The Transformers Comics Magazine - Revision history

Cyberlink420 at 13:52, 29 August 2018

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	[[File:Tf digest 9.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]		[[File:Tf digest 9.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]
	'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly ~~[[wikipedia:digest size~~\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.		'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly {{w\|digest size}} publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.

	Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the ''[[The Transformers Universe\|Transformers Universe]]'' series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.		Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the ''[[The Transformers Universe\|Transformers Universe]]'' series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.
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	* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.		* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.
	* Digest #9's cover (pictured above) radically departed from the original coloring of issue #17. The hellish colors ''may'' have been considered inappropriate for the entry-level newsstand market. (The other issue in that edition, #18, featured a non-key background on its cover significantly more complicated to re-create than the other Digest re-colorings.)		* Digest #9's cover (pictured above) radically departed from the original coloring of issue #17. The hellish colors ''may'' have been considered inappropriate for the entry-level newsstand market. (The other issue in that edition, #18, featured a non-key background on its cover significantly more complicated to re-create than the other Digest re-colorings.)
	* Advertisements in Transformers Digest imply [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers Comic]] was part of Marvel's ~~[[wikipedia:Star Comics~~\|Star Comics]] kid-oriented comic line. Transformers was never published under the Star imprint.		* Advertisements in Transformers Digest imply [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers Comic]] was part of Marvel's {{w\|Star Comics}} kid-oriented comic line. Transformers was never published under the Star imprint.

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Comics Magazine}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Comics Magazine}}
	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 comic compilations]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 comic compilations]]
	[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]		[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]

SanityOrMadness at 01:06, 4 January 2015

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[Image:Transformers_Digest-Contents.jpg\|~~left~~\|thumb\|300px\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]		[[Image:Transformers_Digest-Contents.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]
	* The covers of the digests were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.		* The covers of the digests were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.
	* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.		* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[Image:Transformers_Digest-Contents.jpg\|left\|thumb\|300px\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]		[[Image:Transformers_Digest-Contents.jpg\|left\|thumb\|300px\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]
	* The covers of the digests, were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.		* The covers of the digests were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.
	* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.		* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.
	* Digest #9's cover (pictured above) radically departed from the original coloring of issue #17. The hellish colors ''may'' have been considered inappropriate for the entry-level newsstand market. (The other issue in that edition, #18, featured a non-key background on its cover significantly more complicated to re-create than the other Digest re-colorings.)		* Digest #9's cover (pictured above) radically departed from the original coloring of issue #17. The hellish colors ''may'' have been considered inappropriate for the entry-level newsstand market. (The other issue in that edition, #18, featured a non-key background on its cover significantly more complicated to re-create than the other Digest re-colorings.)

Andrusi at 16:17, 18 June 2012

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			{{disambig2\|the American newsstand publication\|the insanity that Condor Verlag wrought upon an unsuspecting Germany\|Transformers Comic-Magazin}}
	[[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]		[[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]
	'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.		'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.

Interrobang at 01:59, 3 November 2011

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	* Advertisements in Transformers Digest imply [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)\|The Transformers Comic]] was part of Marvel's [[wikipedia:Star_Comics\|Star Comics]] kid-oriented comic line. Transformers was never published under the Star imprint.		* Advertisements in Transformers Digest imply [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)\|The Transformers Comic]] was part of Marvel's [[wikipedia:Star_Comics\|Star Comics]] kid-oriented comic line. Transformers was never published under the Star imprint.

	{{DEFAULTSORT:~~Transformers Comic~~ Magazine}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Comics Magazine}}
	[[Category:Generation 1 comic compilations]]		[[Category:Generation 1 comic compilations]]
	[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]		[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]

Interrobang at 01:58, 3 November 2011

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	[[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]		[[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]
	'''The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.		'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.

	Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the [[Transformers Universe ~~(Marvel comic)~~\|Transformers Universe]] series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.		Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the ''[[The Transformers Universe\|Transformers Universe]]'' series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.

	{\|~~style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align~~=~~center id=toc~~		{{chapters\|title=''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' issues:\|content=
	~~!align=center bgcolor=#6699CC\|~~''~~'<font color="white">Marvel US~~ Transformers Magazine ~~Issues:</font>~~'''		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 1\|#1]]
	\|~~- align~~=~~"center"~~		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 2\|#2]]
	\|\| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 1\|#1]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 2\|#2]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 3\|#3]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 4\|#4]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 5\|#5]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 6\|#6]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 7\|#7]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 8\|#8]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 9\|#9]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 10\|#10]]		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 3\|#3]]
	\|}		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 4\|#4]]
	~~{{-~~}}		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 5\|#5]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 6\|#6]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 7\|#7]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 8\|#8]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 9\|#9]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 10\|#10]]
			}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[Image:Transformers_Digest-Contents.jpg\|~~right~~\|thumb\|300px\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]		[[Image:Transformers_Digest-Contents.jpg\|left\|thumb\|300px\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]
	* The covers of the digests, were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.		* The covers of the digests, were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.
	* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.		* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.
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	{{DEFAULTSORT:Transformers Comic Magazine}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Transformers Comic Magazine}}
	[[Category:~~Comics~~]]		[[Category:Generation 1 comic compilations]]
			[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]

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2011-11-03T01:36:46Z

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Geewunling at 10:34, 1 August 2011

2011-08-01T10:34:31Z

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	'''The Transformers Comic Magazine''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.		'''The Transformers Comic Magazine''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.

	Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[~~Generation 1~~ (Marvel ~~Comics~~)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)\|Transformers Universe]] series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.		Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)\|Transformers Universe]] series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.

