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Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection is a fortnightly eighty-volume patchwork from Hatchette, edited by Simon Furman. Partworks are a Hatchette speciality: a series will be collected out of order (the first Definitive was Volume 6) for commercial purposes but can be collected on your shelf in order with a fancy picture on the collective spines.

The plan is to republish all Generation 1 comics (as of 2016) and all of the original Marvel Comics run, UK and US, as one run again. Wow! That's great, right?

Only if you live in the United Kingdom and Ireland, suckers!

However as of August 2017, the subscription also became available in Australia.[3]

Each issue has a special cover and bonus content, and older strips will have recoloured artwork. Fantastic FREE! Gifts are provided for subscribers, to make you buy all of them; the fourth delivery for subscribers would have Autobrand and Deceptibrand bookends to hold your collection.

This was given a trial-run in parts of the UK before a national release started in early 2017. The first volume was a collection of Target 2006, coincidentally out on newsagents thirty years after the story originally ran!^[1] The extra features included character profiles and The Middle Years that ran in the original issues.

US reprints are taken from IDW's Transformers Classic 'remasters', complete with desperate attempts to 'fix' errors. Instead of running the black and white UK strips in their original form, John-Paul Bove has coloured them with emulations of both 1980s American and latter-day Marvel UK colouring techniques.^[2]

Volumes

Volume #	Issue#	Title	Contents	Bonus features
06	01	Target: 2006	Marvel UK #78-88, Marvel US #21-23	A guide to the launch of The Transformers: The Movie in the UK and its marketing purposes for Marvel UK.
36	02	Stormbringer	Spotlight: Shockwave, Spotlight: Soundwave, Stormbringer #1-4, Spotlight: Nightbeat, Spotlight: Hot Rod	An article on the beginning of IDW-verse production and several sketches by Figueroa.
16	03	The Primal Scream	Marvel UK #198, #213-222, Marvel US #56-61	An article by Bove on the colouring techniques used at Marvel UK and Marvel US in the 1980s, and how he emulated them for colourising the UK strips.
18	04	Edge of Extinction	Marvel US #67-75	An overview of Marvel's Unicron and a spotlight on Andrew Wildman.
29	05	The War Within	The War Within #1-6 and preview	Various character design sketches by Don Figueroa and an article on the making of The War Within
37	06	Escalation	Spotlight: Sixshot, Spotlight: Ultra Magnus, Escalation #1-6	Sketches by E. J. Su, bios on IDW Ultra Magnus & IDW Sixshot, an article on creating the IDW Spotlights, and an interview with Su
08	07	Wanted: Galvatron—Dead or Alive	Marvel US #27-28, Marvel UK #113-120, "Vicious Circle!"	An overview of the Marvel UK Annuals and a bio on Marvel Goldbug.
39	08	Hearts of Steel	Hearts of Steel #1-4, Spotlight: Galvatron, Spotlight: Optimus Prime, Spotlight: Mirage	Concept art by Guido Guidi and an article about the creation of Hearts of Steel
10	09	Trial by Fire	Headmasters #1-4, Marvel US #38-39, Marvel UK #130-132	A retrospective on the Headmasters miniseries and an overview of how Marvel UK handled toy marketing.
21	10	Regeneration One	Regeneration One #80.5-85	A commentary on issue #81 by Simon Furman, an overview on production leading up to Regeneration One, and several cover sketches.
31	11	The Iron Fist	Transformers/G.I. Joe #1-6	Various character design sketches by Figueroa and an overview of the many G.I. Joe crossovers across the comics.
50	12	Heart of Darkness	The Transformers: Infestation #1-2, Heart of Darkness #1-4	A post-mortem on "Zombots" across the various comics and a bio on IDW Hardhead.
59	13	Dark Cybertron, Part 1	Dark Cybertron one-shot, More than Meets the Eye #22-25, Robots in Disguise #23-24	A bio on the Titans and the making of Dark Cybertron with John Barber and James Roberts.
01	14	Power Play	Marvel US #1-4, Marvel UK #9-#21	The alternate ending of Marvel US #4, unused artwork from issue #1 by Frank Springer, and an overview of how Marvel UK first approached The Transformers.
26	15	War and Peace	War and Peace #1-6 and preview	Top 10 easter eggs for War and Peace and scorecards listing each faction and their crew members during the arc.
35	16	Primacy	Monstrosity #1-4, Primacy #1-4	An interview with Flint Dille about his work on the G1 cartoon and his involvement in the Autocracy trilogy.
64	17	Windblade	Windblade vol. 1 #1-4, The Transformers vol. 2 #35-38	A bio for Windblade, an overview of her conception, pictures of her Thrilling 30 toy, and early design sketches by Hasbro.
19	18	Perchance to Dream	Marvel UK #240-260, Marvel US #76-77	A Marvel UK Classic Heroes Competition! page, an overview of Marvel UK's background stories to the US series, an article on the "Two Megatrons!" confusion, and a bio on Marvel Thunderwing.
40	19	Maximum Dinobots	Maximum Dinobots #1-5, Spotlight: Grimlock, Spotlight: Wheelie	Dinobot sketches by Nick Roche and Klaus Scherwinski's Spotlight: Wheelie sketchbook.
22	20	Natural Selection	Regeneration One #86-90, "Peace"	An overview of the Marvel Generation 2 comic and several cover sketches.
46	21	Things Fall Apart	The Transformers vol. 1 #2-8	Character design sketches by Figueroa, an extract from Decepticomments from The Transformers #4 by Mike Costa, and a bio on IDW Swindle.
07	22	The Harder They Die	Marvel UK #96-104, Marvel US #24-26	An analysis of the many deaths of Optimus Prime in Generation 1.
33	23	Megatron: Origin	Megatron: Origin #1-4, Spotlight: Blurr, Spotlight: Orion Pax	A discussion of the production stages on Megatron: Origin by Eric Holmes.
14	24	Space Pirates	Marvel UK #172-173, #180-189, Marvel US #43 & #51, "Altered Image!"	How Marvel UK incorporated The Big Broadcast of 2006 into the timeline.
43	25	All Hail Megatron, Part 1	All Hail Megatron #1-8	An article on creating All Hail Megatron, character design sketches by Guidi, and the series pitch by Shane McCarthy.
52	26	The Death of Optimus Prime	The Transformers vol. 1 #24, 26, 28, 30, 31, The Death of Optimus Prime	An interview with James Roberts on how he worked his way up to become an ongoing writer, and character design sketches by Livio Ramondelli.
44	27	All Hail Megatron, Part 2	All Hail Megatron #9-16	A Decepticon Roll Call with mini-bios, and trivia about All Hail Megatron #13-16, pointing out notable plot points in the Coda issues.
20	28	End of the Road	Marvel UK #261-289, Marvel US #78-80

