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From the late 1990s the characters Marionette, Arcturus Rann and [[Bug (comics)|Bug]] (all Marvel properties) have appeared in various Marvel titles (without referencing the ''Micronauts'' label). Bug has appeared in a solo [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]]<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 5787|title= ''Bug''}}</ref> and together with cosmic hero [[Star-Lord]],<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Giffen|first1 = Keith|author-link1 = Keith Giffen|last2 = Gage|first2 = Christos|author-link2= Christos Gage|last3 = Abnett|first3 = Dan|author-link3 = Dan Abnett|last4 = Lanning|first4 = Andy|author-link4 = Andy Lanning|title = Annihilation: Conquest, Book 1|publisher = Marvel Comics|year = 2008|pages = 272|isbn = 978-0785127826}}<br>{{cite book|last1 = Giffen|first1 = Keith|last2 = Gage|first2 = Christos|last3 = Abnett|first3 = Dan|last4 = Lanning|first4 = Andy|title = Annihilation: Conquest, Book 2|publisher = Marvel Comics|year = 2008|pages = 352|isbn = 978-0785127161}}</ref> as part of a new incarnation of the [[Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Abnett, Dan; Lanning, Andy|penciller= [[Paul Pelletier|Pelletier, Paul]]|inker= [[Rick Magyar|Magyar, Rick]]|story= No Future|title= [[Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]|volume= 2|issue= #7|date= January 2009}}</ref>

A live-action film version of the Micronauts was in development by [[Hasbro Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] in 2015. In May 2023, Marvel re-acquired the licensing rights to publish classic issues of''The Micronauts'' in omnibus format.

In the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], the [[Microverse]] of ''The Micronauts'' is adapted as the [[Quantum Realm]].

==Image Comics==

==2002 Image Comics==

In ~~the 2000s~~, [[Image Comics]] and

In June 2002, a new series by [[Image Comics]] was published for eleven issues before its cancellation in September 2003.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 17160|title= ''Micronauts'' vol. 3}}</ref> The same year saw a four-issue limited series featuring Baron Karza's origin and his relationship with the Time Traveler entity.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 27568|title= ''Micronauts: Karza''}}</ref>

==Devil's Due Publishing==

==2004 Devil's Due Publishing==

[[Devil's Due Publishing]] ~~each briefly published their own~~ ''Micronauts'' series.

In March 2004, a new series was launched by [[Devil's Due Publishing]], mixing new characters with those based on the toy line. The series ran for three issues and featured art by former ''Micronauts'' artist [[Pat Broderick]]. More issues were solicited, but never appeared on shelves despite some cover art being released.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 27566|title= ''Micronauts'' vol. 4}}</ref>

==2016 IDW Publishing==

In 2016, [[IDW Publishing]] published a new comic book series.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsarama.com/25138-rom-and-micronauts-finally-return-but-not-where-you-think.html|title= Rom and Micronauts Finally Return... But Not Where You Think|first= Chris|last= Arrant|date= October 9, 2015|publisher= [[Newsarama]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150927134539/http://www.newsarama.com/25138-rom-and-micronauts-finally-return-but-not-where-you-think.html|archive-date= September 27, 2015|url-status= dead|quote= Friday at their IDW & Top Shelf: The Best Panel of All-Time at NY Comic Con, IDW announced more details about the return of ''Rom'' and ''Micronauts'', the holy grails of licensed comic books.}}</ref> A live-action film version of the Micronauts was in development by [[Hasbro Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] in 2015. In May 2023, Marvel re-acquired the licensing rights to publish ''The Micronauts''.

