IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency
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There has been an update in the Amazon listing for the second collected volume IDW Publishing's Revolutionaries ongoing series, first reported here. The book will be out much later this year, and will apparently lead into the wider story that John Barber mentioned in our ScottyP's interview with him and Dave Hedgecock (you can listen to it here).
The big news in the change? It looks like we're headed to another crossover event somewhere later this year: Insurgency! What do you make of this news? Check out the description below, and let us know in the Energon Pub!
The team-up of the year continues as the TRANSFORMERS' Kup and Blackrock, G.I. JOE's Mayday, and Action Man join forces with the likes of Optimus Prime, Sgt. Savage, and more to unravel the secrets of the newly-formed shared universe! Leading in to the next major crossover, Hasbro's INSURGENCY!
Continuing the adventures of the first volume of Revolutionaries, the team has the Talisman, a mysterious object with fantastic powers that dates back to when Transformers first visited the Earth. Now they just need to figure out why their enemies want it so badly! It's a jam-packed action-adventure that's full of twists, turns and a little bit of time-travel as our heroes make powerful allies from the past in hopes of saving their present! Featuring the talents of Hasbro-expert writer, John Barber, who artfully weaves the backstory of the entire universe closer and introduces fan-favorite characters and stories to a much larger audience! Also featuring the talents of master artists like Fico Ossio, Guido Guidi, and Ron Joseph! Bridging the gap between the first major Hasbro event, Revolution, and the newest crossover, Insurgency!
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Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1872785)
Posted by Randomhero on April 8th, 2017 @ 10:07am CDT
Posted by Randomhero on April 8th, 2017 @ 10:07am CDT
I'm sure it'll be a fun read. They learned a lot from revolution and I'm hoping it'll please people more than it did. Personally I liked Revolution a lot but I do wish when they do cross over events it'd be handled like the Infestation and Mars Attacks which they kinda did with revolution in ways but where they just have special books instead of intertwining them with the main books. To each his own though, bring it on!
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Posted by Carnivius_Prime on April 8th, 2017 @ 11:12am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on April 8th, 2017 @ 11:12am CDT
i want some movie comics. :/
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Posted by Va'al on April 8th, 2017 @ 11:26am CDT
Posted by Va'al on April 8th, 2017 @ 11:26am CDT
Crossovers do not sales make. This one probably will be better than Revolution, but I am not particularly happy about the (inevitable) news.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1872797)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:36pm CDT
Yeah, I'm not too thrilled about another crossover either
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:36pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Crossovers do not sales make. This one probably will be better than Revolution, but I am not particularly happy about the (inevitable) news.
Yeah, I'm not too thrilled about another crossover either
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1872799)
Posted by Nexus Knight on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:48pm CDT
IDW should do some universe building and tiny crossovers (like Rom vs Tranformers) before we get a bigger one again. Most people agree that most of Revolution was a dud and we're still getting the taste of that outta our mouths. Give us some time with the new universe. Then a large crossover would feel awesome.
Posted by Nexus Knight on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:48pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Va'al wrote:Crossovers do not sales make. This one probably will be better than Revolution, but I am not particularly happy about the (inevitable) news.
Yeah, I'm not too thrilled about another crossover either
IDW should do some universe building and tiny crossovers (like Rom vs Tranformers) before we get a bigger one again. Most people agree that most of Revolution was a dud and we're still getting the taste of that outta our mouths. Give us some time with the new universe. Then a large crossover would feel awesome.
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Posted by Nexus Knight on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:48pm CDT
Posted by Nexus Knight on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:48pm CDT
Whoops, my post entered twice?
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1872803)
Posted by Va'al on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:53pm CDT
I mean, Insurgency is going to happen a fair while away from now, so more building in Rom, Revolutionaries, Optimus Prime, GI Joe, Micronauts, MASK is bound to happen. But still, yeah. Not enough time for a good solid foundational buildup!
Plus we have Earthwar and Wrath of Karza, whatever they might be, also pointed at.
Posted by Va'al on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:53pm CDT
Nexus Knight wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Va'al wrote:Crossovers do not sales make. This one probably will be better than Revolution, but I am not particularly happy about the (inevitable) news.
Yeah, I'm not too thrilled about another crossover either
IDW should do some universe building and tiny crossovers (like Rom vs Tranformers) before we get a bigger one again. Most people agree that most of Revolution was a dud and we're still getting the taste of that outta our mouths. Give us some time with the new universe. Then a large crossover would feel awesome.
I mean, Insurgency is going to happen a fair while away from now, so more building in Rom, Revolutionaries, Optimus Prime, GI Joe, Micronauts, MASK is bound to happen. But still, yeah. Not enough time for a good solid foundational buildup!
Plus we have Earthwar and Wrath of Karza, whatever they might be, also pointed at.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1872805)
Posted by Kurona on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:54pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on April 8th, 2017 @ 12:54pm CDT
... wait, hang on, it's an actual second full-blown crossover?
Uuuugggghhhh. At least this won't have Revolution's inherent problem of having to kick off 3/5 franchises and reviving a long-dead fourth, but everyone here is totally right; this is too much too soon. It's not exactly helpful business-wise either when comic fans on a whole seem to be pretty sick of big crossover events and I certainly can't blame them.
