IDW Announces Micronauts and ROM for 2016
It looks as if whatever wonky rights issues were preventing Micronauts and ROM from making an appearance today have been resolved. IDW has announced (post at comicsalliance.com) that both Micronauts and ROM comics are due to release next year.
Once published by Marvel, the Micronauts and ROM comics of the seventies and eighties started life as toy-based publications, but over time the comics managed to outlive the toys that they were based on. I touched on both of these properties in Each Sold Separately* and Action Figures Not Included*, and now it looks as if I’ll have to keep eyes open and give the IDW comics a try next year. Fingers crossed that these are fun books!
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