Notes

When the website launched, it accidentally credited Andrew Wlidman.
Copies of the first issue (volume 6 - this will get confusing in the long run) provided to general retail and initial subscribers have an error on the spine, with the black volume number box at the top being the wrong size. Subscribers received free corrected copies. Everyone who bought it at a newsagent has to wait for a replacement copy to be included with issue 7 (which is not volume 7, if you see). Hachette were seen giving away error-stricken copies for free at a signing event at a London comic shop.^[3]
This error shouldn't be confused with the change in spine art for the first four issues made between the limited trial run and the mass release^[4], which means that anyone who subscribed to the series from its trial will end up with three different copies of issue 1.

References

↑ Solar Pool: "The Target: 2006 book is already out... if it doesn’t [finish], Target: 2006 was back on at least some newsagents shelves towards the end of its 30th anniversary week. How cool is that?"
↑ "A Different Approach to Colour", Vol.16
↑ [1]
↑ [2]

External links

Official website

[1] Solar Pool: "The Target: 2006 book is already out... if it doesn’t [finish], Target: 2006 was back on at least some newsagents shelves towards the end of its 30th anniversary week. How cool is that?"

[2] "A Different Approach to Colour", Vol.16

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 | Regeneration One
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 | Dark Cybertron, Part 1
 | [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|''Dark Cybertron'' one-shot]], [[Little Victories|''More than Meets the Eye'' #22]]-[[No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|25]], [[Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|''Robots in Disguise'' #23-24]]
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 | War and Peace
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+| A bio for [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], an overview of her conception, pictures of her ''[[Transformers:_Generations#Thrilling_30_.282013.E2.80.932014.29|Thrilling 30]]'' toy, and early design sketches by Hasbro.
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+| A Marvel UK ''Classic Heroes Competition!'' page, an overview of Marvel UK's background stories to the US series, an article on the "[[Two Megatrons!]]" confusion, and a bio on [[Thunderwing_(G1)#Marvel_Comics_continuity|Marvel Thunderwing]].
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 | Maximum Dinobots
 | [[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|''Maximum Dinobots'' #1-5]], ''[[Spotlight: Grimlock]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]''
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 | [[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]] [[Natural Selection, Part One|#86]]-[[Natural Selection, Part Five|90]], "[[Peace]]"
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 | [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|''All Hail Megatron'' #9-16]]
+|  A ''Decepticon Roll Call'' with mini-bios, and trivia about ''All Hail Megatron'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 13|#13]]-[[All Hail Megatron issue 16|16]], pointing out notable plot points in the ''Coda'' issues.
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-==Features==
-Notable features in the back included:
-* The alternate ending of [[The Last Stand|Marvel US #4]], unused artwork from [[The Transformers (issue)|issue 1]] by [[Frank Springer]] and an overview of how Marvel UK first approached The Transformers (Vol. 1)
-* A guide to the launch of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' in the UK and its marketing purposes for Marvel UK (Vol.6)
-* An analysis of [[the many deaths of Optimus Prime]] in G1 (Vol. 7)
