Revolution (IDW Publishing)

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Revolution
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Official teaser drawn by Fico Ossio and Diego Rodriguez
Publication information
Publisher IDW Publishing
(licensed by Hasbro)
ScheduleBi-weekly
Format Limited series
Genre
Publication dateMay 2 – December 8, 2016
No. of issues5, plus a 0 issue
Main character(s) Hasbro Comic Book Universe
Creative team
Written byJohn Barber
Cullen Bunn
Artist(s)Fico Ossio
Colorist(s) Sebastian Cheng
Collected editions
January 19, 2017 ISBN   163140816X
February 9, 2017 ISBN   1631408410
February 16, 2017 ISBN   1631408429
May 2017 ISBN   978-1-63140-937-0

Revolution is a 2016 comic book storyline published by IDW Publishing, that ran from September to November 2016. The story involves characters from various Hasbro franchises.

Contents

Plot

Main story

Several months after Optimus Prime's controversial annexation of Earth into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds, the political situation remains volatile as humanity struggles to come to terms with the actions of the Transformers, viewing them with distrust. The tensions heighten after Earth's deposits of Ore-13 start to rapidly destabilize, threatening the planet with nuclear annihilation.

Believing the Autobots to be responsible, the President of the United States makes the decision to reactivate America's highly trained special mission force G.I. Joe to counterattack. Unbeknownst to the government, G.I. Joe's ranks have been infiltrated by an entirely different race of alien shapeshifters: the evil wizards known as Dire Wraiths – also drawn to Earth's supplies of Ore-13 – in a conspiracy that spreads all the way up to Joe Colton himself. The Wraith masquerading as Colton contacts his old Adventure Team friend Miles Manheim, hoping to reverse-engineer captured Cybertronian assets into a mechanical strike force in order to fight back. Manheim, however, has cut a deal with the extradimensional conqueror known as Baron Karza - in exchange for Earth's deposits of Ore-13 to save Karza's dimension from a destructive entropy storm, Manheim will receive dominion over Earth.

When the Autobot base Metrotitan abruptly goes silent, Optimus Prime calls Windblade to Earth in the hopes of using her cityspeaking skills to diagnose the problem. Before long, however, Prime and his allies are dispatched to Portland when Joe Colton takes the fight to Transformers. The battle is interrupted by Rom the Space Knight, who annihilates the Wraiths within the ranks of the Joes and forces the Autobots to pursue the alien. Meanwhile, Kup and Aileron discover the true problem with Ore-13, but are ambushed by M.A.S.K., with Miles Mayhem taking Kup prisoner.

Optimus and Rom reach an understanding and the Space Knight accompanies them back to Metrotitan, just as Windblade returns from a mental voyage into Microspace, where she encountered its progenitor Micronus Prime. Her desire to save this dying dimension runs up against Optimus Prime's orders to protect Earth first, but Rom's recklessness prompts Prime to realize that both Earth and Microspace must be saved; meanwhile, in Microspace, the adventurous Micronauts head into the fray as part of a deal with Baron Karza.

Meanwhile, the restless Decepticon Thundercracker finds himself protecting the President and her entourage from a team of Dire Wraiths. The extraterrestrial activity on Earth prompts the attention of the UK-based Action Man Programme, prompting them to deploy their top agent, Ian Noble, to retrieve Kup from beneath Governor's Island. Ian and Kup form a friendship as they return to Monument Valley, now under siege by the combined forces of M.A.S.K. and the Dire Wraiths.

As the battle intensifies, Baron Karza finally reveals himself as the perpetrator behind it all. Being enhanced by the Ore-13, Karza fuses with Wraith magic and M.A.S.K. technology to transform himself into a colossal monster. The arrival of G.I. Joe turns the advantage towards the Autobots and their allies; with the help of the Micronauts and repentant M.A.S.K. pilot Matt Trakker, they succeed in forcing Karza back into his dimension, ending the threat to Earth.

Subplot

A side story focuses on the adventures of the Scavengers as they head to Earth so that Crankcase can go on a date with a friendly Dire Wraith he met online.

