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Stretch Armstrong Cartoon Gets A Comic Book Spinoff With Art By Nikos Koutsis

Published Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:44:06 -0500

by Jude Terror

Last updated Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:04:24 -0500

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Get ready to party like it's 1976!

Following up on the exciting news that Stretch Armstrong is returning in animated form for the new Netflix TV show, Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, Hasbro has announced a collaboration with longtime partners IDW on a spinoff comic book starring the rubbery hero and his friends. According to a report from THR, the book will be written by committee, headed up by the show's head writers Kevin Burke and Chris "Doc" Wyatt, along with apparently all the executive producers of the show. Thankfully, Nikos Koutsis will be the sole artist on the title.

"We're carefully designing the Stretch Armstrong comic book stories to work as 'standalones' for people who haven't seen the Netflix series yet, but to also reward viewers of the show with more depth on their favorite characters," said Wyatt, seemingly oblivious to the idea that everyone involved in this project may be dangerously overestimating the enduring popularity of the 1970s children's toy. "We're having a blast writing these issues."

In the new version, Stretch Armstrong is a teenage hero on a team with his teen friends Omni-Mass and Wingspan. Making everyone on the show teenagers will hopefully bridge the gap between the forty-year-olds who actually remember playing with a Stretch Armstrong toy as kids and the kids who Hasbro is praying will please, oh god, please watch this show and buy the new toys.

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