Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1

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Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #1
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published June 7, 2017
Cover date May 2017
Written by various
Art by various
Edits by David Mariotte and David Hedgecock

Acroyear to Duke!

Profiles

Other content

Notes

Profile notes

  • Baron Daegon's entry spells his name "Daigon." That's how it was spelled when he first appeared in Micronauts #2, but later issues would switch to the "Daegon" spelling.
  • Bob, Buster, and D.0.C.'s profile is the only one without unique artwork created for it; it reuses art from the interior of The Transformers (vol. 1) #20, and the cover of The Transformers (vol. 2) #48.
  • Centurion's "historical first appearance" is given as Transformers UK #74, equating him with the human-built robot Centurion from that story, who had the same name but was otherwise a very different character.

Omissions and inconsistencies

  • Profiles are inconsistent on what constitutes a "first appearance," with some listing the first appearance of the character in either a cartoon episode or comic book issue, but others listing the release of their toy (which would always typically predate any fictional appearance). In the case of the Micronauts characters, it might have something to do with IDW not having the license to any of Marvel's Micronauts comics, and hence not wanting to, or not being able to, reference them—but it's notably inconsistent when Adventure Team members Bulletman and Atomic Man's first appearances are listed as 1975's toyline, while their contemporary Joe Colton's suggests he supposedly didn't exist until 1988's G.I. Joe #86.
  • Gloria Baker's first appearance is generically given as "M.A.S.K. TV series"; other profiles that cite TV series give specific episodes, and her's should be M.A.S.K. episode #2, "The Star Chariot."
  • The Baroness's profile omits Chameleon from her "known relatives" section; she's her half-sister.
  • Cover Girl's profile weirdly omits the character's biggest solo adventure in IDW continuity, which was also her personal turning point and led to her joining the army: her victory over a group of Nanzhaoese pirates who attacked the set of a reality TV show she was starring in at the time. What's even stranger is the fact that this adventure (chronicled in G.I. Joe vol. 3 #6) is mentioned in Bulletman's profile!

Other trivia

  • Originally solicited for release in May, this issue arrived a little late on the first week of June. Revolutionaries #5 and #6 were intended to have been released by the time the first Sourcebook was on shelves, but have been the victim of delays of their own, meaning that several key plot points from those issues are spoiled in the profiles for Atomic Man and Centurion.

Covers (3)

  • Regular cover: Wraparound cover of the characters profiled in this issue, by Fico Ossio and Jordi Escuin
  • Subscription cover: A selection of the G.I. Joe and M.A.S.K. characters profiled in this issue, by Sam Lofti and Jordi Escuin
  • Retailer incentive cover: The heroes and villains of ROM and Micronauts, by Marcelo Borstelmann

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