When the Marvel Cinematic Universe hit the $1.5 billion mark with The Avengers in 2012, several studios announced plans for similar shared worlds. Warner Bros. and DC launched the DC Extended Universe this year with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Universal have begun their Classic Monsters Shared Universe with production of The Mummy, and Dan Aykroyd […]
Exclusive: IDW’s John Barber talks Revolution, Action Man, Transformers, Michael Bay and more
Luke Owen catches up with IDW’s John Barber… Today sees the release of IDW’s Action Man #1, which kickstarts a Hasbro expanded universe that brings together several of their other properties including The Transformers, G.I. Joe, Micronauts, M.A.S.K and more. Sadly, My Little Pony is not part of it. To celebrate the comic’s release, we caught […]
Comic Book Review – M.A.S.K.: Revolution #1 and Micronauts: Revolution #1
Anghus Houvouras reviews M.A.S.K.: Revolution #1 & Micronauts: Revolution #1… IDW’S Revolution crossover event started with a bang last week bringing a half dozen of everyone’s favorite action figures out of the toybox and into a major action packed conflict. The event is being used as a launch pad for the Moblie Armor Strike Kommand […]
Paramount’s M.A.S.K. adaptation moving forward with Bad Boys for Life writer
Remember M.A.S.K.? The Mobile Armored Strike Kommand force action figures and subsequent cartoon show from the ’80s? Well, Paramount and Hasbro hope that you do, because they’re still moving forward with their big-screen adaptation, to which Straight Outta Compton‘s F. Gary Gray has been attached since 2018. How do we know? Well, according to THR, […]
SDCC: IDW announces new post-Revolution titles, including Optimus Prime ongoing series
IDW has announced plans for its post-Revolution titles following the five-part bi-weekly series which will create a cohesive comic book unievrse from Hasbro’s Transformers, G.I. Joe, ROM, Micronauts, Action Man, and M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand. The Transformers line will see the launch of two new ongoing titles: Transformers: Lost Light and the first-ever ongoing […]
Comic Book Review – Revolution #2
Anghus Houvouras reviews Revolution #2… ROM-A MURDERER?! That’s what OPTIMUS PRIME and the TRANSFORMERS think-and right or wrong, there’s only one outcome: all-out war! Meanwhile, G.I. JOE turns to the one person who can save the world from ultimate destruction-MILES MAYHEM! SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Revolution #2 here For my money, I […]
Comic Book Review – Revolution #1
Anghus Houvouras reviews Revolution #1… THE REVOLUTION BEGINS! Explosions rip across the Earth—and all signs of blame point to OPTIMUS PRIME and the TRANSFORMERS! G.I. JOE refuses to go quietly—and they assemble heroes big enough to stop the invaders! ACTION MAN and M.A.S.K. fight for humanity—but where do ROM and the MICRONAUTS stand? Celebrating more […]
The Fate of the Furious helmer to direct M.A.S.K. movie
Back in January it was reported that Paramount Pictures and Hasbro were unlikely to be moving forward with their previously announced ROM and M.A.S.K. movies, which had initially been announced as part of a planned Hasbro Cinematic Universe. Since then however, we’ve heard that Ready Player One’s Zak Penn has been hired to pen a […]
IDW launching M.A.S.K. ongoing series this fall
The 80s franchise M.A.S.K. is set to return to the world of comic books this fall, with IDW announcing that the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand is getting its own ongoing series from creators Brandon Easton (Agent Carter, Transformers: Deviations) and Tony Vargas (Rot & Ruin, TMNT: Shadows of the Past). “We are so proud to […]
UPDATE: IDW launching shared Hasbro universe with Revolution event
It’s not just on the big screen where the various Hasbro properties will be coming together in a shared universe, as IDW has announced that its upcoming Revolution event series will bring together the publisher’s G.I. Joe, Transformers, Micronauts, ROM, Action Man and M.A.S.K. series with new number ones and a new, shared status quo. “We didn’t […]
