Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2

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Eclipse to Oziron Rael!

Profiles

Eclipse (written by Brandon M. Easton; art by Robert Atkins and Ander Zarate)
Marissa Faireborn (w. John Barber; a. Guido Guidi)
Grand Slam (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Giannis Milonogiannis and Lovern Kindzierski)
Grimlock (w. John Barber; a. Guido Guidi)
Gulliver (w. Brandon M. Easton; a. Sam Lotfi and Jordi Escuin)
Gung-Ho (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Paolo Villanelli and John-Paul Bove)
Helix (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Robert Atkins and Simon Gough)
Ice Queen (w. Brandon M. Easton; a. Marcelo Ferreira and Jordi Escuin)
Jazz (w. John Barber; a. Casey Coller and John-Paul Bove)
Klain (w. Jimmy Johnston; a. Robert Atkins and Ander Zarate)
Knights of the Solstar Order (w. Chris Ryall and David Mariotte; a. David Messina, Michele Pasta, and Alessandra Alexakis)
Garrison Kreiger (w. John Barber; a. Ron Joseph and Jay Fotos)
Kup (w. John Barber; a. Fico Ossio and Sebastian Cheng)
Lady Jaye (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Steve Kurth and Simon Gough)
Larissa (w. Jimmy Johnston; a. Jed Dougherty and David García Cruz)
Livia (w. Chris Ryall and David Mariotte; a. Paolo Villanelli and Alessandra Alexakis)
Mainframe (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Steve Kurth and Simon Gough)
Major Bludd (w. John Barber; a. Igor Lima and Ander Zarate)
Darby Mason (w. Chris Ryall and David Mariotte; a. David Messina, Michele Pasta, and Alessandra Alexakis)
Mayday (w. John Barber; a. Igor Lima and Ander Zarate)
Miles Mayhem (w. Brandon M. Easton; a. Marcelo Ferreira and Jordi Escuin)
Megatron (w. John Barber; a. Alex Milne and Joana Lafuente)
Microtron (w. Cullen Bunn and Jimmy Johnston; a. Jed Dougherty and David García Cruz)
Doctor Mindbender (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Marcelo Ferreira and Jordi Escuin)
Optimus Prime (w. John Barber; a. Guido Guidi)
Oktober Guard (w. John Barber; a. Fico Ossio and Sebastian Cheng)
Orphion (w. Chris Ryall and David Mariotte; a. David Messina)
Oziron Rael (w. Cullen Bunn; a. Jack Lawrence and Ander Zarate)

Notes

Profile notes

Previously alluded to in Optimus Prime #4, Marissa's profile explicitly explains that her mother is Claire Austin, an old college-age girlfiend of Flint's who he dated while he was still in his teens, introduced in 2013's {{#if:The Cobra Files #6|The Cobra Files #6|The Boy Most Likely To..., Part 2}}. Flint casually mentioned in that issue that he had heard Claire had a child with her later husband; unbeknownst to him, this profile explains, Claire had been pregnant when they broke up, and the child was his. By the time Marissa learned of her true parentage, from her second step-father (Claire having been noted in Cobra Files to have been divorced twice), Flint had faked his death, as was G.I. Joe standard protocol at the time; Marissa's profile reveals that she learned he was still alive from Mayday, who had worked with him on the Joe team.
Established only in the letters page of G.I. Joe vol. 5 #3 prior to this issue, Grand Slam's profile notes that he is the same Grand Slam who appeared to die waaaay back in 2009's {{#if:G.I. Joe Origins #7|G.I. Joe Origins #7|Origins issue 7}}, who had survived his injuries.
Following hints about Grimlock's divided allegiance dropped in More than Meets the Eye #3, #8, and #46, his profile establishes that he was a Decepticon at one point. We still don't know any more than that, though!
While not a spoiler per se, the Space Knight profile notes that Stardrive, protagonist of the concurrently-running Shining Armor miniseries, was a "past member" of the order, and that her current status is "unknown," which doesn't seem to bode well for poor Stardrive.
Garrison Kreiger's profile clarifies the unclear situation surrounding the Schletevan bunker where the Talisman was found in Revolutionaries #1, which was described as a British Secret Intelligence Service facility, but sported the logo of I.R.O.N. on its walls. Already clarified by John Barber on Twitter,<ref>Tweet by @TheJohnBarber, 2017/06/16</ref> here we learn that it was an I.R.O.N. facility operated by S.I.S., a situation arranged by Doctor X during her time as a double-agent.
Kup's profile states that he was around in the time of Nova Prime, and saw the formation of the Golden Age after the First Cybertronian Civil War between the Thirteen and their tribes. Though unsurprising, this is new information that hasn't yet been related in any comics.
Mayday's profile gives her first historical appearance as the first episode of the G.I. Joe Extreme cartoon, "A Summoning of Heroes," establishing that she is the IDW version of that first, and otherwise very different, bearer of the "Mayday" codename. Her profile also namechecks Joshua Red, head of the original version of Skywatch (of which she was a member), not seen since 2009's Maximum Dinobots.
Doctor Mindbender's profile corrects the error that's been running through M.A.S.K. that identifies the doctor's real name as "Verstal Bender," rather than "Armand Singh," his actual real name as provided in IDW's Joe titles. "Verstal Bender" is here established to be an alias.
Major Bludd is noted to have had the arm he lost in Revolutionaries #1 replaced with a Talisman-tech prosthetic, which hasn't been shown to have happened on-panel. Spoiler for a future issue...?
Dragonsky, a traditional member of the Oktober Guard who was added to their IDW line-up for Revolutionaries, is revealed to have been a colleague of Bludd's during his time operating the {{#if:||Section Ten}} gulag (as seen in {{#if:G.I. Joe vol. 1|G.I. Joe vol. 1|G.I. Joe (comic)}}), recruited after the Major took control of the team.
As in issue #1, most profiles get new art, but a few have recycled pieces from other sources, including Grand Slam (from G.I. Joe vol. 5 #1), Jazz (from Optimus Prime #8; this is art of Jazz in his earliest Cybertronian form, rather than his regular modern-day appearance), Kup (from Revolutionaries #2), and the Oktober Guard (from Revolutionaries #1).