	{\|style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align=center id=toc		{\|style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align=center id=toc

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	* Advertisements in Transformers Digest imply [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)\|The Transformers Comic]] was part of Marvel's [[wikipedia:Star_Comics\|Star Comics]] kid-oriented comic line. Transformers was never published under the Star imprint.		* Advertisements in Transformers Digest imply [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)\|The Transformers Comic]] was part of Marvel's [[wikipedia:Star_Comics\|Star Comics]] kid-oriented comic line. Transformers was never published under the Star imprint.

			{{DEFAULTSORT:Transformers Comic Magazine}}
	[[Category:Comics]]		[[Category:Comics]]

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			{{disambig2\|the American newsstand publication\|the insanity that Condor Verlag wrought upon an unsuspecting Germany\|Transformers Comic-Magazin}}
	[[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]		[[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]
	'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.		'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.

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	[[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]		[[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]
	'''The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.		'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.

	Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the [[Transformers Universe ~~(Marvel comic)~~\|Transformers Universe]] series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.		Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the ''[[The Transformers Universe\|Transformers Universe]]'' series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.

	{\|~~style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align~~=~~center id=toc~~		{{chapters\|title=''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' issues:\|content=
	~~!align=center bgcolor=#6699CC\|~~''~~'<font color="white">Marvel US~~ Transformers Magazine ~~Issues:</font>~~'''		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 1\|#1]]
	\|~~- align~~=~~"center"~~		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 2\|#2]]
	\|\| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 1\|#1]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 2\|#2]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 3\|#3]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 4\|#4]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 5\|#5]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 6\|#6]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 7\|#7]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 8\|#8]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 9\|#9]] \| [[The Transformers ~~Comic~~ Magazine issue 10\|#10]]		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 3\|#3]]
	\|}		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 4\|#4]]
	~~{{-~~}}		*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 5\|#5]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 6\|#6]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 7\|#7]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 8\|#8]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 9\|#9]]
			*[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 10\|#10]]
			}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[Image:Transformers_Digest-Contents.jpg\|~~right~~\|thumb\|300px\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]		[[Image:Transformers_Digest-Contents.jpg\|left\|thumb\|300px\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]
	* The covers of the digests, were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.		* The covers of the digests, were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.
	* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.		* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.
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	{{DEFAULTSORT:Transformers Comic Magazine}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Transformers Comic Magazine}}
	[[Category:~~Comics~~]]		[[Category:Generation 1 comic compilations]]
			[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]

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	'''The Transformers Comic Magazine''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.		'''The Transformers Comic Magazine''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest_size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.

	Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[~~Generation 1~~ (Marvel ~~Comics~~)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)\|Transformers Universe]] series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.		Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)\|Transformers Universe]] series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.

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	{{disambig2\|the American newsstand publication\|the insanity that Condor Verlag wrought upon an unsuspecting Germany\|Transformers Comic-Magazin}}		{{disambig2\|the American newsstand publication\|the insanity that Condor Verlag wrought upon an unsuspecting Germany\|Transformers Comic-Magazin}}
	[[~~Image~~:Tf digest 9.jpg\|~~right\|300px~~\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]		[[File:Tf digest 9.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]]
	'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:~~digest_size~~\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.		'''''The Transformers Comics Magazine''''' is a ten-issue, bi-monthly [[wikipedia:digest size\|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand and direct market from January 1987 to July 1988. Think Archie Comic Digest with changing robots.

	Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the ''[[The Transformers Universe\|Transformers Universe]]'' series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.		Priced at US$1.50 / CDN$1.75, each issue collected 2 issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the ''[[The Transformers Universe\|Transformers Universe]]'' series, with only limited in-house advertisements. The ten issues produced covered the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[~~Image~~:~~Transformers_Digest~~-Contents.jpg~~\|right~~\|thumb\|~~300px~~\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]		[[File:Transformers Digest-Contents.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.67\|Clearly the Reader's Digest Large Type version on the right.]]
	* The covers of the digests were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.		* The covers of the digests were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used.
	* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.		* The first four issues of the Digest carried blank inside covers and ran standard publishing information at the bottom of the first page. Starting at #5, the Digests moved to print a contents page on the inside cover, listing the issues of the comic reprinted and the editors involved. The inside back cover then depicted black and white art from previous issues.
	* Digest #9's cover (pictured above) radically departed from the original coloring of issue #17. The hellish colors ''may'' have been considered inappropriate for the entry-level newsstand market. (The other issue in that edition, #18, featured a non-key background on its cover significantly more complicated to re-create than the other Digest re-colorings.)		* Digest #9's cover (pictured above) radically departed from the original coloring of issue #17. The hellish colors ''may'' have been considered inappropriate for the entry-level newsstand market. (The other issue in that edition, #18, featured a non-key background on its cover significantly more complicated to re-create than the other Digest re-colorings.)
	* Advertisements in Transformers Digest imply [[~~The_Transformers_~~(~~Marvel_comic~~)\|The Transformers Comic]] was part of Marvel's [[wikipedia:~~Star_Comics~~\|Star Comics]] kid-oriented comic line. Transformers was never published under the Star imprint.		* Advertisements in Transformers Digest imply [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers Comic]] was part of Marvel's [[wikipedia:Star Comics\|Star Comics]] kid-oriented comic line. Transformers was never published under the Star imprint.

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Comics Magazine}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Comics Magazine}}
	[[Category:Generation 1 comic compilations]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 comic compilations]]
	[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]		[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]