What is "micronauts"

The Micronauts comic books featuring a group of characters based on the Mego Micronauts toy line. The first title was published by Marvel Comics in 1979, with both original characters and characters based on the toys. Marvel published two Micronauts series, mostly written by Bill Mantlo, until 1986, well after the toy line was cancelled in 1980. In the 2000s, Image Comics and Devil's Due Publishing each briefly published their own Micronauts series. Byron Preiss Visual Publications also published three paperback novels based on the Micronauts. In July 2015, IDW Publishing announced that they would publish a new comic book series.

Micronauts was a North American science fiction toy line manufactured and marketed by Mego from 1976 to 1980. The core of the Micronaut toy line—designs, articulation and modeling—was based on and licensed from the Microman toy line created by Japanese-based toy company Takara in 1974.

Mego officially discontinued the Micronauts line in 1980 prior to the company’s bankruptcy and dissolution in 1982. But years after Mego’s demise other toy companies—such as Palisades Toys and SOTA (State of the Art) Toys—have attempted to revive the toy line over the years.

Micronauts was a toy line manufactured and marketed by Mego Corporation from 1976 to 1980.

Micronauts or The Micronauts may also refer to:

• Micronauts (comics), based on the toy line.
• The Micronauts, a French dance music act
• The Micronauts, a series of unrelated novels by Gordon Williams
• The Micronauts, an unmade film that film producer Harry Saltzman struggled to make throughout the 1970s
• Micronaut, a side project by musician Chris Randall