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Marvel Comics continuity

2012-07-11T20:27:13Z

2.221.116.108: /* Regeneration One */

[[Image:Marvelcomicscontinuity.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Classics forms the "nards" of the continuity.]]
The '''Marvel Comics continuity''' is the series of stories set in or extrapolated from the ''Transformers'' comic books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The basis of the story as published in the US consists of:

* The 80 issues of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the original Marvel Comics series]]
* The 4-issue ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' miniseries.
* The 4-issue ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries.

Though these 88 issues are not without the occasional internal retcon or alternate future, they form a single long and mostly cohesive story.

The Marvel Comics continuity is not a single [[Marvel Comics timeline|timeline]], however. Several different media have added to or continued the story in differing and often contradictory ways:

* '''Marvel UK''' concurrently reprinted the Marvel US stories, and also created new "filler" issues to fit in between events of the original US material. By the series' demise, 332 issues had been published. Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with G.I. Joe, though reprinted much later, was ignored in favor of a different set of stories. Once [[Simon Furman]] was on both comics, however, several concepts turned up in the UK comic—Darkwing and Dreadwind retrieving Starscream's body, the [[Demon]]s, Xaaron (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed Mecannibals on Cybertron, a set-up for a UK-only strip! Unique to the UK material is an ever-evolving future, due to the actions of rampant time traveling characters; that future was eventually negated by events in the present, forming an alternate branch timeline. The later Marvel UK material is also home to a second major timeline divergence, namely the [[Earthforce]] stories.

* "[[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer]]" and "[[Race with the Devil]]", stories from Marvel UK, are specifically referenced within the US issues. Which must've confused the hell out of American readers. On top of that, UK story "[[Out to Lunch!]]" was specifically set up in a US issue.

* Marvel US's [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'']] comic book series, published in the early 1990s, directly continued the story of the original Marvel US series. Again, differing material in the UK was published, but these two series are mostly irreconcilable, if very similar.

* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' is seen by many fans to take place in the far future of the Marvel Comics continuity. ''Beast Wars'' was the first non-Marvel Comics material to reference the creator-god [[Primus]], and although ''Beast Wars'' and its sequel ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' mention mostly [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] events, it has been stated by the writers that the Generation 1 that occurs in the ''Beast Wars''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s past is an unknown mishmash of previous material. (Suffice to say that most Generation 1 continuities seem to move towards ''Beast Wars''.) For the purposes of this wiki, ''Beast Wars'' is always separated under its own continuity header.

* The ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' fiction created by [[Fun Publications]] takes place in the Marvel Comics continuity, but it ignores both the Marvel UK material and the ''Generation 2'' comic books, creating yet another divergent [[splinter timeline]].

* In 2012, [[IDW Publishing]] will begin producing Simon Furman's ''[[Regeneration One]]'', which will continue the Marvel Comics continuity after issue 80 (with issue 80.5 premiering on [[Free Comic Book Day]]) and will run through issue 100. It will render ''Generation 2'' moot,<ref name="regen1">[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/and-now-regeneration-one/ AND NOW – REGENERATION ONE!] at [[Simon Furman]]'s blog.</ref> as well as ignore the Marvel UK storylines.<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/regeneration-one-resources/#comment-5897 REGENERATION ONE – RESOURCES « simon furman]</ref>

Below is the desired hierarchy layout for use in the Fiction sections on character pages.

==Marvel Comics continuity==

===''Generation 1''===

{{main|The Transformers (Marvel comic)}}

The very first Transformers fiction, this series begins with the original 28 Transformers characters crash-landing on Earth 4 million years ago, to be awoken in the present day by a volcanic eruption. Their war continues on Earth, centering at first on the search for fuel resources. Eventually the conflict spreads to space, the Moon, Cybertron, and various alien worlds; dozens of characters join the fight on both sides. The coming of Unicron to Cybertron marks a climax of the series, which ends soon afterwards, with the Decepticons retreating into exile.

====Futures timelines====
The main storyline takes place at the same time as the real life publication date of the comic. Several other stories were set 20 years in the future. It is implied in these future stories that something similar to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' happened in the year 2006. By all appearances, these future timelines were ultimately obliterated as a result of time travel.

