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Doglunchuk: /* Continuity notes */

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Continuity notes

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	**[[Guardian (Marvel)\|Guardian]] from [[The Wrath of Grimlock!\|issue #32]]		**[[Guardian (Marvel)\|Guardian]] from [[The Wrath of Grimlock!\|issue #32]]
	**[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]] from [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!\|issue #30]]		**[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]] from [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!\|issue #30]]
	*At the mid-point of the story, the reader is directed to turn to other pages of the annual to ~~the~~ read the full "data-files" on Optimus Prime and Megatron, which describe their rise to power on Cybertron. Prime's profile notes his role as head of the [[Elite Flying Corps]], as seen in [[The Icarus Theory\|issue #46]], and summarises the events of "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]" from [[Transformers Annual 1985\|last year's annual]].		*At the mid-point of the story, the reader is directed to turn to other pages of the annual to read the full "data-files" on Optimus Prime and Megatron, which describe their rise to power on Cybertron. Prime's profile notes his role as head of the [[Elite Flying Corps]], as seen in [[The Icarus Theory\|issue #46]], and summarises the events of "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]" from [[Transformers Annual 1985\|last year's annual]].
	*Adam Reynolds would return in a similar story, "[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]," in the [[Transformers Annual 1989]].		*Adam Reynolds would return in a similar story, "[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]," in the [[Transformers Annual 1989]].

Emvee: link

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link

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	===Other trivia===		===Other trivia===
	*Optimus and Megatron's profiles contain unique Cybertronian calendar dates, "1st Cycle 820" and "1st Cycle 549," a dating system we haven't seen before. ~~Over~~ twenty-five years later~~, this system~~ would ~~later~~ be adopted by writer [[James Roberts]] for the stories he wrote for [[IDW Publishing]].		*Optimus and Megatron's profiles contain unique Cybertronian calendar dates, "1st Cycle 820" and "1st Cycle 549," a dating system we haven't seen before. This system would reappear in "[[The Quest!]]" and over twenty-five years later it would be adopted by writer [[James Roberts]] for the stories he wrote for [[IDW Publishing]].
	*Megatron's profile makes mention of his power to manipulate [[antimatter]]. The write-up reflects [[Bob Budiansky]]'s original intent for this power, noting how Megatron uses his [[fusion cannon]] to channel the antimatter as a power source; this was in contradiction to how Megatron used the power back in [[Raiders of the Last Ark\|issue #21]], when he channeled it through his body and wielded it as a weapon directly. The comic would stick with this depiction of the power, ignoring the profile, when Megatron did it again in [[Resurrection!\|issue #104]].		*Megatron's profile makes mention of his power to manipulate [[antimatter]]. The write-up reflects [[Bob Budiansky]]'s original intent for this power, noting how Megatron uses his [[fusion cannon]] to channel the antimatter as a power source; this was in contradiction to how Megatron used the power back in [[Raiders of the Last Ark\|issue #21]], when he channeled it through his body and wielded it as a weapon directly. The comic would stick with this depiction of the power, ignoring the profile, when Megatron did it again in [[Resurrection!\|issue #104]].

Saix: /* Reprints */

2021-01-04T18:07:38Z

Reprints

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	[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]		[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]
	[[Category:~~Text~~ stories]]		[[Category:Marvel UK text stories]]

Khajidha: /* Synopsis */

2020-09-01T01:52:33Z

Synopsis

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	Teen hacker [[Adam Reynolds]] mis-dials while trying to reach his local bank and instead reaches the [[Decepticon mainframe computer]]. A fluke results in him typing the correct access code, and he reads in amazement the history of the [[Great War (G1)\|Autobot/Decepticon war]].		Teen hacker [[Adam Reynolds]] mis-dials while trying to reach his local bank and instead reaches the [[Decepticon mainframe computer]]. A fluke results in him typing the correct access code, and he reads in amazement the history of the [[Great War (G1)\|Autobot/Decepticon war]].

	However, Adam inadvertently triggers a security system when he tries to access a file his code doesn't give him access to. The Decepticon Mainframe Computer sends a 1,000,000 volt surge down Adam's phone line, destroying his computer and burning up his printouts. Adam would have been killed—except ~~this~~ cat startled him back from the computer a moment before it exploded.		However, Adam inadvertently triggers a security system when he tries to access a file his code doesn't give him access to. The Decepticon Mainframe Computer sends a 1,000,000 volt surge down Adam's phone line, destroying his computer and burning up his printouts. Adam would have been killed—except his cat startled him back from the computer a moment before it exploded.

	Adam is not dissuaded. He wonders if there's an Autobot computer online somewhere...		Adam is not dissuaded. He wonders if there's an Autobot computer online somewhere...

