The Marvel Comics character Death's Head, a character created by Simon Furman, appeared in certain Marvel UK Transformers stories. The story will be followed by The Transformers: Devastation (see below). [32], A crossover with the original holders of the Transformers license, Marvel Comics, this series takes place in both Marvel's ongoing continuity, (pre-Civil War), and IDW's G1 continuity, set in between Infiltration and Escalation. Issues 26–29, drawn by Alex Milne, saw a full-scale Terrorcon attack on Earth, Prime aiding Megatron's rebirth and Starscream's return in his Energon form. 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. Volume 1 features Optimus Prime, Megatron, Hot Shot, Jolt, Cyclonus and Crumplezone. Issue 30 saw a confrontation between Megatron and Scorponok—but the bankruptcy of Dreamwave prevented this story from being finished. This issue features a story from the British version of the Transformers comic book. The Transformers comic by Marvel was the first and arguably the best known Transformers comic. Issue 1 of Devastation was released on October 3, 2007, and was published monthly through March 2008. Edwin Garcia (backgrounds), Nick Kilislian (breakdowns), This page was last edited on 17 January 2021, at 05:21. [39] Since Dreamwave's demise, the mini-series has been reprinted in trade paperback form by IDW Publishing. [10] IDW began publishing another new series of reprints called Transformers Classics. G.I. Written by Brad Mick aka James McDonough and Adam Patyk with art by many Dreamwave artists (including the interlocking covers by Joe Ng), the layout was similar to the Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye mini-series released in 2003, and included separate character bios for the Minicons as well as for the other Transformers. 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. – Press release announcing series and creative team. A five-issue series written by Seeley and drawn by Joe Ng (with help from James Raiz and Alex Milne). The first two stories – Optimus Prime and Megatron – focused on Optimus sending the Allspark into space to keep it out of Megatron's hands. 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. See also Devil's Due's G.I. The adaptation was written by former Marvel Transformers writer Bob Budiansky and illustrated by Don Figueroa. Transformers - Back to the Future #2 (2020) Publisher: IDW 43 pages | 73.8 мb. Joe vs the Transformers 4: Black Horizon, Elseworlds Transformers, The Malay Mail, November 19, 2003, by Rizal Solomon, "GCD :: Covers :: The Transformers Comics Magazine", "The Free Comic Book Price Guide Database & Community – Use our database to track your comic book collection", "Transformers Comics – Titan Books Reprints", "Transformers Comics – Guide to Transformers by Titan", "GCD :: Covers :: The Transformers: Generations", "Transformers Comics – IDW Transformers Comics Guide", "Transformers Classics #1 100 Penny Press at", "IDW Transformers #1 (1984) Hundred Penny Press Preview", "Transformers Comics – Marvel Comics Guide", "GCD :: Covers :: Transformers: The Movie", "GCD :: Covers :: The Transformers Universe", "GCD :: Covers :: G.I. Issue #25, again drawn by Ng, introduced the Omnicons and Snow Cat. This site uses cookies for site configuration, advertising, and analysis. The story was hampered by continuity issues (though the storyline was only referred to in the pages of the Transformers comics, as G.I. Very low only 39 IN THE CENSUS!!! Following this there will be a Best of UK series focusing on the Dinobots.[52]. Joe, has teamed up with a group of Autobots under Prowl to stop the spread of Cybertronian technology on Earth. All issues have so far been written by Simon Furman, except for the issue for Kup which was written by artist Nick Roche. 