The Transformers Classics UK Volume 2

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The Transformers Classics UK Volume 2
Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	March 21, 2012
Writer	Simon Furman
Artists	Jeff Anderson, Barry Kitson, Tim Perkins, Will Simpson, John Stokes & Andrew Wildman (cover)
Colours	Jeff Anderson, John Burns, T.M. Cooks, Josie Firmin, Gina Hart, Tony Jozwiak, Stuart Place & Steve Whitaker
Letterers	Annie Halfacree, Mike Scott & Richard Starkings
Editors	Ian Rimmer
Continuity	Marvel Comics continuity
ISBN	ISBN 161377141X ISBN 978-1613771419
Page count	308
Price	$29.99 USD

The Transformers Classics UK Volume 2, published by IDW Publishing, is the second in a series of eight collections aiming to reprint the Marvel UK Transformers stories in order of publication, including the Annuals. James Roberts provides in-depth historical perspective in each volume and new cover art is provided by Andrew Wildman. As well as continued in-depth introductory commentaries for each story, there is a two page interview with James Hill about the creation of State Games along with Hill's rejected pitch to IDW for a single issue adaptation of the story.

Contents

• A Complete History of Transformers UK, Part 2: Second Generation
• "The Icarus Theory"
• "Dinobot Hunt!"
• "Victory!"
• Optimus Prime fact file from 1987 Annual
• The Special Teams Have Arrived
• "Robot Buster!"
• "Devastation Derby!"
• "Robot War III"
• "Second Generation!"
• Megatron fact file from 1987 Annual
• "And Now... The Dinobots" fact file from issue #74
• "In the National Interest"
• "In the Beginning..."
• "To a Power Unknown!"
• "The Return of the Transformers"
• "The Mission"
• "State Games"
• Adverts and Ephemera

Errors

• Pages 9 and 11 of The Icarus Theory part 2 are swapped.
• The Transformations column on page 18, credited as being from #73, is in fact the Transformations column of #71, repeated from page 13.