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|Target: 2006
|Target: 2006
| [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Target: 2006|#78-88]], [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Aerialbots over America!|#21]]-[[Decepticon Graffiti!|23]]
| [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Target: 2006|#78-88]], [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Aerialbots over America!|#21]]-[[Decepticon Graffiti!|23]]
| A guide to the launch of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' in the UK and its marketing purposes for Marvel UK.
| A guide to the launch of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' in the UK and its marketing purposes for Marvel UK.<br>Released: [[December 30|30/12]]/[[2016]]
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| Stormbringer
| Stormbringer
| ''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]'', [[The Transformers: Stormbringer|''Stormbringer'' #1-4]], ''[[Spotlight: Nightbeat]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]''
| ''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]'', [[The Transformers: Stormbringer|''Stormbringer'' #1-4]], ''[[Spotlight: Nightbeat]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]''
| An article on the beginning of IDW-verse production and several sketches by Figueroa.
| An article on the beginning of IDW-verse production and several sketches by Figueroa.<br>Released: [[January 11|11/01]]/[[2017]]
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| The Primal Scream
| The Primal Scream
| [[Cold Comfort and Joy!|Marvel UK #198]], [[The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.|#213]]-[[Survivors!|222]], [[Back from the Dead|Marvel US #56]]-[[The Primal Scream|61]]
| [[Cold Comfort and Joy!|Marvel UK #198]], [[The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.|#213]]-[[Survivors!|222]], [[Back from the Dead|Marvel US #56]]-[[The Primal Scream|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.
| 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.<br>Released: [[January 27|27/01]]/[[2017]]
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| Edge of Extinction
| Edge of Extinction
| [[Rhythms of Darkness!|Marvel US #67]]-[[On the Edge of Extinction!|75]]
| [[Rhythms of Darkness!|Marvel US #67]]-[[On the Edge of Extinction!|75]]
| An overview of [[Unicron/Generation_1#Marvel_Comics_continuity|Marvel's Unicron]] and a spotlight on [[Andrew Wildman]].
| An overview of [[Unicron/Generation_1#Marvel_Comics_continuity|Marvel's Unicron]] and a spotlight on [[Andrew Wildman]].<br>Released: [[February 8|08/02]]/[[2017]]
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| The War Within
| The War Within
| [[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within #1-6]] and [[The War Within Preview|preview]]
| [[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within #1-6]] and [[The War Within Preview|preview]]
| Various character design sketches by [[Don Figueroa]] and an article on the making of ''The War Within''
| Various character design sketches by [[Don Figueroa]] and an article on the making of ''The War Within''.<br>Released: [[February 22|22/02]]/[[2017]]
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| Escalation
| Escalation
| ''[[Spotlight: Sixshot]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]]'', [[The Transformers: Escalation|''Escalation'' #1-6]]
| ''[[Spotlight: Sixshot]]'', ''[[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]]'', [[The Transformers: Escalation|''Escalation'' #1-6]]
| 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
| 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.<br>Released: [[March 8|08/03]]/[[2017]]
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| Wanted: Galvatron—Dead or Alive
| Wanted: Galvatron—Dead or Alive
| [[King of the Hill!|Marvel US #27]]-[[Mechanical Difficulties!|28]], [[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|Marvel UK #113]]-[[Fire on High!|120]], "[[Vicious Circle!]]"
| [[King of the Hill!|Marvel US #27]]-[[Mechanical Difficulties!|28]], [[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|Marvel UK #113]]-[[Fire on High!|120]], "[[Vicious Circle!]]"
| An overview of the Marvel UK Annuals and a bio on [[Bumblebee_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Marvel Goldbug]].
| An overview of the Marvel UK Annuals and a bio on [[Bumblebee_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Marvel Goldbug]].<br>Released: [[March 22|22/03]]/[[2017]]
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| Hearts of Steel
| Hearts of Steel
| [[Hearts of Steel|''Hearts of Steel'' #1-4]], ''[[Spotlight: Galvatron]], [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]], [[Spotlight: Mirage]]''
| [[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''
| Concept art by [[Guido Guidi]] and an article about the creation of ''Hearts of Steel''.<br>Released: [[April 5|05/04]]/[[2017]]
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| Trial by Fire
| Trial by Fire
| [[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters #1-4]], [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Trial by Fire!|#38]]-[[The Desert Island of Space!|39]], [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Worlds Apart!|#130]]-[[Kup%27s Story!|132]]
| [[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters #1-4]], [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Trial by Fire!|#38]]-[[The Desert Island of Space!|39]], [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Worlds Apart!|#130]]-[[Kup%27s Story!|132]]
| A retrospective on the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|''Headmasters'' miniseries]] and an overview of how Marvel UK handled toy marketing.
| A retrospective on the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|''Headmasters'' miniseries]] and an overview of how Marvel UK handled toy marketing.<br>Released: [[April 19|19/04]]/[[2017]]
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| Regeneration One
| Regeneration One
| [[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]] [[Counterpoint|#80.5]]-[[Loose Ends, Part 5|85]]
| [[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]] [[Counterpoint|#80.5]]-[[Loose Ends, Part 5|85]]
| 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.
| 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.<br>Released: [[May 3|03/05]]/[[2017]]
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| The Iron Fist
| The Iron Fist
| [[Transformers/G.I. Joe|Transformers/G.I. Joe #1-6]]
| [[Transformers/G.I. Joe|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.
| Various character design sketches by Figueroa and an overview of the many [[G.I. Joe crossovers]] across the comics.<br>Released: [[May 17|17/05]]/[[2017]]
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| Heart of Darkness
| Heart of Darkness
| [[Infestation (IDW)|''The Transformers: Infestation'' #1-2]], [[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|''Heart of Darkness'' #1-4]]
| [[Infestation (IDW)|''The Transformers: Infestation'' #1-2]], [[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|''Heart of Darkness'' #1-4]]
| A post-mortem on "[[Zombie|Zombots]]" across the various comics and a bio on [[Hardhead (G1)#IDW_Generation_1_continuity|IDW Hardhead]].
| A post-mortem on "[[Zombie|Zombots]]" across the various comics and a bio on [[Hardhead (G1)#IDW_Generation_1_continuity|IDW Hardhead]].<br>Released: [[May 31|31/05]]/[[2017]]
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Revision as of 19:03, 28 August 2018

Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection is a fortnightly eighty-volume partwork 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

Vol. 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.
Released: 30/12/2016
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.
Released: 11/01/2017
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.
Released: 27/01/2017
18 04 Edge of Extinction Marvel US #67-75 An overview of Marvel's Unicron and a spotlight on Andrew Wildman.
Released: 08/02/2017
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.
Released: 22/02/2017
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.
Released: 08/03/2017
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.
Released: 22/03/2017
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.
Released: 05/04/2017
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.
Released: 19/04/2017
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.
Released: 03/05/2017
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.
Released: 17/05/2017
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.
Released: 31/05/2017
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
72 29 The Dying of the Light More than Meets the Eye #50-55
75 30 Titans Return, Part 1 The Transformers: Till All Are One #1-4, Titans Return one-shot, The Transformers vol. 2 #56-57, More than Meets the Eye #56-57
60 31 Dark Cybertron, Part 2 Robots in Disguise #25-27, More than Meets the Eye #26-27, Dark Cybertron: Finale one-shot
71 32 All Hail Optimus The Transformers vol. 2 #50-55
02 33 New Order Marvel US #5-#10, Marvel UK #29-#32, "And There Shall Come...a Leader!"
03 34 Dinobot Hunt Marvel UK #41-50, Marvel US #11-#12
23 35 Destiny Regeneration One #91-95, #0, "Destiny of the Dinobots!"
30 36 War Within: The Dark Ages War Within: The Dark Ages #1-6 Synopsis of War Within: the Age of Wrath, including art from unfinished issues.
45 37 Last Stand of the Wreckers Last Stand of the Wreckers #1-5, Spotlight: Prowl, The Transformers vol. 1 #1 Interview with Nick Roche, pre-production sketches and story drafts
49 38 The Iron Age Ironhide #1-4, The Transformers vol. 1 #19-21.
11 39 The Legacy of Unicron Marvel UK #133-138, "What's in a Name?", #146-151, "Ark Duty", Marvel US #40-41
17 40 Matrix Quest Marvel US #62-66, Marvel UK #223-239
73 41 Transformers vs G.I. Joe, Part 1 Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #0-7
76 42 Titans Return, Part 2 Till All Are One #5-11 Article on Revolution
62 43 Earthfall Robots in Disguise #28-34
04 44 Second Generation Marvel US #13-16, Marvel UK #59-65, "To A Power Unknown"
32 45 Infiltration
24 46 The War to End All Wars Regeneration One #96-#100
28 47 Worlds Collide, Part 2
42 48 Revelation

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.

Covers

  • Vol 1: Power Play
    Vol 1: Power Play
  • Vol 2: New Order
    Vol 2: New Order
  • Vol 3: Dinobot Hunt
    Vol 3: Dinobot Hunt
  • Vol 6: Target: 2006
    Vol 6: Target: 2006
  • Vol 7: The Harder They Die
    Vol 7: The Harder They Die
  • Vol 8: Wanted: Galvatron - Dead or Alive
    Vol 8: Wanted: Galvatron - Dead or Alive
  • Vol 10: Trial by Fire
    Vol 10: Trial by Fire
  • Vol 14: Space Pirates
    Vol 14: Space Pirates
  • Vol 16: The Primal Scream
    Vol 16: The Primal Scream
  • Vol 16: The Primal Scream
    Vol 16: The Primal Scream
  • Vol 19: Perchance to Dream
    Vol 19: Perchance to Dream
  • Vol 20: End of the Road
    Vol 20: End of the Road
  • Vol 31: The Iron Fist
    Vol 31: The Iron Fist
Extended cover gallery

References

  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
  3. ↑ [1]
  4. ↑ [2]

Official website

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