joeing than GI JOE.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866637)
Posted by Va'al on March 15th, 2017 @ 5:29am CDT

Ebonyleopard wrote:When MASK does a better job GI Joeing than GI JOE.

Ha!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866641)
Posted by lowman_x on March 15th, 2017 @ 5:47am CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Kurona wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Well, somehow Astrotrain's head made it back. funny how the head has become the popular thing to find nowadays.

I also agree with the HU stuff. I don't like GI Joe much, have no interest in Micronauts, ROM, or MASK, and they still have Blitzwing, Skywarp, and now Astrotain. lame.

To be fair those three are essentially bit-players.

Oh, sure, they were always on Megatron's main little squad; but they never really got any focus or character. For what it's worth, MASK and GI Joe might as well have gotten Rippersnapper or Slog or G2 Volt.

Yeah, but Skywarp was getting a decent background storyline throughout the RiD season 2, Astrotrain is my favorite G1 con, and Blitzwing is still just strung up. I want them back with the Transformers, not in the other stories, because I just don't care for those stories.

I am thoroughly enjoying Revolutionaries though, mainly cause of Action man and Kup

Wait. They have Skywarp? Who has Skywarp? How and when did they get Skywarp?

So now that's two triple changers gathered by the humans. I wonder if that's coincidence?

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1866645)
Posted by Kurona on March 15th, 2017 @ 6:05am CDT

lowman_x wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Kurona wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Well, somehow Astrotrain's head made it back. funny how the head has become the popular thing to find nowadays.

I also agree with the HU stuff. I don't like GI Joe much, have no interest in Micronauts, ROM, or MASK, and they still have Blitzwing, Skywarp, and now Astrotain. lame.

To be fair those three are essentially bit-players.

Oh, sure, they were always on Megatron's main little squad; but they never really got any focus or character. For what it's worth, MASK and GI Joe might as well have gotten Rippersnapper or Slog or G2 Volt.

Yeah, but Skywarp was getting a decent background storyline throughout the RiD season 2, Astrotrain is my favorite G1 con, and Blitzwing is still just strung up. I want them back with the Transformers, not in the other stories, because I just don't care for those stories.

I am thoroughly enjoying Revolutionaries though, mainly cause of Action man and Kup

Wait. They have Skywarp? Who has Skywarp? How and when did they get Skywarp?

So now that's two triple changers gathered by the humans. I wonder if that's coincidence?

Skywarp turncoated and agreed to help Blackrock escape in one of the last issues of Transformers (before the OP name change) likely because of extreme abuse from Galvatron but not wanting to go over to the Autobots and/or Soundwave. He was secured as an 'asset' of the government and promptly picked up by G.I. Joe where he now cameos shows up occasionally really feels like he's only there and given a couple token panels to give the illusion of a wider universe stars in their book; working with them in exchange for getting his Teleportation power working properly again.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1867237)
Posted by ScottyP on March 16th, 2017 @ 10:38pm CDT

Should've just named Micronauts "Diaclone" and given them driver suits and some vehicles. I've posted this before, I realize.

On the other hand, I had an epiphany this week that the three TF ongoings really aren't affected by any of the Hasbro stuff right in this immediate moment. If you think the GI Joes in OP prove that, you're either not reading it or don't remember much from exRiD/TF or the Costa run.

Put another way, I understand being put off my their larger marketing approach but if you cut through the hype there's not much to be sour about. I think there's a pretty good balance of stuff leaving other stuff be.

Upset about a character? Understandable, but it's a big world even with just TFs and consider the alternative of them getting out up on a shelf only to get pulled out for a bit role twice a year at best. Skywarp fan that hates his current role? Upset that Kup is pals with Action Man? As a big fan of Grimlock let me play my tiny violin for you. Five issues in five years now? ;_;

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1867274)
Posted by Kurona on March 17th, 2017 @ 6:51am CDT

Hasbro doesn't really interfere with IDW until the start of a new line - so the starts of Thrilling 30, Combiner Wars and Titans Return were the only times it was visible. Even Bruticus, Sky Reign and Galvatronus don't feel like IDW needed to do it to appease Hasbro, but just something they wanted to do and saw the opportunity for.

