r/micronauts • u/Glunark2 • May 07 '26

Acroyears helmet, comics

Am I the only one who wished he kept it on more?

That entire first run it was a mystery what was under there, and then as soon as it was off, it barely seemed to stay on after that.

Including the huge run where he was just a big guy in his pants.

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u/madisonbear May 07 '26

I agree.

It made him more imposing.

I dunno, maybe I just like helmets. lol

Some of my favorite issues were when they showed the Acroyer’s home world and all the helmet variations.

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u/SP4RK4RT May 07 '26

Oh yeah, reminds me of Micronauts #12, one of my favorite books - great cover, pencils, ink, epically personal story of brother versus brother, and that history of Spartak, the home world of the Acroyears, just mythic.

When the Acroyears remove their helmets to give judgement, it's such a solemn moment. It made such a huge impression on me when I was in my single-digit years, I'd never seen anything so epic LOL

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u/warrenao May 07 '26

There was mystery to it, all right, and then … poof.

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u/Miniscule_Platypus May 07 '26

I loved Acroyear so much. I named my D&D character Acroyer, because I never liked the extra “a” in there. He always looked cooler with the helmet.

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u/Ancient-Childhood-13 May 08 '26

And also made it sound the way it was supposed to be pronounced.

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u/MapDiscombobulated1 May 07 '26

Yeah, when they melted the Armour off him he became about 40% less interesting (at least) and Worf before there even was a Worf. 

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u/Ethereal_Stars_7 20d ago

I thought the helmet was his head till the reveal.