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	[[Image:Tf commag 21.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Soundwave was mostly surprised by the gigantic [[Xaaron\|Emirate Xaaron]] statue.]]		[[Image:Tf commag 21.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Soundwave was mostly surprised by the gigantic [[Xaaron (G1)\|Emirate Xaaron]] statue.]]

	'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin''''' ("Transformers Comic Magazine") is a German comic book series published by [[Condor Verlag]], following the ''[[Die Transformer]]'' series that reprinted the first four issues of ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers]]''. ''Comic-Magazin'' was more successful than its predecessor, going on for 24 issues as opposed to only three ''Die Transformers'' issues.		'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin''''' ("Transformers Comic Magazine") is a German comic book series published by [[Condor Verlag]], following the ''[[Die Transformer]]'' series that reprinted the first four issues of ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers]]''. ''Comic-Magazin'' was more successful than its predecessor, going on for 24 issues as opposed to only three ''Die Transformers'' issues.

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	==References==		==References==
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	'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin''''' ("Transformers Comic Magazine") is a German comic book series published by [[Condor Verlag]], following the ''[[Die Transformer]]'' series that reprinted the first four issues of ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers]]''. ''Comic-Magazin'' was more successful than its predecessor, going on for 24 issues as opposed to only three ''Die Transformers'' issues.		'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin''''' ("Transformers Comic Magazine") is a German comic book series published by [[Condor Verlag]], following the ''[[Die Transformer]]'' series that reprinted the first four issues of ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers]]''. ''Comic-Magazin'' was more successful than its predecessor, going on for 24 issues as opposed to only three ''Die Transformers'' issues.

	''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' was published in Germany in A4 magazine format for 24 issues from ~~1989-1992~~ to coincide with the airing by RTL of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|cartoon]], the comic was a combination of Marvel US/UK reprints, original text stories, and puzzles.		''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' was published in Germany in A4 magazine format for 24 issues from 1989–1992 to coincide with the airing by RTL of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|cartoon]], the comic was a combination of Marvel US/UK reprints, original text stories, and puzzles.

	{{chapters\|title=''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' issues:'''\|content=		{{chapters\|title=''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' issues:'''\|content=
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	==Publication details==		==Publication details==
	*According to publishers, the standard production run for comics that promoted toy lines at that time, such as ''BraveStarr'', ''Action Force'', ''Ring Raiders'' or ''Transformers'' (many of which were released by Condor under one of their many alternate names) ranged between 60,000 and 110,000 copies. Between 40-60% were typically shipped back as unsold stock<ref name="handbuchmedien">"Handbuch Medienerziehung", German-language book on media influence on children, partially available at [http://books.google.de/books?id=mWLq6NGcKnkC Google Books].</ref> (and often ended up being re-released as "collected editions" with new covers).		*According to publishers, the standard production run for comics that promoted toy lines at that time, such as ''BraveStarr'', ''Action Force'', ''Ring Raiders'' or ''Transformers'' (many of which were released by Condor under one of their many alternate names) ranged between 60,000 and 110,000 copies. Between 40 and 60% were typically shipped back as unsold stock<ref name="handbuchmedien">"Handbuch Medienerziehung", German-language book on media influence on children, partially available at [http://books.google.de/books?id=mWLq6NGcKnkC Google Books].</ref> (and often ended up being re-released as "collected editions" with new covers).
	*Most of these toy tie-in comics were commercial failures, while others such as ''He-Man'' kept changing publishers. The ''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' was an exception, lasting on the market for over three years.<ref name="handbuchmedien"/> Another successful example was the ''[[M.A.S.K.\|M.A.S.K. Comic-Magazin]]'' (published by Condor's "Interpart" imprint), which lasted for even more issues than the ''Transformers Comic-Magazin''.<ref name="maskde">[http://www.m-a-s-k.de/DeutscheComics.htm German M.A.S.K. comics] at m-a-s-k.de.</ref>		*Most of these toy tie-in comics were commercial failures, while others such as ''He-Man'' kept changing publishers. The ''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' was an exception, lasting on the market for over three years.<ref name="handbuchmedien"/> Another successful example was the ''[[M.A.S.K.\|M.A.S.K. Comic-Magazin]]'' (published by Condor's "Interpart" imprint), which lasted for even more issues than the ''Transformers Comic-Magazin''.<ref name="maskde">[http://www.m-a-s-k.de/DeutscheComics.htm German M.A.S.K. comics] at m-a-s-k.de.</ref>

