![]() ![]() version, these strips were printed in black and white. ![]() In the United Kingdom, The Micronauts was first included as a supporting strip in Marvel UK's Star Wars Weekly comic in January 1979 for several months and then in the first nine issues of Star Heroes Pocketbook, alongside Battlestar Galactica, before joining the new Future Tense reprint anthology. Micronauts, along with Moon Knight and Ka-Zar the Savage, became one of Marvel's first ongoing series to be distributed exclusively to comic book stores beginning with issue #38 (Feb. Other artists on the series included Howard Chaykin, Steve Ditko, Rich Buckler, Pat Broderick, Val Mayerik, Keith Giffen, Greg LaRocque, Gil Kane, Luke McDonnell, Mike Vosburg, Butch Guice, and Kelley Jones. The series was written by Bill Mantlo and featured art by Michael Golden. The first series of the Micronauts ran from January 1979 to August 1984 and included 59 issues and two Annuals. Convincing then Editor-in-chief Jim Shooter to get the comics license for these toys, Mantlo was hired to script their series. Seeing the toys, Mantlo was instantly struck by inspiration to write their adventures. Marvel Comics writer Bill Mantlo's son Adam opened a new present, a line of the Mego Corporation's Micronauts action figures. ![]() The Micronauts began life as comic book characters thanks to a fortuitous accident on Christmas 1977. In May 2023, Marvel re-acquired the licensing rights to publish The Micronauts. A live-action film version of the Micronauts was in development by Hasbro Studios and Paramount in 2015. In 2016, IDW Publishing published a new comic book series. Byron Preiss Visual Publications also published three paperback novels based on the Micronauts. In the 2000s, Image Comics and Devil's Due Publishing each briefly published their own Micronauts series. Marvel published two Micronauts series, mostly written by Bill Mantlo, until 1986, well after the toy line was cancelled in 1980. The first title was published by Marvel Comics in 1979, with both original characters and characters based on the toys. The Micronauts are comic books featuring a group of characters based on the Mego Micronauts toy line. Josef Rubinstein, Al Milgrom, Armando Gil, Danny Bulanadi, Kelley Jones ![]()
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