Ladies and gentlemen, this story is perhaps the ultimate fantasy of anyone who was a child in America in the 1980s. I, on the other hand, am very much NOT one of those children. Unfortunately, I was born about 20 years too late to enjoy all of the great toy lines that my parents got to experience, Transformers and G.I. Joe being chief among them.

Being the massive fan of 80's nostalgia that I am, I was absolutely thrilled when I stopped by my local WalMart two days before I'm writing this intro and bought the recently-reissued G1 Optimus Prime. And suddenly, this idea snapped into my head!!

IDW Comics (RIP) was the king of toyline-based comics until this year. Their comics featured a timeline shared by the two lines mentioned above, and it was met with great fanfare by the readers. I decided to do something similar but not an exact copy (as I never read the comics).

So, I will start the story by quasi-following the plot of the Marvel/Sunbow Transformers cartoon and eventually expanding it to connect with the G.I. Joe cartoon.

Hopefully some of you reading this will have a happy burst of nostalgia. I'm glad I could make you remember your childhood.

Now let's transform and roll out!!! YO JOE!!!!