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	*Following its discovery by the English-speaking Transformers online [[fandom]] (including its coverage on this very wiki), the wacky colors from ''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' ended up inspiring two toys released through [[Fun Publications]], the first being ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Straxus (SG)\|Straxus]] (inspired by the bizarre coloring of regular [[Straxus (G1)\|Straxus]]'s head on the cover of ''Comic-Magazin'' [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 10\|issue #10]]), the other being [[Blackcat (G1)\|Blackcat]] (inspired by a one-off "character" from a puzzle page in [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 18\|issue #18]], with some additional coloring inspirations taken from a recurring bizarrely colored rendition of [[Ravage (G1)\|Ravage]] that appeared on the covers of issues [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4\|#4]] and [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6\|#6]]).		*Following its discovery by the English-speaking Transformers online [[fandom]] (including its coverage on this very wiki), the wacky colors from ''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' ended up inspiring two toys released through [[Fun Publications]], the first being ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Straxus (SG)\|Straxus]] (inspired by the bizarre coloring of regular [[Straxus (G1)\|Straxus]]'s head on the cover of ''Comic-Magazin'' [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 10\|issue #10]]), the other being [[Blackcat (G1)\|Blackcat]] (inspired by a one-off "character" from a puzzle page in [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 18\|issue #18]], with some additional coloring inspirations taken from a recurring bizarrely colored rendition of [[Ravage (G1)\|Ravage]] that appeared on the covers of issues [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4\|#4]] and [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6\|#6]]).

	==~~Footnotes~~==		==References==
	~~<references />~~		{{reflist\|2}}

	[[Category:Comic-Magazin issues\| ]]		[[Category:Comic-Magazin issues\| ]]

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	[[Image:Tf commag 21.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Soundwave was mostly surprised by the gigantic Emirate Xaaron statue.]]		[[Image:Tf commag 21.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Soundwave was mostly surprised by the gigantic [[Xaaron\|Emirate Xaaron]] statue.]]

	'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin''''' ("Transformers Comic Magazine") is a German comic book series published by [[Condor Verlag]], following the ''[[Die Transformer]]'' series that reprinted the first four issues of ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers]]''. ''Comic-Magazin'' was more successful than its predecessor, going on for 24 issues as opposed to only three ''Die Transformers'' issues.		'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin''''' ("Transformers Comic Magazine") is a German comic book series published by [[Condor Verlag]], following the ''[[Die Transformer]]'' series that reprinted the first four issues of ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers]]''. ''Comic-Magazin'' was more successful than its predecessor, going on for 24 issues as opposed to only three ''Die Transformers'' issues.
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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	===Covers===		===Covers===
			Perhaps the most striking thing about ''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' was the covers. Mostly redrawn from traced images, they usually bore little or no relation to the contents, and contained bizarrely coloured renditions of various characters. For some reason, images of Optimus Prime were usually redrawn from Soundwave. And there were often some random humans regardless of whether humans actually appeared in the story or not.

	~~Perhaps the most striking thing about~~ ''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' was the covers. Mostly redrawn from traced images, they usually bore little or no relation to the contents, and contained bizarrely coloured renditions of various characters. For some reason, images of Optimus Prime were usually redrawn from Soundwave. And there were often some random humans regardless of whether humans actually appeared in the story or not.		====Gallery====
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			''[[:Category:Transformers Comic-Magazin covers\|Click for extended cover gallery]]''</center>

	===Reprints===		===Reprints===
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			[[Image:Tf commag 10.JPG\|right\|100px\|thumb\|Well, either way it's a [[Resurrection!\|shattered glass version]] of him.]][[Image:BlackcatCovers.jpg\|right\|100px\|thumb\|''You'' tell him he's not black enough.]]
	*Following its discovery by the English-speaking Transformers online [[fandom]] (including its coverage on this very wiki), the wacky colors from ''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' ended up inspiring two toys released through [[Fun Publications]], the first being ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Straxus (SG)\|Straxus]] (inspired by the bizarre coloring of regular [[Straxus (G1)\|Straxus]]'s head on the cover of ''Comic-Magazin'' [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 10\|issue #10]]), the other being [[Blackcat (G1)\|Blackcat]] (inspired by a one-off "character" from a puzzle page in [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 18\|issue #18]], with some additional coloring inspirations taken from a recurring bizarrely colored rendition of [[Ravage (G1)\|Ravage]] that appeared on the covers of issues [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4\|#4]] and [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6\|#6]]).		*Following its discovery by the English-speaking Transformers online [[fandom]] (including its coverage on this very wiki), the wacky colors from ''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' ended up inspiring two toys released through [[Fun Publications]], the first being ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Straxus (SG)\|Straxus]] (inspired by the bizarre coloring of regular [[Straxus (G1)\|Straxus]]'s head on the cover of ''Comic-Magazin'' [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 10\|issue #10]]), the other being [[Blackcat (G1)\|Blackcat]] (inspired by a one-off "character" from a puzzle page in [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 18\|issue #18]], with some additional coloring inspirations taken from a recurring bizarrely colored rendition of [[Ravage (G1)\|Ravage]] that appeared on the covers of issues [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4\|#4]] and [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6\|#6]]).