In 2016, [[IDW Publishing]] published a new comic book series.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsarama.com/25138-rom-and-micronauts-finally-return-but-not-where-you-think.html|title= Rom and Micronauts Finally Return... But Not Where You Think|first= Chris|last= Arrant|date= October 9, 2015|publisher= [[Newsarama]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150927134539/http://www.newsarama.com/25138-rom-and-micronauts-finally-return-but-not-where-you-think.html|archive-date= September 27, 2015|url-status= dead|quote= Friday at their IDW & Top Shelf: The Best Panel of All-Time at NY Comic Con, IDW announced more details about the return of ''Rom'' and ''Micronauts'', the holy grails of licensed comic books.}}</ref>

~~===Publication history===~~

~~=== Marvel Comics (1979–1986) ===~~

~~===Image Comics===~~

In June 2002, a new series by [[Image Comics]] was published for eleven issues before its cancellation in September 2003.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 17160|title= ''Micronauts'' vol. 3}}</ref> The same year saw a four-issue limited series featuring Baron Karza's origin and his relationship with the Time Traveler entity.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 27568|title= ''Micronauts: Karza''}}</ref>

~~===Devil's Due Publishing===~~

In March 2004, a new series was launched by [[Devil's Due Publishing]], mixing new characters with those based on the toy line. The series ran for three issues and featured art by former ''Micronauts'' artist [[Pat Broderick]]. More issues were solicited, but never appeared on shelves despite some cover art being released.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 27566|title= ''Micronauts'' vol. 4}}</ref>

~~===IDW Publishing===~~

In 2015, [[IDW Publishing]] acquired publishing rights from Hasbro to produce new comic books for the Micronauts and [[Rom the Space Knight]], both formerly popularized by Marvel as licensed properties. IDW released the first issue of their Micronauts series in April 2016, with scripts by [[Cullen Bunn]] and art by David Baldeon. The comic ran for eleven issues from 2016 to 2017. It was followed by two five-issue miniseries ''Micronauts: Wrath of Karza'' and ''Rom & the Micronauts'' which were released between 2017 and 2018.

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~~===In other media===~~

~~===Animated television series===~~

In 1998, AGE, Annex Entertainment, Gribouille and Kaleidoscope Media Group planned to produce a Micronauts animated series starting with a five-part miniseries to air on the [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] in Fall of 1998, followed by a syndicated 26 episode Micronauts animated series for 1999, with action figures and a Marvel tie-in comic announced. The project appears to be shelved or canceled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ageinc.com/tv/upcoming/index.html|title=Age tv (upcoming)|publisher=Ageinc.com |date=n.d. |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010127210100/http://ageinc.com/tv/upcoming/index.html|archive-date= January 27, 2001|url-status= dead|access-date= September 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comics2film.com/c2fl-n.shtml |title=Comic Books, Comic Book News & Comic Book Characters - Mania.com|publisher= Comics2film.com |date= n.d.|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000815213733/http://www.comics2film.com/c2fl-n.shtml|archive-date=August 15, 2000 |url-status= dead|access-date= September 24, 2013}}</ref>

[[Boulder Media Limited]] (a then-subsidiary of [[Hasbro Studios]]) announced it was developing a ''Micronauts'' animated series in 2018, with a projected release date of 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-02/hasbro-micronauts-animated-series-to-debut-in-2019/.125983|title=Hasbro's Micronauts Animated Series to Debut in 2019 |website=Anime News Network|date=January 2, 2018|access-date=January 2, 2024}}</ref> 52 half-hour episodes were fully produced, with production concluding in January 2020, but to date, the series has not yet been released. There has been no official announcement regarding its failure to release or its future; executive producer and head writer Eric Rogers has stated that he has received no information from Hasbro on the fate of the show,<ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricRogersHers|number=1810155320427360610|title=Ask Hasbro what they’re doing with it because no one there will tell me.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricRogersHers|number=1810159510281175355|title=I just want ONE PERSON at Hasbro to tell me what their plan is. It’s almost 5 years since we finished. Tell me you canned it. It’s a tax write off. You lost it on the train like the Beastie Boys did with HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PT 1. But… nothing? Yeah… no.}}</ref> and has speculated that it was turned into a [[write-off|tax write-off]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricRogersHere|number=1653439552672133120|title=Great post from my former staff writer on Micronauts.}} {{better source|date=April 2024}}</ref> Other sources refute this, claiming that Hasbro still hope to release the series in conjunction with a potential live-action project in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/micronauts-animated-series-live-action-tv-series-movie|title=Micronauts Animated Show May Not Be Dead; Hasbro Wants to Package It With Potential Live-Action TV Series, Movie|website=IGN|date=July 15, 2024|access-date=July 22, 2025}}</ref>