Expanded shared universes like this work better when they're very casually leaking over into each other; like how it's a G.I. Joe team monitoring the situation with/helping out Optimus or the MASK team hunting down Transformers pieces or even Revolutionaries. Doing a big crossover event every year or so instead of making them few and far between - like, y'know, an actual event - is just intrusive and hurts the fiction more than helps it.
God, imagine if before Revolution ex-RiD and MTMTE had a crossover every year - that would have gone down so well and made the reading order so wonderful to get into, wouldn't it?
I honestly thought this was just going to be the name of the next Revolutionaries arc upon first reading. Ugh. This is painful.
Uuuugggghhhh. At least this won't have Revolution's inherent problem of having to kick off 3/5 franchises and reviving a long-dead fourth, but everyone here is totally right; this is too much too soon. It's not exactly helpful business-wise either when comic fans on a whole seem to be pretty sick of big crossover events and I certainly can't blame them.
Expanded shared universes like this work better when they're very casually leaking over into each other; like how it's a G.I. Joe team monitoring the situation with/helping out Optimus or the MASK team hunting down Transformers pieces or even Revolutionaries. Doing a big crossover event every year or so instead of making them few and far between - like, y'know, an actual event - is just intrusive and hurts the fiction more than helps it.
God, imagine if before Revolution ex-RiD and MTMTE had a crossover every year - that would have gone down so well and made the reading order so wonderful to get into, wouldn't it?
I honestly thought this was just going to be the name of the next Revolutionaries arc upon first reading. Ugh. This is painful.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1872813)
Posted by Randomhero on April 8th, 2017 @ 1:25pm CDT
We did, it was called Dark Cybertron, Combiner Wars and Titans Return.
We're now 5-6 months the end of revoluion and Optimus Prime is still very much the book it was before revolution except EDC has been replaced with GI Joe, lost light is still the same book MTMTE was and TAAO is still TAAO. Obviously we are living in a dark age for transformers comics
Posted by Randomhero on April 8th, 2017 @ 1:25pm CDT
Kurona wrote:... wait, hang on, it's an actual second full-blown crossover?
Uuuugggghhhh. At least this won't have Revolution's inherent problem of having to kick off 3/5 franchises and reviving a long-dead fourth, but everyone here is totally right; this is too much too soon. It's not exactly helpful business-wise either when comic fans on a whole seem to be pretty sick of big crossover events and I certainly can't blame them.
Expanded shared universes like this work better when they're very casually leaking over into each other; like how it's a G.I. Joe team monitoring the situation with/helping out Optimus or the MASK team hunting down Transformers pieces or even Revolutionaries. Doing a big crossover event every year or so instead of making them few and far between - like, y'know, an actual event - is just intrusive and hurts the fiction more than helps it.
God, imagine if before Revolution ex-RiD and MTMTE had a crossover every year - that would have gone down so well and made the reading order so wonderful to get into, wouldn't it?
I honestly thought this was just going to be the name of the next Revolutionaries arc upon first reading. Ugh. This is painful.
We did, it was called Dark Cybertron, Combiner Wars and Titans Return.
We're now 5-6 months the end of revoluion and Optimus Prime is still very much the book it was before revolution except EDC has been replaced with GI Joe, lost light is still the same book MTMTE was and TAAO is still TAAO. Obviously we are living in a dark age for transformers comics
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1872816)
Posted by Kurona on April 8th, 2017 @ 1:37pm CDT
It didn't happen every year; and even then not every comic was involved. post-DOOP ran for 5 years and in that time only 3 crossovers happened, one at the very end - and ex-RiD was the only comic in which all three took place.
And I never said anything about a dark age or the comics themselves getting worse. On the contrary I think modern IDW is by far the best Transformers fiction we've ever gotten, and while LL and OP are both a tad rough around the edges at the moment most likely due to being restarted, they're still excellent. And TAAO of course just keeps getting better.
My beef is more with the crossovers themselves - Revolution did not prove to be of any particular quality, and the more crossovers there are the worse the reading order will be for any new readers. The main comic already has you jumping through hoops thanks to Revolution and the three crossovers before it; adding another into the mix so soon is just adding insult to injury.
The comics themselves are good, and I actually feel the shared universe itself is good and has a lot of potential; but the crossovers themselves are easily the worst part of the comics and something I only dread.
Posted by Kurona on April 8th, 2017 @ 1:37pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Kurona wrote:... wait, hang on, it's an actual second full-blown crossover?
Uuuugggghhhh. At least this won't have Revolution's inherent problem of having to kick off 3/5 franchises and reviving a long-dead fourth, but everyone here is totally right; this is too much too soon. It's not exactly helpful business-wise either when comic fans on a whole seem to be pretty sick of big crossover events and I certainly can't blame them.
Expanded shared universes like this work better when they're very casually leaking over into each other; like how it's a G.I. Joe team monitoring the situation with/helping out Optimus or the MASK team hunting down Transformers pieces or even Revolutionaries. Doing a big crossover event every year or so instead of making them few and far between - like, y'know, an actual event - is just intrusive and hurts the fiction more than helps it.
God, imagine if before Revolution ex-RiD and MTMTE had a crossover every year - that would have gone down so well and made the reading order so wonderful to get into, wouldn't it?
I honestly thought this was just going to be the name of the next Revolutionaries arc upon first reading. Ugh. This is painful.
We did, it was called Dark Cybertron, Combiner Wars and Titans Return.
