M.A.S.K. is an American comic book series published by Skybound Entertainment through Image Comics on June 10, 2026. Based on the franchise of the same name created by Kenner Parker, Jack Forster and Roger Sweet, being owned by Hasbro and Kenner Products, the comic series is part of the Energon Universe comic book line, being written by Dan Watters, with art by Pye Parr and colors by Pierluigi Casolino.
Contents
Premise
After being wanted by the federal government for a crime he did not commit, Matt Trakker recruits a group of talented specialists to found the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand (M.A.S.K.) and fight against the Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem (V.E.N.O.M.), led by his former boss turned terrorist Miles Mayhem. However, even the secrets from Trakker's past could affect the team's mission.
Publication history
Background
Since 1986, several M.A.S.K. comics have been published by DC Comics, Fleetway Publications and IDW Publishing, which reimagined M.A.S.K. into the Hasbro Comic Book Universe during the crossover series Revolution, First Strike and Transformers: Unicron.
Since May 2025, the Energon Universe (EU) introduced characters from the M.A.S.K. franchise, starting with Matt Trakker debuting in the G.I. Joe ongoing series written by Joshua Williamson, while Miles Mayhem debuted in the Transformers ongoing series written by Daniel Warren Johnson and Robert Kirkman.
Development
In February 2026, during the ComicsPRO yearly convention, Robert Kirkman announced that Skybound Entertainment is launching a new M.A.S.K. comic series by Dan Watters, Pye Parr and Pierluigi Casolino, as part of the EU's second phase. Watters had previously written the Destro miniseries tied to the EU.
Watters said, "Illusion is the ultimate weapon–but also sometimes weapons are the ultimate weapon. M.A.S.K. is a book about ordinary people taking it into their own hands to face down the awesome weaponry of the Energon Universe–and a high octane, nonstop thrill ride to boot. I couldn't be prouder to be bringing you this story alongside Pye this summer. Welcome to the M.A.S.K. network. Matt Trakker needs you to save the world."
Parr added, "80s sports cars! Jets! Lasers! Robots! M.A.S.K. has everything that I love to read, watch, and draw, and my inner 12-year-old fought to the surface and made me scream loudly in the meeting when I was offered this gig. Never have I more bitterly regretted selling my beloved childhood toys, but the chance to rebuild all that stuff on the page has more than made up for it, and I can't wait to see where Dan takes us in the Energon Universe."
The series debuted in June 10, 2026 with a blind bag program containing physical editions of the first two issues, alongside the one-shots M.A.S.K. Origins and Rom.
Issue #3 features the debut appearance of Baron Karza, the antagonist character of the Micronauts franchise.