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. We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with Fast & Free shipping on many items! ", referring to many fans' discontent over the human cast of Infiltration. The series introduces the Headmasters, Targetmasters, some of the movie Transformers, Monsterbots, Horrorcons, Technobots and Terrorcons. [5], A 12-issue series,[27] the series expanded the original G1 mythos from the small war on Earth and Cybertron to enclose the whole of the Galaxy that was fast being altered into a likeness of Cybertron itself by the Cybertronian Empire, a race of later generation Transformers that evolved while the earthbound Autobots and Decepticons were deactivated. The final issue, again drawn by Guidi, served as a bridge between the Armada and Energon series, detailing Unicron's defeat and Megatron's disappearance. Because of the weekly approach, the UK comic was able to flesh out characters and ideas more; in the US comic, the Aerialbots and Stunticons are first shown having just been built and being given life by the Creation Matrix program, whereas the UK comic fleshed it out more and showed the two teams as being created out of new technology created by Shockwave after scanning Buster Witwicky while he had the Matrix downloaded into his brain. Starting out as a mini-series, it became very popular and lasted for 80 issues. 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. A trade paperback of Infiltration has since been released, as well as a pocket sized Manga edition. 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. Joe writer Larry Hama opted to ignore the mini-series), and the absence of several key characters from both franchises, including Cobra Commander, Optimus Prime, and Megatron, as the three characters were presumed dead at the time of the mini-series' publication. With Don Figueroa on art, it detailed the coming of the Heralds of Unicron into the Armada dimension to secure the Mini-Con Matrix and kill all of Unicron's enemies. You are now reading The Transformers (1984) #1 online. Volume 2 introduces Scavenger and Rollbar vs. the Mini-Con Destruction Team and Starscream. Tags: Transformers Transformers comics IDW IDW Publishing This 4-issue mini-series, written by Eric Holmes and drawn by Alex Milne, was published in the gap between Escalation and Devastation. The RiD tale, drawn by Rob Ruffolo, focused on Scourge and Sky-Byte stealing a nuclear reactor, while Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus learn the value of teamwork to stop them. 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. The Devil's Due story, written by company president Josh Blaylock and illustrated by Mike S. Miller, takes place in an alternate present day where Cobra has uncovered the Ark. Joe (comics). Transformers #13 CGC 9.8 Marvel 1986 Marvel Comic First series NEW FRAME. The comic started much the same as the show; a crew crash landing the Ark on Earth in the distant past. In addition to these three main publishers, there have also been several other smaller publishers with varying degrees of success. The first issue came due out in June 2007. The story featured Bumblebee being destroyed by G.I. TFW2005 member Issy543 moves the comics forecast ahead with an early look at incoming IDW titles scheduled for release in May. protip: 1 of 2 covers! by Deluxe Baldwin, Zoteki Transformers MEGATRON G1 Statue by Jazwares - Rodimusbill Review (Part 3), Contact us about any infringements right away - CLICK HERE. Long-time Transformers writer Simon Furman was brought aboard and given the creative reigns over both series, as well as their spin-offs. His brother Spike eventually joins the cause as Autobot leader when he became the head of commander Fortress Maximus. Numerous issues and stories from this series would eventually be reprinted. The series consists of two double-sized issues. [35], The series was collected as a trade paperback in January 2008.[36]. In 2004 Dreamwave released a three-issue version of the More Than Meets The Eye series featuring all the Transformers: Armada characters released as toys in the United States. Do you have a Transformers 1 comic at home? The Transformers franchise has been a hit ever since it began in 1984, but the series has taken on a variety of different forms, much like the titular Robots in Disguise themselves. The sequel series to Infiltration. The Predacons were once warlords on Cybertron who were cast into exile in space. The Transformers returned 2 years later at Marvel Comics in the less successful Transformers: Generation 2 comic … Here, Cobra had discovered and awakened the Decepticons, reformatting their vehicle modes into 1940s era war vehicles and weapons. Submit News | The continuity, while following elements from the cartoon series of the same name, was wholly its own continuity. Price New from Used from Comics, January 1, 1984 "Please retry" $19.47 . AVAILABLE: April 2020CREATORS: Simon Furman (Author) Guido Guidi (Artist, Cover Artist)IMPRINT: IDW PublishingPAGE COUNT: 32COLOR: FC,