Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 3

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Phenolo-Phi to Zarana!

Profiles

Phenolo-Phi (written by Cullen Bunn and Jimmy Johnston; art by Jack Lawrence and Ander Zarate)
Quick Kick (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Steve Kurth and Simon Gough)
Red Falcon (w. Jimmy Johnston; a. Jed Dougherty and David García Cruz)
Roadblock (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Robert Atkins and Simon Gough)
Rock 'n Roll (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Steve Kurth and Simon Gough)
Rom (w. Chris Ryall and David Mariotte; a. David Messina)
Terrence Salmons (w. John Barber; a. Paolo Villanelli and John-Paul Bove)
Scarlett (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Robert Atkins and Simon Gough)
Sgt. Savage (w. John Barber; a. Ron Joseph and Jay Fotos)
Shazraella (w. Jimmy Johnston; a. Jed Dougherty and David García Cruz)
Bruno Sheppard (w. Brandon M. Easton; a. Sam Lotfi and Jordi Escuin)
Shipwreck (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Paolo Villanelli and John-Paul Bove)
Skywarp (w. John Barber; a. Guido Guidi)
Snake Eyes (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Robert Atkins and Simon Gough)
Soundwave (w. John Barber; a. Guido Guidi)
Spectrum (w. Brandon M. Easton; a. Marcelo Ferreira and Jordi Escuion)
Stalker (w. John Barber; a. Ron Joseph and Jay Fotos)
Starscream (w. Mairghread Scott; a. Sara Pitre-Durocher)
Stiletto (w. Brandon M. Easton; a. Sam Lotfi and Jordi Escuin)
Storm Shadow (w. John Barber; a. Max Dunbar and Ander Zarate)
Thundercracker (w. John Barber; a. Kei Zama)
Victorion (w. John Barber; a. Guido Guidi)
Windblade (w. Mairghread Scott; a. Sara Pitre-Durocher)
Spike Witwicky (w. John Barber; a. Paolo Villanelli and John-Paul Bove)
Zandar (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Paolo Villanelli and John-Paul Bove)
Zarana (w. Aubrey Sitterson; a. Paolo Villanelli and John-Paul Bove)

Notes

Profile notes

Quick Kick's real name is given as "Gordon Hung." That's new; historically, his real name is "MacArthur S. Ito."
Terrance Salmons's profile includes references to Triple I from the original Generation 1 Marvel comic, and to Donny Finkleberg and Peter Anthony Morris, employees of the company in that series. It then dives an order of mangitude deeper and makes reference to the "Schrödinger's Box Affair," alluding to a plot from the Japanese Story of Binaltech that Triple I was also involved in.
Sgt. Savage notes that his first deployment was in the fictional country of Galibi. This country was first alluded to in {{#if:G.I. Joe vol. 4 #1|G.I. Joe vol. 4 #1|The Fall of G.I. Joe Part One}}, sharing a border with the equally fictional Schleteva. Savage's profile also describes the Screaming Eagles as initially being encouraged to serve as propaganda soldiers and sell war bonds, as well as being the first racially integrated unit in the Army thanks to Savage's influence; both details are lifted from the history of Captain America, who Savage has always been a bit of a knockoff of, from the 2011 film [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Captain America: The First Avenger|{{#if:Captain America: The First Avenger|Captain America: The First Avenger|Captain America: The First Avenger}}]].
Skywarp and Thundercracker are explicitly identified as outliers for the first time, though Thundercracker's profile notes that his powers are limited enough that they might not even qualify.
Stiletto's profile explains a baffling line in M.A.S.K.: Revolution, which claimed that his mask shared the shrinking-and-growing abilities of Julio Lopez's "Gulliver", before immediately showing him using the classic Stiletto power of firing a spear-like projectile. Here, it's explained that he uses the growth power in conjunction with sharpened darts to create the giant harpoons he fires.

