Transformers (comics)
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Publisher | Marvel Comics (1984–1994) Dreamwave Productions (2002–2004) IDW Publishing (2005–2022) Skybound Entertainment (2023–present) |
There have been four main publishers of the
Overview
No. | Title | Issues | Publication date | ||
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Marvel Comics continuity | |||||
1 | The Transformers | 80 | September, 1984 | July, 1991 | |
2 | The Transformers UK | 332 | September, 1984 | July, 1991 | |
3 | G.I. Joe and the Transformers | 4 | January, 1987 | April, 1987 | |
4 | The Transformers: Headmasters
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4 | July, 1987 | January, 1988 | |
5 | Transformers: Generation 2 | 12 | November, 1993 | October, 1994 | |
6 | Transformers: Regeneration One | 20 | July, 2012 | March, 2014 | |
7 | Transformers '84: Secrets & Lies | 4 | August, 2019 | October, 2020 | |
3H Enterprises Beast Wars comics
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8 | Tales from the Beast Wars | 2 | July, 1997 | July, 2000 | |
9 | Transformers: The Wreckers | 3 | July, 2001 | July, 2004 | |
10 | Transformers: Universe | 3 | August, 2003 | June, 2004 | |
Dreamwave Generation One comics continuity | |||||
11 | Transformers: Generation One | 26 | April, 2002 | December, 2004 | |
12 | Transformers: The War Within | 15 | October, 2002 | December, 2003 | |
13 | Transformers: Micromasters | 4 | June, 2004 | September, 2004 | |
Dreamwave Unicron Trilogy comics | |||||
14 | Transformers: Armada
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18 | July, 2002 | December, 2003 | |
15 | Transformers: Energon | 12 | January, 2004 | December, 2004 | |
16 | IDW 2005 comics continuity | 427 | October, 2005 | November, 2018 | |
IDW Beast Wars comics | |||||
17 | Beast Wars: The Gathering
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4 | February, 2006 | May, 2006 | |
18 | Beast Wars: The Ascending
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4 | October, 2007 | January, 2008 | |
19 | Transformers: Beast Wars | 18 | February, 2021 | June, 2022 | |
20 | The Transformers: Hearts of Steel | 4 | June, 2006 | September, 2006 | |
21 | IDW movie comics | 59 | February, 2007 | August, 2011 | |
22 | Transformers Comic UK | 75 | July, 2007 | September, 2014 | |
23 | Transformers Animated: The Arrival | 6 | August, 2008 | December, 2008 | |
24 | IDW Aligned Continuity comics
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21 | June, 2010 | December, 2015 | |
IDW crossover comics | |||||
25 | Transformers vs. G.I. Joe | 13 | July, 2014 | June, 2016 | |
26 | Star Trek vs. Transformers | 5 | September, 2018 | February, 2019 | |
27 | Transformers/Ghostbusters | 5 | June, 2019 | October, 2019 | |
28 | Transformers vs. The Terminator | 4 | March, 2020 | September, 2020 | |
29 | My Little Pony/Transformers | 8 | August, 2020 | July, 2021 | |
30 | Transformers/Back to the Future | 4 | October, 2020 | May, 2021 | |
IDW 2019 comics continuity | |||||
31 | Transformers | 35 | March, 2019 | June, 2022 | |
32 | Transformers: Galaxies | 12 | September, 2019 | December, 2020 | |
33 | Transformers: Escape | 5 | December, 2020 | July, 2021 | |
34 | Wreckers: Tread & Circuits | 4 | October, 2021 | January, 2022 | |
35 | Transformers: War's End | 4 | February, 2022 | May, 2022 | |
36 | Transformers: King Grimlock | 5 | August, 2021 | February, 2022 | |
37 | Transformers: Shattered Glass | 10 | August, 2021 | December, 2022 | |
38 | Transformers: Last Bot Standing | 4 | May, 2022 | August, 2022 | |
Energon Universe (Skybound Entertainment) | |||||
39 | Transformers | 4 | October, 2023 | Ongoing | |
Total | 1240 | September, 1984 | November, 2023 |
Marvel Comics
The Transformers (Generation 1), Marvel, U.S.