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-[[Image:TFcommagteam.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The ''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' team, looking for more horrors to inflict upon the world.]]
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	*There are some hilarious name misspellings. [[Hosehead (G1)\|Hosehead]] is consistently written as "Horsehead", [[Finback]] is "Funback", [[Bomb-Burst (G1)\|Bomb-Burst]] is "Bombursi", and [[Submarauder (G1)\|Submarauder]] is "Submaroder". These are not isolated incidents, these occur in every issue in which these characters appear!		*There are some hilarious name misspellings. [[Hosehead (G1)\|Hosehead]] is consistently written as "Horsehead", [[Finback]] is "Funback", [[Bomb-Burst (G1)\|Bomb-Burst]] is "Bombursi", and [[Submarauder (G1)\|Submarauder]] is "Submaroder". These are not isolated incidents, these occur in every issue in which these characters appear!
	*Oftentimes, characters get assigned to the wrong factions.		*Oftentimes, characters get assigned to the wrong factions.
	*Through either design or accident, several new characters are introduced. These are [[Stealth]], who gets a rather large role; [[Ground Shaker]], who gets a medium sized role; [[Clockwise]], who gets a tiny role; a [[Throttlebot]] helicopter simply named "[[Throttlebot (individual)\|Throttlebot]]" (!), who also gets a tiny role; an Autobot subgroup named the [[Predabot]]s~~, who also get a tiny role;~~ a Decepticon named [[Airstriker]], who ~~gets a~~ tiny ~~role; and [[Blackcat (G1)\|Blackcat]] who gets to present a puzzle page~~.		*Through either design or accident, several new characters are introduced. These are [[Stealth]], who gets a rather large role; [[Ground Shaker]], who gets a medium sized role; [[Clockwise]], who gets a tiny role; a [[Throttlebot]] helicopter simply named "[[Throttlebot (individual)\|Throttlebot]]" (!), who also gets a tiny role; and [[Blackcat (G1)\|Blackcat]] who gets to present a puzzle page. The text stories published in the complementary ''[[Transformers Comic-Taschenbuch]]'' further add an Autobot subgroup named the [[Predabot]]s and a Decepticon named [[Airstriker]], who both get tiny roles.

	===Puzzles===		===Puzzles===

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	*There are some hilarious name misspellings. [[Hosehead (G1)\|Hosehead]] is consistently written as "Horsehead", [[Finback]] is "Funback", [[Bomb-Burst (G1)\|Bomb-Burst]] is "Bombursi", and [[Submarauder (G1)\|Submarauder]] is "Submaroder". These are not isolated incidents, these occur in every issue in which these characters appear!		*There are some hilarious name misspellings. [[Hosehead (G1)\|Hosehead]] is consistently written as "Horsehead", [[Finback]] is "Funback", [[Bomb-Burst (G1)\|Bomb-Burst]] is "Bombursi", and [[Submarauder (G1)\|Submarauder]] is "Submaroder". These are not isolated incidents, these occur in every issue in which these characters appear!
	*Oftentimes, characters get assigned to the wrong factions.		*Oftentimes, characters get assigned to the wrong factions.
	*Through either design or accident, several new characters are introduced. These are [[Stealth]], who gets a rather large role; [[Ground Shaker]], who gets a medium sized role; [[Clockwise]], who gets a tiny role; a [[Throttlebot]] helicopter simply named "[[Throttlebot (individual)\|Throttlebot]]" (!), who also gets a tiny role; and [[Blackcat (G1)\|Blackcat]] who gets to present a puzzle page.		*Through either design or accident, several new characters are introduced. These are [[Stealth]], who gets a rather large role; [[Ground Shaker]], who gets a medium sized role; [[Clockwise]], who gets a tiny role; a [[Throttlebot]] helicopter simply named "[[Throttlebot (individual)\|Throttlebot]]" (!), who also gets a tiny role; an Autobot subgroup named the [[Predabot]]s, who also get a tiny role; a Decepticon named [[Airstriker]], who gets a tiny role; and [[Blackcat (G1)\|Blackcat]] who gets to present a puzzle page.

