Micronauts Protectors of Inner Space

Micronauts Protectors of Inner Space is a series of comic book cover art pieces inspired by the Micronauts toy line. It was created by Brian Vox in 2018.

Micronauts Protectors of Inner Space

Characters

The story of Micronauts Protector of Inner Space centers around several characters based on Micronauts and repurposed Microman and Metal Men toys.

Heroes include: Angel Commander, Astral-Spy, Biotron, Chrono Defender, Galactic Commander, Force Commander, Galactic Defender, Galactic Warriors, Microtron, Mobile Exploration Lab, Pharoid, Space Glider and Time Travelers.

Foes include: Acrovena, Acroyear, Acroyear II, Andromeda, Antron, Baron Karza, Centaurus, Galactic Destroyer, Giant Acroyear, Hornetroid, Lobros, Makhaa, Membros, Phobos, Radon and Repto and an unnamed giant snake.

Vehicles depicted include: Aquatron, Battle Cruiser, Galactic Cruiser, Hydro Copter, Photon Sled, Terraphant and Thorium Orbiter.

Plot

The plot focuses on several Micronauts who oppose the invasion of Baron Karza and his Acroyear forces and wish to recover Force Commander. During their adventures the Micronauts come into conflict with creatures from Earth as well as several aliens.

Micronauts Protectors of Inner Space issues

Cover	Issue	Plot	Cast
	1	Our soon to be brave heroes have been united by some powerful event! Although they have differences they must learn to work together against a common evil..... Baron Karza. Their immediate mission, to find the long lost Force Commander!	Battle Cruiser, Galactic Defender, Galactic Warrior, Pharoid, Space Glider and Thorium Orbitors
	2	In the chaos, our heroes have been pulled through a portal and now find themselves crash landed on a world of Giants!	Battle Cruiser, Galactic Defender, Galactic Warrior, Pharoid, and Space Glider
	3	Our team’s adventures in peril continues on the “planet of giants“! Clues are being discovered that may lead them to return home!	Galactic Defender, Galactic Warrior, Pharoid, Snake and Space Glider
	4	Our team, following the clues discovered and presented by Pharoid, have led them to an ancient tomb on earth. Buried within the tomb they find… The time chamber - their ticket back to their own universe. Shocking, but not nearly as shocking as what they find inside…!	Pharoid
	5	Our heroes have successfully opened a riff back to their universe! But upon returning, they appear right in the middle of a massive battle! Home sweet home!	Galactic Defender, Galactic Warrior, Pharoid, and Space Glider
	6	Here she comes! Our team returns to inner space only to find themselves right in the middle of a massive battleagainst Karza’s Acroyear forces. Galactic defender leads them to enlist the aid of Angel Commander! She is a bad ass in her own right and is leading her squad of the galactic defense force against the Acroyear attacks on micron! The team is now complete… For now…	Angel Commander and Galactic Defenders
	7	Upon their return to enter space, our team joins the massive battle against the Acroyear forces and the Baron! Massive losses on both sides… The battle rages so intensely that success is doubtful. Strategically they separate the battle cruiser into a different components! A mysterious inner space anomaly appears that catapults our heroes into distant quadrants! Now separated, they must fight on their own and hope to survive!	Battle Cruisers and Thorium Orbitors
	8	Our team has been separated, and each of the members flying off into deep microspace! In this issue, we see galactic warrior stranded on a dark foreboding world! There he finds a small group of microversians that welcome him. They have been terrorized by a mysterious robotic entity. Now it is time for galactic warrior’s showdown with Radon!	Galactic Warrior and Radon
	9	Space glider has crash landed on a distant world in the far away thoraxid galaxy. He finds himself menaced by a swarm of dangerous alien Antrons! What is the dark secret they protect within their hive?	Antrons and Space Glider
	10	Team separated, Defender and Angel find themselves isolated on the distant world of Sauria! An inhospitable desert world, they face off against the deadly Repto! His helmet damaged, will Defender be able to prove himself to Angel Commander?	Galactic Defender, Angel Commander and Repto
	11	A “TB2” rescue unit containing Biotron and Microtron has been dispatched to the far fringes to aid and rescue our team! The team now reassembled and spirits bolstered from their individual warrior isolations are now ready to resume their direct battle against the malignant overlord known as Karza!	Biotron, Microtron and the Battle Cruiser