We're now 5-6 months the end of revoluion and Optimus Prime is still very much the book it was before revolution except EDC has been replaced with GI Joe, lost light is still the same book MTMTE was and TAAO is still TAAO. Obviously we are living in a dark age for transformers comics
It didn't happen every year; and even then not every comic was involved. post-DOOP ran for 5 years and in that time only 3 crossovers happened, one at the very end - and ex-RiD was the only comic in which all three took place.
And I never said anything about a dark age or the comics themselves getting worse. On the contrary I think modern IDW is by far the best Transformers fiction we've ever gotten, and while LL and OP are both a tad rough around the edges at the moment most likely due to being restarted, they're still excellent. And TAAO of course just keeps getting better.
My beef is more with the crossovers themselves - Revolution did not prove to be of any particular quality, and the more crossovers there are the worse the reading order will be for any new readers. The main comic already has you jumping through hoops thanks to Revolution and the three crossovers before it; adding another into the mix so soon is just adding insult to injury.
The comics themselves are good, and I actually feel the shared universe itself is good and has a lot of potential; but the crossovers themselves are easily the worst part of the comics and something I only dread.
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Posted by Randomhero on April 8th, 2017 @ 1:49pm CDT
Posted by Randomhero on April 8th, 2017 @ 1:49pm CDT
Technically we have had event books even before dark Cybertron. 2011 we had the 2 part infestation that dealt with galvatrons return, 2012 were the annuals which was something in their own way due to their impact on both books. 2013 were the spotlights and Dark Cybertron which bled 2014 then followed by the Prime Wars trilogy that will conclude this year or next. So in a point of view we have in a way had a form of an event book in transformers for 6 years.
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Posted by Kurona on April 8th, 2017 @ 1:53pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on April 8th, 2017 @ 1:53pm CDT
I... guess, but those were completely different creative teams. I don't think it's fair to bundle -ations, AHM, Costa and post-DOOP all together.
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Posted by Randomhero on April 8th, 2017 @ 2:15pm CDT
That's why I didn't name those. those were eras, the main books at the time. But the books I named were books that stood outside what was currently going on or were put in what was happening and left impact. They were still technically event books. Originally even Chaos was intended to be an event mini series to end Costas time but Schmidt threw it with the ongoing due to "mini series books not performing as well as an ongoing"
Doesn't change that in one form or another IDW has been giving us event books for 6 years almost
Posted by Randomhero on April 8th, 2017 @ 2:15pm CDT
Kurona wrote:I... guess, but those were completely different creative teams. I don't think it's fair to bundle -ations, AHM, Costa and post-DOOP all together.
That's why I didn't name those. those were eras, the main books at the time. But the books I named were books that stood outside what was currently going on or were put in what was happening and left impact. They were still technically event books. Originally even Chaos was intended to be an event mini series to end Costas time but Schmidt threw it with the ongoing due to "mini series books not performing as well as an ongoing"
Doesn't change that in one form or another IDW has been giving us event books for 6 years almost
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1872899)
Posted by Big Grim on April 8th, 2017 @ 6:43pm CDT
Posted by Big Grim on April 8th, 2017 @ 6:43pm CDT
I really don't want IDW shoving events at us too often. It's why I gave up on Marvel recently. "Event fatigue".
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Posted by ricemazter on April 8th, 2017 @ 8:32pm CDT
What's been pretty nice with IDW transformers books, up until fairly recently with the wars trilogy, is that their events are structured differently from companies like Marvel and DC's. One of the reasons I stopped reading Marvel books was that every year there would be a big company wide crossover event. This event would barely count as a self contained story, with important plot points happening in tie in issues. Even then, most of the events involve the protagonists from the various series fighting one another. To top it all off, the stories in individual titles would grind to a halt to make room for tie ins.
IDW events like combiner wars and titans return, to me anyway, are much less annoying. Though they do spread the event out over multiple titles, they are all easily collectible. Everything that happens in, say, Combiner Wars is contained in books with the combiner wars label, which is rarely more than 4-5 issues. Compare that to something like Civil War, where you have to buy the main series plus the countless tie ins if you really want the full scope of the story.
Posted by ricemazter on April 8th, 2017 @ 8:32pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Technically we have had event books even before dark Cybertron. 2011 we had the 2 part infestation that dealt with galvatrons return, 2012 were the annuals which was something in their own way due to their impact on both books. 2013 were the spotlights and Dark Cybertron which bled 2014 then followed by the Prime Wars trilogy that will conclude this year or next. So in a point of view we have in a way had a form of an event book in transformers for 6 years.
What's been pretty nice with IDW transformers books, up until fairly recently with the wars trilogy, is that their events are structured differently from companies like Marvel and DC's. One of the reasons I stopped reading Marvel books was that every year there would be a big company wide crossover event. This event would barely count as a self contained story, with important plot points happening in tie in issues. Even then, most of the events involve the protagonists from the various series fighting one another. To top it all off, the stories in individual titles would grind to a halt to make room for tie ins.
IDW events like combiner wars and titans return, to me anyway, are much less annoying. Though they do spread the event out over multiple titles, they are all easily collectible. Everything that happens in, say, Combiner Wars is contained in books with the combiner wars label, which is rarely more than 4-5 issues. Compare that to something like Civil War, where you have to buy the main series plus the countless tie ins if you really want the full scope of the story.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1875468)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on April 19th, 2017 @ 8:49am CDT
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on April 19th, 2017 @ 8:49am CDT
According to the IDW July Previews at http://www.cbr.com/idw-publishing-solic ... july-2017/ Revolutionaries #8 is the end of that series. See below:
OPTIMUS PRIME VS. BARON IRONBLOOD! The final mystery is revealed as Baron Ironblood reveals his true identity! Only by teaming with Transformers leader Optimus Prime do the Revolutionaries have a chance to save Earth—and the whole Hasbro universe! The senses-shattering conclusion to Revolutionaries leads directly into next month’s massive crossover event!
