History ComicBook / Revolutionaries

* {{Retcon}}: A big 'un in issue 5: The ''Hearts of Steel'' miniseries from way back when? [[spoiler:All those Cybertronians were actually mind-wiped Eukarians Shockwave found and rebuilt, and their adventures, including beating up the Elder Gods, happened in the main reality. However, the miniseries was not strictly retconned into happening solely in the IDW universe but rather created two versions of the tale happening in different universes because Ask Vector Prime had already given the ''Hearts of Steel'' continuity its own universal stream designation separate from the IDW continuity and the Revenge of Karza's final issue having the main Optimus Prime take on his ''Hearts of Steel'' body briefly due to the time hijinks going on.]]

* {{Retcon}}: A big 'un in issue 5: The ''Hearts of Steel'' miniseries from way back when? [[spoiler:All those Cybertronians were actually mind-wiped Eukarians Shockwave found and rebuilt, and their adventures, including beating up the Elder Gods, happened in the main reality.]]

Described as "''Marvel Team-Up'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}''", ''Revolutionaries'' is an action-comedy superhero TeamUpSeries written by John Barber (''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise The Transformers]]'', ''ComicBook/ActionMan'', ''ComicBook/BackToTheFuture'') and illustrated by Fico Ossio (''[[ComicBook/Revolution2016 Revolution]]'', ''ComicBook/{{Skylanders}}''); with a rotating team lineup -- bringing in characters including [[ComicBook/RomIDW Rom]], [[ComicBook/GIJoeIDW Snake-Eyes]], [[Franchise/GIJoe Mike Power]] and the ''[[{{Elseworld}} Hearts of Steel]]'' Transformers -- the series will explore the world of the Hasbro Universe and allow Barber to indulge his love of ContinuityPorn and [[MythologyGag Mythology Gags]].

* RealityEnsues:
** When last seen, way back in ''G.I. Joe'', the Section Sabine Cobra base was cut off and stranded on the moon. They all died.
** In issue 6, the team convince Centurion to come with them. In issue 7, he turns out to still be working for Kreiger, who points out in the next issue that they're hardly going to win someone he's worked over for decades with just five minutes of conversation.

The [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet planet Earth]] of the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse has been touched by many outsiders, be they [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Cybertronian]], [[ComicBook/RomIDW Dire Wraith]], [[ComicBook/MicronautsIDW Microspace]] or otherwise... and among these is the mysterious artifact known only as the [[BigDumbObject Talisman]]. When the strange obelisk becomes active in the country of Schleteva, it brings together four unlikely allies: [[Franchise/GIJoe Mayday]], a GenreSavvy G.I. Joe leader with something to prove; [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Blackrock]], a [[ManchurianAgent Cybertronian who thought he was a man]]; [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Kup]], a Transformer [[TimeAbyss older than the universe]]; and ComicBook/ActionMan, a British special agent [[LegacyCharacter with big shoes to fill]]. As the four of them uncover the mysteries of the Talisman, the Revolutionaries will find strange allies and delve into the secrets of their world and [[AncientAstronauts the alien influence on its history]].

* BadassGrandpa: Kup, as ever.

* AbortedArc: Early promotion described the first issue as taking place in [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeExtreme Kalistan]], but the final version instead is in Schleteva -- though [[TheArtifact an IRON Army logo still appears on the wall]] in one scene.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Centurion. [[spoiler: After first turning on his fellow ''Hearts of Steel'' Transformers and hunting them to the last 'bot, he then joins forces with Garrison Kreiger for several decades, until the Revolutionaries find him and tell him that he's not the last Transformer in existence. It looks like he's seen the error of his ways, but #7 reveals that he surrendered solely to fool the team into letting him into their base. Then at the end of issue #8, he dies and is reborn as a human-Cybertronian fusion, making it seem like he's turned over a new leaf... but then ''First Strike'' shows that the old Centurion is still alive and kicking inside his combined psyche, and at the first opportunity he shoots Blackrock in the back and runs off to rejoin Kriger. He ''then'' reveals that it was a ploy to get close to Kreiger so that he could try and kill him in revenge for him abusing him as both Centurion and Mike Power.]]

