TRANSFORMERS THE DEFINITIVE G1 COLLECTION

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The stories which began the entire Transformers franchise, including the original 4-issue Marvel miniseries which first introduced the primary Autobots and Decepticons and set up their battle for supremacy on Cybertron and Earth.

A behind-the scenes look at a sea change moment for the US comic (Furman's takeover as head writer) and a Bob Budiansky sketchbook. A profile on Derek Yaniger, a outro by Simon Furman including [small-scale scans of] " War Zone", their second UK-original G2 strip. A feature in issue 1 states that the Marvel UK comic sold 200,000 copies per week, when really it only sold 100,000 per week at its peak. This error presumably stems from the fact that Marvel (and other publishers at the time) multiplied their circulation figures by 2.5 to calculate their readership, as they estimated that many issues would be shared between friends and siblings. [4] This error was not present in IDW's original reprints. [18]

Contents

In a move that actually improves readability, the Action Force crossover " Ancient Relics!" (which originally interrupted the unrelated two-part story told across US #29-30) is moved before #29.

The trial versions of issues 1 and 2 had the inside cover art swapped: the "Target: 2006" book had artwork for Stormbringer, and vice versa. [17] Character design sketches by Figueroa, an extract from Decepticomments from The Transformers #4 by Mike Costa, and a bio on IDW Swindle.Bonus material includes the lowdown on the (new) human cast and rare promotional posters for the Dawn of the Autobots event. A retrospective on the Headmasters miniseries and an overview of how Marvel UK handled toy marketing. Collects ROM: First Strike #1, Micronauts: First Strike #1, G.I. Joe: First Strike #1, M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand: First Strike #1, Optimus Prime: First Strike #1, and Transformers: First Strike #1.