Errors, omissions, and inconsistencies

This issue includes the individual episodes for the "first appearances" of the M.A.S.K. characters that was missing from Gloria Baker's profile last time. But where Gloria was credited as "AURA (GLORIA BAKER)," this issue just lists the characters by their codenames alone.
Grimlock's birthplace is listed as "unknown," though in issue 45 of More than Meets the Eye he was referred to as "Grimlock of Iacon." Perhaps Misfire was misinformed?
Grimlock has red visors (both in Robot and Dinosaur mode) in this continuity, which is consistent with the text. But in the profile picture, they are blue.
Gung-Ho is listed as having no relatives, yet his profile mentions that he has eight siblings and a large extended family.
Lady Jaye and Mainframe's profiles give their first appearances as issues #32 and #58 of Marvel's G.I. Joe comic, respectively. Though those are the correct issues of the comic in which they debuted, they actually first appeared in episodes of the G.I. Joe cartoon broadcast before those issue's releases; Lady Jaye in September 1984's "In the Cobra's Pit" (versus #32's October 1984 publication date, cover-dated February '85), and Mainframe in September 1986's "Arise, Serpentor, Arise!" Part 1 (versus December '86 for #58, cover-dated April '87).
Major Bludd's profile refers to the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)|{{#if:Golden Triangle|Golden Triangle|Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)}}]], a significant location in IDW's previous G.I. Joe comics, as the Golden Rectangle. Admittedly, though, this could be a deliberate change — the real-life Golden Triangle covers three countries, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, but the IDW version covers a fourth: Nanzhao.
Metrotitan is depicted with wheels in his starship mode, which is accurate to his original toy but not his prior fictional appearances in the IDW universe.
Even accounting for the late publication of this issue (see "other notes," below), Megatron's profile is outdated, giving his base of operations as Necroworld, which fails to account for his relocation to the Functionist Universe in May's Lost Light #6.
How the characters are alphabetized is weird and inconsistent — Doctor Mindbender is listed under M-for-Mindbender, but Major Bludd is listed under M-for-Major (despite "Bludd" being his actual surname), and for some reason Oziron Rael is listed under his first name, unlike any other character.

Other trivia

Originally solicited for release in June, this issue arrived noticeably late, in the first week of August, two months after the already-month-late issue #1.

Other printings

Several of the profiles shown were previously published as backmatter in issues of Revolution and other Hasbro Universe comics:

Helix in Revolution #5
Mainframe in Revolution #3
Microtron in Micronauts Annual 2017
Miles Mayhem in Revolution #3 and M.A.S.K. Annual 2017
Optimus Prime in Revolution #5
Oziron Rael in Revolution #4

Shortened versions of Marissa, Grimlock, Gulliver, Helix, Ice Queen, Lady Jaye, Mainframe, Miles Mayhem, Microtron, Optimus Prime, and Oziron Rael's profiles were also released as trading cards through a Revolution-themed Humble Bundle.

Covers (3)

Regular cover: Wraparound cover of the characters profiled in this issue, by Fico Ossio and Thomas Deer
Subscription cover: Kup, along with the forces of M.A.S.K. and V.E.N.O.M., by Sam Lotfi and Jordi Escuin
Retailer incentive cover: Matt Trakker and G.I. Joe, by Marcelo Borstelmann

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