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'''''Inhumanoids''''' was a short-lived toyline released by [[Hasbro]] in 1986. Unusual in that it was named for the villains of the piece, ''Inhumanoids'' centred on the scientist-cum-superhero team, [[Earth Corps]], as they protected the world from the threat of the titular subterranean monsters with the aid of the elemental beings known as the Mutores. The series was, alas, not particularly successful, coming to an end after only one year. | '''''Inhumanoids''''' was a short-lived toyline released by [[Hasbro]] in 1986. Unusual in that it was named for the villains of the piece, ''Inhumanoids'' centred on the scientist-cum-superhero team, [[Earth Corps]], as they protected the world from the threat of the titular subterranean monsters with the aid of the elemental beings known as the Mutores. The series was, alas, not particularly successful, coming to an end after only one year. | ||
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===''The Transformers'' cartoon=== | ===''The Transformers'' cartoon=== | ||
{{note|In ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [[Ask Vector Prime|Vector Prime states]] that the events of ''Inhumanoids'' are [[canon]] for [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Primax 984.17 Alpha]].}} | {{note|In ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [[Ask Vector Prime|Vector Prime states]] that the events of ''Inhumanoids'' are [[canon]] for [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Primax 984.17 Alpha]].}} | ||
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* [[wikipedia:Inhumanoids|''Inhumanoids'']] at Wikipedia | * [[wikipedia:Inhumanoids|''Inhumanoids'']] at Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Back-up strips]] | [[Category:Back-up strips]] | ||
[[Category:Comics]] | [[Category:Comics]] | ||
[[Category:Other Hasbro properties]] | [[Category:Other Hasbro properties]] | ||
Revision as of 23:07, 1 January 2016
| This article is about the franchise. For the titular species, see Inhumanoid. |
Inhumanoids was a short-lived toyline released by Hasbro in 1986. Unusual in that it was named for the villains of the piece, Inhumanoids centred on the scientist-cum-superhero team, Earth Corps, as they protected the world from the threat of the titular subterranean monsters with the aid of the elemental beings known as the Mutores. The series was, alas, not particularly successful, coming to an end after only one year.
As a contemporary of Transformers, Inhumanoids received a similar dual-pronged advertising push, consisting of an animated series produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow, featuring many voice actors who also worked on Transformers and primarily scripted by Flint Dille, and a comic book series released by Marvel Comics under their "Star Comics" imprint which directly adapted the cartoon. The cartoon began as a seven-minute segment on the "Super Sunday" block, running to fifteen installments that were later combined into a movie, which was then in turn split back into five half-hours and coupled with eight brand-new shows to form a complete season of thirteen half-hour episodes. The series was distinguished by an unusual art style that involved heavy use of shadow, often gory content, and a narrative structure highly unlike any other American cartoon at the time that saw the end of each episode lead directly into the next.
The Inhumanoids cartoon forged a connection with the larger "Sunbow universe" of Transformers, G.I. Joe and Jem and the Holograms by featuring the omnipresent Hector Ramirez in his largest role, and indicating that one of the heroes was G.I. Joe's Ace. Even the gargantuan zombie-dinosaur D'Compose managed a cameo in the Jem episode "Broadway Magic" because cartoons are weird like that.
The comic book, meanwhile, was cancelled after only four issues, ending on a cliffhanger, but was nonetheless reprinted as a back-up strip in Marvel UK's Transformers title, running from #103-118.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
Notes
- Shattered Glass is a universe where, for the most part, the usual heroes are villains and vice versa: the Inhumanoids being a menace there too is an oddity.
- Hasbro planned a relaunch of Inhumanoids in the early 2010s, now called Primordia. That's normal. What isn't is that it would be part of a Unit:E crossover from Transformers: Prime, including Inhumanoids guys alongside Stretch Armstrong and Candyland. [1]
References
- ↑ TF2005.com "More tidbits from a friend of mine who took notes at the panel: ... TFP was going to lead into a massive Avengers style Unit: E crossover to jumpstart the other brands participating. Ratchet and Fowler from TFP; Duke from GI Joe; Synergy from Jem and the Holograms; Princess Lollipop from Candyland; also characters from MASK, Stretch Armstrong, Micronauts, Sectaurs, Primordia (the renamed Inhumanoids) and more."
External links
- Inhumanoids at Wikipedia