OPTIMUS PRIME VS. BARON IRONBLOOD! The final mystery is revealed as Baron Ironblood reveals his true identity! Only by teaming with Transformers leader Optimus Prime do the Revolutionaries have a chance to save Earth—and the whole Hasbro universe! The senses-shattering conclusion to Revolutionaries leads directly into next month’s massive crossover event!
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Posted by william-james88 on April 19th, 2017 @ 9:44am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 19th, 2017 @ 9:44am CDT
this is already covered in the solicitaions we newsed. Its not cancelled, it was a miniseries which is ending and leading to another event.
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... 017/37836/
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... 017/37836/
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Posted by Targetmaster Kup on April 19th, 2017 @ 4:37pm CDT
Yeah. but I posted this 40 minutes before the solicitations got posted.
I must have missed the announcement that Revolutionaries was a 8 issue miniseries.
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on April 19th, 2017 @ 4:37pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:this is already covered in the solicitaions we newsed. Its not cancelled, it was a miniseries which is ending and leading to another event.
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... 017/37836/
Yeah. but I posted this 40 minutes before the solicitations got posted.
I must have missed the announcement that Revolutionaries was a 8 issue miniseries.
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Posted by Va'al on April 19th, 2017 @ 4:41pm CDT
We have access to the solicits as other sites (including Previews World) do, but sometimes it takes a while to actually get to post them - especially when I'm not available at the time! But thank you for bringing it to our attention.
Posted by Va'al on April 19th, 2017 @ 4:41pm CDT
Nik Hero wrote:william-james88 wrote:this is already covered in the solicitaions we newsed. Its not cancelled, it was a miniseries which is ending and leading to another event.
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... 017/37836/
Yeah. but I posted this 40 minutes before the solicitations got posted.
I must have missed the announcement that Revolutionaries was a 8 issue miniseries.
We have access to the solicits as other sites (including Previews World) do, but sometimes it takes a while to actually get to post them - especially when I'm not available at the time! But thank you for bringing it to our attention.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 4th, 2017 @ 6:33pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 4th, 2017 @ 6:33pm CDT
Finally, after a long wait, we have a new Revolutionaries preview, courtesy of itunes! The new book doesn't give much away, but sure makes a scene with some Predacons showing up right off the bat, and let us not forget the Hearts of Steel styled Transformer from last time! Check out the 3 page preview below, and let us know what you think of these new developments in the comments section below!
Cobra Commander vs. Hearts of Steel! Thousands of years ago, a starship crashed on Earth—and the Hearts of Steel Transformers were born... but how can these steampunk Cybertronians be real?! And what does Cobra Commander want with them, when he hasn't even got Cobra to back him up? The Revolutionaries have uncovered one of the darkest and most incredible secrets on Earth!
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Posted by Deadput on May 4th, 2017 @ 6:53pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on May 4th, 2017 @ 6:53pm CDT
Ok lion head chest flamethrower is cool.
More of that please!
More of that please!
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Posted by Kurona on May 4th, 2017 @ 7:07pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on May 4th, 2017 @ 7:07pm CDT
Razorclaw's head is... certainly looking quite a bit different.
Not that I mind. Bring on the Predaking! Wonder if they'll have any Stormbringer or Spotlight Jazz flashbacks with Kup...
Not that I mind. Bring on the Predaking! Wonder if they'll have any Stormbringer or Spotlight Jazz flashbacks with Kup...
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Posted by Soundwave902 on May 4th, 2017 @ 7:20pm CDT
Posted by Soundwave902 on May 4th, 2017 @ 7:20pm CDT
So, I guess the Predacons are stranded on Earth following Galvatron's attack.
That probably means Flamefeather, Squawktalk, Beastbox, Cutthroat, Cindersaur, and Red Wing are doing something here too, I'm guessing random appearances in various comics
That probably means Flamefeather, Squawktalk, Beastbox, Cutthroat, Cindersaur, and Red Wing are doing something here too, I'm guessing random appearances in various comics
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Posted by Deadput on May 4th, 2017 @ 8:45pm CDT
Knowing IDW their dead wasted potential or will never be heard from again.
Posted by Deadput on May 4th, 2017 @ 8:45pm CDT
Soundwave902 wrote:So, I guess the Predacons are stranded on Earth following Galvatron's attack.
That probably means Flamefeather, Squawktalk, Beastbox, Cutthroat, Cindersaur, and Red Wing are doing something here too, I'm guessing random appearances in various comics
Knowing IDW their dead wasted potential or will never be heard from again.
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Posted by Silverwing on May 5th, 2017 @ 12:25am CDT
Posted by Silverwing on May 5th, 2017 @ 12:25am CDT
The Predacons have never looked more awesome! And seeing Ironblood, Iron Klaw, and Blitz is making my inner Joe fan geek out too! Honestly, I never really cared for Revolutionaries much, but now I think I might just have to pick it up!