	12	Our brave Micronauts team decides to take the battle to the Baron! But what waits them?	Baron Karza and the Battle Cruiser
	Annual 1		Chrono Defender, Galactic Commander, Galactic Warriors and Space Glider
	13	Our team has been led into a diabolical trap by the terrible Baron Karza! Now only Galactic Defender is their only hope!	Galactic Defender
	14	A reflection on the dark fall of a once valiant and tactically brilliant commander ...	Acroyear, Acoryear II, Baron Karza
	15	We find Glider and Angel on the fringe world of Visceros during a reconnaissance mission. There they come face to face with the Membros - hunters and their ominous Terraphants!	Angel Commander, the Photon Sled, Space Glider and Terraphant
	16	The Acroyear forces stage a massive attack on the micronauts home planet of Micron! Their forces or more horrific than ever! With the Baron defeated, what could be The source of their intense focus and power??	Acroyears and Giant Acroyear
	17	The source of the Acroyear’s powerful attack is revealed! The ferocious Acroyear general Acrovena! Now our heroes must overcome her evil command!	Acrovena, Acroyears, Galactic Defender and Angel Commander
	18	The Acroyear forces led by General Acrovena tighten their destructive hold on inner space! Their focal target - Osira; homeworld of Pharoid! What secret powe do the Acroyears crave? Can our band of heroes and the forces they rally defend the planet from eminent doom? This cover features the Cruiser Sentinel - a fast and powerful tool in protecting populations!	Galactic Defender, Acroyears and the Galactic Cruiser
	19	While the all out war rages on Osira, a dark shape is located high above Osira! Without warning, the object enters the fray! Enter Phobos! Not of Acrotech origin it begins attacking the population of the planet and both the galactic defense soldiers AND Acroyear forces alike! Powerful mind-scrambling pulses emit from it’s horns! Plunging the battle into further chaos, the Biotron seems to be our heroes only hope! What is the purpose of this unholy terror?	Biotron, Phobos, Space Glider and Time Travelers
	20	“The battle you’ve demanded” Indeed! The battle cry heard round the Micro Dimension... Acrovena must fall!	Acrovena and Angel Commander
	21	With Karza Acrovena defeated and Baron Karza gone, the team determines to keep peace in the micro-dimension. Can it be a lasting peace?	Space Glider
	22	The return of one of the “hunters of Visceros”! The Membros hunter has been Irradiated and upgraded with new weaponry to hunt our team down and capture them! What nefarious purpose is at work here? Who is in control of this slithery demonic beast?	Membros
	23	The Micronauts have been captured and delivered to.... Baron Karza! Karza has reconfigured his body into an even more dreadful form and pits brother against brother in a ploy to make his foes destroy each other!	Baron Karza with Andromeda, Galactic Warrior and Space Glider
	24	Our team struggles in their face off against the twisted Baron Karza! Our heroes manage to break away from the dark villain and regroup. It is now more vital than ever that they find and resurrect the long lost Force Commander! New beings appear to aid in the battle and give insight to our team! They appear to be citizens of Micron, but with a shimmering transparency and glowing energy. They are the true Time Travelers! Can they help our team find their old leader? Will the force commander be resurrected? And most importantly… Can they triumph over the vice like grip Karza holds over the subatomic dimension?	Time Travelers
	Annual 2	Well… This cover kind of says it all, doesn’t it? Force commander has been found and revived! Now it is time to truly bring the battle to Karza in a very big way! See what I did there? “Big“? Because… Force commander is… Well… Big…	Force Commander and Time Travelers
	25	Heroes strong and bonded! Force Commander found! So begins the final 12 episodes in the “Protectors” saga! Will they defeat the malignant control-mad Baron Karza? What perils will they face? What new characters will be revealed? The answers to all these questions, and More , will be unveiled as we spear straight into “the heart of darkness”!!	Force Commander, Galactic Warrior, Galactic Defender, Lady Commander, Pharoid and Space Glider
