One of the most unexpected new toys revealed at Toy Fair over the weekend was “Ectotron,” a toy that mashes together the worlds of Ghostbusters and Transformers by turning the iconic Ecto-1 into, well, a Transformer. Sounds like the sort of wacky insanity that would be perfect as a comic series, eh? Well we’re getting one, Gizmodo reports today!
IDW Publishing will bring the two franchises together for an upcoming crossover comic book mini-series from Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening, and Luis Antonio Delgado.
The plot? As outlined by the site, “When the Transformers pick up on a strange Cybertronian signal emanating from Earth, they travel to the planet only to discover that the threat waiting for them there is something that Venkman, Spengler, Stantz, and Zeddemore are perfectly suited to help them take on.”
“1984 was a seismic shift for entertainment, the year that launched both Transformers and Ghostbusters,” John Barber, IDW Editor-in-Chief, told the site. “Back then, Little John Barber was right there for Transformers and a little scared of Ghostbusters—but now, I’m a bit braver and can’t wait to see the two worlds collide.”
The five-issue series is set to arrive in June 2019.
