End of the Road! (UK) - Revision history

Cyberlink420 at 13:46, 18 July 2023

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	**There would be one final original UK story, a text story entitled "[[Another Time & Place]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1992]]. It eschews the Earthforce stories completely and is set after the end of the US comic.		**There would be one final original UK story, a text story entitled "[[Another Time & Place]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1992]]. It eschews the Earthforce stories completely and is set after the end of the US comic.
	*The phrase "End of the Road" has often been used to note the end of material by Furman. As well as being the title of this story, it is also the title of the [[End of the Road! (US)\|last issue]] of the US comic and also appears prominently on the cover of the [[A Rage in Heaven!\|last issue]] of the US ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|comic]]; he also used it as the name for the last issue of his ''Dragon's Claws''.		*The phrase "End of the Road" has often been used to note the end of material by Furman. As well as being the title of this story, it is also the title of the [[End of the Road! (US)\|last issue]] of the US comic and also appears prominently on the cover of the [[A Rage in Heaven!\|last issue]] of the US ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|comic]]; he also used it as the name for the last issue of his ''Dragon's Claws''.
	*One of the letters in #289's [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|Dread Tidings]] refers to a contemporary broadcast of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)\|Super-God Masterforce]]'' in [[Omni Productions\|Malaysia]], likely one of the earliest times a western Transformers publication (indirectly) confirmed the existence of any of the Generation 1 anime series, though [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] confessed he'd never heard of [[Metalhawk (G1)\|Metalhawk]].<ref>[~~http~~:~~//transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue289.jpg Transformers~~ #289 ~~Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk~~]</ref>		*One of the letters in #289's [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|Dread Tidings]] refers to a contemporary broadcast of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)\|Super-God Masterforce]]'' in [[Omni Productions\|Malaysia]], likely one of the earliest times a western Transformers publication (indirectly) confirmed the existence of any of the Generation 1 anime series, though [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] confessed he'd never heard of [[Metalhawk (G1)\|Metalhawk]].<ref>[[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|Dread Tidings]], issue [[Source:Dread Tidings#Issue 289\|289]]</ref>
	*In the same column, <s>Marvel</s> Dreadwind says that doing five page stories is a ''lot'' harder than eleven page ones.		*In the same column, <s>Marvel</s> Dreadwind says that doing five page stories is a ''lot'' harder than eleven page ones.
	*Motormaster is all for freedom of the press.		*Motormaster is all for freedom of the press.

Saix: /* References */clean up, replaced: ==Footnotes== → ==References==, {{reflist}} → {{reflist|2}}

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References: clean up, replaced: ==Footnotes== → ==References==, {{reflist}} → {{reflist|2}}

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	==~~Footnotes~~==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist\|2}}

	[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]		[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

MistaTee: /* Reprints */ bring in line to other Marvel reprints

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Reprints: bring in line to other Marvel reprints

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	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	*'''''[[Transformers: Perchance to Dream]]'' ~~TPB~~''' ~~<small>~~([[~~February 22~~]], [[~~2006~~]]~~) ASIN B01FIX784E</small>~~		*'''''[[Transformers: Perchance to Dream]]:''''' [[Menasor (G1)\|Menasor]] smacks down [[Superion (G1)\|Superion]], detail from the cover of issue #259, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
	*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' ~~<small>~~([[~~January 10~~]], [[~~2018~~]]~~)</small>~~		*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' Bludgeon (art reused from [[Dreamwave Productions\|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profiles) above an interior scene of Grimlock punching through Fangry (from [[End of the Road! (US)\|US issue #80]]), by [[Andrew Wildman]].
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Titan B&W Compilation-Perchance to Dream.jpg\|'''''Perchance to Dream'''''~~; cover art by [[Andrew Wildman]]~~		File:Titan B&W Compilation-Perchance to Dream.jpg\|'''''Perchance to Dream'''''<br>(Titan Books, 2006)
	File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''~~; cover art by ??? and Andrew Wildman~~		File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20: End of the Road'''''<br>(Hachette Partworks, 2018)
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Saix: clean up, replaced: Metalhawk (Masterforce) → Metalhawk (G1)

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clean up, replaced: Metalhawk (Masterforce) → Metalhawk (G1)

