Micronauts, #1

[CBR News]

THEY CAME FROM A DYING UNIVERSE! ACROYEAR, SPACE GLIDER, BIOTRON and their allies are back, on the run from the evil BARON KARZA, and blasting through a universe where magic and science vie for control! With resources dwindling, the long-lost TIME TRAVELERS may hold the key to salvation... but will it mean armageddon for our world?


Full article here.

[Kikaider]

Whoa, looks fantastic! Happy I waited until this week to hit the comic shop.

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This looks pretty good. I didn't have any preconceived notions on how I wanted this to look, and I never read the Marvel series, so this may work for me.

I'm of the generation who had the Micronauts action figures from the '70s; the Time Traveler and Acroyear are a massive deal to me. Whenever I think of them I always think of "Logan's Run" for some reason... Anyway, I hope this series is good.

EDIT: Now, 24-hours later, and after seeing that bad Newsarama review, I think I'll take a pass on this and wait and see how ROM turns out. That's the one that seems to be the big deal for IDW.

[Walker in Eternity]

I will be picking this up tomorrow too.

[WeirdSpace]

I should have it with next week's shipment. I have both the Marvel and the Devil's Due issues, and I look forward to the new version.

[shamus]

No Space Commander? No Bug! I guess Marvel owns those.

[MyriVerse]

No Space Commander? No Bug! I guess Marvel owns those.

Commander Rann originally represented the Space Glider figure, a non-descript human guy. The name is all Marvel.
Bug was Galactic Warrior, a non-descript human guy. His Bugginess is all Marvel.

[Park Slope Pixie]

Love micronauts! Go bunn!

[GDC3]

Big fan of the Marvel series. This looks pretty cool. I'll pick it up.

[Ishmael]

Big fan of the Marvel series. This looks pretty cool. I'll pick it up.

Yeah I agree. Loved the initial 11 issues of the Marvel series, and think this looks good to. Def gonna check it out.

[Lee Stone]

No Space Commander? No Bug! I guess Marvel owns those.

See Enigma Force, Marvel's rebranding of the team consisting of the characters they own.

They did a similar thing with the components of ROM they owned with Spaceknights.

Enigma Force and Spaceknights have each had a mini-series.

[ksbord]

I'm going to keep an eye on this one for the reviews. I loved the original Marvel series as a child, must've read the issue where the fought Man-Thing a bazillion times. Hopefully this can capture the magic!

Though, the Newsarama review... 3/10.... Ouch.

[GDC3]

The story was decent overall. For me the real problem was the art. None of it was bad mind you. It just wasn't consistent. I'm not sure why a first issue needed that many artists and colorists, but it was a little jarring, especially when that first transition occurs in the middle of a conversation. Something closer to the way Hypernaturals used to handle the dual art split might have worked better.

[Darrin Kelley]

I bought it today. I read it. And I think it has promise.

Though I think the page count for the actual story was way too low. A #1 issue is all about establishing characters. And this barely managed at the most basic level. At least a truly double sized issue would have been more than justified for this property to really give it legs.

This is a rare case where I think IDW dropped the ball. And that's a major shame.

I have come to expect better from IDW.

[Confuzzled]

Commander Rann originally represented the Space Glider figure, a non-descript human guy. The name is all Marvel.
Bug was Galactic Warrior, a non-descript human guy. His Bugginess is all Marvel.

What about Marionette? Marvel too? And does this mean these particular characters won't appear in the upcoming Hasbro movie?