As originally written, the US version of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" is the only US story set in the future ("[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" deals with an ''alternate'' future). However, as events unfolded in the main series, it became clear that this issue didn't quite fit into future continuity.

====[[Earthforce]]====
:''(Note: The Earthforce stories are part of a divergent timeline branching from the middle of the Marvel US/UK material.)''

===="[[Another Time & Place]]" UK text story====

===''Generation 2'' (US)===
{{main|Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)}}

This series attempted to revive the moribund Transformers franchise, 2 years after the toys had left shelves in America. It directly continues the G1 series with Bludgeon's Decepticons returning and numerous references to the old series. It introduces a new faction, the "second generation" Cybertronians, who form a threat to both the Autobots and Decepticons, as well as the Swarm, a formless mass that threatens to consume all Transformers.

===''Classics''===

{{main|Transformers: Classics}}

{{note|Classics ignores both the Marvel UK material and ''Generation 2'', occurring in a splinter timeline outside of preceding Marvel canon (Generation 1 being an exception) but still in the Marvel continuity family.}}
''Classics'' picks up 15 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories), as a new war with Megatron seems to be on the verge of beginning after over a decade of peace and rebuilding. Decepticon forces are scattered, characters who died in the omitted ''Generation 2'' stories (like [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]) get a new lease on life, and [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] maintain a newly-restored [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

===''Regeneration One''===
{{main|The Transformers: Regeneration One}}
Written by original series scribe Simon Furman, ''Regeneration One'' picks up 21 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories). Issues will continue the numbering scheme from the last ''The Transformers'' issue.<ref name="regen1"/> It ignores ''Generation 2'', and appears to ignore the events of the UK-exclusive stories whilst simultaneously incorporating some ideas from them.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Continuities]]

Marvel Comics continuity

2012-07-11T19:31:56Z

2.221.116.108: /* Regeneration One */

[[Image:Marvelcomicscontinuity.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Classics forms the "nards" of the continuity.]]
The '''Marvel Comics continuity''' is the series of stories set in or extrapolated from the ''Transformers'' comic books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The basis of the story as published in the US consists of:

* The 80 issues of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the original Marvel Comics series]]
* The 4-issue ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' miniseries.
* The 4-issue ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries.

Though these 88 issues are not without the occasional internal retcon or alternate future, they form a single long and mostly cohesive story.

The Marvel Comics continuity is not a single [[Marvel Comics timeline|timeline]], however. Several different media have added to or continued the story in differing and often contradictory ways:

* '''Marvel UK''' concurrently reprinted the Marvel US stories, and also created new "filler" issues to fit in between events of the original US material. By the series' demise, 332 issues had been published. Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with G.I. Joe, though reprinted much later, was ignored in favor of a different set of stories. Once [[Simon Furman]] was on both comics, however, several concepts turned up in the UK comic—Darkwing and Dreadwind retrieving Starscream's body, the [[Demon]]s, Xaaron (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed Mecannibals on Cybertron, a set-up for a UK-only strip! Unique to the UK material is an ever-evolving future, due to the actions of rampant time traveling characters; that future was eventually negated by events in the present, forming an alternate branch timeline. The later Marvel UK material is also home to a second major timeline divergence, namely the [[Earthforce]] stories.

* "[[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer]]" and "[[Race with the Devil]]", stories from Marvel UK, are specifically referenced within the US issues. Which must've confused the hell out of American readers. On top of that, UK story "[[Out to Lunch!]]" was specifically set up in a US issue.

* Marvel US's [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'']] comic book series, published in the early 1990s, directly continued the story of the original Marvel US series. Again, differing material in the UK was published, but these two series are mostly irreconcilable, if very similar.

* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' is seen by many fans to take place in the far future of the Marvel Comics continuity. ''Beast Wars'' was the first non-Marvel Comics material to reference the creator-god [[Primus]], and although ''Beast Wars'' and its sequel ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' mention mostly [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] events, it has been stated by the writers that the Generation 1 that occurs in the ''Beast Wars''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s past is an unknown mishmash of previous material. (Suffice to say that most Generation 1 continuities seem to move towards ''Beast Wars''.) For the purposes of this wiki, ''Beast Wars'' is always separated under its own continuity header.