	26	With Force Commander returned and knowing a weakness in Karza, a new member of the team adds a last crucial clue as to finding Karza! The Astral-Spy ; hey master at deception and infiltration might just hold the final key!	Astral-Spy, Galactic Warrior and Space Glider
	27	Our heroes have fought through many harrowing battles and challenges! With the resurrection of Force Commander they are ready to face the final battle against Baron Karza!	Baron Karza, Galactic Defender, Pharoid and Space Glider
	28	Baron Karza has finally been defeated... but at what cost? In the aftermath of the final conflict our heroes must find their way in a microverse depleted of the Baron and his Acroyear threat.	Angel Commander, Astral Spy, Force Commander, Galactic Defender, Galactic Warrior, Pharoid and Space Glider
	29	Our team spearheads forward into the fringes of the micro universe on their continued mission to rid the realm of evil in it’s varied forms! And… Here is the appearance we have been waiting for… The Hornetroid!	Astral Spy, Hornetroid and Space Glider
	30	An unsettling darkness is building in the microverse. As our team heads to the fringes of the micro realm, they begin to increasingly encounter never before seen alien menaces, and something is amiss with in the team itself…	Repto
	31	The team has been led further into the fringes of the microverse as the danger increases. They discover it has all been a terrible betrayal at the hands of the Astral Spy. Who is his master and what peril awaits our deceived heroes?	Angel Commander, Astral Spy, Galactic Warrior and Pharoid
	32	Due to the horrific betrayal orchestrated by Astral Spy, our heroes have been pulled further into the dark fringes of the Microverse. The reason fore more terrifying incarnations of evil aliens as well as the unsettling darkness is now revealed! “The Dark Storm” confronts the team! This “anti-team“ is hell-bent on total annihilation of the Micronauts And will stop at nothing to destroy them for the glory of their master!	Galactic Annihilator, Necros and Skarrex
	33	Our heroes have been inexorably drawn (lured) through the darkest fringes of the Microverse to the windswept hell of Equestris. Here, where dust and death are neighbors , they are confronted by the “Dark Storm” death squad anti-team. From the Phobos intrusion to the vile betrayal by the Astral Spy, the “Protectors “ have been drawn into the plan for their destruction so chaos may reign supreme in the micro realm! Here is revealed the dark orchestrator of this “chaos decree”.... Makhaa! Makhaa the nightmare! Makhaa the destroyer! Makhaa the death goddess!	Makhaa and Mobile Exploration Lab
	34	As Makhaa has drawn the hero team into the farthest fringes, she has simultaneously sent forth her countless berzerker Centaurus hordes in Viscerosian drop ships deep into the inner regions of the microverse to enact her vile “chaos decree!” Makhaa’s plan is to strand and destroy Inner Space’s Protectors while ravaging the allied planets including Micron herself! Will she succeed in tearing the microverse asunder? Will our valiant heroes prevail? Only TWO more chapters left to discover the fate of Inner Space!!!	Centaurus
	35	As Makhaa has drawn the hero team into the farthest fringes, she has simultaneously sent forth her countless berzerker Centaurus hordes in Viscerosian drop ships deep into the inner regions of the microverse to enact her vile “chaos decree!” Makhaa’s plan is to strand and destroy Inner Space’s Protectors while ravaging the allied planets including Micron herself! Will she succeed in tearing the microverse asunder? Will our valiant heroes prevail? Only TWO more chapters left to discover the fate of Inner Space!!!	Angel Commander, Battle Cruiser, Galactic Defender, Galactic Warrior, Makhaa, Pharoid and Space Glider
	36	And a child shall appear.... The microverse has plummeted into dark chaos at the decree of Makhaa! Our heroes have been beaten. When all is lost and hopes are shattered, the most powerful being to ever enter the micro realm appears. The being calls itself “Cerulean” and in a wave of some unknown energy, a calm settles. Makhaa and her hordes still exist but have been displaced. The chaos is at a sudden end. Heroes lost or fallen remain as such. Survivors find new purpose. The microverse will never be quite the same. But, as Cerulean says, “if you hold on to the innocence seemingly lost and never forget ME, then all will be as it should, and you will forever shine”	Angel Commander, Cerulean , Galactic Warrior and Pharoid
	Annual 3		Angel Commander, Galactic Warrior, Pharoid and Space Glider