===Films===

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 From the late 1990s the characters Marionette, Arcturus Rann and [[Bug (comics)|Bug]] (all Marvel properties) have appeared in various Marvel titles (without referencing the ''Micronauts'' label). Bug has appeared in a solo [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]]<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 5787|title= ''Bug''}}</ref> and together with cosmic hero [[Star-Lord]],<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Giffen|first1 = Keith|author-link1 = Keith Giffen|last2 = Gage|first2 = Christos|author-link2= Christos Gage|last3 = Abnett|first3 = Dan|author-link3 = Dan Abnett|last4 = Lanning|first4 = Andy|author-link4 = Andy Lanning|title = Annihilation: Conquest, Book 1|publisher = Marvel Comics|year = 2008|pages = 272|isbn = 978-0785127826}}<br>{{cite book|last1 = Giffen|first1 = Keith|last2 = Gage|first2 = Christos|last3 = Abnett|first3 = Dan|last4 = Lanning|first4 = Andy|title = Annihilation: Conquest, Book 2|publisher = Marvel Comics|year = 2008|pages = 352|isbn = 978-0785127161}}</ref> as part of a new incarnation of the [[Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Abnett, Dan; Lanning, Andy|penciller= [[Paul Pelletier|Pelletier, Paul]]|inker= [[Rick Magyar|Magyar, Rick]]|story= No Future|title= [[Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]|volume= 2|issue= #7|date= January 2009}}</ref>
+A live-action film version of the Micronauts was in development by [[Hasbro Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] in 2015. In May 2023, Marvel re-acquired the licensing rights to publish classic issues of''The Micronauts'' in omnibus format.
 In the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], the [[Microverse]] of ''The Micronauts'' is adapted as the [[Quantum Realm]].
-==Image Comics==
+==2002 Image Comics==
-In the 2000s, [[Image Comics]] and
+In June 2002, a new series by [[Image Comics]] was published for eleven issues before its cancellation in September 2003.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 17160|title= ''Micronauts'' vol. 3}}</ref> The same year saw a four-issue limited series featuring Baron Karza's origin and his relationship with the Time Traveler entity.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 27568|title= ''Micronauts: Karza''}}</ref>
-==Devil's Due Publishing==
+==2004 Devil's Due Publishing==
-[[Devil's Due Publishing]] each briefly published their own ''Micronauts'' series.
+In March 2004, a new series was launched by [[Devil's Due Publishing]], mixing new characters with those based on the toy line. The series ran for three issues and featured art by former ''Micronauts'' artist [[Pat Broderick]]. More issues were solicited, but never appeared on shelves despite some cover art being released.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 27566|title= ''Micronauts'' vol. 4}}</ref>
 ==2016 IDW Publishing==
-In 2016, [[IDW Publishing]] published a new comic book series.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsarama.com/25138-rom-and-micronauts-finally-return-but-not-where-you-think.html|title= Rom and Micronauts Finally Return... But Not Where You Think|first= Chris|last= Arrant|date= October 9, 2015|publisher= [[Newsarama]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150927134539/http://www.newsarama.com/25138-rom-and-micronauts-finally-return-but-not-where-you-think.html|archive-date= September 27, 2015|url-status= dead|quote= Friday at their IDW & Top Shelf: The Best Panel of All-Time at NY Comic Con, IDW announced more details about the return of ''Rom'' and ''Micronauts'', the holy grails of licensed comic books.}}</ref> A live-action film version of the Micronauts was in development by [[Hasbro Studios]] and [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] in 2015. In May 2023, Marvel re-acquired the licensing rights to publish ''The Micronauts''.
+In 2016, [[IDW Publishing]] published a new comic book series.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.newsarama.com/25138-rom-and-micronauts-finally-return-but-not-where-you-think.html|title= Rom and Micronauts Finally Return... But Not Where You Think|first= Chris|last= Arrant|date= October 9, 2015|publisher= [[Newsarama]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150927134539/http://www.newsarama.com/25138-rom-and-micronauts-finally-return-but-not-where-you-think.html|archive-date= September 27, 2015|url-status= dead|quote= Friday at their IDW & Top Shelf: The Best Panel of All-Time at NY Comic Con, IDW announced more details about the return of ''Rom'' and ''Micronauts'', the holy grails of licensed comic books.}}</ref>
-===Publication history===
-=== Marvel Comics (1979–1986) ===
