Marvel Comics continuity - Revision history

BerylRoll at 16:47, 12 February 2026

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	Like many other licensed Marvel comics of the time, ''The Transformers'' was originally written with the conceit that it could fit somewhere into {{w\|Earth 616\|Marvel's primary ongoing universe}}; in keeping with this concept, [[Prisoner of War!\|issue #3]] features a guest appearance from [[Spider-Man]]. However, as the series expanded its scope and crafted its own cosmic mythology, this idea would be quietly dropped; the [[letters page]] for [[Deadly Obsession\|issue #64]] explicitly stated that ''Transformers'' took place in [[Primax 984.0 Gamma\|its own separate universe]] (On Marvel's side of things, this reality is currently classified as [[wikia:marvel:Earth-91274\|"Earth-91274"]]).		Like many other licensed Marvel comics of the time, ''The Transformers'' was originally written with the conceit that it could fit somewhere into {{w\|Earth 616\|Marvel's primary ongoing universe}}; in keeping with this concept, [[Prisoner of War!\|issue #3]] features a guest appearance from [[Spider-Man]]. However, as the series expanded its scope and crafted its own cosmic mythology, this idea would be quietly dropped; the [[letters page]] for [[Deadly Obsession\|issue #64]] explicitly stated that ''Transformers'' took place in [[Primax 984.0 Gamma\|its own separate universe]] (On Marvel's side of things, this reality is currently classified as [[wikia:marvel:Earth-91274\|"Earth-91274"]]).

	''The Transformers'' proved popular enough to garner several tie-in miniseries. The Transformers crossed paths with the heroes and villains of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' in ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)\|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]''; the next year, Bob Budiansky penned ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters\|Headmasters]]'', which followed a different group of Transformers on the planet [[Nebulos]] and later joined the cast of the main comic in [[Trial by Fire!\|issue #38]]. Starting with [[Back from the Dead\|issue #56]], British author [[Simon Furman]], who'd previously cut his teeth writing Marvel's UK-exclusive magazine, became the primary author on both books. Notably, Furman established a unique origin story for both the Transformers and their arch-enemy [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]], quite different from the mythology laid down in the contemporary ''The Transformers'' cartoon, and introduced [[Primus]], Unicron's benevolent opposite. The final leg of the series culminates in a pitched battle against Unicron, and ultimately wraps up with [[End of the Road! (US)\|issue #80]], in which [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons are finally routed on the planet [[Klo]].		''The Transformers'' proved popular enough to garner several tie-in miniseries. The Transformers crossed paths with the heroes and villains of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' in ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)\|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]''; the next year, Bob Budiansky penned ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters\|Headmasters]]'', which followed a different group of Transformers on the planet [[Nebulos]] and later joined the cast of the main comic in [[Trial by Fire!\|issue #38]]. Starting with [[Back from the Dead\|issue #56]], British author [[Simon Furman]], who'd previously cut his teeth writing Marvel's UK-exclusive magazine, became the primary author on both books. Notably, Furman established a unique origin story for both the Transformers and their arch-enemy [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]], quite different from the mythology laid down in the contemporary ''The Transformers'' cartoon, and introduced [[Primus]], Unicron's benevolent opposite. The final leg of the series culminates in a pitched battle against Unicron, and ultimately wraps up with [[End of the Road! (US)\|issue #80]], in which [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons are finally routed on the planet [[Klo]].

	Over the course of its publication history, ''The Transformers'' featured several alternate realities and divergent timelines. One notable fill-in issue adapted the ''The Transformers'' episode "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)\|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]", with no attempt to massage it into the events of the ongoing. Additionally, [[Rhythms of Darkness!\|issue #67]] featured an dystopian future where Unicron triumphed and Galvatron ruled a post-apocalyptic Earth, only for Unicron to pluck this "[[Galvatron II]]" from his native timeline and bring him back to the time of the Great War.		Over the course of its publication history, ''The Transformers'' featured several alternate realities and divergent timelines. One notable fill-in issue adapted the ''The Transformers'' episode "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)\|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]", with no attempt to massage it into the events of the ongoing. Additionally, [[Rhythms of Darkness!\|issue #67]] featured an dystopian future where Unicron triumphed and Galvatron ruled a post-apocalyptic Earth, only for Unicron to pluck this "[[Galvatron II]]" from his native timeline and bring him back to the time of the Great War.
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	In the United Kingdom, Marvel's UK division began republishing the Marvel comics in a bimonthly format. In addition to these reruns, Marvel UK would also publish many original stories, which weaved in and around pre-existing material to tell new stories set in between instalments of the US comic—these included the adventures of the Autobot resistance on Cybertron, stories set in-between the events of the original four-issue ''Transformers'' miniseries, and the famous "[[Target: 2006]]" arc, which features the introduction of the fan-favorite [[Wreckers]]. [[Simon Furman]] wrote many of these stories; eventually, he would rise to become the writer for the original US comics as well.		In the United Kingdom, Marvel's UK division began republishing the Marvel comics in a bimonthly format. In addition to these reruns, Marvel UK would also publish many original stories, which weaved in and around pre-existing material to tell new stories set in between instalments of the US comic—these included the adventures of the Autobot resistance on Cybertron, stories set in-between the events of the original four-issue ''Transformers'' miniseries, and the famous "[[Target: 2006]]" arc, which features the introduction of the fan-favorite [[Wreckers]]. [[Simon Furman]] wrote many of these stories; eventually, he would rise to become the writer for the original US comics as well.

	Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with [[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|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 (G1)\|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] retrieving [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]]'s body, the [[Demon]]s, [[Xaaron]] (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed [[Mecannibal]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], a set-up for a UK-only strip! The "[[...Perchance to Dream]]" story heralded the launch of the "[[Earthforce]]" storyline, a new setting which deliberately made no attempt to maintain continuity with the US titles. <ref>{{citesocial\|quote='''Question''' Why do you feel continuity suffered more instead of less, between Marvel UK and US when you took over the US book?"<br />"The problem was, we were badly out of synch with the US material reprints by the time I was also writing the US comic. I was trying my hardest to craft semi-crossover stories (like the [[Deathbringer (issue)\|Deathbringer two-parter]] with [[Dark Creation\|US #65]]) and then the UK comic would run a batch of old UK reprint material and completely throw it out. I realised I was making matters worse (and more confusing) and not better, and pretty much stopped trying to directly tie the two together. Looking back, as I try my hardest not to do, it's very hard to tie the Earthforce stories into a specific time frame (in terms of the US continuity), because (if I'm brutally honest) I didn't try too hard to make it work in the first place. By that point, I was just trying to tell a bunch of fun UK stories that didn't necessarily impact on the larger (US) storyline. How was I to know 15 or so years later people would be trying to reconcile it all?\|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914233035/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman.php\|name=Simon Furman\|site=TransFans.co.uk\|year=2004}}</ref>		Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with [[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|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 (G1)\|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] retrieving [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]]'s body, the [[Demon]]s, [[Xaaron (G1)\|Xaaron]] (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed [[Mecannibal]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], a set-up for a UK-only strip! The "[[...Perchance to Dream]]" story heralded the launch of the "[[Earthforce]]" storyline, a new setting which deliberately made no attempt to maintain continuity with the US titles. <ref>{{citesocial\|quote='''Question''' Why do you feel continuity suffered more instead of less, between Marvel UK and US when you took over the US book?"<br />"The problem was, we were badly out of synch with the US material reprints by the time I was also writing the US comic. I was trying my hardest to craft semi-crossover stories (like the [[Deathbringer (issue)\|Deathbringer two-parter]] with [[Dark Creation\|US #65]]) and then the UK comic would run a batch of old UK reprint material and completely throw it out. I realised I was making matters worse (and more confusing) and not better, and pretty much stopped trying to directly tie the two together. Looking back, as I try my hardest not to do, it's very hard to tie the Earthforce stories into a specific time frame (in terms of the US continuity), because (if I'm brutally honest) I didn't try too hard to make it work in the first place. By that point, I was just trying to tell a bunch of fun UK stories that didn't necessarily impact on the larger (US) storyline. How was I to know 15 or so years later people would be trying to reconcile it all?\|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914233035/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman.php\|name=Simon Furman\|site=TransFans.co.uk\|year=2004}}</ref>

	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, which incorporated a version of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' into its events—it is from this timeframe that the Galvatron of "Target: 2006" jumped backwards in time to the year 1986. Other notable future tales include "[[Aspects of Evil!]]", which takes place nearly four hundred years in the future, and "[[Peace]]", set after the end of the war in the year [[2510]].		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, which incorporated a version of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' into its events—it is from this timeframe that the Galvatron of "Target: 2006" jumped backwards in time to the year 1986. Other notable future tales include "[[Aspects of Evil!]]", which takes place nearly four hundred years in the future, and "[[Peace]]", set after the end of the war in the year [[2510]].
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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations\|''Fall of Cybertron'' Impactor]] ([[Xaaron]]-inspired [[Ruination (FOC)\|Ruination]] head only)}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations\|''Fall of Cybertron'' Impactor]] ([[Xaaron (G1)\|Xaaron]]-inspired [[Ruination (FOC)\|Ruination]] head only)}}
	{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}
	{{Bp-wr\|[[Impactor (G1)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Comic Universe Impactor]]}}		{{Bp-wr\|[[Impactor (G1)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Comic Universe Impactor]]}}
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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Rack'n'Ruin#Cyberverse\|''Cyberverse'' Rack'n'Ruin]] (armor only)}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)#Cyberverse\|''Cyberverse'' Rack'n'Ruin]] (armor only)}}
	{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron (G1)#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}
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The Wadapan at 21:43, 25 March 2025

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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations\|''Fall of Cybertron'' Impactor]] ([[Xaaron]]-inspired [[Ruination (FOC)\|Ruination]] head only)}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations\|''Fall of Cybertron'' Impactor]] ([[Xaaron]]-inspired [[Ruination (FOC)\|Ruination]] head only)}}
	{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}
			{{Bp-wr\|[[Impactor (G1)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Comic Universe Impactor]]}}
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	{{Bp-wr\|[[~~Impactor (G1)~~#~~Legacy~~\|''~~Legacy~~'' ~~Comic Universe Impactor~~]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Rack'n'Ruin#Cyberverse\|''Cyberverse'' Rack'n'Ruin]] (armor only)}}
	{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}
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The Wadapan: more suggestions from the Discord

2025-03-25T18:11:18Z

more suggestions from the Discord

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OptiMay Primal: /* Marvel The Transformers comic */

2025-03-25T02:17:47Z

Marvel The Transformers comic

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	*[[G.B. Blackrock#Timelines\|''Timelines'' G.B. Blackrock]]		*[[G.B. Blackrock#Timelines\|''Timelines'' G.B. Blackrock]]
			*[[Donny Finkleberg#Kre-O\|''Timelines'' Robot-Master]]
	{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Timelines\|''Timelines'' Ferak]] (name only)}}		{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Timelines\|''Timelines'' Ferak]] (name only)}}
	{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Star Raider Ferak]] (vehicle mode only)}}		{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Star Raider Ferak]] (vehicle mode only)}}

The Wadapan: started list of toys based on Marvel stuff, per Discord discussion

2025-03-24T19:28:36Z

started list of toys based on Marvel stuff, per Discord discussion

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	In August 2022, England's {{w\|Royal Mail}} announced a limited series of ''Transformers''-themed stamps based on various prominent ''Transformers'' characters. These stamps came with brief biographies that drew quite heavily from the original Marvel comics.		In August 2022, England's {{w\|Royal Mail}} announced a limited series of ''Transformers''-themed stamps based on various prominent ''Transformers'' characters. These stamps came with brief biographies that drew quite heavily from the original Marvel comics.

			==Toyline==
			Though of course during the '80s, all ''Transformers'' fiction served to promote the toys being released at the time, the Marvel Comics series served to introduce a range of original characters and distinct designs which went on to inspire many new toys after the turn of the millenium.