* VaguenessIsComing: [[spoiler:On entering Intra-space, Blackrock sees Onyx Prime, who tells him the Talisman is meant to be "inoculation" again an unspecified threat.]]

* TotallyRadical: PlayedForLaughs with Sgt. Savage, who is a walking 90's stereotype, having been catapulted from WWII into 1994 and then, several years later, to 2017.

* ArcWielding: Optimus remarks that the MASS Device is a human-made orbital bounce mechanism, the teleportation device used frequently throughout Furman's run, which has kind of fallen entirely by the wayside.

* TheBusCameBack: Tomax reappears at the end of issue 3, [[spoiler:with Baron Ironblood and Doctor X asking him to become the new Cobra Commander.]]

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Centurion. [[spoiler: After first turning on his fellow ''Hearts of Steel'' Transformers and hunting them to the last 'bot, he then joins forces with Garrison Kreiger for several decades, until the Revolutionaries find him and tell him that he's not the last Transformer in existence. It looks like he's seen the error of his ways, but #7 reveals that he surrendered solely to fool the team into letting him into their base. Then at the end of issue #8, he dies and is reborn as a human-Cybertronian fusion, making it seem like he's turned over a new leaf... but then ''First Strike'' shows that the old Centurion is still alive and kicking inside his combined psyche, and at the first opportunity he shoots Blackrock in the back and runs off to rejoin Kriger.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: The main villains are a team of G.I. Joe-adjacent villains: Baron Ironblood from ''Action Force'', Doctor X from ''Action Man'', Iron Klaw from ''G.I. Joe Extreme'', General Blitz from ''Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles'', and Tomax/Cobra Commander from ''G.I. Joe''. That said, Ironblood is the FinalBoss and will continue to pose a threat going into ComicBook/FirstStrike.

* ForScience: Shockwave shot down a Eukarian ship, reanimated the crew, wiped their memories and convinced them they were actually Autobots and Decepticons. Why? He wanted to see what would happen.

* AncientAstronauts: The Talisman is an ancient alien artefact, with connections to the Cybertronians, Microspace and the Dire Wraiths, its actual origin is unknown, but the original owner appears to be [[spoiler:Onyx Prime]].

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: After everything our heroes go through, Baron Ironblood and his team manage to waltz into Blackrock's tower and steal the Talisman back at the last moment.]]

* CallBack: When captured and examined by Kreiger and co. in issue 4, Blackrock recites the same poem Pyra Magna heard in the 2017 Transformers annual, [[spoiler:the same one Onyx Prime recited.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Since IDW has some problems with delays through 2017, ''ComicBook/FirstStrike'' came out before the series had finished, revealing Ironblood and Kreiger get away scot-free, but Ironblood's secret identity gets out. However, the fact that Revolutionaries are entirely absent from said event doesn't bode well for them.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise Garrison Blackrock is actually a Cybertronian]], and [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/ActionMan Mercy Gale is Doctor X]]]].

* MentalFusion: [[spoiler: Mike Power returns from the dead thanks to the Talisman, who downloads a copy of his consciousness into Centurion's body to create a hybrid being with the memories of both.]]

* RealityEnsues: When last seen, way back in ''G.I. Joe'', the Section Sabine Cobra base was cut off and stranded on the moon. They all died.

* WhamEpisode: Issue 7: [[spoiler: Centurion is still working for Krieger, Blackrock is impaled by Storm Shadow and Joe Colton is Baron Ironblood.]]

** The ''Hearts of Steel'' Transformers arrived on Earth aboard the ''Axalon'', the starship from [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars]] that has a history of carrying beast-formers around. Shockwave's ship is shaped like the ''Darksyde'' from the same cartoon.