Back in Cable #1 (so long ago now) we discovered how the Teen Cable came by his very own X of Swords, plucking it from an alien behemoth, only to get a little big of mnemonic feedback.We learn who had it before it ended up embedded in the creature he pulled it out of And[...]
What kind of sword?Well in today's Cable #1 we discover how he comes by it, where it comes from and how the whole X Of Swords event may be set up Remember, in House Of X, and Power Of X, the X stood in for the number ten Just saying Sounds like a card game[...]
But now we find ourselves doing it for IDW Publishing, The changes between solicitation and publication.Transformers Valentine's Day Special #1, solicited as being written by Patrick Ehlers, Kate Leth & Cohen Edenfield will now be written by Patrick Ehlers & Sara Pitre-Durocher.Transformers #18, solicited as being drawn by Umi Miyao is now drawn by Umi[...]
There have been some retro games lost to time for every console, and a holy grail from the Atari 2600 has always been Pursuit Of The Pink Panther Originally conceived in 1983 under the original title, Adventures of the Pink Panther, the game was based on the cartoon character More specifically, the cartoon show that[...]
At San Diego Comic-Con, IDW revealed plans to launch a brand new Rom series called Rom: Dire Wraiths Today, IDW sent out a press release packed with details on the series, which is set to launch in October, and amongst those details is the news that legendary comic book artist Sal Buscema will contribute art[...]
With that motto in mind, IDW is try, trying again with a new Rom series, following up on the 2016 series that ran for fifteen issues This one will be called Rom: Dire Wraiths, and though the publisher teased it at the IDW and Hasbro SDCC panel on Thursday, no creative team was announced.According to[...]
Coming off the adaptation of the Ernest Cline novel Ready Player One for Steven Spielberg, writer Zak Penn has been tapped for the adaptation of ROM: The Spaceknight for Hasbro's Allspark Pictures and Paramount Pictures Based on the Hasbro toy ROM (short for read-only memory) of the 1980s, it was then introduced to readers in[...]
In 2016, IDW Publishing fulfilled the wishes of longtime comic book fans by finally bring Rom back to comics And artist Bob Layton provided a couple of covers to the effort, drawing a subscription variant for Rom #2 and the regular cover for Rom #5.But it seems there was more Rom plans for Layton which,[...]
We've known that coming out of IDW's First Strike super-mega-crossover event, we'd be getting a comic called Rom & The Micronauts, because it was included in the First Strike checklist, but now we've got the first details for the book, which hits stores in December.Christos Gage will write with art by Paolo Villanelli and covers by Richard[...]
Joe: First Strike, by Aubrey Sitterson and Ilias Kyriazis, and Optimus Prime: First Strike by John Barber and Guido Guidi in September.M.A.S.K.: MOBILE ARMORED STRIKE KOMMAND.: First Strike, by Aubrey Sitterson and Ilias Kyriazis, Rom: First Strike, by by Christos Gage and Chris Panda, and TRANSFORMERS: First Strike by John Barber and Guido Guidi will[...]
Rom Vs Transformers: Shining Armor Because everyone needs a little VS in their lives And space knights and Cybertronians must fight!From Christos Gage, John Barber and Alex Milne, from July.Also in July.. a Tom Whalen themed variant cover month for IDW.It's all go! Announced by IDW at Wondercon.. Rom Vs Transformers: Shining Armor[...]
They include a Deadpool cover by Dale Keown and a ROM cover by original ROM artist Sal Buscema.First up from Marvel is Deadpool: Back in Black #1 NYCC/TCM variant by Dale Keown (500 copies) Then from Aftershock Comics comes Shipwreck #1 TCM variant by Declan Shalvey (400 copies) Shalvey will be appearing at the Desert Wind booth[...]
But perhaps he is just very good at hiding.Chris Ryall is the Editor-in-Chief, and co-writer of ROM, which was his dream book for years.Sitting next to him is ROM co-writer Christos Gage, who many people know for his work on Daredevil Season One for Netflix.Mairghread Scott is the writer of Transformers: Till All Are One,[...]
It's had a little rejig since it was first announced. But IDW's crossover of their Hasbro action figure universes as Revolution for September is now underway.September sees the launch of Road To Revolution #1, Revolution #1 and #2, and Rom: Revolution #1, Micronauts Revolution #1 and M.A.S.K Revolution #1 kick it all off, but also crossing over[...]
Turns out Revolution is a cross over event that pulls together all of the Hasbro based comics into one big story: GI Joe, Transformers, M.A.S.K., Micronauts, ROM and Action Man.Revolution is a five-part bi-weekly series written by Cullen Bunn and John Barber and drawn by Fico Ossio that starts with a world-shaking threat that brings[...]
Rom is a toy I only ever knew from the comic books And that seems to have been most people's experience, the comic book space knight fighting alien shapeshifting invaders the Dire Wraiths until he was defeated by licensing issues with the original toy owner Parker Bros and then Hasbro.Well Hasbro and IDW are tight[...]
Gaydos described it as a “little different” from what you usually see at IDW, but this was a pitch they just had to pick up.Jem and the Holograms, upon mention, got a round of applause, and Barber announced Dark Jem, “when Jem goes dark” It was one of the “original pitches” for the series, and[...]
At the IDW panel at NYCC '15 today, the panel announced Chris Ryall and Christos Gage writing, and David Messina, and Paolo Villanelli as artists on Rom: The Space Knight It's coming in May for Issue #0 and July for Issue #1 in 2016 They are going to be launching it in a very big[...]
The IDW Panel promised to be “The Best Panel in Recorded History“, and it was You’ve by now seen the two big announcements, TMNT/Batman, and IDW’s acquisition of the Rom and Micronauts licenses But there was more, so keep reading my friend!At the panel was IDW VP of Marketing Dirk Wood, Chris Ryall, who isn’t[...]