			===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comic===
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			{{Bp-a1\|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#MP8Xn\|''Masterpiece'' MP-8X King Grimlock]] (style and [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership\|crown]] only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#2014MP\|''Masterpiece'' MP-03 Grimlock]] (crown only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Grimlock]] (style and crown only)}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Shockwave]] (style and accessories only)}}
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			*[[G.B. Blackrock#Timelines\|''Timelines'' G.B. Blackrock]]
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Timelines\|''Timelines'' Ferak]] (name only)}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Star Raider Ferak]] (vehicle mode only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Scrounge (G1)#Combiner Wars\|''Combiner Wars'' Scrounge]] (head only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Boltax (G1)#Combiner Wars\|''Combiner Wars'' "Cybaxx"]] (colors only)}}
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			{{Bp-d1\|[[Straxus (G1)#Generations\|''Generations'' "Darkmount"]]}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Straxus (G1)#United\|''United'' Straxus]]}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Straxus (G1)#United EX\|''United EX'' "Rollermaster"]] (colors only)}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Straxus (G1)#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Decepticon Straxus]]}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Wipe-Out#United\|''United'' Wipe-Out]]}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Wipe-Out#Titans Return\|''Titans Return'' "Necro"]] (robot mode only)}}
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			{{Bp-m1\|[[Prima#Power of the Primes\|''Power of the Primes'' Prima]] (name only)}}
			{{Bp-m1\|[[Thirteenth Prime#Power of the Primes\|''Power of the Primes'' "The Thirteenth"]] (robot mode only)}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects\|''Generations Selects'' Galvatron]] ([[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom\|''War for Cybertron: Kingdom'' Ark]] ([[Last Autobot]]-inspired details only)}}
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			===Marvel UK===
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			{{Bp-a1d1\|[[Roadbuster (G1)#Universe (2008)\|''Universe'' Autobot Roadbuster]] & [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)\|Dirge]] (pairing only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations\|''Fall of Cybertron'' Impactor]] ([[Xaaron]]-inspired [[Ruination (FOC)\|Ruination]] head only)}}
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			{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}
			{{Bp-wr\|[[Impactor (G1)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Comic Universe Impactor]]}}
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			{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}
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			{{Bp-a1\|[[Flame (Marvel)#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Autobot Flame]]}}
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			===''Generation 2''===
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			{{Bp-d1\|[[Jhiaxus (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)\|''Robots in Disguise'' Jhiaxus]] (name only)}}
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			{{Bp-d1\|[[Jhiaxus (G2)#Generations\|''Thrilling 30'' Jhiaxus]] (name only)}}
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			{{Bp-d2\|[[Jhiaxus (G2)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' G2 Universe Jhiaxus]]}}
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			{{Bp-d2\|[[Cybertronian (faction)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee\|''Legacy: Evolution'' G2 Universe Cybertronian Trooper]]}}
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			{{toystub\|There's no way this is it, right?}}

	==References==		==References==

Some Dweeb at 14:11, 24 March 2025

2025-03-24T14:11:20Z

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	Two years after the end of the original ''The Transformers'' franchise, Hasbro launched ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]]'' in an attempt to bring the franchise back into vogue. As part of the merchandising blitz, Marvel returned to publishing ''Transformers'' comics; before launching a dedicated book of their own, however, Marvel's still-ongoing ''G.I. Joe'' comic featured a five-part story arc, in which Megatron cut a deal with the nefarious [[Cobra Commander]] in exchange for a new body powered by [[Cobra]] technology.		Two years after the end of the original ''The Transformers'' franchise, Hasbro launched ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]]'' in an attempt to bring the franchise back into vogue. As part of the merchandising blitz, Marvel returned to publishing ''Transformers'' comics; before launching a dedicated book of their own, however, Marvel's still-ongoing ''G.I. Joe'' comic featured a five-part story arc, in which Megatron cut a deal with the nefarious [[Cobra Commander]] in exchange for a new body powered by [[Cobra]] technology.

	This new status quo continued into ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|Generation 2]]'', a direct sequel to the original ''The Transformers'' comic again written by Furman. Following the end of the Great War, the Autobots find themselves up facing the [[Cybertronian (faction)\|Cybertronian]] empire, an advanced race of next-generation Transformers led by the malevolent [[Jhiaxus (G2)\|Jhiaxus]]. Later issues introduced an additional threat in the form of the [[Swarm (G2)\|Swarm]], a formless mass that threatened to consume all Cybertronians. The comic delved further into the origins of the Cybertronian race and expounded on the creation myth from issue [[The Primal Scream\|#61]] of the ~~originl~~ Marvel series; as was the style in the 1990s, the comic also featured many of the idiosyncracies endemic to the era, including graphic violence, grittier plotlines, gratuitious deaths, and oversized guns.		This new status quo continued into ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|Generation 2]]'', a direct sequel to the original ''The Transformers'' comic again written by Furman. Following the end of the Great War, the Autobots find themselves up facing the [[Cybertronian (faction)\|Cybertronian]] empire, an advanced race of next-generation Transformers led by the malevolent [[Jhiaxus (G2)\|Jhiaxus]]. Later issues introduced an additional threat in the form of the [[Swarm (G2)\|Swarm]], a formless mass that threatened to consume all Cybertronians. The comic delved further into the origins of the Cybertronian race and expounded on the creation myth from issue [[The Primal Scream\|#61]] of the original Marvel series; as was the style in the 1990s, the comic also featured many of the idiosyncracies endemic to the era, including graphic violence, grittier plotlines, gratuitious deaths, and oversized guns.

	Ultimately, the comic didn't last beyond twelve issues; although the [[A Rage in Heaven!\|final issue]] sees Jhiaxus's defeat and the pacification of the Swarm, the comic ended with the reveal that the Cybertronian empire had allied itself with the sinister [[Liege Maximo]]. Several years later, Furman released "[[Alignment]]", an unofficial novella which explained Liege Maximo's origins and provided a final ending for the eternal Autobot-Decepticon war.		Ultimately, the comic didn't last beyond twelve issues; although the [[A Rage in Heaven!\|final issue]] sees Jhiaxus's defeat and the pacification of the Swarm, the comic ended with the reveal that the Cybertronian empire had allied itself with the sinister [[Liege Maximo]]. Several years later, Furman released "[[Alignment]]", an unofficial novella which explained Liege Maximo's origins and provided a final ending for the eternal Autobot-Decepticon war.

