Joe,Transformers,Micronauts,ROM,Action Man, andM.A.S.K.
(Mobile Armored Strike Kommand)).
But IDW editor-in-chief Chris Ryall insists this isnt a reboot.
Credit: Fico Ossio, colors by Diego Rodriguez
Its just now everybody will be acknowledging each other in a much greater way than ever before.
IDWs announcement comes after rumbles of aHasbro Cinematic Universethat would unite properties likeG.I.
Joe, andROMon the big screen.
Btu before any Hasbro characters come together on film, well see them in the pages of comics.
And if that tickles your nerd button, check out EWs interview with Ryall about the details ofRevolutionbelow.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did this whole thing come about?
CHRIS RYALL:It happened in a stealthy way.
JoeandTransformers, and were looking to doM.A.S.K.All these things should exist together.
Thats what fans want to see.
When we first launchedG.I.
Joe, fans asked us, Are they gonna meet the Transformers?
And every time weve added a Hasbro title since then, its been the same question.
Are the Micronauts gonna meet the Transformers?
Is ROM gonna meet the Micronauts?
What does Revolution signify?
Its just now everybody will be acknowledging each other in a much greater way than ever before.
To some degree theres a revision of history.
What will the event involve?
Revolutionis its own thing.
So that series details the reason for all these characters to be drawn together.
Then all the series will be relaunched with new number ones and this new status quo.
The plan is to have the characters go back to occupying their own spaces.
BeyondRevolution, whats the long-term plan for uniting these characters?
The long term plan is just trying to make this as organic as possible.
Like I said, we live in a world where contrived universes are being created daily now.
We did our best to make this one feel organic to the story weve been telling here.
The Transformers are kind of the cosmic level beings, whether here on earth or up in space.
ROM, I want to be the dark conspiracy-laden corner of this universe.
The Micronauts bring in the tech and science-fiction.G.I.
Joeis the closest component to a superhero team book that weve got.
It really opens up the storytelling potential.
I dont have to rely on ROM carrying a book by himself forever.
If at a certain point it makes sense to have Snake Eyes and G.I.
Joe in that book, now those characters can easily appear.
It opens worlds and a broad universe of story potential.