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	{{Earthforcefiction}}		{{Earthforcefiction}}
	[[File:Jazz end of the road.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.4\|"With my last breath, I curse <~~strike~~>Zoidberg</~~strike~~> Jazz!"]]		[[File:Jazz end of the road.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.4\|"With my last breath, I curse <s>Zoidberg</s> Jazz!"]]
	[[Motormaster (G1)\|Motormaster]] speeds along a motorway, crushing all in his path, with [[Irwin Spoon]] trapped in his cab. [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Prowl]] comes alongside the [[Stunticon (G1)\|Stunticon]] but Motormaster knocks the [[Autobot]] off the road. Behind him, [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)\|Sunstreaker]], [[Tracks (G1)\|Tracks]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Wheeljack]] speed along in pursuit. Wheeljack breaks off to help Prowl, but the others prepare to advance on Motormaster. However, waiting at a junction are [[Dead End (G1)\|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip (G1)\|Drag Strip]], and [[Breakdown (G1)\|Breakdown]] who speed off to help their leader.		[[Motormaster (G1)\|Motormaster]] speeds along a motorway, crushing all in his path, with [[Irwin Spoon]] trapped in his cab. [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Prowl]] comes alongside the [[Stunticon (G1)\|Stunticon]] but Motormaster knocks the [[Autobot]] off the road. Behind him, [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)\|Sunstreaker]], [[Tracks (G1)\|Tracks]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Wheeljack]] speed along in pursuit. Wheeljack breaks off to help Prowl, but the others prepare to advance on Motormaster. However, waiting at a junction are [[Dead End (G1)\|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip (G1)\|Drag Strip]], and [[Breakdown (G1)\|Breakdown]] who speed off to help their leader.

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	**There would be one final original UK story, a text story entitled "[[Another Time & Place]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1992]]. It eschews the Earthforce stories completely and is set after the end of the US comic.		**There would be one final original UK story, a text story entitled "[[Another Time & Place]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1992]]. It eschews the Earthforce stories completely and is set after the end of the US comic.
	*The phrase "End of the Road" has often been used to note the end of material by Furman. As well as being the title of this story, it is also the title of the [[End of the Road! (US)\|last issue]] of the US comic and also appears prominently on the cover of the [[A Rage in Heaven!\|last issue]] of the US ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|comic]]; he also used it as the name for the last issue of his ''Dragon's Claws''.		*The phrase "End of the Road" has often been used to note the end of material by Furman. As well as being the title of this story, it is also the title of the [[End of the Road! (US)\|last issue]] of the US comic and also appears prominently on the cover of the [[A Rage in Heaven!\|last issue]] of the US ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]]'' [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|comic]]; he also used it as the name for the last issue of his ''Dragon's Claws''.
	*One of the letters in #289's [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|Dread Tidings]] refers to a contemporary broadcast of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)\|Super-God Masterforce]]'' in [[Omni Productions\|Malaysia]], likely one of the earliest times a western Transformers publication (indirectly) confirmed the existence of any of the Generation 1 anime series, though [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] confessed he'd never heard of [[Metalhawk (~~Masterforce~~)\|Metalhawk]].<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue289.jpg Transformers #289 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]</ref>		*One of the letters in #289's [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|Dread Tidings]] refers to a contemporary broadcast of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)\|Super-God Masterforce]]'' in [[Omni Productions\|Malaysia]], likely one of the earliest times a western Transformers publication (indirectly) confirmed the existence of any of the Generation 1 anime series, though [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] confessed he'd never heard of [[Metalhawk (G1)\|Metalhawk]].<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue289.jpg Transformers #289 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]</ref>
	*In the same column, <s>Marvel</s> Dreadwind says that doing five page stories is a ''lot'' harder than eleven page ones.		*In the same column, <s>Marvel</s> Dreadwind says that doing five page stories is a ''lot'' harder than eleven page ones.
	*Motormaster is all for freedom of the press.		*Motormaster is all for freedom of the press.

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Other trivia

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	===Other trivia===		===Other trivia===
	*This was the very last original strip in the UK series. From issue #290 the comic combined new US material with reprints of past colour UK stories.		*This was the very last original strip in the UK series. (Simon Furman said in 2021 that this didn't really have an impact on him as he was now working on the American comic<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vpunNgHR4M The Great Derelict] 52:00 in</ref>) From issue #290 the comic combined new US material with reprints of past colour UK stories.
	**The text story "[[The Magnificent Six!]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1991]] is also set in the Earthforce timeline, but it is not clear where exactly. The annual had already gone on sale by the time issue #289 appeared.		**The text story "[[The Magnificent Six!]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1991]] is also set in the Earthforce timeline, but it is not clear where exactly. The annual had already gone on sale by the time issue #289 appeared.
	**There would be one final original UK story, a text story entitled "[[Another Time & Place]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1992]]. It eschews the Earthforce stories completely and is set after the end of the US comic.		**There would be one final original UK story, a text story entitled "[[Another Time & Place]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1992]]. It eschews the Earthforce stories completely and is set after the end of the US comic.

