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|caption=You'd be angry too if Grimlock's toe took up your valuable cover space. | |caption=You'd be angry too if Grimlock's toe took up your valuable cover space. | ||
|publisher=[[Titan Books]] | |publisher=[[Titan Books]] | ||
|date=[[ | |date=[[September 27|27 September]] [[2002]] (TPB)<br>[[October 25|25 October]] 2002 (HC) | ||
|writer=[[Simon Furman]] | |writer=[[Simon Furman]] | ||
|pencilers=[[Manny Galan]], [[Derek Yaniger]] & [[Andrew Wildman]] | |pencilers=[[Manny Galan]], [[Derek Yaniger]] & [[Andrew Wildman]] | ||
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==Items of Note== | ==Items of Note== | ||
*Omits Marvel ''Transformers: Generation 2'' #0, "[[Ghosts]]", a promotional issue | *Omits Marvel ''Transformers: Generation 2'' #0, "[[Ghosts]]", a promotional issue released prior to #1 and later reprinted as a backup story in #2. It was not part of the ongoing storyline. | ||
*Rather than slotting between individual issues as "chapter headers," the covers for #1–3 are positioned amongst the story pages of #1 in order to space out the issue's numerous double-page spreads. | *Rather than slotting between individual issues as "chapter headers," the covers for #1–3 are positioned amongst the story pages of #1 in order to space out the issue's numerous double-page spreads. | ||
==Covers== | ==Covers== | ||
*'''TPB cover art:''' [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s toe and half of the [[Liege Maximo]], by [[Andrew Wildman|Andy Wildman]]. | *'''TPB cover art:''' [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s toe and half of the [[Liege Maximo]], by [[Andrew Wildman|Andy Wildman]]. | ||
*'''Hardback cover art:''' Megatron and the graves of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1) | *'''Hardback cover art:''' Megatron and the graves of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], by [[John Byrne]] and [[Chris Blythe]]. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Dark designs tpb cover.jpg|'''TPB''' | File:Dark designs tpb cover.jpg|'''TPB''' | ||
Latest revision as of 18:48, 10 November 2024
| The name or term "Dark Designs" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Dark Designs (disambiguation). |
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| Transformers: Dark Designs | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Titan Books | ||||||||||||
| First published | 27 September 2002 (TPB) 25 October 2002 (HC) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Simon Furman | ||||||||||||
| Pencilers | Manny Galan, Derek Yaniger & Andrew Wildman | ||||||||||||
| Inkers | Derek Yaniger, Jim Amash, Marie Severin & Stephen Baskerville | ||||||||||||
| Colorists | Sarra Mossoff & Chia-Chi Wang | ||||||||||||
| Letterers | Richard Starkings & John Gaushell | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Rob Tokar | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 1-84023-527-6 (HC) | ||||||||||||
| TPB ISBN | ISBN 1-84023-525-X | ||||||||||||
| Price | $19.95, £14.99 | ||||||||||||
| Printed in | Italy | ||||||||||||
Transformers: Dark Designs, published by Titan Books, is the name of the first Generation 2 trade paperback, which contains the first six issues of the original US Transformers comics published by Marvel.
Contents
[edit]- "Eating My Words", a preface by Simon Furman
- "Prophetic Words," a preface by Richard Starkings
- A recap of the Generation 1 series
- A recap of the G.I. Joe issues leading into Generation 2
- "War Without End!"
- "All or Nothing!"
- "Primal Fear!"
- "Devices and Desires!"
- "The Power and the Glory"
- "The Gathering Darkness"
- Cover Gallery
Items of Note
[edit]- Omits Marvel Transformers: Generation 2 #0, "Ghosts", a promotional issue released prior to #1 and later reprinted as a backup story in #2. It was not part of the ongoing storyline.
- Rather than slotting between individual issues as "chapter headers," the covers for #1–3 are positioned amongst the story pages of #1 in order to space out the issue's numerous double-page spreads.
Covers
[edit]- TPB cover art: Megatron, Swoop, Bludgeon, Grimlock's toe and half of the Liege Maximo, by Andy Wildman.
- Hardback cover art: Megatron and the graves of Starscream, Bludgeon, Fortress Maximus and Optimus Prime, by John Byrne and Chris Blythe.
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TPB -
Hardcover
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[edit]- Transformers: Rage in Heaven
- 2001 Robots in Disguise toyline
- Dreamwave Transformers: the Comic Book
- The Engine