Locoman: /* Transformers '84 */

2024-02-24T18:44:46Z

Transformers '84

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	In [[2019]], Furman again returned to the Marvel continuity with a [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|one-shot prequel comic]], tying into both [[The Transformers (issue)\|issue #1]] and the famous "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline that originally debuted in Marvel's UK-exclusive comics. This prequel would then be expanded into a four-issue miniseries which expanded upon the one-shot's "secret history" theme, weaving unexpected new tales set during the four-million year gap between the launch of the [[Ark (G1)\|Ark]] and the reactivation of the Transformers on Earth in 1984. Like ''Classics'' and ''Regeneration One'' before it, ''Transformers '84'' disregards the events of Marvel's UK comics, but incorporates various characters and concepts from those comics into its narrative. More surprisingly, the comic ''also'' took the liberty of adapting [[Star Saber (G1)\|Star Saber]] and [[Deathsaurus (G1)\|Deathsaurus]] into the cast, characters who'd ~~debuted years after~~ the ~~end of the original Marvel run as part of~~ [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Japanese cartoon continuity]].		In [[2019]], Furman again returned to the Marvel continuity with a [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|one-shot prequel comic]], tying into both [[The Transformers (issue)\|issue #1]] and the famous "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline that originally debuted in Marvel's UK-exclusive comics. This prequel would then be expanded into a four-issue miniseries which expanded upon the one-shot's "secret history" theme, weaving unexpected new tales set during the four-million year gap between the launch of the [[Ark (G1)\|Ark]] and the reactivation of the Transformers on Earth in 1984. Like ''Classics'' and ''Regeneration One'' before it, ''Transformers '84'' disregards the events of Marvel's UK comics, but incorporates various characters and concepts from those comics into its narrative. More surprisingly, the comic ''also'' took the liberty of adapting [[Star Saber (G1)\|Star Saber]] and [[Deathsaurus (G1)\|Deathsaurus]] into the cast, characters who'd originally appeared in the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Japanese cartoon continuity]].

	While both ''Regeneration One'' and ''Transformers '84'' were written by Simon Furman and published by [[IDW Publishing]], no official sources have definitely established one as a prequel to the other. Off-the-record comments by Simon Furman suggests that he sees them as taking place within the same universe—although '''84'' features the deaths of several characters who'd previously appeared in ''Regeneration One'', the Marvel continuity ''has'' historically featured a decidedly laissez-faire approach to [[death]] and resurrection.		While both ''Regeneration One'' and ''Transformers '84'' were written by Simon Furman and published by [[IDW Publishing]], no official sources have definitely established one as a prequel to the other. Off-the-record comments by Simon Furman suggests that he sees them as taking place within the same universe—although '''84'' features the deaths of several characters who'd previously appeared in ''Regeneration One'', the Marvel continuity ''has'' historically featured a decidedly laissez-faire approach to [[death]] and resurrection.

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2023-12-14T19:02:19Z

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	In 2012, Simon Furman returned to IDW to write ''Regeneration One'', another sequel series intended to continue the story of the original ''The Transformers'' comic; like ''Classics'', ''Regeneration One'' also ignored the events of ''Generation 2'' and Marvel's various UK-exclusive stories, but integrated and reimagined many plot beats and characters from these stories to fit the new narrative. Beginning with issue #81, continuing the numbering scheme from the last ''The ~~Trnsformers~~'' issue, the comic kicks off twenty-one years after the battle of Klo, when the abrupt murder of the [[Last Autobot]] and the rise of a new Decepticon faction leads to renewed hostilities between the Autobots and Decepticons.		In 2012, Simon Furman returned to IDW to write ''Regeneration One'', another sequel series intended to continue the story of the original ''The Transformers'' comic; like ''Classics'', ''Regeneration One'' also ignored the events of ''Generation 2'' and Marvel's various UK-exclusive stories, but integrated and reimagined many plot beats and characters from these stories to fit the new narrative. Beginning with issue #81, continuing the numbering scheme from the last ''The Transformers'' issue, the comic kicks off twenty-one years after the battle of Klo, when the abrupt murder of the [[Last Autobot]] and the rise of a new Decepticon faction leads to renewed hostilities between the Autobots and Decepticons.

	The first arc of the series sees the [[Wreckers]] return to a post-apocalyptic Earth to put down Megatron and various other Decepticon remnants for good; subsequent storylines include a showdown between [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] and [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]], the return of Galvatron, and a deep dive into the cosmic mythology surrounding Primus and Unicron. The comic culminates in an all-out battle between the forces of Cybertron and Jhiaxus's Cybertronian Empire, which becomes a final struggle to protect the entire [[multiverse]] from the threat of the [[Dark Matrix]].		The first arc of the series sees the [[Wreckers]] return to a post-apocalyptic Earth to put down Megatron and various other Decepticon remnants for good; subsequent storylines include a showdown between [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]] and [[Scorponok (G1)\|Scorponok]], the return of Galvatron, and a deep dive into the cosmic mythology surrounding Primus and Unicron. The comic culminates in an all-out battle between the forces of Cybertron and Jhiaxus's Cybertronian Empire, which becomes a final struggle to protect the entire [[multiverse]] from the threat of the [[Dark Matrix]].

