Marvel US released a bimonthly digest-sized magazine, which reprinted the first twenty issues of the main series - two issues per magazine - until cancelled with #10. 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. 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. To put it bluntly, the Marvel UK Transformers comic is 100% better than the American version we get over here. Your comics have beautiful covers, high quality artwork and very intelligent plots. Here in the States, Transformers comics are monthly instead of weekly and have bad artwork and stupid plots. Thank you for showing us the Autobots and Decepticons of the 21st Century. You guys in Britain are, as always, one step ahead when it comes to time travel (from Wells' Time Machine to Doctor Who — you always come through)! The events of Earth-120185 occurred in the Marvel UK publications based on commercially licensed properties created by Hasbro Toys. Notably, the Transformers and Action Force (UK version of G.I. Joe). The stories themselves were expansions of the Marvel US titles of the same commercial characters, whose universe has been designated Earth-91274.

The Transformers toyline, spotlighting the Autobot Cars, Autobot Mini Vehicles, Decepticon Planes, and Mini-Cassettes.I had hoped to Optimus we could avoid this, but... it seems our adversaries have left us little choice. Assume defensive configurations."

Meanwhile, their British branch, Marvel UK, also published Transformers comics, a mix of reprinted strips from the US series (occasionally slightly edited or recontextualized) and original strips primarily written by the aforementioned Simon Furman: Budiansky himself proposed that Simon Furman take over as the U.S. series writer. [2] With the changeover, the stories took on a more serious tone, relying on character conflict more than outlandish plot devices. Many fans regard Furman's run on the original book as one of the high points of all Transformers fiction. The British Transformers comic, or TFUK as it’s affectionately known, launched in September 1984 and ended in January 1992, making it one of Marvel UK’s longest-running titles. Thunderwing, along with Scourge, Bludgeon, Dirge, and Galvatron, was sent to prepare another universe for Unicron's arrival. Porting into Decepticon Command Headquarters on Cybertron, Galvatron left Thunderwing and the others on Cybertron to accomplish their task. Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4 Though they destroyed all of the Decepticons in their headquarters and established a network of space bridge portals, this universe's Megatron was not amongst their victims. Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4

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Did 1994’s Winter Special put the final nail in TFUK’s coffin by selling so poorly that another special (which would most likely have been scheduled for April 1995) could not be justified? Maybe not — and this is where Generation 2 comes in.

There is some confusion over when issues first appeared, due to changing practices regarding the cover dates. When the comic began in 1984, Marvel issues were normally cover dated four months ahead of their going on sale. This was partially a hangover from the days of fierce newsstand competition when each company tried to make its comics look newer than its rivals and partially a mechanism to compensate for slower distribution on newsstands and overseas sales. The final issue of Fleetway’s Transformers: Generation 2 appeared in January 1995, containing a story that continued the Marvel US (and UK) continuity begun in 1984Spin-offs during this period included The Transformers: Bumblebee #1–4 (2009–2010), The Transformers: Ironhide #1–4 (2010), The Transformers: Drift #1–4 (2010), The Transformers: Infestation #1–2 (2011) and The Transformers: Heart of Darkness #1–4 (2011); the last two of which, by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, set up the final arc of the Costa ongoing, leading into another "soft reboot" of sorts.

IDW also published a bimonthly Transformers Magazine. It features strips from the original Marvel US The Transformers series, Dreamwave's Transformers: Armada comic and IDW's own The Transformers: Stormbringer series. Spotlight artist Robby Musso provides original covers. The first issue came due out in June 2007. [54] Transformers: Regeneration One [ edit ] Action Force itself as a title that was totally separate from its US counterpart G.I. Joe (although the G.I. Joe stories would be reprinted in the Action Force comic, additionally the Action Force stories would see reprinting in a US title called G.I. Joe: European Missions) After 50 weekly issues, it changed to a monthly format which was canceled after 15 issues, and soon only G.I. Joe reprints (re-branded under the Action Force title) found themselves printed in issues of the Transformers UK comic book. In our counterfactual future (past?), TFUK drops the original British strips after #349, relying on reprinted American material for the rest of its run — with #354 reprinting half of Transformers: Generation 2 #1Part of the fifth wave of Generations Deluxe Class toys, Thunderwing's alternate mode is a fighter jet loosely based on an F-22 Raptor, with different wings but retaining the F-22's characteristic zigzag patterns sculpted on the hull. He transforms into a robot that looks like the original Thunderwing toy's Pretender shell. The nose of the jet can detach and become a separate aerial drone, while the two missile launchers can detach from the wings and become handheld weapons or clip together into one massive gun. The middle section of the sculpted missiles on the sides of the guns are also compatible with C joint accessories. Thunderwing's colors seem to be inspired by his color scheme in the latter end of the Marvel run, considering his green arms. There is also an homage to Don Figueroa's design in Stormbringer with Thunderwing's face and feet. The X-Files: Conspiracy (2014) — Another multi-brand crossover, this time involving The X-Files series, whose Transformers-specific issue takes place in the present day of the Hearts of Steel universe.