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Posted by Big Grim on May 5th, 2017 @ 6:33am CDT
Posted by Big Grim on May 5th, 2017 @ 6:33am CDT
Hrm. Might have to read up on Revolutionaries. It has seemed fun from what I've heard.
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Posted by Kurona on May 5th, 2017 @ 6:52am CDT
Its quality fluctuates imo but it's not that bad, and focusing on a smaller ragtag group of characters rather than all the big names and all their teams and all their major antagonists like Revolution had to is most certainly a huge advantage. It's a bit rough around the edges but this sort of thing shows why I was really down on Revolution and the prospect of other big crossovers happening constantly but why I'm actually quite enthusiastic about the shared universe itself; it makes the world a lot bigger and you have the potential for a lot of interesting little connections and team-ups.
Posted by Kurona on May 5th, 2017 @ 6:52am CDT
Big Grim wrote:Hrm. Might have to read up on Revolutionaries. It has seemed fun from what I've heard.
Its quality fluctuates imo but it's not that bad, and focusing on a smaller ragtag group of characters rather than all the big names and all their teams and all their major antagonists like Revolution had to is most certainly a huge advantage. It's a bit rough around the edges but this sort of thing shows why I was really down on Revolution and the prospect of other big crossovers happening constantly but why I'm actually quite enthusiastic about the shared universe itself; it makes the world a lot bigger and you have the potential for a lot of interesting little connections and team-ups.
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Posted by Hydrargyrus on May 5th, 2017 @ 11:39am CDT
I dunno... although I'm still reading pre-Dark Cybertron stuff, I'd say they're just as likely to give them a Spotlight.
Also, glad to hear IDW is succeeding on multiple fronts. I was just thinking about IDW Predaking from the covers featured a while back.
Posted by Hydrargyrus on May 5th, 2017 @ 11:39am CDT
Deadput wrote:Soundwave902 wrote:So, I guess the Predacons are stranded on Earth following Galvatron's attack.
That probably means Flamefeather, Squawktalk, Beastbox, Cutthroat, Cindersaur, and Red Wing are doing something here too, I'm guessing random appearances in various comics
Knowing IDW their dead wasted potential or will never be heard from again.
I dunno... although I'm still reading pre-Dark Cybertron stuff, I'd say they're just as likely to give them a Spotlight.
Also, glad to hear IDW is succeeding on multiple fronts. I was just thinking about IDW Predaking from the covers featured a while back.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 5th, 2017 @ 2:26pm CDT
it's pretty good. It, in my opinion, is what Revolution was meant to be but never got to be. it's good, and the Kup/Action Man duo is pretty fun! My favorite human/tf pair up in this universe, right there with Verity and Springer
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 5th, 2017 @ 2:26pm CDT
Big Grim wrote:Hrm. Might have to read up on Revolutionaries. It has seemed fun from what I've heard.
it's pretty good. It, in my opinion, is what Revolution was meant to be but never got to be. it's good, and the Kup/Action Man duo is pretty fun! My favorite human/tf pair up in this universe, right there with Verity and Springer
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Posted by Soundwave902 on May 5th, 2017 @ 7:45pm CDT
This probably won't happen, but it would be funny to see a "Revenge Squad" of sorts to attack Sanctuary Station for leaving them behind
Posted by Soundwave902 on May 5th, 2017 @ 7:45pm CDT
MagicDeath wrote:Deadput wrote:Soundwave902 wrote:So, I guess the Predacons are stranded on Earth following Galvatron's attack.
That probably means Flamefeather, Squawktalk, Beastbox, Cutthroat, Cindersaur, and Red Wing are doing something here too, I'm guessing random appearances in various comics
Knowing IDW their dead wasted potential or will never be heard from again.
I dunno... although I'm still reading pre-Dark Cybertron stuff, I'd say they're just as likely to give them a Spotlight.
Also, glad to hear IDW is succeeding on multiple fronts. I was just thinking about IDW Predaking from the covers featured a while back.
This probably won't happen, but it would be funny to see a "Revenge Squad" of sorts to attack Sanctuary Station for leaving them behind
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1879850)
Posted by Big Grim on May 7th, 2017 @ 9:43am CDT
Awesome! That kinda human TF interaction is how I like it.
Posted by Big Grim on May 7th, 2017 @ 9:43am CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Big Grim wrote:Hrm. Might have to read up on Revolutionaries. It has seemed fun from what I've heard.
it's pretty good. It, in my opinion, is what Revolution was meant to be but never got to be. it's good, and the Kup/Action Man duo is pretty fun! My favorite human/tf pair up in this universe, right there with Verity and Springer
Awesome! That kinda human TF interaction is how I like it.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1879855)
Posted by Kurona on May 7th, 2017 @ 10:08am CDT
Also kind of helps that Action Man ends up being one of the Revolution comics that's actually pretty good. It's only gone for 4 issues so far which take place before Revolution - I'd recommend them, pretty fun - and Action Man himself is an enjoyable character.
Revolution was a bit of a mess but there are some properties involved that are pretty great.
Posted by Kurona on May 7th, 2017 @ 10:08am CDT
Big Grim wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Big Grim wrote:Hrm. Might have to read up on Revolutionaries. It has seemed fun from what I've heard.
it's pretty good. It, in my opinion, is what Revolution was meant to be but never got to be. it's good, and the Kup/Action Man duo is pretty fun! My favorite human/tf pair up in this universe, right there with Verity and Springer
Awesome! That kinda human TF interaction is how I like it.