Sometimes it works out happily. Thrilling 30 worked out almost perfectly; the whole point of the story at the time was that so many characters were returning to Cybertron and there'd be new main characters to deal with. Thrilling 30 essentially just told them which characters those were - and even better, this was easily one of the most diverse lines in years as it drew on all different areas of the franchise. Even other things like Starscream looking like Armada Starscream worked out because it's friggin' Starscream, of course the narcissistic fuck would get a new body as soon as he's crowned king.

... and then, sometimes, it's Combiner Wars. But I've rambled on enough for one post; I'm not sure I need to explain why what happened with Devastator and Prowl was not a smooth transition and clearly wouldn't have happened if not for the toys.

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Posted by Va'al on April 18th, 2017 @ 4:29am CDT

If you've been following promotional material, you'll know that The Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe is due for another issue this week, as IDW Publishing releases issue #4 of G.I. Joe - now featuring extra Skywarp! Check out below a full sparkling preview, and let us know if you're reading the series what you think of it so far.

G.I. JOE #4
Aubrey Sitterson (w) • Giannis Milonogiannis (a) • Aaron Conley (c)
Outnumbered and outgunned, the G.I. Joe field team hits the road with a captive and ranting Crystal Ball, but the Dreadnoks are hot on their heels! Meanwhile, Lady Jaye & Gung-Ho, with their cover blown, struggle to fight their way out of Athens. And a terrifying new threat rears its head in the Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe! From the explosive creative team of Aubrey Sitterson (Street Fighter x G.I. Joe) and Giannis Milonogiannis (Prophet).
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
Variant cover by Ben Marra!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1875157)
Posted by dragons on April 18th, 2017 @ 7:40am CDT

Go joe news on transformers site did I miss something this would usually appear on hisstank not seibertron

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Posted by Kurona on April 18th, 2017 @ 7:42am CDT

dragons wrote:Go joe news on transformers site did I miss something this would usually appear on hisstank not seibertron

Simple - Skywarp's in it.

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Posted by Big Grim on April 18th, 2017 @ 7:57am CDT

Surely we gotta have news on "The Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe" right? I mean, you see G.I. Joe stuff everywhere, right?

It's gotta be the least supported Hasbro product they have. "Crown Jewel" indeed. :HEADHURTS:

The real jewels are the 10 year running comics line. You know, the ones with an award winning comic book? No? Silly me.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1875314)
Posted by ScottyP on April 18th, 2017 @ 6:06pm CDT

dragons wrote:Go joe news on transformers site did I miss something this would usually appear on hisstank not seibertron

Because Skywarp is literally a Joe. You indeed missed the following, I suppose -

The Transformers comics are now canonically taking place in the same universe as the following Hasbro franchises: G.I. Joe, Rom, M.A.S.K., Micronauts, Action Man, Jem and The Holograms (The Misfits too by association), and they've hinted strongly at Visionaries and Inhumanoids joining the party by year's end.

Oh and TF: Hearts of Steel is somehow involved too.

It's a brave new world. Some of the books are good, some are terrible, but if they can get this scheduling backlog sorted it may just ramp up into one hell of a ride.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1876330)
Posted by Heckfire on April 22nd, 2017 @ 6:46am CDT

ScottyP wrote:The Transformers comics are now canonically taking place in the same universe as the following Hasbro franchises: G.I. Joe, Rom, M.A.S.K., Micronauts, Action Man, Jem and The Holograms (The Misfits too by association), and they've hinted strongly at Visionaries and Inhumanoids joining the party by year's end.

Spoilers, as of G.I.Joe #4 that last one is no longer a "by the year's end" thing. Anyone else looking forward to some hot combiner-on-kaiju action..?

..and yes, I AM aware its design is based on a Fluffy from "Pyramid of Darkness" and is even called out as "Fatal Fluffy" in the back of the book...the Fluffies were also never subterranean or building-sized in the cartoon, so I'm reasonably sure Metlar's been doing some recruiting since the 80s.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1878790)
Posted by Va'al on May 2nd, 2017 @ 4:06pm CDT

Coming up this week from IDW Publishing is another instalment of the Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe - GI Joe #5! Given Skywarp's more significant than usual involvement, we'll also be trying to cover this issue in review form as well, so keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com once the book is out.

