Editing The Transformers (Marvel comic)

The original fiction to feature the Transformers was a series by Marvel. While originally starting in the US, nearly all of the Marvel US stories were later published in Marvel UK, the latter of which went on for about a year longer than its American counterpart and had about twice as many stories.

== Marvel US ==
Started life as a four-issue bimonthly limited series, but proved so popular that it continued publication as an ongoing monthly, making it to 80 issues and spinning off several other titles.

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 || [[The Transformers (comic issue)|#1]] | [[Power Play!|#2]] | [[Prisoner of War!|#3]] | [[The Last Stand|#4]] | [[The New Order|#5]] | [[The Worse of Two Evils!|#6]] | [[Warrior School!|#7]] | [[Repeat Performance!|#8]] | [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|#9]] | [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]] | [[Brainstorm!|#11]] | [[Prime Time!|#12]] | [[Shooting Star!|#13]] | [[Rock and Roll-Out!|#14]] | [[I, Robot Master!|#15]] | [[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#16]] | [[The Smelting Pool!|#17]] | [[The Bridge to Nowhere!|#18]] | [[Command Performances|#19]] | [[Showdown!|#20]] | [[Aerialbots over America!|#21]] | [[Heavy Traffic!|#22]] | [[Decepticon Graffiti!|#23]] | [[Afterdeath!|#24]] | [[Gone But Not Forgotten!|#25]] | [[Funeral for a Friend!|#26]] | [[King of the Hill!|#27]] | [[Mechanical Difficulties!|#28]] | [[Crater Critters|#29]] | [[The Cure!|#30]] | [[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|#31]] | [[Used Autobots|#32]] | [[Man of Iron!|#33]] | [[Man of Iron!|#34]] | [[Child's Play (comic issue)|#35]] | [[Spacehikers!|#36]] | [[Toy Soldiers!|#37]] | [[Trial by Fire!|#38]] | [[The Desert Island of Space!|#39]] | [[Pretender to the Throne!|#40]] | [[Totalled!|#41]] | [[People Power!|#42]] | [[The Big Broadcast of 2006!|#43]] | [[The Cosmic Carnival!|#44]] | [[Monstercon from Mars!|#45]] | [[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#46]] | [[Club Con!|#47]] | [[The Flames of Boltax!|#48]] | [[Cold War!|#49]] | [[Dark Star!|#50]] | [[The Man in the Machine!|#51]] | [[Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?|#52]] | [[Recipe for Disaster!|#53]] | [[King 'Con!|#54]] | [[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#55]] | [[Back from the Dead!|#56]] | [[The Resurrection Gambit!|#57]] | [[All the Familiar Faces!|#58]] | [[Skin Deep|#59]] | [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#60]] | [[Primal Scream|#61]] | [[Bird of Prey!|#62]] | [[Kings of the Wild Frontier|#63]] | [[Deadly Obsession|#64]] | [[Dark Creation|#65]] | [[All Fall Down!|#66]] | [[Rhythms of Darkness!|#67]] | [[The Human Factor!|#68]] | [[Eye of the Storm!|#69]] | [[The Price of Life!|#70]] | [[Surrender!|#71]] | [[...All This and Civil War 2|#72]] | [[Out of Time!|#73]] | [[The Void!|#74]] | [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#75]] | [[Still Life!|#76]] | [[Exodus! (issue)|#77]] | [[A Savage Circle!|#78]] | [[The Last Autobot?|#79]] | [[End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|#80]]
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== Marvel UK ==
'''Marvel UK''' produced a G1 comic which ran for 332 issues, published fortnightly from #1 to #26, and weekly from #27 onwards.  These issues used a larger, magazine-sized format, compared to the traditional size for modern US comic books.  They contained 23 pages, numbered inclusive of advertising (unlike the US comic).  Typically, 11 pages would be devoted to a US or UK Transformers story, while the remaining pages were divided between a back-up strip, a letters page, small humorous comic strips (most notably Robo-Capers and Combat Colin), and advertisements.  From issue 213 onwards, the central section of the comic was printed in black and white, and contained a shorter UK story.  The US strip remained in color but was divided between four issues.  This was the format for the majority of the issues published between #215 and #289. Issue #289 was the last to contain new UK Transformers stories.