Also kind of helps that Action Man ends up being one of the Revolution comics that's actually pretty good. It's only gone for 4 issues so far which take place before Revolution - I'd recommend them, pretty fun - and Action Man himself is an enjoyable character.
Revolution was a bit of a mess but there are some properties involved that are pretty great.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1880412)
Posted by Big Grim on May 9th, 2017 @ 8:20am CDT
Posted by Big Grim on May 9th, 2017 @ 8:20am CDT
I got a couple of Action Man issues from the last IDW Humble Bundle. I liked him. He seemed fun!
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1880480)
Posted by Kurona on May 9th, 2017 @ 2:40pm CDT
That's actually every issue of Action Man so far
Revolutionaries has essentially become his ongoing for now.
Posted by Kurona on May 9th, 2017 @ 2:40pm CDT
Big Grim wrote:I got a couple of Action Man issues from the last IDW Humble Bundle. I liked him. He seemed fun!
That's actually every issue of Action Man so far
Revolutionaries has essentially become his ongoing for now.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1880547)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 9th, 2017 @ 7:28pm CDT
Love the character, and his pairing up with Kup. It is literally perfect
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 9th, 2017 @ 7:28pm CDT
Big Grim wrote:I got a couple of Action Man issues from the last IDW Humble Bundle. I liked him. He seemed fun!
Love the character, and his pairing up with Kup. It is literally perfect
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1880557)
Posted by Big Grim on May 9th, 2017 @ 8:09pm CDT
Really? Huh. I liked him.
This makes me happy. I think I'll check this out!
Posted by Big Grim on May 9th, 2017 @ 8:09pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Big Grim wrote:I got a couple of Action Man issues from the last IDW Humble Bundle. I liked him. He seemed fun!
That's actually every issue of Action Man so far
Really? Huh. I liked him.
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Big Grim wrote:I got a couple of Action Man issues from the last IDW Humble Bundle. I liked him. He seemed fun!
Love the character, and his pairing up with Kup. It is literally perfect
This makes me happy. I think I'll check this out!
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1880912)
Posted by Va'al on May 11th, 2017 @ 8:34am CDT
Synopsis
BLAST FROM THE PAST! In the deadly catacombs beneath an ancient pyramid, Joe Colton—the original G.I. Joe—found something far worse than any curse or boobytrap. He found the Decepticon Soundwave... scouring Earth for Cybertron's salvation. Their meeting remained classified—until the Revolutionaries crashed headlong into the modern-day results!
Cameo 1!
Story
This is a very late review indeed, but one that I had promised myself I would get back to once life had stopped being so busy this side of a keyboard, and before the next issue. So apologies, first of all, and I hope you'll forgive the weird scheduling of it all. Call it 'doing an IDW' if you want. Onwards!
Cameo 2!
The third issue of the strangely appealing Revolutionaries series, or, the Adventures of Action Man and Kup in the Hasbro Universe (and I Guess Some Other Characters Too) delves into some very old and obscure Transformers stories, along with some cinematic classics, and actually delivers a decently satisfying book in its long flashback format - with a bit of a pleasing twist or two towards the end.
Cameo 3!
John Barber nicely works in a lot of backstories for teams we'll probably never really encounter, and still make the various universes fit into the very complex timeline of both GI Joe and Transformers comics (in their IDW incarnation, of course), while also fully revelling in the references and easter eggs scattered throughout the book. It's good to see the fun being had, and the results show.
Art
Ron Joseph's art is an interesting take on what is going in the book, as I felt that the style suited the entirety of the characters really well - especially with the flashback work framing of the story - except for the one entirely non-organic character: Soundwave. Or rather, his head. I have no criticisms anywhere else, but the head/face for the Cybertronian just felt a little off.
But you also get these beauties
Colourist Sebastian Cheng, usually working with Fico Ossio on a much glossier look, does some pretty impressive colour works on here, keeping the sandy, dusty, grainy feel of both the setting in space (Egypt) and time (the past) in a significantly different approach to other books he works with. Very pleasing indeed.
also some nice purples
The usual caption devices, both in narration and exposition, work really really well here, and Tom B. Long makes sure of it, along with some crafty sound effects and production. As for the covers, they are all easily accessible via our database page (along with full character roster too, here), but the one highlighted specifically in the thumbnail is another take by Joseph and TF vet JP Bove on the issue's contents.
Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead
Once again, I find myself having to say 'if you're not reading the crossover-y titles, it's fine' but with an issue such as this one, and if you've been an IDW reader for Transformers and/or GI Joe - and trust John 'Continuity' Barber, plus Hedgecock and Mariotte both assisting on editing work - you'll probably enjoy it even if just for the hunt the hints games you can play throughout. It's a step out of the current Talisman story, but still about that story.
Confirmed: Kup is a fan of Josh Boyfriend
With MASK not doing too well editorially, Miles Mayhem gets a bit of a shine here; Micronauts have a cameo (see above, second image); Soundwave is at his snappiest; the ending made the whole thing fit into the current Revolutionaries timeframe, and we have some major hints as to what may happen in the next issues too. Seriously, take some time to give it a chance.
Posted by Va'al on May 11th, 2017 @ 8:34am CDT
Transform like an Egyptian
(Spoiler free-ish)
(Spoiler free-ish)
Synopsis
BLAST FROM THE PAST! In the deadly catacombs beneath an ancient pyramid, Joe Colton—the original G.I. Joe—found something far worse than any curse or boobytrap. He found the Decepticon Soundwave... scouring Earth for Cybertron's salvation. Their meeting remained classified—until the Revolutionaries crashed headlong into the modern-day results!
