“Never Gonna Be the Same Again” is a feature where I look at how bold, seemingly “permanent” changes were ultimately reversed. This is not a criticism, mind you, as obviously things are always going to eventually return to “normal.” That’s just how superhero comic books work. It’s just fun to see how some of these rather major changes are reversed. This is differentiated from “Abandoned Love,” which is when a new writer comes in and drops the plot of the previous writer. Here, we’re talking about the writer who came up with the idea being the same one who resolved the change. This is also differentiated from “Death is Not the End,” which is about how “dead” characters came back to life, since this is about stuff other than death. Today, we look at how Bumblebee became Goldbug, but then returned to being Bumblebee again.One of the most peculiarly difficult comic book writing assignments is writing an ongoing comic book series based on a popular toyline, because you are constantly at the whims of the toy executives who are coming up with new toys, and you have to work them into your ongoing storylines. It’s kind of crazy, really. It’s astonishing that Larry Hama was able to do it for over 140 issues of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.In the original Transformers #1 (originally a miniseries before its success led to it becoming an ongoing series) by Bill Mantlo, Ralph Macchio, Frank Springer and Kim DeMulder, BumbleBee was introduced along with all the other Transformers at the beginning of the issue…
“Never Gonna Be the Same Again” is a feature where I look at how bold, seemingly “permanent” changes were ultimately reversed. This is not a criticism, mind you, as obviously things are always going to eventually return to “normal.” That’s just how superhero comic books work. It’s just fun to see how some of these rather major changes are reversed. This is differentiated from “Abandoned Love,” which is when a new writer comes in and drops the plot of the previous writer. Here, we’re talking about the writer who came up with the idea being the same one who resolved the change. This is also differentiated from “Death is Not the End,” which is about how “dead” characters came back to life, since this is about stuff other than death. Today, we look at how Bumblebee became Goldbug, but then returned to being Bumblebee again.
One of the most peculiarly difficult comic book writing assignments is writing an ongoing comic book series based on a popular toyline, because you are constantly at the whims of the toy executives who are coming up with new toys, and you have to work them into your ongoing storylines. It’s kind of crazy, really. It’s astonishing that Larry Hama was able to do it for over 140 issues of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
In the original Transformers #1 (originally a miniseries before its success led to it becoming an ongoing series) by Bill Mantlo, Ralph Macchio, Frank Springer and Kim DeMulder, BumbleBee was introduced along with all the other Transformers at the beginning of the issue…
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