The Transformers comic by Marvel was the first and arguably the best known Transformers comic. Although it was originally intended to be a 4-issue limited series, it expanded into an ongoing series, which ran for 80 issues before being cancelled.
A few of the early issues were reprinted by Marvel in a digest sized magazine called The Transformers Comics Magazine that ran 10 issues from 1987 to 1988.[2] Marvel had also reprinted some of these early issues in 1985, as the Transformers Collected Comics which ran 2 issues.[3][4]
In latter years, when various other companies were able to obtain the license for the Transformers, they were able to gain access to the Marvel series and reprinted a lot of the issues. From 2001 to 2003,
IDW Publishing (the current rights holders to the Transformers comic property) reprinted numerous Marvel issues as well, as part of the Transformers: Generations series that ran 12 issues[7] and a collected trade paperback from 2006 to 2007.[8] Issues were also reprinted in The Transformers Magazine, that ran four issues[9] in 2007, while other collections were published in 2008 and 2009.[10] IDW began publishing another new series of reprints called Transformers Classics. This six volume series started getting published in June 2011.[11] Meanwhile, a 100 Penny Press: Transformers Classics #1 mini edition was also published in June 2011.[12] Some issues were also reprinted in the hardcover book Transformers: The Best Of Simon Furman in July 2007.[13] In March 2014, the first issue of the series was reprinted as 100 Penny Press: Transformers #1[14]
In July 2012, to prepare the new series Transformers: Regeneration One (which continued the Marvel series after 21 years), IDW Publishing released Transformers: Regeneration One 100-Page Spectacular.[15] This one-shot reprinted issues 76–80 of the Marvel series.
In August 2013, IDW published the hardcover Transformers: 30th Anniversary Collection. This deluxe book celebrated the 30th anniversary of The Transformers franchise, and as such, many of the original Marvel books were reprinted.[16]
Marvel UK
The sister title in the UK, this series ran for 332 issues, comics.
Numerous issues and stories from this series would eventually be reprinted. Marvel UK themselves would reprint some stories in Transformers-The Complete Works Part 1 and Part 2, Plague of the Insecticons and The Transformers Universe Vol. One.[18]
In latter years reprints were done courtesy of
When IDW Publishing acquired the licence to the property, they published various reprints in the hardcover book The Best Of Simon Furman and in the Best of UK Omnibus.[13] Other reprints were featured in mini-series collections such as Target 2006 (#1–5), Dinobots (#1–6), Space Pirates (#1–5), Time Wars (#1–5), City of Fear (#1–5), and Prey (#1–5).[19] A new 8 volume reprint collection called Transformers Classics: UK started getting released in October 2011.[20]
The Transformers: The Movie, Marvel, U.S., 1986
A three-issue mini-series adaptation of the feature film,[21] with no continuity ties to the regular comic series. Differences to the animated feature include the original designs for the Autobot Matrix of Leadership and Ultra Magnus' original death at the hand of Scourge and his Sweeps.
Transformers Universe, Marvel, U.S., 1986
A four-issue limited series
The series was collected as a trade paperback in July 1987.[23]
G.I. Joe and The Transformers, Marvel, U.S., 1987
A four-issue limited series written by Michael Higgins,
The story was hampered by continuity issues (though the storyline was only referred to in the pages of the Transformers comics, as G.I. Joe writer
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
A four-issue mini-series
The plot of this series focuses on Cybertronian Autobot Fortress Maximus, who despite his success as a military commander, longs to find peace by leaving Cybertron's civil war altogether. To that end, he gathers a large crew of followers, and they rocket off to the planet Nebulos, which has not seen war in over 10,000 years. Unfortunately, the Autobots' first encounters with the Nebulans are misinterpreted. Intimidated by the robots' size, the Nebulans initiate aggressions against the Autobots. To end hostilities and show his willingness to protect the planet's fragile peace, Fortress Maximus and a few of his followers discard their weapons in front of the Nebulan capital. When that failed to dissuade them, he made the ultimate sacrifice by offering them his head. Four more Autobots did the same, while the remainder returned to their camp unarmed.
