IDW M.A.S.K. #3 Artist Edition Grimlock Variant Cover by Ron Joseph
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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!
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Posted by BumbleDouche on February 27th, 2017 @ 6:17am CST
Somebody call Magnus so he can punish IDW!
Posted by VanOscuro on February 27th, 2017 @ 4:12pm CST
Posted by Va'al on March 7th, 2017 @ 2:57am CST
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
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IDW’S biggest event continues with this collection of heroes tales from REVOLUTION!
Posted by Va'al on March 7th, 2017 @ 2:58am CST
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
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Don’t miss the REVOLUTION. All TRANSFORMERS stories are collected here!
Posted by Kurona on March 7th, 2017 @ 4:06am CST
Posted by dragons on March 7th, 2017 @ 7:15am CST
Transformers crossover transformers, gijoe crossovers changes things up for time to time fan of action man and mask
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 7th, 2017 @ 6:37pm CST
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.
Posted by Va'al on March 14th, 2017 @ 4:30am CDT
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
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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!
Posted by Va'al on March 14th, 2017 @ 4:36am CDT
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
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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!
Posted by ScottyP on March 14th, 2017 @ 6:23am CDT
Posted by Randomhero on March 14th, 2017 @ 6:48am CDT
Posted by YoungPrime on March 14th, 2017 @ 8:12am CDT
-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!
Posted by Kurona on March 14th, 2017 @ 8:22am CDT
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!"
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.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 14th, 2017 @ 9:11am CDT
Thankfully we have the IDW Hasbro Wiki to help out with that.Va'al wrote:We may not be offering full coverage of the Hasbro Universe over at IDW,
Posted by Amelie on March 14th, 2017 @ 9:55am CDT
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.
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!!!!
Posted by Va'al on March 14th, 2017 @ 11:42am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Thankfully we have the IDW Hasbro Wiki to help out with that.Va'al wrote:We may not be offering full coverage of the Hasbro Universe over at IDW,
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.
Posted by jogunwarrior on March 14th, 2017 @ 1:03pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 14th, 2017 @ 1:46pm CDT
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.
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.
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
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on March 14th, 2017 @ 3:01pm CDT
Posted by Microraptor on March 14th, 2017 @ 6:44pm CDT
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
Posted by ebonyleopard on March 14th, 2017 @ 10:20pm CDT
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!
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?
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.
Posted by ScottyP on March 16th, 2017 @ 10:38pm CDT
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? ;_;
Posted by Kurona on March 17th, 2017 @ 6:51am CDT
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.
Posted by Va'al on April 18th, 2017 @ 4:29am CDT
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
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Variant cover by Ben Marra!
Posted by dragons on April 18th, 2017 @ 7:40am CDT
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.
Posted by Big Grim on April 18th, 2017 @ 7:57am CDT
It's gotta be the least supported Hasbro product they have. "Crown Jewel" indeed.
The real jewels are the 10 year running comics line. You know, the ones with an award winning comic book? No? Silly me.
Posted by ScottyP on April 18th, 2017 @ 6:06pm CDT
Because Skywarp is literally a Joe. You indeed missed the following, I suppose -dragons wrote:Go joe news on transformers site did I miss something this would usually appear on hisstank not seibertron
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.
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.
Posted by Va'al on May 2nd, 2017 @ 4:06pm CDT
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
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New storyarc!
Variant cover by Tom Neely!
Posted by Hydrargyrus on May 2nd, 2017 @ 5:15pm CDT
Y'know, it kinda makes sense for Skywarp to be 'fighting for freedom', seeing as that was the original Deception sentiment.
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on May 2nd, 2017 @ 5:20pm CDT
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.
Posted by Sabrblade on May 2nd, 2017 @ 7:26pm CDT
Whatever the art can be called, it does no favors for Skywarp's face.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.
Posted by Lord Manhammer '74 on May 2nd, 2017 @ 9:18pm CDT
Posted by Bounti76 on May 2nd, 2017 @ 9:28pm CDT
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.
Posted by Nexus Knight on May 2nd, 2017 @ 9:38pm CDT
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.
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.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 2nd, 2017 @ 9:40pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 3rd, 2017 @ 2:15am CDT
G.I. Joe was the basis for Takara's Henshin Cyborg, which lead to Microman. Later, Microman inspired Diaclone and the two would lead to the foundation of Transformers.
I'll let you guys figure out how the rest of the lines relate to all this.
Posted by President-prime on May 3rd, 2017 @ 10:24am CDT
Posted by ebonyleopard on May 3rd, 2017 @ 8:42pm CDT