The Transformers Classics UK Volume 2

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]''
|prev=The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1
|next=The Transformers Classics UK Volume 3
|image=classicuk2.jpg
|title=The Transformers Classics UK Volume 2
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 21]], [[2012]]
|writer= [[Simon Furman]]
|artists= [[Jeff Anderson]], [[Barry Kitson]], [[Tim Perkins]], [[Will Simpson]], [[John Stokes]] & [[Andrew Wildman]] (cover)
|colours= [[Jeff Anderson]], [[John Burns]], [[T.M. Cooks]], [[Josie Firmin]], [[Gina Hart]], [[Tony Jozwiak]], [[Stuart Place]] & [[Steve Whitaker]]
|letterers= [[Annie Halfacree]], [[Mike Scott]] & [[Richard Starkings]]
|editors= [[Ian Rimmer]]
|pagecount=308
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
|price=$29.99 USD
|ISBN=ISBN 161377141X<br>ISBN 978-1613771419
}}
'''''The Transformers Classics UK Volume 2''''', published by [[IDW Publishing]], is the second in a series of eight collections aiming to reprint the Marvel UK Transformers stories in order of publication, including the Annuals. [[James Roberts]] provides in-depth historical perspective in each volume and new cover art is provided by [[Andrew Wildman]]. As well as continued in-depth introductory commentaries for each story, there is a two page interview with [[James Hill]] about the creation of [[State Games]] along with Hill's rejected pitch to IDW for a single issue adaptation of the story.

==Contents==
* A Complete History of Transformers UK, Part 2: Second Generation
* "[[The Icarus Theory]]"
* "[[Dinobot Hunt!]]"
* "[[Victory!]]"
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fact file from [[Transformers Annual 1987|1987 Annual]]
* [[The Special Teams Have Arrived]]
* "[[Robot Buster!]]"
* "[[Devastation Derby!]]"
* "[[Robot War|Robot War III]]"
* "[[Second Generation!]]"
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] fact file from 1987 Annual
* "And Now... The Dinobots" fact file from issue #74
* "[[In the National Interest]]"
* "[[In the Beginning...]]"
* "[[To a Power Unknown!]]"
* "[[The Return of the Transformers]]"
* "[[The Mission]]"
* "[[State Games]]"
* Adverts and Ephemera

==Errors==
* Pages 9 and 11 of The Icarus Theory part 2 are swapped.
* The ''Transformations'' column on page 18, credited as being from #73, is in fact the ''Transformations'' column of #71, repeated from page 13.

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