Intending to use the situation to his advantage, corrupt Nebulan politician Lord Zarak learned more about the Autobots and the war they left behind and used this information to contact Cybertron. Zarak's message was received by Fortress Maximus's Decepticon equal, Scorponok. After lying to Zarak about the intentions of the Autobots, Scorponok led an invasion force to the planet. Armed only with weapons that had not seen use in millennia, the Nebulan defense were no match for the intentionally aggressive Decepticons. With little options left, Galen, leader of the Nebulan world council, made arrangements for himself and others to become Autobot Headmasters. Although the Headmaster process made them able to drive off the Decepticons, all Galen had succeeded in doing was re-igniting the Transformers' war on Nebulos. After Scorponok and now-captive Lord Zarak developed a way to duplicate the process (as well as a later
Because the series was bi-monthly, very little time passed after its end before a smaller group returned to Nebulos, using resources there and the Powermaster Process to rebuild and empower Optimus Prime.
The entire miniseries was reprinted by
Transformers Generation 2, Marvel, U.S., 1993
A 12-issue series,
The series was reprinted as 2 trade paperbacks courtesy of
As they had done with the Generation 1 series, Marvel published a series based on Generation 2 in England. Because their
New Avengers/Transformers, U.S., 2007
A crossover with the original holders of the Transformers license,
The series was collected as a trade paperback in January 2008.[36]
Note
The Marvel Comics character
Dreamwave Productions
In early 2002, Dreamwave Productions acquired the Transformers comics license and went on to produce a highly successful return of Transformers to the comic world. They started with a limited series focusing on the Generation 1 characters and a monthly series dedicated to Transformers: Armada. The G1 stories were not bound by the previous Marvel stories nor the animated series. Dreamwave produced a large amount of material, but would go bankrupt and lose the Transformers license in early 2005.
Generation 1
Transformers: Generation 1 (2002)
When they acquired the Transformers licence from
Of note: there is a magazine that published a 10-page preview in b/w of what was to have been the 11th issue of the series had Dreamwave not gone into bankruptcy, but was of a very low print run.
Transformers: The War Within
After the success of their Generation One series, Dreamwave decided to do a series focusing on the war on Cybertron before the Transformers came to Earth, and recruited Marvel Transformers writer Simon Furman and former fan artist Don Figueroa for a six-issue series focusing on the rise of Optimus Prime. Later, a second volume appeared titled The Dark Ages, again written by Furman and drawn by regular Marvel Transformers artist Andrew Wildman. The second volume introduced The Fallen, an outcast member of the original thirteen Transformers. A third volume, called The Age of Wrath, written by Furman and drawn by Joe Ng, was released up through issue #3, but due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy it was never completed. The first two series were re-released in trade paperback form by IDW Publishing in March and May 2007.
Transformers: Micromasters
Micromasters was a four-issue mini-series written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk and drawn by Rob Ruffolo. Set on Cybertron after the disappearance of the
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
An eight-issue limited series from 2003 written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk (the shapers of Dreamwave's G1 title and its overall Transformers continuity) with art by most of the Dreamwave artists, it featured bios of all the Transformers released as toys in the United States (with the exception of several of the Action Masters). The character entries were done in the same style as the 1986 Marvel limited series, Transformers Universe, with page long bios and art of the characters in both their robot and alternate forms. The character bios included expanded information from the original toys' tech specs, as well as new character development from the Dreamwave Transformers continuity. Issues one through seven contain the character bios, while issue number eight contains entries for key Transformer locations, ideas and technology. The first pages of issue one and the last pages of issue eight feature a mini-comic about where all the information presented in the limited series is coming from, and who is accessing it, which was a prequel story to the
Armada/Energon
Transformers: Armada (2002–2003)
This comic series was based on the new Transformers toyline of that year,
Issues 1–5, written by Chris Saccarini and drawn by James Raiz, would give some background to the original war on Cybertron, detailing how
Issues 6–7 would see Furman take over the scripting, with Pat Lee on art, detailing the discovery of several more Mini-Con teams on Earth. Issues 8–11, with
With the series coming to a close and Energon due to take over as the active franchise comic, issues 14–18 were dedicated to the coming of
Transformers: Energon (2003–2004)
Transformers: Energon | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Dreamwave Productions |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Monthly |
Publication date | 2003–2004 |
No. of issues | 12 |
Main character(s) | Autobots, Decepticons |
Creative team | |
Created by | Hasbro |
Written by | Simon Furman |
Artist(s) | Guido Guidi |
The story to Transformers: Energon picks up ten years after events in Armada. The Energon title was written by Simon Furman and drawn by Guido Guidi and Joe Ng. The first issue was #19 since Armada was not cancelled but rather retitled. The series was discontinued at issue #30 due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy.