* The ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' fiction created by [[Fun Publications]] takes place in the Marvel Comics continuity, but it ignores both the Marvel UK material and the ''Generation 2'' comic books, creating yet another divergent [[splinter timeline]].

* In 2012, [[IDW Publishing]] will begin producing Simon Furman's ''[[Regeneration One]]'', which will continue the Marvel Comics continuity after issue 80 (with issue 80.5 premiering on [[Free Comic Book Day]]) and will run through issue 100. It will render ''Generation 2'' moot,<ref name="regen1">[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/and-now-regeneration-one/ AND NOW – REGENERATION ONE!] at [[Simon Furman]]'s blog.</ref> as well as ignore the Marvel UK storylines.<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/regeneration-one-resources/#comment-5897 REGENERATION ONE – RESOURCES « simon furman]</ref>

Below is the desired hierarchy layout for use in the Fiction sections on character pages.

==Marvel Comics continuity==

===''Generation 1''===

{{main|The Transformers (Marvel comic)}}

The very first Transformers fiction, this series begins with the original 28 Transformers characters crash-landing on Earth 4 million years ago, to be awoken in the present day by a volcanic eruption. Their war continues on Earth, centering at first on the search for fuel resources. Eventually the conflict spreads to space, the Moon, Cybertron, and various alien worlds; dozens of characters join the fight on both sides. The coming of Unicron to Cybertron marks a climax of the series, which ends soon afterwards, with the Decepticons retreating into exile.

====Futures timelines====
The main storyline takes place at the same time as the real life publication date of the comic. Several other stories were set 20 years in the future. It is implied in these future stories that something similar to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' happened in the year 2006. By all appearances, these future timelines were ultimately obliterated as a result of time travel.

As originally written, the US version of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" is the only US story set in the future ("[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" deals with an ''alternate'' future). However, as events unfolded in the main series, it became clear that this issue didn't quite fit into future continuity.

====[[Earthforce]]====
:''(Note: The Earthforce stories are part of a divergent timeline branching from the middle of the Marvel US/UK material.)''

===="[[Another Time & Place]]" UK text story====

===''Generation 2'' (US)===
{{main|Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)}}

This series attempted to revive the moribund Transformers franchise, 2 years after the toys had left shelves in America. It directly continues the G1 series with Bludgeon's Decepticons returning and numerous references to the old series. It introduces a new faction, the "second generation" Cybertronians, who form a threat to both the Autobots and Decepticons, as well as the Swarm, a formless mass that threatens to consume all Transformers.

===''Classics''===

{{main|Transformers: Classics}}

{{note|Classics ignores both the Marvel UK material and ''Generation 2'', occurring in a splinter timeline outside of preceding Marvel canon (Generation 1 being an exception) but still in the Marvel continuity family.}}
''Classics'' picks up 15 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories), as a new war with Megatron seems to be on the verge of beginning after over a decade of peace and rebuilding. Decepticon forces are scattered, characters who died in the omitted ''Generation 2'' stories (like [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]) get a new lease on life, and [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] maintain a newly-restored [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

===''Regeneration One''===
{{main|The Transformers: Regeneration One}}
Written by original series scribe Simon Furman, ''Regeneration One'' picks up 21 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories). Issues will continue the numbering scheme from the last ''The Transformers'' issue. It ignores ''Generation 2'', and appears to ignore the events of the UK-exclusive stories whilst simultaneously incorporating some ideas from them.<ref name="regen1"/>

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Continuities]]

Interference Patterns

2012-07-05T10:51:29Z

2.221.116.108: /* Notes */

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'''Wheeljack investigates when a squad of suspiciously beneficent Decepticons mysteriously return to Cybertron.'''

==Synopsis==

While in the process of testing a new personalized containment field generator, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] is summoned to the [[Autobot]] command centre by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] with news of a newly-arrived ship flying [[Decepticon]] colours, which has materialized about the planet seemingly out of nowhere. Fearing a potential invasion fleet may be lurking in waiting, hidden by similar cloaking devices, the Autobots cautiously watch as the ship sets down and opens, revealing itself to be captained by [[Turmoil]]. The Decepticon enigmatically claims that they have no cloaking device, but rather something much more interesting and beneficial to Cybertron, which they will share if they are allowed to peacefully return to the planet. Well-acquainted with Turmoil's brand of villainy from a campaign on [[Dabola]] that convinced him to abandon the war, [[Metalhawk]] surprises all assembled by foregoing his normal altruism and proposing the Decepticon be killed where he stands, but Turmoil turns the tables on the Autobots by explaining that Dabola was not his work, but that of his turncoat lieutenant... the once-Decepticon, now-Autobot [[Drift (G1)|Drift]].

