The Transformers: Best of UK: City of Fear

The name or term "City of Fear" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see City of Fear (disambiguation).

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Publisher	IDW Publishing
Writer	Simon Furman
Art	Dan Reed, Robin Smith
Pencillers	Jeff Anderson
Inkers	Dave Elliott
Colorists	Euan Peters, Steve White
Letterers	Annie Halfacree, Tom Frame, GLIB, GLOP
Editors	Chris Francis (Marvel), Denton J. Tipton (IDW)
Production by	Amauri Osorio (IDW)
Continuity	Marvel Comics continuity
TPB ISBN	ISBN 978-1600105579
Price	$19.99

Best of UK: City of Fear is the fourth installment of IDW Publishing's The Transformers: Best of UK series. It consists of "City of Fear!", "Legion of the Lost!", "Meltdown!", "Enemy Action!", and "Deadly Games!"; and features one two-part story per issue. New covers were created for each issue (see credits below).

Issue #1

Release date: February 11, 2009
Editor: Denton J. Tipton
Production: Amauri Osorio

Covers (2)

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  Regular cover
• 
  Cover RI

• Regular cover: Ultra Magnus vs Zombies; art by Andrew Griffith.
• Cover RI: "Retro" incentive cover: Ultra Magnus and others are attacked by zombies in the final panel of #164. Art: Dan Reed, Colour: Euan Peters.

#164 "City of Fear!" Part 1

• Script: Simon Furman
• Art: Dan Reed
• Letters: Annie Halfacree
• Colors: Euan Peters
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 5/7/88

#165 "City of Fear!" Part 2

• Script: Simon Furman
• Art: Dan Reed
• Letters: Annie Halfacree
• Colors: Euan Peters
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 5/14/88

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Issue #2

Release date: March 4, 2009
Editor: Denton J. Tipton
Production: Amauri Osorio

Covers (2)

• 
  Regular cover
• 
  Cover RI

• Regular cover: Springer and Topspin in an explosion; art by Andrew Griffith (art) and Joana Lafuente (colors).
• Cover RI: "Retro" incentive cover: A zombified Impactor bursts in on Topspin, Emirate Xaaron and Sandstorm on the page 1 cropped splash page of #167. Pencils: Jeff Anderson, Inks: Dave Elliott, Letters: Tom Frame, Colour: Euan Peters.

#166 "Legion of the Lost!" Part 1

• Script: Simon Furman
• Pencils: Jeff Anderson
• Inks: Dave Elliott
• Letters: Tom Frame
• Colour: Euan Peters
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 5/21/88

#167 "Legion of the Lost!" Part 2

• Script: Simon Furman
• Pencils: Jeff Anderson
• Inks: Dave Elliott
• Letters: Annie Halfacree
• Colour: Euan Peters
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 5/28/88

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Issue #3

Release date: April 1, 2009
Editor: Denton J. Tipton
Production: Amauri Osorio

Covers (2)

• 
  Regular cover
• 
  Cover RI

• Regular cover: Trypticon attacks zombies; art by Andrew Griffith.
• Cover RI: "Retro" incentive cover: Trypticon surprises Springer in the cropped final panel of #168. Art: Robin Smith, Colour: Euan Peters.

#168 "Meltdown!" Part 1

• Script: Simon Furman
• Art: Robin Smith
• Letters: Glib
• Colour: Euan Peters
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 6/04/88

#169 "Meltdown!" Part 2

• Script: Simon Furman
• Art: Robin Smith
• Letters: Glop
• Colour: Euan Peters
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 6/11/88

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Issue #4

Release date: May 6, 2009
Editor: Denton J. Tipton
Production: Amauri Osorio

Covers (2)

• 
  Regular cover
• 
  Cover RI

• Regular cover: Shockwave commands Piranhacon; art by Andrew Griffith.
• Cover RI: "Retro" incentive cover: Galvatron walks across the sea bed on the page 2 splash page (original text removed) of #152. Pencils: Jeff Anderson, Inks: Baskerville, Colour: Steve White.

#152 "Enemy Action!" Part 1

• Script: Simon Furman
• Pencils: Jeff Anderson
• Inks: Baskerville
• Letters: Glib
• Colour: Steve White
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 2/13/88

#153 "Enemy Action!" Part 2

• Script: Simon Furman
• Pencils: Jeff Anderson
• Inks: Baskerville
• Letters: Glib
• Colour: Steve White
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 2/20/88

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Issue #5

Release date: June 3, 2009
Editor: Denton J. Tipton
Production: Amauri Osorio

Covers (2)

• 
  Regular cover
• 
  Cover RI

• Regular cover: Ultra Magnus vs Hooligan; art by Andrew Griffith.
• Cover RI: "Retro" incentive cover: Ultra Magnus holds a defeated Zabra on page 11, panel 4 (with text removed and background recolored) of issue #171. Art: Dan Reed, Colour: Euan Peters.

#170 "Deadly Games!" Part 1

• Script: Simon Furman
• Art: Dan Reed
• Letters: Glib
• Colour: Euan Peters
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 6/18/88

#171 "Deadly Games!" Part 2

• Script: Simon Furman
• Art: Dan Reed
• Letters: Glib
• Colour: Euan Peters
• Original series edits: Chris Francis
• Originally published: 6/25/88

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Collections

• Best of UK: City of Fear TPB (November 11, 2009), ISBN 1600105572 / ISBN 978-1600105579

• Includes a cover gallery.

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