Launched in December 2003 Energon would retain the numbering system from Armada, as well as the creative team of Furman and Guidi. Issue 19 would pick up where Armada left off, reintroducing the main cast – as well as Unicron and the new threat of the
Transformers Armada: More Than Meets the Eye
In 2004 Dreamwave released a three-issue version of the More Than Meets The Eye series featuring all the
The first pages of issue one and the last pages of issue three feature a mini-comic of the human character Alexis studying the history of the Transformers. The comic was set sometime between the events of the Transformers: Armada and Transformers: Energon Dreamwave comics.
Before Dreamwave's bankruptcy, an Energon edition of More Than Meets The Eye was also planned but not released.
Transformers/G.I. Joe
Dreamwave Productions and Devil's Due, owner of the G.I. Joe license, each produced their own six-issue mini-series and with separate continuities. Dreamwave's approach, rather than follow the previous efforts of Marvel Comics, had the story set in an alternate continuity, and was written by
Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front
Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front | |
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Pat Lee (pencils) | |
Colorist(s) | Anthony Washington and Alan Wang |
A second volume, Divided Front, was produced. It was written by the writing team of James McDonough and Adam Patyk (who also worked to develop the story treatment for the first volume) and drawn by Pat Lee.[40] Despite strong initial sales of over 44 thousand copies and positive reviews stating the series "exceeded expectations," Dreamwave released only one issue before their financial troubles put a halt to their operations.[41][42][43] The story followed Transformers/G.I. Joe, but took place 40 years later in 1985, and was intended to have explained the connection to the first volume's story.[44]
Transformers Summer Special
The Transformers Summer Special was a
The Generation 1 segment, written by the main G1 creative team of Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk and drawn by Pat Lee and Joe Ng, focused on
There were three other stories, including a
The other two, both written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk, focused around
The Beast Within
The comic shows us a what if there is a Dinobot combiner and the comic can only obtained in Transformers G1 DVDs set split into two comics
Beast Wars (unreleased)
In the Summer Special, a competition was run to choose whether the next Dreamwave Transformers series would be Beast Wars or Transformers: Robots in Disguise. Beast Wars won, and the Generation One team of writers James McDonough and Adam Patyk and artist Don Figueroa were slated as the creative team.[45] However, Dreamwave's bankruptcy would mean that no issues were ever published, although images and issue synopses have appeared on the Internet.[46] After McDonough and Patyk left Dreamwave due to the company's non-payment, writer Simon Furman was added to the series with Figueroa. They would eventually become the creative team on IDW Publishing's Beast Wars series.
IDW Publishing
After Dreamwave's collapse in the winter of 2004, Hasbro awarded the Transformers comic license to IDW Publishing the following spring with plans to relaunch the property. Two miniseries were initially planned: one featuring the Generation One characters and the other focusing on the Beast Wars. The success of these has led to several other projects as listed below. Long-time Transformers writer Simon Furman was brought aboard and given the creative reigns over both series, as well as their spin-offs. He took the opportunity to reboot the Generation One universe, going in a new direction from any previous incarnation, though retaining key elements such as character personalities and paint schemes. By the end of 2022, IDW lost the publishing rights to Transformers.[47]
Generation One
The Transformers: Infiltration
The Transformers: Infiltration premiered in October 2005 with issue #0 and properly launched with issue #1 in January 2006. Simon Furman wrote and E. J. Su penciled a new six-issue re-imagining of the Transformers arriving on Earth. The story concluded in July to be continued by The Transformers: Escalation (see below). A trade paperback of Infiltration has since been released, as well as a pocket sized Manga edition.
A recent press release indicated that The Transformers: Infiltration #0 set a record in the five-year history of IDW Publishing, surpassing over 100,000 copies in initial pre-orders.[48]
The Transformers: Stormbringer
Stormbringer debuted in July 2006 and is set during the same time frame as Infiltration as in the first issue, Optimus Prime receives Ironhide's message from Infiltration. The setting is far from Earth, and the Transformers are scattered across the universe since Cybertron had been made uninhabitable by war. The series' main villain is Thunderwing, and key protagonists include
The first issue of Stormbringer contains the number 7 on the UPC, continuing from Infiltration' numbering, meaning that despite being sold as mini-series, the G1 comics by Furman are essentially being considered by IDW as a single comic series. This also is continued in Escalation which starts at #10 on the UPC.