-===Image Comics===
-In June 2002, a new series by [[Image Comics]] was published for eleven issues before its cancellation in September 2003.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 17160|title= ''Micronauts'' vol. 3}}</ref> The same year saw a four-issue limited series featuring Baron Karza's origin and his relationship with the Time Traveler entity.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 27568|title= ''Micronauts: Karza''}}</ref>
-===Devil's Due Publishing===
-In March 2004, a new series was launched by [[Devil's Due Publishing]], mixing new characters with those based on the toy line. The series ran for three issues and featured art by former ''Micronauts'' artist [[Pat Broderick]]. More issues were solicited, but never appeared on shelves despite some cover art being released.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 27566|title= ''Micronauts'' vol. 4}}</ref>
-===IDW Publishing===
 In 2015, [[IDW Publishing]] acquired publishing rights from Hasbro to produce new comic books for the Micronauts and [[Rom the Space Knight]], both formerly popularized by Marvel as licensed properties. IDW released the first issue of their Micronauts series in April 2016, with scripts by [[Cullen Bunn]] and art by David Baldeon. The comic ran for eleven issues from 2016 to 2017. It was followed by two five-issue miniseries ''Micronauts: Wrath of Karza'' and ''Rom & the Micronauts'' which were released between 2017 and 2018.
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-===In other media===
-===Animated television series===
-In 1998, AGE, Annex Entertainment, Gribouille and Kaleidoscope Media Group planned to produce a Micronauts animated series starting with a five-part miniseries to air on the [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] in Fall of 1998, followed by a syndicated 26 episode Micronauts animated series for 1999, with action figures and a Marvel tie-in comic announced. The project appears to be shelved or canceled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ageinc.com/tv/upcoming/index.html|title=Age tv (upcoming)|publisher=Ageinc.com |date=n.d. |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010127210100/http://ageinc.com/tv/upcoming/index.html|archive-date= January 27, 2001|url-status= dead|access-date= September 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comics2film.com/c2fl-n.shtml |title=Comic Books, Comic Book News & Comic Book Characters - Mania.com|publisher= Comics2film.com |date= n.d.|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000815213733/http://www.comics2film.com/c2fl-n.shtml|archive-date=August 15, 2000 |url-status= dead|access-date= September 24, 2013}}</ref>
-[[Boulder Media Limited]] (a then-subsidiary of [[Hasbro Studios]]) announced it was developing a ''Micronauts'' animated series in 2018, with a projected release date of 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-02/hasbro-micronauts-animated-series-to-debut-in-2019/.125983|title=Hasbro's Micronauts Animated Series to Debut in 2019 |website=Anime News Network|date=January 2, 2018|access-date=January 2, 2024}}</ref> 52 half-hour episodes were fully produced, with production concluding in January 2020, but to date, the series has not yet been released. There has been no official announcement regarding its failure to release or its future; executive producer and head writer Eric Rogers has stated that he has received no information from Hasbro on the fate of the show,<ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricRogersHers|number=1810155320427360610|title=Ask Hasbro what they’re doing with it because no one there will tell me.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricRogersHers|number=1810159510281175355|title=I just want ONE PERSON at Hasbro to tell me what their plan is. It’s almost 5 years since we finished. Tell me you canned it. It’s a tax write off. You lost it on the train like the Beastie Boys did with HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PT 1. But… nothing? Yeah… no.}}</ref> and has speculated that it was turned into a [[write-off|tax write-off]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=EricRogersHere|number=1653439552672133120|title=Great post from my former staff writer on Micronauts.}} {{better source|date=April 2024}}</ref> Other sources refute this, claiming that Hasbro still hope to release the series in conjunction with a potential live-action project in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/micronauts-animated-series-live-action-tv-series-movie|title=Micronauts Animated Show May Not Be Dead; Hasbro Wants to Package It With Potential Live-Action TV Series, Movie|website=IGN|date=July 15, 2024|access-date=July 22, 2025}}</ref>
 ===Films===