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{{disambig2|the Titan Books trade paperback|the original Marvel UK comics|Target: 2006}}
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|caption="I hate it when someone hides my toilet!"
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|publisher=[[Titan Books]]
|publisher=[[Titan Books]]
|date=[[October 9|9 October]] [[2002]]
|date=[[August 10|10 August]] [[2002]] (Transforce exclusive hardcover)<br>[[August 23|23 August]] 2002 (general release softcover)
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Jeff Anderson]], [[Geoff Senior]], [[Ron Smith]]
|art=[[Jeff Anderson]], [[Geoff Senior]], [[Ron Smith]]
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==Contents==
==Contents==
*An introductory essay dealing with the UK comic from its beginnings up to "Target: 2006" (issues #1–77) and a little background on Marvel UK and its creators, explaining how UK publishing schedules differed from US ones and thus why the UK received so much exclusive original material.
*"Transformers UK", an introductory essay dealing with the UK comic from its beginnings up to "Target: 2006" (issues #1–77) and a little background on Marvel UK and its creators, explaining how UK publishing schedules differed from US ones and thus why the UK received so much exclusive original material.
*"Target: 2006"
*"Transformers: The Movie", an essay summarising (unsurprisingly) ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', contextualising it as part of the comic's timeline (and its relation to "Target: 2006" in particular.
*Covers
*"[[Target: 2006]]" prologue, parts 1-4
*"[[Cybertron: The Middle Years!|Cybertron: The Middle Years]]"
*"Target: 2006" part 5
*Reproduced cover to ''The Transformers'' issue 84
*"Target: 2006" parts 6-9, epilogue


==Cover==
==Covers==
*Cover art: A squatting [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], flanked by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], with [[Unicron]] looming behind; art by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Oliver Harud]].
*'''Hardcover''': [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] sets off [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]; art by [[Lee Sullivan]], exclusive to [[Unofficial conventions|Transforce]] 2002.
*'''Softcover''': A squatting Galvatron, flanked by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], with [[Unicron]] looming behind; art by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Oliver Harud]].
 
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File:TransforceTitanTarget2006hc.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: Target: 2006]]'' hardcover''' (Titan Books, 2002; Transforce 2002 exclusive)
File:TitanTarget2006tpb.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: Target: 2006]]'' TPB''' (Titan Books, 2002)
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==Notes==
==Notes==
*TBD
*"Transformers: The Movie" erroneously dates the film's release to 1985.


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[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 comic compilations]]
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[[Category:Titan Books trade paperbacks]]
[[Category:Titan Books trade paperbacks]]

Latest revision as of 03:29, 7 November 2025

The name or term "Target: 2006" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Target: 2006 (disambiguation).
The Transformers UK Colour TPB

"I hate it when someone hides my toilet!"
Transformers: Target: 2006
Publisher Titan Books
First published 10 August 2002 (Transforce exclusive hardcover)
23 August 2002 (general release softcover)
Writer Simon Furman
Art Jeff Anderson, Geoff Senior, Ron Smith
Pencillers Will Simpson
Inkers Tim Perkins
Colorists John Burns, Gina Hart, Tony Jozwiak
Letterers Annie Halfacree, Richard Starkings
Editors Ian Rimmer
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity
TPB ISBN ISBN 1840235101
ISBN 978-1840235101
Price $19.95, £14.99
Printed in Italy

Transformers: Target: 2006, published by Titan Books, is the first trade paperback in their reprint series of colour Marvel UK comics. It contains, appropriately, the "Target: 2006" eleven-issue story.

Contents

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  • "Transformers UK", an introductory essay dealing with the UK comic from its beginnings up to "Target: 2006" (issues #1–77) and a little background on Marvel UK and its creators, explaining how UK publishing schedules differed from US ones and thus why the UK received so much exclusive original material.
  • "Transformers: The Movie", an essay summarising (unsurprisingly) The Transformers: The Movie, contextualising it as part of the comic's timeline (and its relation to "Target: 2006" in particular.
  • "Target: 2006" prologue, parts 1-4
  • "Cybertron: The Middle Years"
  • "Target: 2006" part 5
  • Reproduced cover to The Transformers issue 84
  • "Target: 2006" parts 6-9, epilogue

Covers

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Advertisements

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Notes

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  • "Transformers: The Movie" erroneously dates the film's release to 1985.