Errors, omissions, and inconsistencies

The middle word of Rock 'n Roll's codename is traditionally spelled 'n , with one apostrophe, in G.I. Joe toylines, which is the spelling that's been used for G.I. Joe vol. 5. Here, however, it's been rendered 'n' with two apostrophes (a more grammatically correct spelling also used in Revolutionaries #7 and #8). And past IDW appearances have used an ampersand! So basically... don't worry about it too much.
This issue reprints Scarlett's profile from the backmatter of Revolution #2 in full, including listing Scarlett as a Master Sergeant when The Transformers #56, Revolution #0, and Revolution #2's main story had her as the more logical Colonel.
Bruno Sheppard is listed by his full name (his alphabetical position in the series determined by his surname), while the other M.A.S.K. characters profiled in the issue are listed under their codenames. Bruno's is not even mentioned in his profile; it's "Thunderflame".
Continuing a kind of error from last issue, Shipwreck and Quick Kick's first appearances are listed as issues #40 and #45 of the original Marvel G.I. Joe comic book, respectively. Though those are the first issues of that series in which they debuted, their actual first appearances were in the Joe cartoon: Shipwreck first appeared in "The Vines of Evil" (which aired in September 1984, versus the June 1985 publication date of issue #40) and Quick Kick first appeared in "Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls" (which aired in September 1985, versus issue #45's publication date of November 1985).
Victorion's marital status is listed as "single", despite her legs being married to each other.
The heights and weights given for the three seekers feel incredibly arbitrary and wildly inconsistent with each other, with Skywarp and Thundercracker somehow being both slightly taller and less than half as heavy as Starscream.
Continuing a trend set by previous issues, Spike Witwicky's military history doesn't really make any sense. Spike apparently "enlisted at age 18", but all previous appearances have depicted him as a commissioned officer rather than an enlisted soldier. What's more, he apparently "became a Naval aviator"... except that Naval aviators are dedicated pilots (think Top Gun), and Spike has always been portrayed doing "spec ops" stuff rather than flying aircraft.

Other trivia

Originally solicited for release in July, this issue arrived noticeably late, in the final week of August. It picked up speed a little, though, arriving within the same month as the already-delayed issue #2.
This issue was advertised as including "a fantastic story leading into the next huge Hasbro event", but winds up having only a four-page preview of First Strike #1 rather than an original strip like the previous two issues did. Editor David Mariotte's introduction to the issue, however, is clearly describing the four-page story from First Strike #0, so obviously it was originally intended for inclusion in this issue. While Sourcebook #3 was delayed and didn't come until after after First Strike #2, it was supposed to be released the month before issue #1, so it seems like the Sourcebook delays prompted the story being pulled from this issue and released as its own thing so that it could actually come out before the crossover began, explaining why First Strike #0 wasn't advance-solicited and basically appeared out of nowhere one day.
The retailer incentive cover, on top of various Revolutionaries characters and Optimus Prime, also has a character in silhouette that doesn't really match up with anyone who's had a Sourcebook profile... but it does fit the classic design of Leoric from Visionaries, which received a Hasbro Universe comic series in the aftermath of First Strike. Now, why he's on the cover when he doesn't actually have a profile is anyone's guess...

Other printings

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

Phenolo-Phi in Revolution #5
Roadblock in Revolution #3
Rom in Revolution #2
Scarlett in Revolution #2
Snake Eyes in Revolution #4
Soundwave in Revolution #4
Spectrum (as "Matt Trakker") in Revolution #3
Victorion in Revolution #3
Windblade in Revolution #5

Shortened versions of Phenolo-Phi (as "Space Glider"), Quick Kick, Rock 'n Roll, Rom, Scarlett, Shazraella, Snake Eyes, Soundwave, Spectrum, Stiletto, Victorion, and Windblade'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 John-Paul Bove
Subscription cover: Rom, Shipwreck, Scarlett, and Snake Eyes, by Sam Lotfi and Jordi Escuin
Retailer incentive cover: Buncha characters who aren't in the dang ol' issue, by Marcelo Borstelmann