The Transformers: Spotlight
The Spotlight series is also set in IDW's new Generation One universe and consists of
The Transformers: Escalation
The sequel series to Infiltration. Escalation (again written by Furman and drawn by Su) focuses on the Machination, an organization dedicated to capturing Transformer technology, and on Optimus Prime attempting to stop Megatron's attempts to bring about a war which will decimate humanity. The story began in November 2006 and concluded in April 2007, with Megatron's plans stalled and
The Transformers: Megatron Origin
This 4-issue mini-series, written by
The Transformers: Devastation
Devastation picked up where Escalation left off. It is another six-issue miniseries. Issue 1 of Devastation was released on October 3, 2007, and was published monthly through March 2008. A follow-up titled The Transformers: Revelation was also released as part of the Spotlight series (see above).
Transformers: Lost Light
Other series
In addition to their main Generation 1 continuity, IDW has also created a variety of material based on the various Transformers universes, both the original animated series as well as original material and the 2007 live-action movie.
Beast Wars
Beast Wars: The Gathering was released in 2006 as a four-issue series written by the Stormbringer team of Furman and Figueroa. The series takes place after season 2 of the Beast Wars animated series and features characters that had toys produced but were not featured in the cartoon. The trade paperback was released in August 2006. A second series called The Ascending was released in August 2007,[50] with a 3-issue bi-monthly series of More Than Meets The Eye-style profile books titled Beast Wars: Sourcebook released in August.[51] The continuity is separate from the new IDW Generation One universe, and is set in-continuity with the original show.
The Transformers: Generations
Generations is a series that reprints key or best-of issues from the Marvel series but with new cover art. Issues containing Marvel characters (such as the original issue #3, which featured Spider-Man) could not be reprinted for this series. Also, using any Dreamwave material is not possible at this time due to legal ramifications from their bankruptcy.
The Transformers: Evolutions
Evolutions is a title that features stand-alone, out-of-continuity tales from rotating creative teams. Chuck Dixon wrote the first four-part series Hearts of Steel, revolving around steam-powered Transformers on Earth in the 19th century, with art by former Dreamwave artist Guido Guidi. It premiered in July 2006. At its conclusion, the publishers warned that they needed to be conservative with alternate-reality stories, because both they and Hasbro did not want to make things too confusing before the 2007 movie was released.[52] For this reason, the series is on hold until after the movie premieres, but a trade paperback has been released.
Transformers: The Animated Movie
Transformers: The Animated Movie is a four-issue comic book adaptation of the classic 1986 Transformers movie in correspondence with the 20th anniversary of the film's release. The first issue was released in October 2006 and the run coincided with the release of the Sony/BMG 20th Anniversary The Transformers: The Movie Special Edition DVD, released on November 7, 2006. The adaptation was written by former Marvel Transformers writer Bob Budiansky and illustrated by Don Figueroa. The series included scenes and characters in the comic that did not make it into the movie.[52]
Live-action film series
Transformers is a comic book series by IDW Publishing, based upon the live-action film series.
Transformers: Cybertron – Balancing Act
Balancing Act, released by IDW in April 2007, is a collection of stories from the Hasbro Collector's Club Magazine that were published from 2005 to 2006. The stories were written by Forrest Lee and illustrated by Dan Khanna.
The Transformers Magazine
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
From July 2012 to March 2014, IDW published the series Transformers: Regeneration One.[55] It continued the Marvel Comics canceled Transformers series picking up after the final issue (#80) which was published in July 1991. 21 years later, the series (now under IDW) resumed, and featured the same artists and writer from the final issues of the original Marvel series: Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, and Stephen Baskerville. The series was revived for the sole purpose of tying up loose ends and ended with #100 where the cover read "#100 in a four issue limited series". In January 2013, IDW began reprinting the series as a 4 volume trade paperback series.[56]
Star Trek vs. Transformers
Transformers/Ghostbusters
Transformers/Back to the Future
Transformers vs. The Terminator
Skybound Entertainment
Energon Universe
Title | Issue(s) | Creative team | Release schedule | Ref. | |||
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Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Colorist(s) | Premiere date | Finale date | |||
Transformers | 1– | Daniel Warren Johnson | Mike Spencer | October 4, 2023 | TBA | [57] |
Other publishers
There have been some promotional comics by various small publishers, often lacking a cohesive fictional universe.