Aftermath

The aftermath of Revolution marks the beginning of the Hasbro Reconstruction initiative, converging the stories featured in the Transformers and G.I. Joe comic books, with the addition of new comic books based on Micronauts , Rom , Action Man , and M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand within the Hasbro Comic Book Universe. [1]

Titles involved

"The Road to Revolution"

ChapterTitle / IssueWriter(s)Artist(s)Publication date
1Action Man #2John BarberPaolo VillanelliJuly 2016
2Micronauts #4 Cullen Bunn David Baldeon
3Rom #1 Chris Ryall
Christos N. Gage
David Messina
Paolo Villainelli
4Transformers: Till All Are One #2Mairghread ScottSara Pitre-Durocher
5Action Man #3John BarberPaolo VillanelliAugust 2016
6Micronauts #5Cullen BunnDavid Baldeon
7Rom #2Chris Ryall
Christos N. Gage
David Messina
Paolo Villainelli
8Transformers #56John BarberAndrew Griffith
9Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #56James RobertsNick Roche
10Transformers: Till All Are One #3Mairghread ScottSara Pitre-Durocher
11Action Man #4John BarberAndrew GriffithSeptember 2016
12Micronauts #6Cullen BunnDavid Baldeon
13Rom #3Chris Ryall
Christos N. Gage
David Messina
Paolo Villainelli
14Transformers #57John BarberAndrew Griffith
15Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #57James RobertsNick Roche
16Transformers: Till All Are One #4Mairghread ScottSara Pitre-Durocher
17Rom #4Chris Ryall
Christos N. Gage
David Messina
Paolo Villainelli
October 2016

Main issues

ChapterTitle / IssueWriter(s)Artist(s)Publication date
1RevolutionPreludeJohn Barber
Cullen Bunn
Fico OssioSeptember 2016
2Revolution #1
3Rom: Revolution Christos Gage
Chris Ryall
Ron Joseph
Ashley Wood
4Revolution #2John Barber
Cullen Bunn
Fico Ossio
5M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand: Revolution Brandon M. Easton Anthony Vargas
6Micronauts: RevolutionCullen BunnChris Panda
7Revolution #3John Barber
Cullen Bunn
Fico OssioOctober 2016
8G.I. Joe: RevolutionAubrey SittersonAaron Conley
Giannis Milonogiannis
9Transformers: Till All Are One: RevolutionMairghread ScottSara Pitre-Durocher
10Revolution #4John Barber
Cullen Bunn
Fico Ossio
11Transformers: RevolutionJohn BarberAndrew Griffith
12Action Man: Revolution Drew Johnson
13Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: RevolutionJames Roberts Alex Milne November 2016
14Revolution #5John Barber
Cullen Bunn
Fico Ossio

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedRelease dateISBN
Revolution
  • Revolution #0-5
  • Bonus material
January 19, 2017 163140816X
978-1631408168
Revolution: Heroes
  • ROM: Revolution #1
  • M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand: Revolution #1
  • Micronauts: Revolution #1
  • G.I. Joe: Revolution #1
  • Action Man: Revolution #1
  • Bonus material
February 9, 2017 1631408410
978-1631408410
Revolution: Transformers
  • Transformers: Till All Are One: Revolution #1
  • Transformers: Revolution #1
  • Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: Revolution #1
  • Transformers Holiday Special
February 16, 2017 1631408429
978-1631408427
Revolution Deluxe HC
  • Revolution #0-5
  • All eight one-shot issues
  • Expended cover gallery
June 2017 978-1-63140-937-0

Spin-off

In 2017, IDW released a miniseries titled Aw Yeah Revolution!, written and drawn by Art Baltazar, which represents a humorous version of the events of Revolution. The series was cancelled after three issues.

Sequel

In April 2017, IDW and Hasbro announced a new crossover event titled First Strike and it will serve as the sequel to Revolution. [2]

Other media

On July 10, 2017, Hasbro announced to release a toy set titled Revolution Comic Crossover Preview Mega-Set as an anticipation to IDW's First Strike, and features sixteen figures from Transformers, G.I. Joe, Rom, Micronauts, Action Man, M.A.S.K., and Visionaries. [3]

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