Cameo 1!
Story
This is a very late review indeed, but one that I had promised myself I would get back to once life had stopped being so busy this side of a keyboard, and before the next issue. So apologies, first of all, and I hope you'll forgive the weird scheduling of it all. Call it 'doing an IDW' if you want. Onwards!
Cameo 2!
The third issue of the strangely appealing Revolutionaries series, or, the Adventures of Action Man and Kup in the Hasbro Universe (and I Guess Some Other Characters Too) delves into some very old and obscure Transformers stories, along with some cinematic classics, and actually delivers a decently satisfying book in its long flashback format - with a bit of a pleasing twist or two towards the end.
Cameo 3!
John Barber nicely works in a lot of backstories for teams we'll probably never really encounter, and still make the various universes fit into the very complex timeline of both GI Joe and Transformers comics (in their IDW incarnation, of course), while also fully revelling in the references and easter eggs scattered throughout the book. It's good to see the fun being had, and the results show.
Art
Ron Joseph's art is an interesting take on what is going in the book, as I felt that the style suited the entirety of the characters really well - especially with the flashback work framing of the story - except for the one entirely non-organic character: Soundwave. Or rather, his head. I have no criticisms anywhere else, but the head/face for the Cybertronian just felt a little off.
But you also get these beauties
Colourist Sebastian Cheng, usually working with Fico Ossio on a much glossier look, does some pretty impressive colour works on here, keeping the sandy, dusty, grainy feel of both the setting in space (Egypt) and time (the past) in a significantly different approach to other books he works with. Very pleasing indeed.
also some nice purples
The usual caption devices, both in narration and exposition, work really really well here, and Tom B. Long makes sure of it, along with some crafty sound effects and production. As for the covers, they are all easily accessible via our database page (along with full character roster too, here), but the one highlighted specifically in the thumbnail is another take by Joseph and TF vet JP Bove on the issue's contents.
Thoughts
Spoilerish ahead
Once again, I find myself having to say 'if you're not reading the crossover-y titles, it's fine' but with an issue such as this one, and if you've been an IDW reader for Transformers and/or GI Joe - and trust John 'Continuity' Barber, plus Hedgecock and Mariotte both assisting on editing work - you'll probably enjoy it even if just for the hunt the hints games you can play throughout. It's a step out of the current Talisman story, but still about that story.
Confirmed: Kup is a fan of Josh Boyfriend
With MASK not doing too well editorially, Miles Mayhem gets a bit of a shine here; Micronauts have a cameo (see above, second image); Soundwave is at his snappiest; the ending made the whole thing fit into the current Revolutionaries timeframe, and we have some major hints as to what may happen in the next issues too. Seriously, take some time to give it a chance.
. 
½ out of
½ out of
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1881349)
Posted by william-james88 on May 12th, 2017 @ 11:47pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 12th, 2017 @ 11:47pm CDT
The G1 Predacons are back and at the forefront of this next issue of Revolutionaries.
Check out the preview, courtesy of Multiversity comics, below full of Predacon goodness!
Check out the preview, courtesy of Multiversity comics, below full of Predacon goodness!
Written by John Barber
Illustrated by Fico Ossio
Colored by Sebastian Cheng
Lettered by Tom B. Long
Cobra Commander vs. Hearts of Steel! Thousands of years ago, a starship crashed on Earth—and the Hearts of Steel Transformers were born… but how can these steampunk Cybertronians be real?! And what does Cobra Commander want with them, when he hasn’t even got Cobra to back him up? The Revolutionaries have uncovered one of the darkest and most incredible secrets on Earth!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Bullet points:
The secret history of Cybertonians on Earth—but how can it be!
Who is behind the Cobra Commander mask?!
Springing from the fan-favorite Transformers: Hearts of Steel limited series!
Variant cover by John Royle!
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1881510)
Posted by YoungPrime on May 14th, 2017 @ 8:13am CDT
Posted by YoungPrime on May 14th, 2017 @ 8:13am CDT
Yeah, I don't like these crossover books were humans take center stage. Even Kup isn't getting the respect he deserves from mouthy, iratating humans.
A Predaking one shot or Mini-series would've been nice, not as minions for some lame human terrorist group!
This book is a pass.
A Predaking one shot or Mini-series would've been nice, not as minions for some lame human terrorist group!
This book is a pass.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1881623)
Posted by Blozor on May 14th, 2017 @ 4:51pm CDT
Posted by Blozor on May 14th, 2017 @ 4:51pm CDT
I love how all thr humans in Hasbro properties have teams divided between good and bad, amd they know the differences between the good guys and the bad guys, and they wear badges to differentiate between the good guys and the bad guys, but when the Transformers tell them they have good guys and bad guys and there's a way to easily differentiate the good guys from the bad guys, THAT is mind-blowing information.
I mean, you're GI Joe. You fight Cobra. You can handle Autobots and Deceptions.
I mean, you're GI Joe. You fight Cobra. You can handle Autobots and Deceptions.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1881626)
Posted by Kurona on May 14th, 2017 @ 4:55pm CDT
Huh? This is the Revolutionaries thread, not Revolution.