UK children's comics typically have a weekly or fortnightly publication schedule, and monthly publication is the preserve of more substantial magazines aimed at older readers.  The decision to publish fortnightly necessitated the division of the US storylines between two or more UK comics, since otherwise the UK comic would run out of material.  The back-up strip then bulked out the issue to an acceptable size.  
When the comic began to be published weekly, this required still more Transformers material, which led to longer runs of original UK stories.

Almost all of the stories published in the Marvel US comic were reprinted in the UK version, although often with small editing changes, and the ongoing US storyline was used as the basis for UK stories.  Occasionally the UK comic would diverge from the US comic in a fairly major way.  For example, due to the fact that the Marvel GI Joe crossover, which featured [[Bumblebee_(G1)|Bumblebee]]'s destruction and subsequent restoration as Goldbug, was not reprinted in the UK comic for several years, UK continuity accounted for the reformatting by showing Bumblebee destroyed by [[Death's Head]] and rebuilt by [[Wreck-Gar_(G1)|Wreck-Gar]].  Also, the UK comic continued to feature Megatron and Shockwave after their apparent deaths in the US comic.  While Megatron's appearance was eventually reconciled with the US continuity, Shockwave's was not.   The 'Perchance to Dream' story in UK #255-260 heralded an irreconcilable division between US and UK storylines.

Most UK-specific stories were written by [[Simon Furman]], who was later assigned to write for the US comic as well.  Curiously, it was from this point that the divergences became more pronounced.

