Revolutionaries
Revolutionaries is an eight-issue comic book series published in 2017 by IDW Publishing. Spinning out of the Revolution event, the series sees several supporting characters from The Transformers join forces with Action Man, and have numerous crossover adventures with the characters of IDW's Hasbro Universe titles. It runs alongside sister titles Optimus Prime, Lost Light, and Till All Are One, basically an honorary "fourth" Transformers title.
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Overview
Searching for more information about his recently-revealed Titan Master heritage, Garrison Blackrock investigates a mysterious Talisman in Schleteva, which sparks an international crisis when its energies begin transforming innocents into Dire Wraiths. Mayday's G.I. Joe squad teams up with Rom to investigate, discovering that Ian Noble, Britain's latest Action Man, and his new pal Kup are also on the case — but the Oktober Guard manages to steal the Talisman and return it to their employers, Doctor X and Baron Ironblood, while abandoning Ian on the moon.
Hoping to learn more about the genesis of the Talisman, the unlikely heroes make a deal with the dimensionally-marooned Micronauts to infiltrate Dr. X's repurposed Cobra moonbase and retrieve both Action Man and the Talisman. Learning that the artifact has ties to the dimension of Microspace, Ian suggests that the unlikely team track down the man who helped retrieve the Talisman in the first place: Richard Ruby, a member of the original Adventure Team. Ruby recounts an adventure in Egypt which saw Mike "Atomic Man" Power energized by the artifact. Armed with the knowledge of Garrison Kreiger's efforts to track down the device, the unlikely team heads off to investigate Kreiger's successor and current president of I.R.O.N. in Kalistan: Count von Rani, the Iron Klaw.
On arriving, the team clash with von Rani's cabal of handpicked villains - including the Predacons. With the help of Snake-Eyes, they succeed in taking down their combined "Predaking" gestalt. Having learned that the Talisman possesses a connection to the ancient Onyx Prime, the Revolutionaries, armed with knowledge of the villain's plans, head to San Francisco to intercept Tomax Paoli. Kup contends with Tomax's Eukarian bodyguard Centurion: an ancient, amnesiac Transformer who awoke in the 18th century and allied with Kreiger following the loss of his commander. The heroes manage to take in Tomax and convince Centurion to stand down, setting course for Brasyna to investigate the mystery of the missing Atomic Man.
Creative team
John Barber continues as writer from Revolution, with Fico Ossio continuing on art.[1]
Collections
- Revolutionaries, Volume 1: Crisis Intervention TPB (August 2, 2017 **scheduled**) ISBN 1631409212 / ISBN 978-1631409219
- Contains issues 1–4
- Bonus material CURRENTLY UNKNOWN
- Revolutionaries, Volume 2: Power and Glory TPB (November 15, 2017 **scheduled**) ISBN 1684050154 / ISBN 978-1684050154
- Contains issues 5–8
- Bonus material CURRENTLY UNKNOWN
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Volume 1 cover by Fico Ossio and Sebastian Cheng -
Volume 2 cover by Pierre Droal **coming soon**
References
External links
- Revolutionaries at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