Angry at having this truth kept from him, Metalhawk is taken by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] to talk the matter out, explaining his genuine desire to see the new Cybertronian government work out and asking bar owner [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to tell Metalhawk of his own experiences with Turmoil and Drift.

Back at their base, lacking Metalhawk's conviction in Turmoil's evil, the other Autobots discuss what to do. To discover the truth of Turmoil's claims, Wheeljack sneaks about the Decepticon ship, evading the troops on board and taking them out where necessary, and eventually discovering that rather than a cloaking device, what the craft is actually equipped with is a ''time machine''. Knowing that neither Turmoil nor his men could have built it, Wheeljack uses the device to access a portion of the ship's security footage that has been deleted, and learns that it was was built by organic alien slaves, who Turmoil then had executed to hide this fact from the Autobots. No sooner has Wheeljack finished watching the footage than he is attacked from behind by Turmoil, who blasts a giant hole through his torso. Although the scientist is able to strap a containment field generator to the Decepticon warlord and seal him in bubble, he is surrounded by Turmoil's men before he can make his escape, only to be saved by the sudden appearance of Metalhawk. Metalhawk holds the attackers off, cleaving them his wings, as Wheeljack activates another containment field around both of them, providing them with protection as they make their way out. As they go, Metalhawk confesses that when he abandoned the war, it was not out of cowardice: it was a product of the incredible anger that Turmoil made him feel, a killing rage that he refused to let take hold of him. It is because Bumblebee, Starscream and the others genuinely seek to find a new path in life, as has Metalhawk done, that he has sided with them and believes in their plan for Cybertron's future.

After escaping Turmoil's ship, Wheeljack and Metalhawk call in Prowl's forces to storm the craft and capture the Decepticons. Wheeljack realises that the lesson of this entire experience is that he must be ready for anything, and that despite the fact the time machine was built using slave labour, the advantage it can conceivably provide means that there may not be room to let guilt over its origins determine his course of action...

==Featured characters==
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*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (4)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (8)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (12)
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (13)

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*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (5)
*[[Turmoil]] (7)

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*[[Metalhawk]] (3)
*[[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] (9)
*[[Hipotank]] (10)
*[[Tappet]] (11)
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==Quotes==

"I was just, uh, '''messing''' around with '''science'''."
:—Wheeljack

==Notes==

*Broadside recalls Turmoil's first appearance and apparent death, from ''[[Spotlight: Drift]]''. As noted, out of the Autobots who were part of that story, only he and Blurr remain on Cybertron, the rest either being dead or on the ''[[Lost Light]]''
*The campaign led by Drift was seen in the opening pages of [[Drift issue 1|''Drift'' #1]], in which Metalhawk did indeed appear, making his only IDW appearance prior to the post-ongoing relaunch. The planet was not named in the issue, though, and is here identified as [[Dabola]], a previously-unseen world that had only been spoken of in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Awakening]]" as—presumably not coincidentally—the site of a hugely successful Decepticon campaign.
*Metalhawk notes that his pacifistic outlook was inspired by the teaching of the [[Circle of Light]], also featured in the ''[[The Transformers: Drift|Drift]]'' mini-series, though here, he calls them "the Crystal City", after their [[Crystal City|old home]].
*The aliens used by Turmoil to build the time machine are members of the same race as [[Varta]] from ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]'', suggesting that Varta's technological aptitude was not a unique trait, but rather an ability of his people.
*Jazz appears to have formed a music/poetry double act with Sky-Byte, playing a Cybertronian equivalent of a double bass. ''Nice''.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Wheeljack surrounded by Decepticons, by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Josh Perez]]
* '''Cover B:''' Prowl and Sideswipe train their guns on Turmoil as he emerges from his ship, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
* '''Cover RI:''' [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Priscilla Tramontano]], the first half of a combined image formed with the RI cover to ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #7

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