Transformers Classics UK Volume 1

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See also Devil's Due's G.I. Joe vs. Transformers section in G.I. Joe (comics). Panini Comics [ edit ] Marvel UK also featured a crossover between these two properties. 'Ancient Relics' began in Issue 125 of the UK comic and continued within issues #24-#27 of Action Force, (the name given to the G.I. Joe comic series in the UK). [25] The Transformers: Headmasters, Marvel, U.S., 1987–1988 [ edit ] Autobot Fortress Maximus removes his own head while on the planet Nebulos. From issue #1 of The Transformers: Headmasters mini-series published by Marvel Comics. In a better world, Thunderwing would be the ideal Decepticon leader. He's fearless, ruthless, and immensely powerful, while uncommonly concerned about the welfare of his fellow Decepticons. For this mindset, Thunderwing gets a high approval rating from his peers, but, sadly, this is not the whole story. Because it was a book intended to sell toys, Transformers featured an ever-rotating cast. New Transformers were often hastily brought in to meet the demands of Hasbro, and older "product" was often swept aside or killed off en masse in epic, climactic battles. To gauge the health of TFUK circa 1991 and thus better understand the reasoning behind the initial decision to go monthly, the prospects of the title’s medium-term survival, and the u-turn that led to its cancellation, it is worth examining the fate of its sister titles, Thundercats and Real Ghostbusters. Both owed their creation to TFUK, which had proved to Marvel UK that licensed titles could be lucrative. Although aimed at slightly younger children, they both — Thundercats in particular, especially in its early days — featured scripts, pencils and covers by creators associated with TFUK.

Scattered across the UK, a handful of readers had reason to be optimistic. Transmasters UK was a small, unofficial fan club established in 1990, practically all of its members having grown up on TFUK. November 1991’s Trans Talk, the fan club newsletter, led with a bulletin entitled ‘Transformers #333’. The brief article described how, earlier that month, a member of Transmasters UK, favouring the direct approach, had telephoned Marvel UK’s offices to ask after the fate of the comic. Presumably speaking to a (very candid) Papadopoulos, they’d been told that the comic was going monthly, and that it would include brand new stories set on Cybertron. “Congratulations to everyone who wrote to Marvel begging them not to cancel the comic,” the Trans Talk article concluded. “It worked!” Infestation 2 (2012) — The sequel to Infestation. This time, it's Lovecraftian demons that invade the various licensed properties. The Transformers-specific issues take place in the Hearts of Steel universe. Speaking of pegholes, both of Thunderwing's large guns have 5 mm posts with holes in the center that can function very much like Powerlinxable pegs, which means one can store Mini-Cons on them, if one so desires. Having launched Unicron by stating it would be the conclusion of their ongoing Transformers universe, in December 2018 IDW announced a new continuity to replace it. [1]

That all came to a crashing end in late 2004 as the company basically imploded, with creators going unpaid, numerous license-granters going unpaid (not just Hasbro!), and Dreamwave head honchos going somewhere far away with wads of cash to try and pull it off again. This left multiple storylines in cliffhanger limbo, but unlike with 3H's stories, nobody bothered to cap them off later (well, with one minor exception), though some scripts for unproduced issues have since surfaced. The rivalry was heated but short-lived: in 1987, 2000AD would pull ahead, hitting a circulation peak of 112,000 in late 1988, while TFUK would suffer a gradual but irreversible decline in readership until its cancellation in January 1992, seven and a half years after its launch. The Transformers (Marvel US) #1-80 (1984–1991) — The original Transformers comic book series, published in the 1980s and later reprinted by Titan Books and IDW Publishing. It also spawned mutually-contradictory sequel series under the Generation 2 and Classics franchises and IDW's Regeneration One. Primarily written by Bob Budiansky, before Simon Furman took over with issue #56.

I had hoped to Optimus we could avoid this, but... it seems our adversaries have left us little choice. Assume defensive configurations." Panel 5: A blue-chested, red-legged Optimus Prime is among the invading Decepticons! In the same panel, Optimus himself is colored entirely red and is missing his chest windows. Prime's thought "Our firepower - no match" is missing its punctuation.

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Timelines ended in 2016 when Hasbro dissolved its Transformers relationship with Fun Publications. The rights to the G.I. Joe convention and club continued with Fun Publications another two years, but that too came to an end. According to the third issue of All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z 's entries on Death's Head, the events of the Marvel UK Generation 1 comics take place on Marvel Earth-120185. The universe is named after the publication date of the first Marvel UK-exclusive story, " Man of Iron". A number of artists worked on Transformers, but the most frequent pencilers included Frank Springer, Don Perlin, José Delbo, Geoff Senior, and Andrew Wildman. Also of particular note is colorist Nelson "Nel" Yomtov, who colored every single issue of the book, as well as all of the related mini-series.

The initial thirteen-year " Generation 1" continuity ended in late 2018, with a new continuity reboot (one based on the franchise's concurrent heavily-"Generation 1" styling) running from 2019 to 2022. Before Dreamwave's bankruptcy, an Energon edition of More Than Meets The Eye was also planned but not released. Several subsequent series would build upon the series; see Marvel Comics continuity for more information. Transformers: The Animated Movie (2006) A four-issue adaptation of the original Transformers film, 1986's The Transformers: The Movie; marks the film's 20th anniversary and new DVD release. A two-part series (written by Seeley and drawn by Andrew Wildman) connecting from the end of "The Art of War". Hawk, now resigned from G.I. Joe, has teamed up with a group of Autobots under Prowl to stop the spread of Cybertronian technology on Earth. They are unaware that a bigger threat looms, an alliance of Cobra-La and Unicron. The series consists of two double-sized issues.

Strike! Strike! With all the might at our command! Death to the Autobots and the decay they stand for!" New Avengers/Transformers #1-4 (2007) — A crossover series with the 2005 IDW continuity version of the Transformers. Transformers Comic was a British comic book series based on the Transformers toyline and film series, published monthly by Titan Magazines from 2007 to 2014. It initially featured strips re-printed from American comics and graphic novels, but later included original comic strips. The first issue was published in July 2007 to tie-in with the release of the Transformers feature film. The comic went through five different volumes and title changes before the final issue was published in August 2014 after a run of seven years.