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2023-11-12T01:16:00Z

Transformers '84

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	In [[2019]], Furman again returned to the Marvel continuity with a [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|one-shot prequel comic]], tying into both [[The Transformers (issue)\|issue #1]] and the famous "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline that originally debuted in Marvel's UK-exclusive comics. This prequel would then be expanded into a four-issue miniseries which expanded upon the one-shot's "secret history" theme, weaving unexpected new tales set during the four-million year gap between the launch of the [[Ark (G1)\|Ark]] and the reactivation of the Transformers on Earth in 1984. Like ''Classics'' and ''Regeneration One'' before it, ''Transformers '84'' disregards the events of Marvel's UK comics, but incorporates various characters and concepts from those comics into its narrative. More surprisingly, the comic ''also'' took the liberty of adapting [[Star Saber (G1)\|Star Saber]] and [[Deathsaurus (G1)\|Deathsaurus]] into the cast, characters who'd debuted years after the end of the original Marvel run as part of [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Japanese cartoon continuity]].		In [[2019]], Furman again returned to the Marvel continuity with a [[Transformers '84 issue 0\|one-shot prequel comic]], tying into both [[The Transformers (issue)\|issue #1]] and the famous "[[Man of Iron (issue)\|Man of Iron]]" storyline that originally debuted in Marvel's UK-exclusive comics. This prequel would then be expanded into a four-issue miniseries which expanded upon the one-shot's "secret history" theme, weaving unexpected new tales set during the four-million year gap between the launch of the [[Ark (G1)\|Ark]] and the reactivation of the Transformers on Earth in 1984. Like ''Classics'' and ''Regeneration One'' before it, ''Transformers '84'' disregards the events of Marvel's UK comics, but incorporates various characters and concepts from those comics into its narrative. More surprisingly, the comic ''also'' took the liberty of adapting [[Star Saber (G1)\|Star Saber]] and [[Deathsaurus (G1)\|Deathsaurus]] into the cast, characters who'd debuted years after the end of the original Marvel run as part of [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Japanese cartoon continuity]].

	While both ''Regeneration One'' and ''Transformers '84'' were written by Simon Furman and published by [[IDW Publishing]], no official sources have definitely established one as a prequel to the other. Off-the-record comments by Simon Furman suggests that he sees them as taking place within the same universe—although '''84'' features the deaths of several characters who'd previously appeared ''Regeneration One'', the Marvel continuity ''has'' historically featured a decidedly laissez-faire approach to [[death]] and resurrection.		While both ''Regeneration One'' and ''Transformers '84'' were written by Simon Furman and published by [[IDW Publishing]], no official sources have definitely established one as a prequel to the other. Off-the-record comments by Simon Furman suggests that he sees them as taking place within the same universe—although '''84'' features the deaths of several characters who'd previously appeared in ''Regeneration One'', the Marvel continuity ''has'' historically featured a decidedly laissez-faire approach to [[death]] and resurrection.

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Marvel The Transformers comic

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	Like many other licensed Marvel comics of the time, ''The Transformers'' was originally written with the conceit that it could fit somewhere into {{w\|Earth 616\|Marvel's primary ongoing universe}}; in keeping with this concept, [[Prisoner of War!\|issue #3]] features a guest appearance from [[Spider-Man]]. However, as the series expanded its scope and crafted its own cosmic mythology, this idea would be quietly dropped; the [[letters page]] for [[Deadly Obsession\|issue #64]] explicitly stated that ''Transformers'' took place in [[Primax 984.0 Gamma\|its own separate universe]] (On Marvel's side of things, this reality is currently classified as [[wikia:marvel:Earth-91274\|"Earth-91274"]]).		Like many other licensed Marvel comics of the time, ''The Transformers'' was originally written with the conceit that it could fit somewhere into {{w\|Earth 616\|Marvel's primary ongoing universe}}; in keeping with this concept, [[Prisoner of War!\|issue #3]] features a guest appearance from [[Spider-Man]]. However, as the series expanded its scope and crafted its own cosmic mythology, this idea would be quietly dropped; the [[letters page]] for [[Deadly Obsession\|issue #64]] explicitly stated that ''Transformers'' took place in [[Primax 984.0 Gamma\|its own separate universe]] (On Marvel's side of things, this reality is currently classified as [[wikia:marvel:Earth-91274\|"Earth-91274"]]).

	''The Transformers'' proved popular enough to garner several tie-in miniseries. The Transformers crossed paths with the heroes and villains of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' in ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)\|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]''; the next year, Bob Budiansky penned ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters\|Headmasters]]'', which followed a different group of Transformers on the planet [[Nebulos]]~~; they~~ later joined the cast of the main comic in [[Trial by Fire!\|issue #38]]. Starting with [[Back from the Dead\|issue #56]], British author [[Simon Furman]], who'd previously cut his teeth writing Marvel's UK-exclusive magazine, became the primary author on both books. Notably, Furman established a unique origin story for both the Transformers and their arch-enemy [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]], quite different from the mythology laid down in the contemporary ''The Transformers'' cartoon, and introduced [[Primus]], Unicron's benevolent opposite. The final leg of the series culminates in a pitched battle against Unicron, and ultimately wraps up with [[End of the Road! (US)\|issue #80]], in which [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons are finally routed on the planet [[Klo]].		''The Transformers'' proved popular enough to garner several tie-in miniseries. The Transformers crossed paths with the heroes and villains of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' in ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)\|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]''; the next year, Bob Budiansky penned ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters\|Headmasters]]'', which followed a different group of Transformers on the planet [[Nebulos]] and later joined the cast of the main comic in [[Trial by Fire!\|issue #38]]. Starting with [[Back from the Dead\|issue #56]], British author [[Simon Furman]], who'd previously cut his teeth writing Marvel's UK-exclusive magazine, became the primary author on both books. Notably, Furman established a unique origin story for both the Transformers and their arch-enemy [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]], quite different from the mythology laid down in the contemporary ''The Transformers'' cartoon, and introduced [[Primus]], Unicron's benevolent opposite. The final leg of the series culminates in a pitched battle against Unicron, and ultimately wraps up with [[End of the Road! (US)\|issue #80]], in which [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons are finally routed on the planet [[Klo]].