Defenders of Micron

Cover	Issue	Plot	Cast
	1	Again, tying directly into the “protectors of inner space” storyline… Recounting the events stemming from the galactic defense force of micron! This cover is a homage of Marvel Comics Star Wars King-Size Annual issue 1.	Acroyear, Acroyear II, Galactic Defender and Giant Acroyear
	2	The Hydro-Battalion of the Galactic Defense Squad is dispatched to defend the Micron outpost on the distant ocean world of Zenon where a dangerous threat has arisen from the mysterious depths...! Note: One Lobros is depicted using the lance weapon from Shapeways designed by Mathew Robert Ignash.	Aquatron, Galactic Defender, Hydro Copter and Lobros
	3	Note: Magnus Mazon is depicted as the white Mego Galactic Defender figure with Time Traveler hands and feet.	Force Commander
	4	Recounting the tragic tale of the fall of a valiant galactic defender! After a horrific and devastating assault by the Membros and their fearsome Terraphant Battle tanks, our defender in question is left horribly scarred by acid which disfigures his face and transforms his mind into the dark twisted Galactic Annihilator!	Galactic Annihilator

Kha The Galactic Warrior issues

Cover	Issue	Plot	Cast
	1		Kha
	2	Note: Although not fully visible, the author confirms that Kha is playing pyramids with Starbuck of Battlestar Galactica and has Jasmine at his side.	Jasmine, Kha and Starbuck
	3	Note: The head fo the Acrobeast is based on the Cylon Centurion from Battlestar Galactica	Acrobeast, Kha and Thorium Orbitors
	4	This depicts the fateful battle of Cataclysmus which plays a huge part in the beginning of our story! It is on the war torn fields after the battle that our heroes first meet.	Giant Acroyear, Hydra and Kha

Micro Spotlight issues

Cover	Issue	Plot	Cast
	1	Another “offshoot series” - “Micro Spotlight” This one we counting a tale from when angel was younger and a Defender/member of the galactic defense force and her perilous encounter with the Kronos of Udanax. Are they friend or foe? And it was about high time I included that race in this series!	Angel Commander, Kronos
	2	It’s friday and time for a brand new cover! “Micro Spotlight” on.... Force Commander! Hope you all dig it!
	3	Cover number three in the “micro spotlight“ cover art series. Featuring the mighty Biotron and the terrible Ampzilla! Hope you all dig it! And if you like what you see there is more of this sort of thing on the “protectors of inner space” group.
	4	Cover number 4 in the “micro spotlight“ art series. Hope you all dig it! If you like what you see, feel free to check out/join the “protectors of inner space” group.
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	7	“Micro spotlight“ featuring Captain Cosmo and the Cosmo men!

Tales of the Glissade Batallion

Cover	Issue	Plot	Cast
	1	Recounting the exploits of the forward attack glider force from micron, these are directly connected to the storyline of “protectors of inner space“ You knew it just couldn’t end at annual number three…	Battle Cruisers, Space Gliders and Stratastation
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Heroes

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  Angel Commander fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Galactic Defender fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Galactic Warrior fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Pharoid fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Space Glider fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Micronauts fan biography by Brian Vox

Supporting characters

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  Biotron and Microtron fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Force Commander fan art by Brian Vox
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  Galactic Warrior fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Mobile Exploration Lab fan art by Brian Vox

Villains

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  Antron fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Acrovena fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Acroyear fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Baron Karza biography by Brian Vox
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  Makhaa fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Membros fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Phobos fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Repto fan biography by Brian Vox

Dark Storm

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  Galactic Annihilator fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Necros the Membros fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Repto-X fan biography by Brian Vox
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  Skarrex fan biography by Brian Vox

Vehicles and equipment

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  Battle Cruiser fan art by Brian Vox
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  Galactic Cruiser Sentinel custom by Brian Vox
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  Micronauts Protectors of Inner Space Rescue Pod art
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  Photon Fighter and Thorium Fighter by Brian Vox
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  X-22 Hand Bazooka fan art by Brian Vox
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  Z-21 Zeta Blast Gun fan art by Brian Vox