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 || [[The Transformers (comic issue)|#1]] | [[The Transformers (comic issue)|#2]] | [[Power Play!|#3]] | [[Power Play!|#4]] | [[Prisoner of War!|#5]] | [[Prisoner of War!|#6]] | [[The Last Stand|#7]] | [[The Last Stand|#8]] | [[Man of Iron! (comic)|#9]] | [[Man of Iron! (comic)|#10]] | [[Man of Iron! (comic)|#11]] | [[Man of Iron! (comic)|#12]] | [[The Enemy Within!|#13]] | [[The Enemy Within!|#14]] | [[The Enemy Within!|#15]] | [[The Enemy Within!|#16]] | [[The Enemy Within!|#17]] | [[Raiders of the Last Ark|#18]] | [[Raiders of the Last Ark|#19]] | [[Raiders of the Last Ark|#20]] | [[Raiders of the Last Ark|#21]] | [[The New Order|#22]] | [[The New Order|#23]] | [[The Worse of Two Evils!|#24]] | [[The Worse of Two Evils!|#25]] | [[Warrior School!|#26]] | [[Repeat Performance!|#27]] | [[Repeat Performance!|#28]] | [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!|#29]] | [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!|#30]] | [[The Wrath of Guardian!|#31]] | [[The Wrath of Grimlock!|#32]] | [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|#33]] | [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|#34]] | [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#35]] | [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#36]] | [[Brainstorm!|#37]] | [[Brainstorm!|#38]] | [[Prime Time!|#39]] | [[Prime Time!|#40]] | [[Christmas Breaker!|#41]] | [[Crisis of Command!|#42]] | [[Crisis of Command!|#43]] | [[Crisis of Command!|#44]] | [[The Icarus Theory|#45]] | [[The Icarus Theory|#46]] | [[Dinobot Hunt!|#47]] | [[Dinobot Hunt!|#48]] | [[Dinobot Hunt!|#49]] | [[Dinobot Hunt!|#50]] | [[Shooting Star!|#51]] | [[Shooting Star!|#52]] | [[Rock and Roll-Out!|#53]] | [[Rock and Roll-Out!|#54]] | [[I, Robot Master!|#55]] | [[I, Robot Master!|#56]] | [[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#57]] | [[Plight of the Bumblebee!|#58]] | [[Robot Buster!|#59]] | [[Robot Buster!|#60]] | [[Devastation Derby!|#61]] | [[Devastation Derby!|#62]] | [[Second Generation!|#63]] | [[Second Generation!|#64]] | [[Second Generation!|#65]] | [[The Smelting Pool!|#66]] | [[The Smelting Pool!|#67]] | [[The Bridge to Nowhere!|#68]] | [[The Bridge to Nowhere!|#69]] | [[Command Performances|#70]] | [[Command Performances|#71]] | [[Showdown!|#72]] | [[Showdown!|#73]] | [[In the National Interest|#74]] | [[In the National Interest|#75]] | [[In the National Interest|#76]] | [[In the National Interest|#77]] | [[Target 2006|#78]] | [[Target 2006|#79]] | [[Target 2006|#80]] | [[Target 2006|#81]] | [[Target 2006|#82]] | [[Target 2006|#83]] | [[Target 2006|#84]] | [[Target 2006|#85]] | [[Target 2006|#86]] | [[Target 2006|#87]] | [[Target 2006|#88]] | [[Aerialbots over America!|#89]] | [[Aerialbots over America!|#90]] | [[Heavy Traffic!|#91]] | [[Heavy Traffic!|#92]] | [[The Gift|#93]] | [[Decepticon Graffiti!|#94]] | [[Decepticon Graffiti!|#95]] | [[Prey!|#96]] | [[Prey!|#97]] | [[...The Harder They Die!|#98]] | [[Under Fire!|#99]] | [[Distant Thunder!|#100]] | [[Fallen Angel|#101]] | [[Fallen Angel|#102]] | [[Resurrection!|#103]] | [[Resurrection!|#104]] | [[Afterdeath!|#105]] | [[Afterdeath!|#106]] | [[Gone But Not Forgotten!|#107]] | [[Gone But Not Forgotten!|#108]] | [[Funeral for a Friend!|#109]] | [[Funeral for a Friend!|#110]] | [[King of the Hill!|#111]] | [[King of the Hill!|#112]] | [[Wanted - Galvatron Dead or Alive|#113]] | [[Wanted - Galvatron Dead or Alive|#114]] | [[Burning Sky!|#115]] | [[Burning Sky!|#116]] | [[Hunters!|#117]] | [[Hunters!|#118]] | [[Fire on High!|#119]] | [[Fire on High!|#120]] | [[Mechanical Difficulties!|#121]] | [[Mechanical Difficulties!|#122]] | [[Crater Critters|#123]] | [[Crater Critters|#124]] | [[Ancient Relics!|#125]] | [[The Cure!|#126]] | [[The Cure!|#127]] | [[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|#128]] | [[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|#129]] | [[Worlds Apart|#130]] | [[Worlds Apart|#131]] | [[Kup's Story!|#132]] | [[Headhunt|#133]] | [[Headhunt|#134]] | [[Grudge Match!|#135]] | [[Grudge Match!