	===Puzzles===		===Puzzles===

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	Due to the stories being written in 1989-1992, there is a rather interesting cast dynamic. The Autobots are led by Powermaster Optimus Prime, with the Autobot Double Targetmasters appearing in nearly every story. The Autobot Powermasters, Sparkler Minibots and Cloudburst, Landmine and Waverider are also regulars. Bumblebee appears until he is turned into Goldbug in the comic, where he becomes Goldbug in the text stories. The Decepticons meanwhile are led jointly by Megatron and Shockwave, in a nod to the early Marvel US stories which the comic had been reprinting.		Due to the stories being written in 1989-1992, there is a rather interesting cast dynamic. The Autobots are led by Powermaster Optimus Prime, with the Autobot Double Targetmasters appearing in nearly every story. The Autobot Powermasters, Sparkler Minibots and Cloudburst, Landmine and Waverider are also regulars. Bumblebee appears until he is turned into Goldbug in the comic, where he becomes Goldbug in the text stories. The Decepticons meanwhile are led jointly by Megatron and Shockwave, in a nod to the early Marvel US stories which the comic had been reprinting.

	The text story in [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 23\|issue #23]] is something else entirely—it's a text story originally written with ''another'' licensed property in mind, namely Condor's ''Thundercats Comic-Magazin'' that was canceled after only six issues, with the names of characters and locations (inconsistently) swapped out for ''Transformers''-related names, resulting in an utterly bizarre scenario far removed from any other Transformers fiction. Likewise, several other stories are either partially of entirely recycled from/for Condor's ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)\|M.A.S.K.]] Comic-Magazin'', published not as "Condor" but as "Interpart".		The text story in [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 23\|issue #23]] is something else entirely—it's a text story originally written with ''another'' licensed property in mind, namely Condor's ''Thundercats Comic-Magazin'' that was canceled after only six issues, with the names of characters and locations (inconsistently) swapped out for ''Transformers''-related names, resulting in an utterly bizarre scenario far removed from any other Transformers fiction. Likewise, several other stories are either partially or entirely recycled from/for Condor's ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)\|M.A.S.K.]] Comic-Magazin'', published not as "Condor" but as "Interpart".

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	Due to the stories being written in 1989-1992, there is a rather interesting cast dynamic. The Autobots are led by Powermaster Optimus Prime, with the Autobot Double Targetmasters appearing in nearly every story. The Autobot Powermasters, Sparkler Minibots and Cloudburst, Landmine and Waverider are also regulars. Bumblebee appears until he is turned into Goldbug in the comic, where he becomes Goldbug in the text stories. The Decepticons meanwhile are led jointly by Megatron and Shockwave, in a nod to the early Marvel US stories which the comic had been reprinting.		Due to the stories being written in 1989-1992, there is a rather interesting cast dynamic. The Autobots are led by Powermaster Optimus Prime, with the Autobot Double Targetmasters appearing in nearly every story. The Autobot Powermasters, Sparkler Minibots and Cloudburst, Landmine and Waverider are also regulars. Bumblebee appears until he is turned into Goldbug in the comic, where he becomes Goldbug in the text stories. The Decepticons meanwhile are led jointly by Megatron and Shockwave, in a nod to the early Marvel US stories which the comic had been reprinting.

	The text story in [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 23\|issue #23]] is something else entirely—it's a text story originally written with ''another'' licensed property in mind, namely Condor's ''Thundercats Comic-Magazin'' that was canceled after only six issues, with the names of characters and locations (inconsistently) swapped out for ''Transformers''-related names, resulting in an utterly bizarre scenario far removed from any other Transformers fiction. Likewise, several other stories are either partially of entirely recycled from/for Condor's ''M.A.S.K. Comic-Magazin'', published not as "Condor" but as "Interpart".		The text story in [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 23\|issue #23]] is something else entirely—it's a text story originally written with ''another'' licensed property in mind, namely Condor's ''Thundercats Comic-Magazin'' that was canceled after only six issues, with the names of characters and locations (inconsistently) swapped out for ''Transformers''-related names, resulting in an utterly bizarre scenario far removed from any other Transformers fiction. Likewise, several other stories are either partially of entirely recycled from/for Condor's ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)\|M.A.S.K.]] Comic-Magazin'', published not as "Condor" but as "Interpart".

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	[[Image:Tf commag 21.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Soundwave was mostly surprised by the gigantic [[Xaaron\|Emirate Xaaron]] statue.]]		[[Image:Tf commag 21.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Soundwave was mostly surprised by the gigantic [[Xaaron (G1)\|Emirate Xaaron]] statue.]]

	'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin''''' ("Transformers Comic Magazine") is a German comic book series published by [[Condor Verlag]], following the ''[[Die Transformer]]'' series that reprinted the first four issues of ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers]]''. ''Comic-Magazin'' was more successful than its predecessor, going on for 24 issues as opposed to only three ''Die Transformers'' issues.		'''''Transformers Comic-Magazin''''' ("Transformers Comic Magazine") is a German comic book series published by [[Condor Verlag]], following the ''[[Die Transformer]]'' series that reprinted the first four issues of ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|The Transformers]]''. ''Comic-Magazin'' was more successful than its predecessor, going on for 24 issues as opposed to only three ''Die Transformers'' issues.