Khajidha: /* Continuity notes */

2020-09-01T01:50:33Z

Continuity notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
	*This story broadly recaps the events of [[The Transformers (issue)\|issues #1]]-[[Second Generation!\|65]] of the regular [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|UK ''Transformers'' comic]]. The questions Adam specifically asks the computer focus on the histories [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]], the saga of the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]], the creation of [[Jetfire (G1)\|Jetfire]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicon]]s, and the battle for Decepticon leadership between Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Shockwave]]—all given this attention in order to prime readers for the other stories in the annual, which are each about one of these characters or storylines.		*This story broadly recaps the events of [[The Transformers (issue)\|issues #1]]-[[Second Generation!\|65]] of the regular [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|UK ''Transformers'' comic]]. The questions Adam specifically asks the computer focus on the histories of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]], the saga of the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]], the creation of [[Jetfire (G1)\|Jetfire]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicon]]s, and the battle for Decepticon leadership between Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Shockwave]]—all given this attention in order to prime readers for the other stories in the annual, which are each about one of these characters or storylines.
	*The story features no original illustrations, instead reusing art of:		*The story features no original illustrations, instead reusing art of:
	**Megatron and Optimus Prime from "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]"		**Megatron and Optimus Prime from "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]"

Chris McFeely: /* Cover */

2018-04-01T20:19:04Z

Cover

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	*'''Transformers Annual 1986:''' Prime and other early Transformers, by [[Barry Kitson]].		*'''Transformers Annual 1986:''' Prime and other early Transformers, by [[Barry Kitson]].
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Transformers annual ~~1986~~.jpg\|'''Transformers Annual ~~1987~~'''		File:Transformers annual 1987.jpg\|'''Transformers Annual 1986'''
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Chris McFeely: /* Cover */

2018-03-26T12:30:49Z

Cover

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	===Cover===		===Cover===
	*'''Transformers Annual ~~1987~~:''' Prime and other early Transformers, by [[Barry Kitson]].		*'''Transformers Annual 1986:''' Prime and other early Transformers, by [[Barry Kitson]].
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	File:Transformers annual ~~1987~~.jpg\|'''Transformers Annual 1987'''		File:Transformers annual 1986.jpg\|'''Transformers Annual 1987'''
	</gallery>		</gallery>

Chris McFeely at 12:30, 26 March 2018

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	{{Comicstory\|		{{Comicstory\|
	\|seriesissue=[[Transformers Annual ~~1987~~]]		\|seriesissue=[[Transformers Annual 1986]]
	\|prev=Transformers Annual ~~1987~~		\|prev=Transformers Annual 1986
	\|next=To a Power Unknown!		\|next=To a Power Unknown!
	\|title="In the Beginning...<br>(The Story of the Transformers...''So Far.'')"		\|title="In the Beginning...<br>(The Story of the Transformers...''So Far.'')"
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	\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]		\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
	\|date=September [[1986]]		\|date=September [[1986]]
	\|coverdate=[[~~1987~~]]		\|coverdate=[[1986]]
	\|writer=[[Simon Furman]]		\|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
	\|art=		\|art=

Chris McFeely at 12:16, 26 March 2018

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	**[[Guardian (Marvel)\|Guardian]] from [[The Wrath of Grimlock!\|issue #32]]		**[[Guardian (Marvel)\|Guardian]] from [[The Wrath of Grimlock!\|issue #32]]
	**[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]] from [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!\|issue #30]]		**[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]] from [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!\|issue #30]]
	*At the mid-point of the story, the reader is directed to turn to other pages of the annual to the read the full "data-files" on Optimus Prime and Megatron, which describe their rise to power on Cybertron. Prime's profile notes his role as head of the [[Elite Flying Corps]], as seen in [[The Icarus Theory\|issue #46]], and summarises the events of "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]" from [[Transformers Annual ~~1986~~\|last year's annual]].		*At the mid-point of the story, the reader is directed to turn to other pages of the annual to the read the full "data-files" on Optimus Prime and Megatron, which describe their rise to power on Cybertron. Prime's profile notes his role as head of the [[Elite Flying Corps]], as seen in [[The Icarus Theory\|issue #46]], and summarises the events of "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]" from [[Transformers Annual 1985\|last year's annual]].
	*Adam Reynolds would return in a similar story, "[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]," in the [[Transformers Annual 1989]].		*Adam Reynolds would return in a similar story, "[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]," in the [[Transformers Annual 1989]].