|#136]] | [[Ladies' Night|#137]] | [[Ladies' Night|#138]] | [[Used Autobots!|#139]] | [[Used Autobots!|#140]] | [[Child's Play (comic issue)|#141]] | [[Child's Play (comic issue)|#142]] | [[Spacehikers!|#143]] | [[Spacehikers!|#144]] | [[Stargazing|#145]] | [[The Legacy of Unicron!|#146]] | [[The Legacy of Unicron!|#147]] | [[The Legacy of Unicron!|#148]] | [[The Legacy of Unicron!|#149]] | [[The Legacy of Unicron!|#150]] | [[The Legacy of Unicron!|#151]] | [[Enemy Action!|#152]] | [[Enemy Action!|#153]] | [[Toy Soldiers!|#154]] | [[Toy Soldiers!|#155]] | [[Trail by Fire!|#156]] | [[Trail by Fire!|#157]] | [[The Desert Island of Space!|#158]] | [[The Desert Island of Space!|#159]] | [[Salvage!|#160]] | [[Salvage!|#161]] | [[Pretender to the Throne!|#162]] | [[Pretender to the Throne!|#163]] | [[City of Fear!|#164]] | [[City of Fear!|#165]] | [[Legion of the Lost!|#166]] | [[Legion of the Lost!|#167]] | [[Meltdown!|#168]] | [[Meltdown!|#169]] | [[Deadly Games!|#170]] | [[Deadly Games!|#171]] | [[Wrecking Havoc|#172]] | [[Wrecking Havoc|#173]] | [[Totalled!|#174]] | [[Totalled!|#175]] | [[People Power!|#176]] | [[People Power!|#177]] | [[The Cosmic Carnival!|#178]] | [[The Cosmic Carnival!|#179]] | [[The Big Broadcast of 2006!|#180]] | [[The Big Broadcast of 2006!|#181]] | [[Space Pirates!|#182]] | [[Space Pirates!|#183]] | [[Space Pirates!|#184]] | [[Space Pirates!|#185]] | [[Space Pirates!|#186]] | [[Space Pirates!|#187]] | [[Firebug!|#188]] | [[Dry Run!|#189]] | [[Monstercon from Mars!|#190]] | [[Monstercon from Mars!|#191]] | [[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#192]] | [[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#193]] | [[Club Con!|#194]] | [[Club Con!|#195]] | [[The Flames of Boltax!|#196]] | [[The Flames of Boltax!|#197]] | [[Cold Comfort and Joy!|#198]] | [[Time Wars|#199]] | [[Time Wars|#200]] | [[Time Wars|#201]] | [[Time Wars|#202]] | [[Time Wars|#203]] | [[Time Wars|#204]] | [[Time Wars|#205]] | [[Cold War!|#206]] | [[Cold War!|#207]] | [[Dark Star!|#208]] | [[Dark Star!|#209]] | [[Dark Star!|#210]] | [[The Man in the Machine!|#211]] | [[The Man in the Machine!|#212]] | [[Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?|#213]] | [[Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?|#214]] | [[Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?|#215]] | [[Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?|#216]] | [[Recipe for Disaster!|#217]] | [[Recipe for Disaster!|#218]] | [[Recipe for Disaster!|#219]] | [[Recipe for Disaster!|#220]] | [[Survivors!|#221]] | [[Survivors!|#222]] | [[Aspects of Evil!|#223]] | [[Aspects of Evil!|#224]] | [[Aspects of Evil!|#225]] | [[Aspects of Evil!|#226]] | [[Aspects of Evil!|#227]] | [[(Double) Deal of the Century!|#228]] | [[Hunting Party!|#229]] | [[The Big Shutdown!|#230]] | [[The Big Shutdown!|#231]] | [[King 'Con!|#232]] | [[King 'Con!|#233]] | [[King 'Con!|#234]] | [[King 'Con!|#235]] | [[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#236]] | [[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#237]] | [[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#238]] | [[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|#239]] | [[Back from the Dead!|#240]] | [[Back from the Dead!|#241]] | [[Back from the Dead!|#242]] | [[The Resurrection Gambit!|#243]] | [[The Resurrection Gambit!|#244]] | [[The Resurrection Gambit!|#245]] | [[All the Familiar Faces!|#246]] | [[All the Familiar Faces!|#247]] | [[All the Familiar Faces!|#248]] | [[Skin Deep|#249]] | [[Skin Deep|#250]] | [[Skin Deep|#251]] | [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#252]] | [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#253]] | [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#254]] | [[Perchance to Dream|#255]] | [[Perchance to Dream|#256]] | [[Perchance to Dream|#257]] | [[Perchance to Dream|#258]] | [[Primal Scream|#259]] | [[Primal Scream|#260]] | [[Primal Scream|#261]] | [[Bird of Prey!|#262]] | [[Bird of Prey!|#263]] | [[Bird of Prey!|#264]] | [[Once Upon a Time...|#265]] | [[Life in the Slow Lane|#266]] | [[Snow Fun!