MistaTee: /* Notes */ hachette vol 20

2018-10-31T00:17:49Z

Notes: hachette vol 20

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	===Continuity errors===		===Continuity errors===
			*TBD

	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
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	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===
			*TBD

	===Other trivia===		===Other trivia===
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	*'''[[Transformers AtoZ\|AtoZ]]:''' [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Wheeljack]]		*'''[[Transformers AtoZ\|AtoZ]]:''' [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Wheeljack]]

	===~~Covers (2)~~===		===Cover===
			*'''Issue #289 cover:''' Irwin Spoon and the Stunticons experience some strange perspective, by [[Pete Knifton]].
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:MarvelUK-289.jpg\|'''Issue #289'''		File:MarvelUK-289.jpg\|'''Issue #289'''
	~~File:Titan B&W Compilation-Perchance to Dream.jpg\|'''''Perchance to Dream'''''~~
	</gallery>		</gallery>
	*'''Issue #289 cover:''' Irwin Spoon and the Stunticons experience some strange perspective, by [[Pete Knifton]].
	*'''''Perchance to Dream'' cover:''' [[Superion (G1)\|Superion]] gets smacked around by [[Menasor (G1)\|Menasor]] - detail from cover of issue [[...Perchance to Dream\|#259]], by [[Andrew Wildman]].

	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
	*[[2006]] — ''[[Transformers: Perchance to Dream]]''		*'''''[[Transformers: Perchance to Dream]]'' TPB''' <small>([[February 22]], [[2006]]) ASIN B01FIX784E</small>
			*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' <small>([[January 10]], [[2018]])</small>
			<gallery>
			File:Titan B&W Compilation-Perchance to Dream.jpg\|'''''Perchance to Dream'''''; cover art by [[Andrew Wildman]]
			File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''; cover art by ??? and Andrew Wildman
			</gallery>

	==Footnotes==		==Footnotes==

PurrElise: /* Other trivia */

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Other trivia

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	*One of the letters in #289's [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|Dread Tidings]] refers to a contemporary broadcast of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)\|Super-God Masterforce]]'' in [[Omni Productions\|Malaysia]], likely one of the earliest times a western Transformers publication (indirectly) confirmed the existence of any of the Generation 1 anime series, though [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] confessed he'd never heard of [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)\|Metalhawk]].<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue289.jpg Transformers #289 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]</ref>		*One of the letters in #289's [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|Dread Tidings]] refers to a contemporary broadcast of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)\|Super-God Masterforce]]'' in [[Omni Productions\|Malaysia]], likely one of the earliest times a western Transformers publication (indirectly) confirmed the existence of any of the Generation 1 anime series, though [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] confessed he'd never heard of [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)\|Metalhawk]].<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue289.jpg Transformers #289 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]</ref>
	*In the same column, <s>Marvel</s> Dreadwind says that doing five page stories is a ''lot'' harder than eleven page ones.		*In the same column, <s>Marvel</s> Dreadwind says that doing five page stories is a ''lot'' harder than eleven page ones.
			*Motormaster is all for freedom of the press.

	===Back-up material===		===Back-up material===

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Quotes

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	"Hey, I'm all for '''freedom of the press''', but this is one story that won't see print - know what I mean?"		"Hey, I'm all for '''freedom of the press''', but this is one story that won't see print - know what I mean?"
	:—'''Motormaster'''		:—'''Motormaster'''


			"[''Narrating''] Mother was right...I should've gone for a nice, quiet, safe profession...like '''lion-taming!'''"
			:—'''Irwin'''

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	"[''Narrating''] My name's '''Irwin Spoon'''. Right now I want '''out!''' Out of this '''cab''', out of this '''war''' and - most importantly...out of '''journalism!'''"		"[''Narrating''] My name's '''Irwin Spoon'''. Right now I want '''out!''' Out of this '''cab''', out of this '''war''' and - most importantly...out of '''journalism!'''"
	:—'''Irwin'''		:—'''Irwin'''


			"Hey, I'm all for '''freedom of the press''', but this is one story that won't see print - know what I mean?"
			:—'''Motormaster'''

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	==Quotes==		==Quotes==
			"[''Narrating''] My name's '''Irwin Spoon'''. Right now I want '''out!''' Out of this '''cab''', out of this '''war''' and - most importantly...out of '''journalism!'''"
			:—'''Irwin'''

	==Notes==		==Notes==