-* An overview of the Marvel UK Annuals and a bio on [[Bumblebee_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Marvel Goldbug]] (Vol. 8)
-* A retrospective for the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters miniseries]] and an overview of how Marvel UK handled toy marketing (Vol. 10)
-* How Marvel UK incorporated ''[[The Big Broadcast of 2006]]'' into the timeline (Vol. 14)
-* An article by Bove on the colouring techniques used at Marvel UK and Marvel US in the 1980s, and how he emulated them for colourising the UK strips (Vol.16)
-* An overview of [[Unicron/Generation_1#Marvel_Comics_continuity|Marvel's Unicron]] and a spotlight on [[Andrew Wildman]] (Vol. 18)
-* A Marvel UK ''Classic Heroes Competition!'' page, an overview of Marvel UK's background stories to the US series, an article on the ''[[Two Megatrons]]'' confusion, and a bio on [[Thunderwing_(G1)#Marvel_Comics_continuity|Marvel Thunderwing]] (Vol. 19)
-* A commentary on [[Loose Ends, Part 1|issue 81]] by Simon Furman, an overview on production leading up to ''[[Regeneration One]]'' and several cover sketches (Vol. 21)
-* An overview of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' and several cover sketches (Vol. 22)
-* Top 10 easter eggs for ''[[War and Peace]]'' and scorecards listing each faction and their crew members during the arc (Vol. 26)
-* Various character design sketches by [[Don Figueroa]] and an article on the making of ''[[The War Within]]'' (Vol. 29)
-* Various character design sketches by Figueroa and an overview of the many [[G.I. Joe crossovers]] across the comics (Vol. 31)
-* A discussion of the production stages on ''[[Megatron: Origin]]'' by [[Eric Holmes]] (Vol. 33)
-* An interview with [[Flint Dille]] about his work on the G1 cartoon and his involvement in the ''[[Autocracy]]'' trilogy (Vol. 35)
-* An article on the beginning of IDW-verse production and several sketches by Figueroa (Vol. 36)
-* Sketches by [[E. J. Su]], bios on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW Ultra Magnus]] & [[Sixshot#IDW_Generation_1_continuity|IDW Sixshot]], an article on creating the IDW Spotlights and an interview with Su (Vol. 37)
-* Concept art by [[Guido Guidi]] and an article about the creation of ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' (Vol. 39)
-* Dinobot sketches by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Klaus Scherwinski]]'s ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]'' Sketchbook (Vol. 40)
-* An article on creating ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'', character design sketches by Guidi and the series pitch by [[Shane McCarthy]] (Vol. 43)
-* A ''Decepticon Roll Call'', with mini-bios and trivia about ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' issues [[All Hail Megatron issue 13|#13]]-[[All Hail Megatron issue 16|16]], pointing out notable plot points in the ''Coda'' issues (Vol. 44)
-* Character design sketches by Figueroa, an extract from ''[[Decepticomments]]'' from ''[[Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|The Transformers #4]]'' by [[Mike Costa]] and a bio on [[Swindle_(G1)#IDW_Generation_1_continuity|IDW Swindle]] (Vol. 46)
-* A post-mortem on "[[Zombie|Zombots]]" across the various comics and a bio on [[Hardhead#IDW_Generation_1_continuity|IDW Hardhead]] (Vol. 50)
-* An interview with [[James Roberts]] on how he worked his way up to become an ongoing writer and character design sketches by [[Livio Ramondelli]] (Vol. 52)
-* A bio on the [[Titan (IDW)|Titans]] and the making of ''[[Dark Cybertron]]'' with [[Barber]] & Roberts (Vol. 59)
-* A bio for [[Windblade]], an overview of her conception, pictures of her ''[[Transformers:_Generations#Thrilling_30_.282013.E2.80.932014.29|Thrilling 30]]'' release and early design sketches by Hasbro (Vol. 64)
 ==Notes==