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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
===Front Papers=== | |||
Two page inside cover poster of the Dinobots, originally given away as an A2 poster in [[Repeat_Performance!|issue #28]] | |||
==="This book belongs to"=== | |||
Page for the lucky owner to write their name. The page is filled out with the Autobot and Decepticon logos. | |||
===In the Beginning...=== | |||
Subtitled ''The story of the Transformers ... So far'', this is a text story recapping the history of the comic. Teen hacker [[Adam Reynolds]] logs into the Decepticon mainframe and reads an overview of the Autobot/Decepticon war. | |||
===To a Power Unknown!=== | |||
A mysterious force causes the Autobots and Decepticons to change sides! | |||
===Datafile: Optimus Prime=== | |||
Profile of Optimus, similar to the [[Transformers AtoZ]] and [[Fact File]] series that ran in the comic, but this was styled as if it was a file being accessed from a mainframe, to tie it into the ''In the Beginning...'' story. | |||
===The Return of the Transformers=== | |||
[[Danny Phillips]] is obsessed with the Transformers having been rescued by [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] in the previous [[Missing in Action|Annual]]. While taking a walk, wanders into an abandoned nearby power plant and finds a bunch of Decepticons. | |||
===The Transformers Threeplay Quiz=== | |||
Eight questions, each split into three parts of increasing difficulty, all general franchise questions (eg: Who pressed the fateful button that sent the Ark hurtling towards Earth?). | |||
The answers are on the following page. | |||
===Datafile: Megatron=== | |||
Profile of Megatronin the same style as the Optimus profile. | |||
===State Games=== | |||
One of the more influential stories in the comics, this is a text story focusing on the early days of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], when Megatron was a gladiator in the State Games. | |||
===Victory!=== | |||
Following the events in [[Dinobot Hunt!]], the Dinobots dream about dying in battle while in a coma-like state. | |||
===The Mission=== | |||
Text story wherein Jazz rushes to save Hoist in barren Alaska, who had fallen abandoned human mineshaft while tracking the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. | |||
===Who's Who: Autobot and Decepticon=== | |||
Reprints of the Who's Who features from issues [[Dinobot Hunt!|#48]] and [[Rock and Roll-Out!|#53-54]] | |||
==Items of note== | ==Items of note== | ||
Revision as of 13:07, 8 February 2015
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| Transformers Annual 1987 | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | September 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Compiled and Edited by | Sheila Cranna | ||||||||||||
| Designed by | Steve Cook | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0-86227-331-5 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 64 | ||||||||||||
| Price | £3.50 | ||||||||||||
The Transformers Annual 1987 was published in the UK by Marvel Comics Ltd. in September 1986.
Contents
- Front Papers: Dinobots
- "This book belongs to"
- In the Beginning...
- To a Power Unknown!
- Datafile: Optimus Prime
- The Return of the Transformers
- The Transformers Threeplay Quiz
- Datafile: Megatron
- State Games
- Victory!
- The Mission
- Who's Who: Autobot and Decepticon
Synopsis
Front Papers
Two page inside cover poster of the Dinobots, originally given away as an A2 poster in issue #28
"This book belongs to"
Page for the lucky owner to write their name. The page is filled out with the Autobot and Decepticon logos.
In the Beginning...
Subtitled The story of the Transformers ... So far, this is a text story recapping the history of the comic. Teen hacker Adam Reynolds logs into the Decepticon mainframe and reads an overview of the Autobot/Decepticon war.
To a Power Unknown!
A mysterious force causes the Autobots and Decepticons to change sides!
Datafile: Optimus Prime
Profile of Optimus, similar to the Transformers AtoZ and Fact File series that ran in the comic, but this was styled as if it was a file being accessed from a mainframe, to tie it into the In the Beginning... story.
The Return of the Transformers
Danny Phillips is obsessed with the Transformers having been rescued by Inferno in the previous Annual. While taking a walk, wanders into an abandoned nearby power plant and finds a bunch of Decepticons.
The Transformers Threeplay Quiz
Eight questions, each split into three parts of increasing difficulty, all general franchise questions (eg: Who pressed the fateful button that sent the Ark hurtling towards Earth?). The answers are on the following page.
Datafile: Megatron
Profile of Megatronin the same style as the Optimus profile.
State Games
One of the more influential stories in the comics, this is a text story focusing on the early days of Cybertron, when Megatron was a gladiator in the State Games.
Victory!
Following the events in Dinobot Hunt!, the Dinobots dream about dying in battle while in a coma-like state.
The Mission
Text story wherein Jazz rushes to save Hoist in barren Alaska, who had fallen abandoned human mineshaft while tracking the Constructicons.
Who's Who: Autobot and Decepticon
Reprints of the Who's Who features from issues #48 and #53-54