|#267]] | [[Flashback!|#268]] | [[Mystery!|#269]] | [[The Bad Guy's Ball!|#270]] | [[The Living Nightlights!|#271]] | [[Cry Wolf!|#272]] | [[Wolf in the Fold!|#273]] | [[Where Wolf?|#274]] | [[Secrets|#275]] | [[Bugged!|#276]] | [[Internal Affairs!|#277]] | [[The House that Wheeljack Built!|#278]] | [[Divide and Conquer! (comic)|#279]] | [[The 4,000,000 Year Itch!|#280]] | [[Makin' Tracks!|#281]] | [[Kings of the Wild Frontier|#282]] | [[Kings of the Wild Frontier|#283]] | [[Kings of the Wild Frontier|#284]] | [[Kings of the Wild Frontier|#285]] | [[Deadly Obsession|#286]] | [[Deadly Obsession|#287]] | [[Deadly Obsession|#288]] | [[Deadly Obsession|#289]] | [[Dark Creation|#290]] | [[Dark Creation|#291]] | [[Dark Creation|#292]] | [[Dark Creation|#293]] | [[All Fall Down!|#294]] | [[All Fall Down!|#295]] | [[All Fall Down!|#296]] | [[All Fall Down!|#297]] | [[Rhythms of Darkness!|#298]] | [[Rhythms of Darkness!|#299]] | [[Rhythms of Darkness!|#300]] | [[Rhythms of Darkness!|#301]] | [[The Human Factor!|#302]] | [[The Human Factor!|#303]] | [[The Human Factor!|#304]] | [[The Human Factor!|#305]] | [[Eye of the Storm!|#306]] | [[Eye of the Storm!|#307]] | [[Eye of the Storm!|#308]] | [[The Price of Life!|#309]] | [[The Price of Life!|#310]] | [[Surrender!|#311]] | [[Surrender!|#312]] | [[...All This and Civil War 2|#313]] | [[...All This and Civil War 2|#314]] | [[Out of Time!|#315]] | [[Out of Time!|#316]] | [[The Void!|#317]] | [[The Void!|#318]] | [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#319]] | [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#320]] | [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#321]] | [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#322]] | [[Still Life!|#323]] | [[Still Life!|#324]] | [[Exodus! (issue)|#325]] | [[Exodus! (issue)|#326]] | [[A Savage Circle!|#327]] | [[A Savage Circle!|#328]] | [[The Last Autobot?|#329]] | [[The Last Autobot?|#330]] | [[End of the Road!|#331]] | [[End of the Road!|#332]]
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 || [[Ring of Hate!|#130]] | [[Ring of Hate!|#131]] | [[Ring of Hate!|#132]] | [[Ring of Hate!|#133]] | [[Broken Glass!|#134]] | [[Broken Glass!|#135]] | [[Broken Glass!|#136]] | [[Broken Glass!|#137]] | [[Love and Steel!|#138]] | [[Love and Steel!|#139]] | [[Love and Steel!|#140]] | [[Love and Steel!|#141]] | [[Brothers in Armor!|#142]] | [[Brothers in Armor!|#143]] | [[Brothers in Armor!|#144]] | [[Brothers in Armor!|#145]] | ... | [[The Rise and Fall of the Decepticon Empire|#213]] | [[The Rise and Fall of the Decepticon Empire|#214]] | [[Race with the Devil|#215]] | [[Race with the Devil|#216]] | [[Race with the Devil|#217]] | [[Race with the Devil|#218]] | [[Survivors!|#219]] | [[Survivors!|#220]] | ... | [[A Small War!|#232]] | [[A Small War!|#233]] | [[Prime's Rib!|#234]] | [[Deathbringer|#235]] | [[Deathbringer|#236]] | [[Way of the Warrior|#237]] | [[Survival Run|#238]] | [[A Savage Place!|#239]] | [[Out to Lunch!|#240]] | [[Rage!|#241]] | [[Assault on the Ark!|#242]] | [[Mind Games|#243]] | [[Two Megatrons!|#244]] | [[Underworld!|#245]] | [[Demons!|#246]] | [[Dawn of Darkness|#247]] | [[Fallen Star!|#248]] | [[Whose Lifeforce is it Anyway?|#249]] | [[The Greatest Gift of All!|#250]] | [[The Void!|#251]] | [[Edge of Impact|#252]] | [[Shadow of Evil|#253]] | [[White Fire|#254]] | ... | [[Perchance to Dream|#259]] | [[Perchance to Dream|#260]] | [[Starting Over!|#261]] | [[Two Steps Back!|#262]] | [[Break-Away!|#263]] | [[Desert Island Risks!|#264]] | ... | [[Shut Up!|#282]] | [[Manoeuvres!|#283]] | [[Assassins|#284]] | [[External Forces!|#285]] | [[The Lesser Evil|#286]] | [[Inside Story!|#287]] | [[Frontline!|#288]] | [[End of the Road! (UK issue)|#289]] 
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==Trivia==

*According to the third issue of ''All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z'''s entries on [[Death's Head]], the events of the Marvel UK Generation 1 comics take place on Marvel [[Earth-120185]].

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