3H Enterprises
The previous official Transformers convention had comics printed as merchandise. The comics included Tales from the Beast Wars (2 issues), Transformers: The Wreckers (3 issues) and Transformers: Universe (3 issues).
Benchpress Comics
In spring[
Blackthorne Publishing
In 1987,
Devil's Due Publishing
Devil's Due Publishing experienced success with their revived G.I Joe series under license by Hasbro. Both companies produced their own six-issue mini-series detailing a crossover between the two with permission from Hasbro, but Dreamwave had the exclusive license to produce Transformers comics, while Devil's Due had the exclusive license to G.I. Joe; hence the two different miniseries from both companies with two different ideas behind each company's respective franchise. A second series followed in late 2004, followed by a third in 2005, and a fourth in 2006.
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
The Devil's Due story, written by company president Josh Blaylock and illustrated by
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers 2
The second four-issue mini-series was written by Dan Jolley and drawn by Tim Seeley and E. J. Su. Cobra was shattered in the first series, but Cobra Commander survived and recruited Destro to help steal Teletran-3. An accident occurs, causing several Joes and Cobra members to be transported to Cybertron. The accident pulls several Transformers to Earth, as well as scattering the characters throughout time. The Joes and Cobra travel into the past and future to retrieve the missing Autobots and Decepticons before the Earth is destroyed.
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers 3: The Art of War
A five-issue series written by Seeley and drawn by
G.I. Joe vs the Transformers 4: Black Horizon
A two-part series (written by Seeley and drawn by
According to writer Seeley, the plot of Black Horizon is the one he initially wanted to use for The Art of War, but was turned down by Hasbro, leading to the use of a re-imagined Serpentor instead. The series' format was also changed from four regular issues to two double-sized issues, as Hasbro wanted to avoid competition with the 2007 Movie tie-in comics.[59]
See also Devil's Due's G.I. Joe vs. Transformers section in G.I. Joe (comics).
Panini Comics
Panini Comics published a Transformers: Armada comic in the United Kingdom in 2003, aiming at younger readers. The series lasted nine issues. It was written by Simon Furman. The comics included backing stories called "Tales of the Mini-Cons" which spotlighted those particular characters.[60]
Titan Magazines
To coincide with the release of the 2007 movie,
The UK original strips open each issue and tie into the continuity of
Each issue comes with a free gift. #1 had dog tags with Autobot or Decepticon logos on them, #2 had removable tattoos, #3 had a keyring, which would be either the Autobots or Decepticons logo, and #4 had 4 badges.
Hasbro mini-comics
A mini-comic that was packaged with various series of toys, and printed in various languages. The comics told small side stories relating to the premise of the associated toyline and exist in their own continuities.
Optimus Primal/Megatron – "Beast Wars"
An eight-page mini-comic that was sold with the
The mini-comic features appearances by Optimus Primal, Megatron,
Transformers: Armada
A four-part series released throughout the Armada toy line. The series was produced by the same team that started on Dreamwave's Transformers: Armada comic, story by Chris Saccarini and illustrated by James Raiz. The first 2 volumes were printed in English, Spanish, and French.
Volume 1 features
See also
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External links
- IDW Transformers title - Current Transformers comic.
- Transformers comics checklist Archived 30 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Transformers Archive – Features issue summaries and scans.
- Transfans – Comic reviews and discussion.
- Robert Jung's Transformers Comics Guide – A guide to the various Transformers comic book series. Includes issue summaries, annotations, and cross-references.
- Target: 2006 – A guide to the two Marvel comics series. Includes The Transformers Chronology Project.
- Steve's Transformers Fansite Archived 1 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- Transformers @ The Moon – Largest Transformers toy gallery on the web and a huge Transformers resource, founded in 1999.
- Transformers Comic at Titan Magazines