Chris McFeely at 18:58, 25 March 2018

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	\|prev=Transformers Annual 1987		\|prev=Transformers Annual 1987
	\|next=To a Power Unknown!		\|next=To a Power Unknown!
	\|title="In the Beginning...<br>(The Story of the Transformers... ''So Far.'')"		\|title="In the Beginning...<br>(The Story of the Transformers...''So Far.'')"
	\|image=		\|image=
	\|caption=		\|caption=
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	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
	*This story broadly recaps the events of [[The Transformers (issue)\|issues #1]]-[[Second Generation!\|65]] of the regular [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|UK ''Transformers'' comic]]. The questions Adam specifically asks the computer focus on the histories [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]], the saga of the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]], the creation of [[Jetfire (G1)\|Jetfire]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicon]]s, and the battle for Decepticon leadership between Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Shockwave]]—all given this attention in order to prime readers for the other stories in the annual, which are each about one of these characters or storylines.		*This story broadly recaps the events of [[The Transformers (issue)\|issues #1]]-[[Second Generation!\|65]] of the regular [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|UK ''Transformers'' comic]]. The questions Adam specifically asks the computer focus on the histories [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]], the saga of the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dinobots]], the creation of [[Jetfire (G1)\|Jetfire]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicon]]s, and the battle for Decepticon leadership between Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Shockwave]]—all given this attention in order to prime readers for the other stories in the annual, which are each about one of these characters or storylines.
	*At the mid-point of the story, the reader is directed to turn to other pages of the annual to the read the full "data-files" on Optimus Prime and Megatron, which describe their rise to power on Cybertron. Prime's profile notes his role as head of the [[Elite Flying Corps]], as seen in [[The Icarus Theory\|issue #46]], and summarises the events of "[[And There Shall Come... a Leader!]]" from [[Transformers Annual 1986\|last year's annual]].		*The story features no original illustrations, instead reusing art of:
			**Megatron and Optimus Prime from "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]"
			**[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] and [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Sludge]] from [[Dinobot Hunt!\|issue #50]]
			**Frenzy from [[Robot Buster!\|issue #59]]
			**Shockwave and Optimus Prime's head from [[The Wrath of Guardian!\|issue #31]]
			**[[Guardian (Marvel)\|Guardian]] from [[The Wrath of Grimlock!\|issue #32]]
			**[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]] from [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!\|issue #30]]
			*At the mid-point of the story, the reader is directed to turn to other pages of the annual to the read the full "data-files" on Optimus Prime and Megatron, which describe their rise to power on Cybertron. Prime's profile notes his role as head of the [[Elite Flying Corps]], as seen in [[The Icarus Theory\|issue #46]], and summarises the events of "[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]" from [[Transformers Annual 1986\|last year's annual]].
	*Adam Reynolds would return in a similar story, "[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]," in the [[Transformers Annual 1989]].		*Adam Reynolds would return in a similar story, "[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]," in the [[Transformers Annual 1989]].

			===Transformers references===
			*Optimus Prime's profile notes that he originally intended to train as a medical officer before joining the war effort. This feels like it's extrapolating on the remark in his full-length profile (later published in ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'') that compares Optimus to an Earth doctor.

	===Other trivia===		===Other trivia===
	*Optimus and Megatron's profiles contain unique Cybertronian calendar dates, "1st Cycle 820" and "1st Cycle 549," a dating system we haven't seen before. Over twenty-five years later, this system would later be adopted by writer [[James Roberts]] for the stories he wrote for [[IDW Publishing]].		*Optimus and Megatron's profiles contain unique Cybertronian calendar dates, "1st Cycle 820" and "1st Cycle 549," a dating system we haven't seen before. Over twenty-five years later, this system would later be adopted by writer [[James Roberts]] for the stories he wrote for [[IDW Publishing]].
	*Megatron's profile makes mention of his power to manipulate [[antimatter]]. The write-up reflects [[Bob Budiansky]]'s original intent for this power, noting how Megatron uses his [[fusion cannon]] to channel the antimatter as a power source; this was in contradiction to how Megatron used the power back in [[Raiders of the Last Ark!\|issue #21]], when he channeled it through his body and wielded it as a weapon directly. The comic would stick with this depiction of the power, ignoring the profile, when Megatron did it again in [[Resurrection!\|issue #104]].		*Megatron's profile makes mention of his power to manipulate [[antimatter]]. The write-up reflects [[Bob Budiansky]]'s original intent for this power, noting how Megatron uses his [[fusion cannon]] to channel the antimatter as a power source; this was in contradiction to how Megatron used the power back in [[Raiders of the Last Ark\|issue #21]], when he channeled it through his body and wielded it as a weapon directly. The comic would stick with this depiction of the power, ignoring the profile, when Megatron did it again in [[Resurrection!\|issue #104]].

	===Cover===		===Cover===