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==Contents==
==Contents==
*Front Papers: [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] vs the Decepticons
*Front Papers: [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] vs the Decepticons
*''Safeguard your annual''
*''Safeguard your annual''
*"[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]"
*"[[The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!]]"
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*The Transformers Puzzle Pathway: Answers
*The Transformers Puzzle Pathway: Answers
*"[[Peace]]"
*"[[Peace]]"
*Mini-Poster: [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]
*Mini-Poster: [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]
*AtoZ: [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]]
*AtoZ: [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]]


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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
===Front Papers===
===Front Papers===
The inside cover art depicts [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] fighting [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]], [[Apeface]], [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and...[[Triton]]? It's probably safe to say it's not meant to fit into continuity, anyway.
The inside cover art depicts [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] fighting [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]], [[Apeface]], [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and...[[Triton]]? It's probably safe to say it's not meant to fit into continuity, anyway.


===Safeguard your annual===
===Safeguard your annual===

Revision as of 09:47, 27 February 2016

Transformers Annual

He's gonna party like it's 1989.
Transformers Annual 1989
Publisher Marvel Comics
First published September 1988
Cover date 1989
Editor Chris Francis
Designer Gary Gilbert
Cover Lee Sullivan
Inside cover Dan Reed/John Burns
Continuity Marvel Comics continuity
ISBN 0-948936-83-5
Page count 64
Price £3.95
Printed in Belgium

The Transformers Annual 1989 was published in the UK by Marvel Comics Ltd in September 1988.

Contents


Synopsis

Front Papers

The inside cover art depicts Highbrow and Rodimus Prime fighting Mindwipe, Snapdragon, Apeface, Scorponok, Galvatron, Megatron and...Triton? It's probably safe to say it's not meant to fit into continuity, anyway.

Safeguard your annual

Who's ticklish?

The first page exhorts the reader to "Safeguard your Annual from the Firecons!" and features artwork from issue #152. The Decepticon High Command has decreed that the Annual is anti-Decepticon and has sent the Firecons from Cybertron to incinerate all copies. Only by signing an Autobot citizenship card can the reader gain the protection of Emirate Xaaron.

The Saga of the Transformers — So Far!

A text story recapping the history of the comic. Two years ago, Adam Reynolds accidentally hacked into the Decepticon mainframe computer and learnt about the Autobot-Decepticon war. Now he hacks into the Autobot mainframe and gets an all new summary.

Altered Image!

Continuing on from #189, Megatron and Galvatron finally come face to face, which then leads into Time Wars

Mini-Poster: Megatron and Brawl

Taken from the cover of issue #107.

Prime Bomb!

Text story about a smart bomb trained on Optimus Prime.

The Transformers Puzzle Pathway!

This year the quiz is laid out as a winding path and the questions are divided into categories (straight, cryptic, picture etc.).

All in the Minds!

It's Scorponok vs Highbrow, in a story which concludes in Time Wars.

Mini-Poster: Scorponok and Highbrow

Taken from the cover of issue #157.

Peace

In the far future the Autobots finally win the war against the Decepticons...but everything doesn't go as planned.

Errors

Is his weapon called an Overbite Cannon, then?
  • Continuing a trend from issues #152 and #160 of the main title, Overbite is again called 'Jawbreaker' on his AtoZ page, despite his toy being released under the name "Overbite" in the UK and the rest of Europe just like in the US.


Items of note

The cover used was Lee Sullivan's second attempt at the cover. The first version was used as the cover of #157 (and printed as a mini poster in this Annual).