Disney XD’s MAX STEEL Comes To Comics In New OGN Series
Mattel is looking to replicate the success of Ben 10 with their new series Max Steel, and its early popularity has prompted VIZ to greenlight an all-ages graphic novel series which recently hit shelves. The latest volume, Max Steel: Haywire, pits the cybernetic superhero duo of Max and Steel against his old enemies the Elementors and a new threat which writer Tom Pinchuk calls a “21st century digital plague.”
Pinchuk’s name might be familiar to indie comics readers for his work on Hybrid Bastards and Unimaginable, but for the past few years he’s been spending his time working in animation. Currently, the Los Angeles-based scribe is working on a top secret animation project with the comics veteran / animation tycoons Man of Action Studios, and according to him he’s parlaying what he’s learned from Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau into Max Steel’s foray into comics.