GI Joe as a whole isn't in this preview, nor have they been in Revolutionaries at all yet beyond a few members. And none of their appearances have them attacking Transformers indiscriminately since Revolution.
Posted by Kurona on May 14th, 2017 @ 4:55pm CDT
Blozor wrote:I love how all thr humans in Hasbro properties have teams divided between good and bad, amd they know the differences between the good guys and the bad guys, and they wear badges to differentiate between the good guys and the bad guys, but when the Transformers tell them they have good guys and bad guys and there's a way to easily differentiate the good guys from the bad guys, THAT is mind-blowing information.
I mean, you're GI Joe. You fight Cobra. You can handle Autobots and Deceptions.
Huh? This is the Revolutionaries thread, not Revolution.
GI Joe as a whole isn't in this preview, nor have they been in Revolutionaries at all yet beyond a few members. And none of their appearances have them attacking Transformers indiscriminately since Revolution.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1881687)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 14th, 2017 @ 11:05pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 14th, 2017 @ 11:05pm CDT
well, the Predacons attempted to combine, and now I guess they will!
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1886001)
Posted by Va'al on June 1st, 2017 @ 4:18pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 1st, 2017 @ 4:18pm CDT
In other comics news today, we have another iTunes preview for an upcoming IDW Publishing comics: Revolutionaries #5! The full preview and comic will be released in two weeks' time, but for now, enjoy the three pages below, opening with a G1-tastic-but-also-Beast-Wars-esque flashback by (quite probably) Guido Guidi...
M.A.S.K. vs. the ATOMIC MAN! The Revolutionaries uncover the deep, dark secret of Mike Power, the Atomic Man—and enlist the help of M.A.S.K. to bring in the long-lost agent! But there's more to Power's story than anyone imagined, in the oddest story of 2017!
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1886004)
Posted by Kurona on June 1st, 2017 @ 4:30pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 1st, 2017 @ 4:30pm CDT
I am so ready for this.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1886195)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:19am CDT
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:19am CDT
So the Hearts Of Steel Transformers were in the past and were Beast Transformers taking on names of the Transformers they thought we from Earth?
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1886201)
Posted by Daniel Adkins on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:27am CDT
Posted by Daniel Adkins on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:27am CDT
As someone who's already seen the profile for Centurion form the Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook, trust me, it's even crazier than that.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1886203)
Posted by Kurona on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:28am CDT
I can't wait
Posted by Kurona on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:28am CDT
Daniel Adkins wrote:As someone who's already seen the profile for Centurion form the Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook, trust me, it's even crazier than that.
I can't wait
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1886206)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:35am CDT
Spoil me please!
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:35am CDT
Daniel Adkins wrote:As someone who's already seen the profile for Centurion form the Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook, trust me, it's even crazier than that.
Spoil me please!
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1886216)
Posted by Daniel Adkins on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:52am CDT
Posted by Daniel Adkins on June 2nd, 2017 @ 8:52am CDT
Alright. But trust me, it's worth the wait.
Basically, the Axalon crew are servants of Onyx Prime who crash on Earth while looking for the Enigma of Combination. During the crash, the Talisman erases their memories. Shockwave, coming to Earth during the events of his Spotlight issue, discovered their wreckage. The crew were initially confused as to their identities and saw a video transmission bounced from Shockwave's ship of the Autobots and Decepticons. Shockwave decided to use the Axalon crew in a sick experiment, convincing them that they were the Autobots and Decepticons of his era. These ersatz Autobots and Decepticons became the characters that would later wake in the 19th century, becoming the Hearts of Steel Transformers.
So yes, Hearts of Steel (and by extent, Infestation 2) happened in the main IDW universe.
Basically, the Axalon crew are servants of Onyx Prime who crash on Earth while looking for the Enigma of Combination. During the crash, the Talisman erases their memories. Shockwave, coming to Earth during the events of his Spotlight issue, discovered their wreckage. The crew were initially confused as to their identities and saw a video transmission bounced from Shockwave's ship of the Autobots and Decepticons. Shockwave decided to use the Axalon crew in a sick experiment, convincing them that they were the Autobots and Decepticons of his era. These ersatz Autobots and Decepticons became the characters that would later wake in the 19th century, becoming the Hearts of Steel Transformers.
So yes, Hearts of Steel (and by extent, Infestation 2) happened in the main IDW universe.
Re: IDW Revolutionaries Reveals Next IDW Hasbro Universe Event: Insurgency (1886230)
Posted by Kurona on June 2nd, 2017 @ 9:12am CDT
Welp, time to buy Hearts of Steel
Posted by Kurona on June 2nd, 2017 @ 9:12am CDT
Daniel Adkins wrote:Alright. But trust me, it's worth the wait.
Basically, the Axalon crew are servants of Onyx Prime who crash on Earth while looking for the Enigma of Combination. During the crash, the Talisman erases their memories. Shockwave, coming to Earth during the events of his Spotlight issue, discovered their wreckage. The crew were initially confused as to their identities and saw a video transmission bounced from Shockwave's ship of the Autobots and Decepticons. Shockwave decided to use the Axalon crew in a sick experiment, convincing them that they were the Autobots and Decepticons of his era. These ersatz Autobots and Decepticons became the characters that would later wake in the 19th century, becoming the Hearts of Steel Transformers.
So yes, Hearts of Steel (and by extent, Infestation 2) happened in the main IDW universe.
Welp, time to buy Hearts of Steel