	Over the course of its publication history, ''The Transformers'' featured several alternate realities and divergent timelines. One notable fill-in issue adapted the ''The Transformers'' episode "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)\|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]", with no attempt to massage it into the events of the ongoing. Additionally, [[Rhythms of Darkness!\|issue #67]] featured an dystopian future where Unicron triumphed and Galvatron ruled a post-apocalyptic Earth, only for Unicron to pluck this "[[Galvatron II]]" from his native timeline and bring him back to the time of the Great War.		Over the course of its publication history, ''The Transformers'' featured several alternate realities and divergent timelines. One notable fill-in issue adapted the ''The Transformers'' episode "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)\|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]", with no attempt to massage it into the events of the ongoing. Additionally, [[Rhythms of Darkness!\|issue #67]] featured an dystopian future where Unicron triumphed and Galvatron ruled a post-apocalyptic Earth, only for Unicron to pluck this "[[Galvatron II]]" from his native timeline and bring him back to the time of the Great War.

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	Like many other licensed Marvel comics of the time, ''The Transformers'' was originally written with the conceit that it could fit somewhere into {{w\|Earth 616\|Marvel's primary ongoing universe}}; in keeping with this concept, [[Prisoner of War!\|issue #3]] features a guest appearance from [[Spider-Man]]. However, as the series expanded its scope and crafted its own cosmic mythology, this idea would be quietly dropped; the [[letters page]] for [[Deadly Obsession\|issue #64]] explicitly stated that ''Transformers'' took place in [[Primax 984.0 Gamma\|its own separate universe]] (On Marvel's side of things, this reality is currently classified as [[wikia:marvel:Earth-91274\|"Earth-91274"]]).		Like many other licensed Marvel comics of the time, ''The Transformers'' was originally written with the conceit that it could fit somewhere into {{w\|Earth 616\|Marvel's primary ongoing universe}}; in keeping with this concept, [[Prisoner of War!\|issue #3]] features a guest appearance from [[Spider-Man]]. However, as the series expanded its scope and crafted its own cosmic mythology, this idea would be quietly dropped; the [[letters page]] for [[Deadly Obsession\|issue #64]] explicitly stated that ''Transformers'' took place in [[Primax 984.0 Gamma\|its own separate universe]] (On Marvel's side of things, this reality is currently classified as [[wikia:marvel:Earth-91274\|"Earth-91274"]]).

	''The Transformers'' proved popular enough to garner several tie-in miniseries. The Transformers crossed paths with the heroes and villains of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' in ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)\|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]''; the next year, Bob Budiansky penned ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters\|Headmasters]]'', which followed a different group of Transformers on the planet [[Nebulos]] and later joined the cast of the main comic in [[Trial by Fire!\|issue #38]]. Starting with [[Back from the Dead\|issue #56]], British author [[Simon Furman]], who'd previously cut his teeth writing Marvel's UK-exclusive magazine, became the primary author on both books. Notably, Furman established a unique origin story for both the Transformers and their arch-enemy [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]], quite different from the mythology laid down in the contemporary ''The Transformers'' cartoon, and introduced [[Primus]], Unicron's benevolent opposite. The final leg of the series culminates in a pitched battle against Unicron, and ultimately wraps up with [[End of the Road! (US)\|issue #80]], in which [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons are finally routed on the planet [[Klo]].		''The Transformers'' proved popular enough to garner several tie-in miniseries. The Transformers crossed paths with the heroes and villains of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|G.I. Joe]]'' in ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)\|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]''; the next year, Bob Budiansky penned ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters\|Headmasters]]'', which followed a different group of Transformers on the planet [[Nebulos]] and later joined the cast of the main comic in [[Trial by Fire!\|issue #38]]. Starting with [[Back from the Dead\|issue #56]], British author [[Simon Furman]], who'd previously cut his teeth writing Marvel's UK-exclusive magazine, became the primary author on both books. Notably, Furman established a unique origin story for both the Transformers and their arch-enemy [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]], quite different from the mythology laid down in the contemporary ''The Transformers'' cartoon, and introduced [[Primus]], Unicron's benevolent opposite. The final leg of the series culminates in a pitched battle against Unicron, and ultimately wraps up with [[End of the Road! (US)\|issue #80]], in which [[Bludgeon (G1)\|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons are finally routed on the planet [[Klo]].

	Over the course of its publication history, ''The Transformers'' featured several alternate realities and divergent timelines. One notable fill-in issue adapted the ''The Transformers'' episode "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)\|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]", with no attempt to massage it into the events of the ongoing. Additionally, [[Rhythms of Darkness!\|issue #67]] featured an dystopian future where Unicron triumphed and Galvatron ruled a post-apocalyptic Earth, only for Unicron to pluck this "[[Galvatron II]]" from his native timeline and bring him back to the time of the Great War.		Over the course of its publication history, ''The Transformers'' featured several alternate realities and divergent timelines. One notable fill-in issue adapted the ''The Transformers'' episode "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)\|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]", with no attempt to massage it into the events of the ongoing. Additionally, [[Rhythms of Darkness!\|issue #67]] featured an dystopian future where Unicron triumphed and Galvatron ruled a post-apocalyptic Earth, only for Unicron to pluck this "[[Galvatron II]]" from his native timeline and bring him back to the time of the Great War.
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	In the United Kingdom, Marvel's UK division began republishing the Marvel comics in a bimonthly format. In addition to these reruns, Marvel UK would also publish many original stories, which weaved in and around pre-existing material to tell new stories set in between instalments of the US comic—these included the adventures of the Autobot resistance on Cybertron, stories set in-between the events of the original four-issue ''Transformers'' miniseries, and the famous "[[Target: 2006]]" arc, which features the introduction of the fan-favorite [[Wreckers]]. [[Simon Furman]] wrote many of these stories; eventually, he would rise to become the writer for the original US comics as well.		In the United Kingdom, Marvel's UK division began republishing the Marvel comics in a bimonthly format. In addition to these reruns, Marvel UK would also publish many original stories, which weaved in and around pre-existing material to tell new stories set in between instalments of the US comic—these included the adventures of the Autobot resistance on Cybertron, stories set in-between the events of the original four-issue ''Transformers'' miniseries, and the famous "[[Target: 2006]]" arc, which features the introduction of the fan-favorite [[Wreckers]]. [[Simon Furman]] wrote many of these stories; eventually, he would rise to become the writer for the original US comics as well.

	Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with [[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|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 (G1)\|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] retrieving [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]]'s body, the [[Demon]]s, [[Xaaron]] (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed [[Mecannibal]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], a set-up for a UK-only strip! The "[[...Perchance to Dream]]" story heralded the launch of the "[[Earthforce]]" storyline, a new setting which deliberately made no attempt to maintain continuity with the US titles. <ref>{{citesocial\|quote='''Question''' Why do you feel continuity suffered more instead of less, between Marvel UK and US when you took over the US book?"<br />"The problem was, we were badly out of synch with the US material reprints by the time I was also writing the US comic. I was trying my hardest to craft semi-crossover stories (like the [[Deathbringer (issue)\|Deathbringer two-parter]] with [[Dark Creation\|US #65]]) and then the UK comic would run a batch of old UK reprint material and completely throw it out. I realised I was making matters worse (and more confusing) and not better, and pretty much stopped trying to directly tie the two together. Looking back, as I try my hardest not to do, it's very hard to tie the Earthforce stories into a specific time frame (in terms of the US continuity), because (if I'm brutally honest) I didn't try too hard to make it work in the first place. By that point, I was just trying to tell a bunch of fun UK stories that didn't necessarily impact on the larger (US) storyline. How was I to know 15 or so years later people would be trying to reconcile it all?\|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914233035/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman.php\|name=Simon Furman\|site=TransFans.co.uk\|year=2004}}</ref>		Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with [[G.I. Joe (franchise)\|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 (G1)\|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] retrieving [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Starscream]]'s body, the [[Demon]]s, [[Xaaron (G1)\|Xaaron]] (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed [[Mecannibal]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], a set-up for a UK-only strip! The "[[...Perchance to Dream]]" story heralded the launch of the "[[Earthforce]]" storyline, a new setting which deliberately made no attempt to maintain continuity with the US titles. <ref>{{citesocial\|quote='''Question''' Why do you feel continuity suffered more instead of less, between Marvel UK and US when you took over the US book?"<br />"The problem was, we were badly out of synch with the US material reprints by the time I was also writing the US comic. I was trying my hardest to craft semi-crossover stories (like the [[Deathbringer (issue)\|Deathbringer two-parter]] with [[Dark Creation\|US #65]]) and then the UK comic would run a batch of old UK reprint material and completely throw it out. I realised I was making matters worse (and more confusing) and not better, and pretty much stopped trying to directly tie the two together. Looking back, as I try my hardest not to do, it's very hard to tie the Earthforce stories into a specific time frame (in terms of the US continuity), because (if I'm brutally honest) I didn't try too hard to make it work in the first place. By that point, I was just trying to tell a bunch of fun UK stories that didn't necessarily impact on the larger (US) storyline. How was I to know 15 or so years later people would be trying to reconcile it all?\|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914233035/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman.php\|name=Simon Furman\|site=TransFans.co.uk\|year=2004}}</ref>

	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, which incorporated a version of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' into its events—it is from this timeframe that the Galvatron of "Target: 2006" jumped backwards in time to the year 1986. Other notable future tales include "[[Aspects of Evil!]]", which takes place nearly four hundred years in the future, and "[[Peace]]", set after the end of the war in the year [[2510]].		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, which incorporated a version of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' into its events—it is from this timeframe that the Galvatron of "Target: 2006" jumped backwards in time to the year 1986. Other notable future tales include "[[Aspects of Evil!]]", which takes place nearly four hundred years in the future, and "[[Peace]]", set after the end of the war in the year [[2510]].
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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations\|''Fall of Cybertron'' Impactor]] ([[Xaaron]]-inspired [[Ruination (FOC)\|Ruination]] head only)}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations\|''Fall of Cybertron'' Impactor]] ([[Xaaron (G1)\|Xaaron]]-inspired [[Ruination (FOC)\|Ruination]] head only)}}
	{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}
	{{Bp-wr\|[[Impactor (G1)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Comic Universe Impactor]]}}		{{Bp-wr\|[[Impactor (G1)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Comic Universe Impactor]]}}
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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Rack'n'Ruin#Cyberverse\|''Cyberverse'' Rack'n'Ruin]] (armor only)}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)#Cyberverse\|''Cyberverse'' Rack'n'Ruin]] (armor only)}}
	{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron (G1)#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}
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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}
			{{Bp-wr\|[[Impactor (G1)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Comic Universe Impactor]]}}
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	{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}		{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}
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	*[[G.B. Blackrock#Timelines\|''Timelines'' G.B. Blackrock]]		*[[G.B. Blackrock#Timelines\|''Timelines'' G.B. Blackrock]]
			*[[Donny Finkleberg#Kre-O\|''Timelines'' Robot-Master]]
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	{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Star Raider Ferak]] (vehicle mode only)}}		{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Star Raider Ferak]] (vehicle mode only)}}

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	In August 2022, England's {{w\|Royal Mail}} announced a limited series of ''Transformers''-themed stamps based on various prominent ''Transformers'' characters. These stamps came with brief biographies that drew quite heavily from the original Marvel comics.		In August 2022, England's {{w\|Royal Mail}} announced a limited series of ''Transformers''-themed stamps based on various prominent ''Transformers'' characters. These stamps came with brief biographies that drew quite heavily from the original Marvel comics.

			==Toyline==
			Though of course during the '80s, all ''Transformers'' fiction served to promote the toys being released at the time, the Marvel Comics series served to introduce a range of original characters and distinct designs which went on to inspire many new toys after the turn of the millenium.

