The Accelerators is an American comic book created by writer Ronnie Porto, who originally conceived it as a screenplay.

Twenty issues have been released on an irregular schedule, and the first fifteen have been collected into four square bound volumes.

Ronnie Porto[note 1] originally conceived The Accelerators as a screenplay,[2] as he had previously had success with other film scripts,[3] and worked on it periodically for about two years.

[6] They fine-tuned the concept for four months, deciding what events should happen in each issue and where chapter breaks would fit best.

Smith had graduated from the Kubert School in 2011, and he agreed to illustrate The Accelerators after a two hour telephone conversation with Porto in July 2012.

[2] When Smith's artwork arrived, Porto and most of the Blue Juice team thought the quality was high enough to publish it in black and white, which would reduce costs.

His enhancements to Smith's line art, such as scars on a soldier's face and red hair on a character whose clothes often blended into backgrounds, convinced everyone involved that the series needed to be done in full color.

[8] Due to the development path of the project, Porto and Blue Juice share ownership of The Accelerators, while Smith and Yates are considered work for hire.

[10] At the same time, Blue Juice was working with Diamond Comic Distributors and Comixology to secure a way to get the finished product to readers.

This process took longer than expected according to Porto, but he was glad for the delay because it allowed him and Smith to get ahead of schedule.

[7] Most of the plot comes from Porto, but Smith occasionally suggests ideas that are used in the finished work, such as a main character befriending one of the henchmen.

He sometimes applies white out to the inks to achieve a smear effect, and will occasionally use digital tools to add zipatone patterns or to make an adjustment.

[7] To draw more attention to the series, Walt Flanagan provided pencils for the first five covers, with Smith inking.

[7] On October 17, 2012, the Blue Juice Comics blog released a free PDF containing two covers and the first seven pages of the first issue.

One day the torus repeatedly and uncontrollably transports Alexa and Bertram into the future, with each jump skipping a longer duration of time.

With the aid of one of Bob's cyborg henchmen, Spatz rescues Alexa, Bertram, and a Centurion before sabotaging the torus powering the coliseum to end the gladiator games.

The group appears in the coliseum from the Time Games during an ice age in the 88th century, where they meet a middle-aged Spatz.

The middle-aged "Lost" Spatz is in the midst of the insanity and devotes himself to traveling through time trying to prove the future can be changed.

In the framing story, the Lost Spatz appears to kill his childhood self, only to be restrained by multiple versions of himself.

[20][19][10] In a review for Multiversity Comics, Drew Bradley said Porto had "adapted himself [from screenplays] to the 22-page serial format very well.

[5][10][21] While Florida Geek Scene reviewer Dustin Infinger agreed the comic was well made, he felt "that nothing about [it] is very unique.