G.I. JOE #5
Aubrey Sitterson (w) • Giannis Milonogiannis (a) • Aaron Conley (c)
MONSTERS! G.I. JOE has fought Cobra, the Dreadnoks and more, but never before have they faced a threat like this: Gigantic, heaving abominations crawling up from the depths of the Earth itself. As teams of Joes struggle to respond to the unpredictable attacks, Scarlett must decide what to do with the enemy in the team's midst. Plus, the G.I. JOE leader reveals a troubling secret to her second-in-command, Roadblock.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
New storyarc!
Variant cover by Tom Neely!

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1878797)
Posted by Hydrargyrus on May 2nd, 2017 @ 5:15pm CDT

Well... Skywarp is still Skywarp.
Y'know, it kinda makes sense for Skywarp to be 'fighting for freedom', seeing as that was the original Deception sentiment.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1878800)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on May 2nd, 2017 @ 5:20pm CDT

If it is the Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe, why don't they use a better artist?

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1878809)
Posted by ricemazter on May 2nd, 2017 @ 6:37pm CDT

Nik Hero wrote:If it is the Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe, why don't they use a better artist?

I don't think the art is necessarily bad. It's just cartoonish, which I think works for a book where a parrot is wearing a scuba diving helmet while a giant robot fights an aquatic Minotaur.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1878813)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 2nd, 2017 @ 7:26pm CDT

ricemazter wrote:
Nik Hero wrote:If it is the Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe, why don't they use a better artist?

I don't think the art is necessarily bad. It's just cartoonish, which I think works for a book where a parrot is wearing a scuba diving helmet while a giant robot fights an aquatic Minotaur.

Whatever the art can be called, it does no favors for Skywarp's face. :SICK:

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1878822)
Posted by Lord Manhammer '74 on May 2nd, 2017 @ 9:18pm CDT

When I first read the solicits for the issue, I was hoping for the hideous monsters from beneath the Earth to be another specific Evil That Lies Within from the Hasbro pantheon ? Although I'm glad to see king sized Fluffies.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1878824)
Posted by Bounti76 on May 2nd, 2017 @ 9:28pm CDT

"Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe".

Did I miss something? :???:

Does it genuinely sell better than other Hasbro-based properties? My guess is no. I'm sure I'm a bit biased, but when IDW has been publishing their TF comics/G1 universe for almost 12 years now, and had two ongoing titles for nearly 5 years each.....and GI Joe has had a spotty publication history over that same time period....

When you self-promote by referring to your book as "The Crown Jewel" of the shared universe, then you're not what you claim you are. At all.

Re: Revolution: Aw Yeah! Listed on Amazon (1878826)
Posted by Nexus Knight on May 2nd, 2017 @ 9:38pm CDT

So why do many doubt that GI Joe is the "Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe"?

Maybe because it's because they created a superfuel that just about everyone is going af- No, no, wait, that was Shockwave that created the Ore-13, a Transformer.

Well, maybe they had a space adventure that has expanded the univ- Crap, no. The Transformers, a highly advanced race with spacefaring capabilities have been doing that for years.

Hey, maybe they inspired the creation of advanced military tech like the M.A.S.K. ve- Halt. Nope, that was mainly in response to the multiple Transformers conflicts that took place on Earth.

Wait! Maybe, just maybe, they fought Cobra in a war the killed off hundreds of millions o- Dammit, that large death count (something I wouldn't even want to advertise for the "Crown Jewel" though) was a consequence of an invasion by a Transformers faction.

Maybe it has to do with the fact G.I. Joe's book have been going non-stop with multiple books ongo- Ah, blasted it all. That would be the (wait for it) Transformers. G.I. Joe's books kept getting cancelled, while Transformers have kept going on strong.

Soooo... wait, there is absolutely no good reason for IDW to label the series as such? Well, now I get it. :HEADHURTS:

Bounti76 wrote:"Crown Jewel of the Hasbro Universe".

Did I miss something? Does it genuinely sell better than other Hasbro-based properties? My guess is no. I'm sure I'm a bit biased, but when IDW has been publishing their TF comics/G1 universe for almost 12 years now, and had two ongoing titles for nearly 5 years each.....and GI Joe has had a spotty publication history over that same time period....

When you self-promote by referring to your book as "The Crown Jewel" of the shared universe, then you're not what you claim you are. At all.

You type so much faster than me. I didn't see your comment when I began typing.

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