			===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comic===
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			{{Bp-a1\|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#MP8Xn\|''Masterpiece'' MP-8X King Grimlock]] (style and [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership\|crown]] only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#2014MP\|''Masterpiece'' MP-03 Grimlock]] (crown only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Grimlock]] (style and crown only)}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Shockwave]] (style and accessories only)}}
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			*[[G.B. Blackrock#Timelines\|''Timelines'' G.B. Blackrock]]
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Timelines\|''Timelines'' Ferak]] (name only)}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Ferak#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Star Raider Ferak]] (vehicle mode only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Scrounge (G1)#Combiner Wars\|''Combiner Wars'' Scrounge]] (head only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Boltax (G1)#Combiner Wars\|''Combiner Wars'' "Cybaxx"]] (colors only)}}
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Straxus (G1)#Generations\|''Generations'' "Darkmount"]]}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Straxus (G1)#United\|''United'' Straxus]]}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Straxus (G1)#United EX\|''United EX'' "Rollermaster"]] (colors only)}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Straxus (G1)#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Decepticon Straxus]]}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Wipe-Out#United\|''United'' Wipe-Out]]}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Wipe-Out#Titans Return\|''Titans Return'' "Necro"]] (robot mode only)}}
			</ul>
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			{{Bp-m1\|[[Prima#Power of the Primes\|''Power of the Primes'' Prima]] (name only)}}
			{{Bp-m1\|[[Thirteenth Prime#Power of the Primes\|''Power of the Primes'' "The Thirteenth"]] (robot mode only)}}
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects\|''Generations Selects'' Galvatron]] ([[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom\|''War for Cybertron: Kingdom'' Ark]] ([[Last Autobot]]-inspired details only)}}
			</ul>
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			===Marvel UK===
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			{{Bp-a1d1\|[[Roadbuster (G1)#Universe (2008)\|''Universe'' Autobot Roadbuster]] & [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)\|Dirge]] (pairing only)}}
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (Prime)#Generations\|''Fall of Cybertron'' Impactor]] ([[Xaaron]]-inspired [[Ruination (FOC)\|Ruination]] head only)}}
			</ul>
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Impactor (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege\|''War for Cybertron: Siege'' Impactor]]}}
			{{Bp-wr\|[[Impactor (G1)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' Comic Universe Impactor]]}}
			</ul>
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Xaaron#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Emirate Xaaron]]}}
			</ul>
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			{{Bp-a1\|[[Flame (Marvel)#Generations Comic Edition\|''Generations Comic Edition'' Autobot Flame]]}}
			</ul>
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			\|}

			===''Generation 2''===
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Jhiaxus (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)\|''Robots in Disguise'' Jhiaxus]] (name only)}}
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			{{Bp-d1\|[[Jhiaxus (G2)#Generations\|''Thrilling 30'' Jhiaxus]] (name only)}}
			</ul>
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			{{Bp-d2\|[[Jhiaxus (G2)#Legacy\|''Legacy'' G2 Universe Jhiaxus]]}}
			</ul>
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			<ul class="iconlist">
			{{Bp-d2\|[[Cybertronian (faction)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee\|''Legacy: Evolution'' G2 Universe Cybertronian Trooper]]}}
			</ul>
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			{{toystub\|There's no way this is it, right?}}

	==References==		==References==

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	Two years after the end of the original ''The Transformers'' franchise, Hasbro launched ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]]'' in an attempt to bring the franchise back into vogue. As part of the merchandising blitz, Marvel returned to publishing ''Transformers'' comics; before launching a dedicated book of their own, however, Marvel's still-ongoing ''G.I. Joe'' comic featured a five-part story arc, in which Megatron cut a deal with the nefarious [[Cobra Commander]] in exchange for a new body powered by [[Cobra]] technology.		Two years after the end of the original ''The Transformers'' franchise, Hasbro launched ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)\|Generation 2]]'' in an attempt to bring the franchise back into vogue. As part of the merchandising blitz, Marvel returned to publishing ''Transformers'' comics; before launching a dedicated book of their own, however, Marvel's still-ongoing ''G.I. Joe'' comic featured a five-part story arc, in which Megatron cut a deal with the nefarious [[Cobra Commander]] in exchange for a new body powered by [[Cobra]] technology.

	This new status quo continued into ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|Generation 2]]'', a direct sequel to the original ''The Transformers'' comic again written by Furman. Following the end of the Great War, the Autobots find themselves up facing the [[Cybertronian (faction)\|Cybertronian]] empire, an advanced race of next-generation Transformers led by the malevolent [[Jhiaxus (G2)\|Jhiaxus]]. Later issues introduced an additional threat in the form of the [[Swarm (G2)\|Swarm]], a formless mass that threatened to consume all Cybertronians. The comic delved further into the origins of the Cybertronian race and expounded on the creation myth from issue [[The Primal Scream\|#61]] of the ~~originl~~ Marvel series; as was the style in the 1990s, the comic also featured many of the idiosyncracies endemic to the era, including graphic violence, grittier plotlines, gratuitious deaths, and oversized guns.		This new status quo continued into ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|Generation 2]]'', a direct sequel to the original ''The Transformers'' comic again written by Furman. Following the end of the Great War, the Autobots find themselves up facing the [[Cybertronian (faction)\|Cybertronian]] empire, an advanced race of next-generation Transformers led by the malevolent [[Jhiaxus (G2)\|Jhiaxus]]. Later issues introduced an additional threat in the form of the [[Swarm (G2)\|Swarm]], a formless mass that threatened to consume all Cybertronians. The comic delved further into the origins of the Cybertronian race and expounded on the creation myth from issue [[The Primal Scream\|#61]] of the original Marvel series; as was the style in the 1990s, the comic also featured many of the idiosyncracies endemic to the era, including graphic violence, grittier plotlines, gratuitious deaths, and oversized guns.

	Ultimately, the comic didn't last beyond twelve issues; although the [[A Rage in Heaven!\|final issue]] sees Jhiaxus's defeat and the pacification of the Swarm, the comic ended with the reveal that the Cybertronian empire had allied itself with the sinister [[Liege Maximo]]. Several years later, Furman released "[[Alignment]]", an unofficial novella which explained Liege Maximo's origins and provided a final ending for the eternal Autobot-Decepticon war.		Ultimately, the comic didn't last beyond twelve issues; although the [[A Rage in Heaven!\|final issue]] sees Jhiaxus's defeat and the pacification of the Swarm, the comic ended with the reveal that the Cybertronian empire had allied itself with the sinister [[Liege Maximo]]. Several years later, Furman released "[[Alignment]]", an unofficial novella which explained Liege Maximo's origins and provided a final ending for the eternal Autobot-Decepticon war.