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| All Hail Megatron, Part 1 | | All Hail Megatron, Part 1 | ||
| [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|''All Hail Megatron'' #1–8]] | | [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|''All Hail Megatron'' #1–8]] | ||
| An article on creating ''All Hail Megatron'', character design sketches by Guidi, and the series pitch by [[Shane McCarthy]]. | | An article on creating ''All Hail Megatron'', character design sketches by Guidi, and the series pitch by [[Shane McCarthy]].<br>''Released: [[November 29|29/11]]/[[2017]]'' | ||
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| The Death of Optimus Prime | | The Death of Optimus Prime | ||
| [[Chaos (IDW)|''The Transformers'' vol. 1 #24, 26, 28, 30, 31]] | | [[Chaos (IDW)|''The Transformers'' vol. 1 #24, 26, 28, 30, 31]]<br>''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|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]]. | | An interview with [[James Roberts]] on how he worked his way up to become an ongoing writer, and character design sketches by [[Livio Ramondelli]].<br>''Released: [[December 13|13/11]]/[[2017]]'' | ||
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| All Hail Megatron, Part 2 | | All Hail Megatron, Part 2 | ||
| [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|''All Hail Megatron'' #9–16]] | | [[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. | | 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.<br>''Released: [[December 27|27/11]]/[[2017]]'' | ||
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| End of the Road | | End of the Road | ||
| [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Starting Over!|#261]]–[[End of the Road! (UK)|289]] | | [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Starting Over!|#261]]–[[End of the Road! (UK)|289]]<br>[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[A Savage Circle|#78]]–[[End of the Road! (US)|80]] | ||
| | |''Released: [[January 10|10/01]]/[[2018]]'' | ||
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| Titans Return, Part 1 | | Titans Return, Part 1 | ||
| ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' [[07:00:00|#1]]–[[The Line Between Us|4]] | | ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' [[07:00:00|#1]]–[[The Line Between Us|4]]<br>[[The Last Autobot|''Titans Return'' one-shot]]<br>[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers'' vol. 2]] [[White Light|#56]]–[[White Heat|57]]<br>''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Ten to Midnight|#56]]–[[Last Light (issue)|57]] | ||
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| Dark Cybertron, Part 2 | | Dark Cybertron, Part 2 | ||
| [[The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|''Robots in Disguise'' #25]]–[[Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|27]] | | [[The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|''Robots in Disguise'' #25]]–[[Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|27]]<br>[[Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|''More than Meets the Eye'' #26]]–[[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|27]]<br>[[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|''Dark Cybertron: Finale'' one-shot]] | ||
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| New Order | | New Order | ||
| [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[The New Order|#5]]–[[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]] | | [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[The New Order|#5]]–[[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]]<br>[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Decepticon Dam-Busters!|#29]]–[[The Wrath of Grimlock!|#32]]<br>"[[And There Shall Come...a Leader!]]" | ||
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| Dinobot Hunt | | Dinobot Hunt | ||
| [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Christmas Breaker!|#41]]–[[Dinobot Hunt!|50]] | | [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Christmas Breaker!|#41]]–[[Dinobot Hunt!|50]]<br>[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Brainstorm!|#11]]–[[Prime Time!|#12]] | ||
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| Destiny | | Destiny | ||
| [[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]] [[Destiny, Part One|#91]]–[[Destiny, Part Five|95]], [[Less Than Zero|#0]] | | [[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]] [[Destiny, Part One|#91]]–[[Destiny, Part Five|95]], [[Less Than Zero|#0]]<br>"[[Destiny of the Dinobots!]]" | ||
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| Last Stand of the Wreckers | | Last Stand of the Wreckers | ||
| [[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1–5]] | | [[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1–5]]<br>''[[Ride-Along|Spotlight: Prowl]]''<br>[[The Transformers (IDW)|''The Transformers'' vol. 1]] [[...For All Mankind|#1]] | ||
| Interview with [[Nick Roche]], pre-production sketches and story drafts | | Interview with [[Nick Roche]], pre-production sketches and story drafts | ||
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| The Iron Age | | The Iron Age | ||
| [[The Transformers: Ironhide|''Ironhide'' #1–4]] | | [[The Transformers: Ironhide|''Ironhide'' #1–4]]<br>[[The Transformers (IDW)|''The Transformers'' vol. 1]] [[Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|#19]]–[[The Transformers issue 21|21]]. | ||
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| The Legacy of Unicron | | The Legacy of Unicron | ||
| [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Headhunt|#133]]–[[Ladies' Night (issue)|138]], "[[What's in a Name?]]", [[The Legacy of Unicron!|#146–151]] | | [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Headhunt|#133]]–[[Ladies' Night (issue)|138]], "[[What's in a Name?]]", [[The Legacy of Unicron!|#146–151]]<br>"[[Ark Duty]]"<br>[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Pretender to the Throne!|#40]]–[[Totaled!|41]] | ||
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| Matrix Quest | | Matrix Quest | ||
| [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Bird of Prey!|#62]]–[[All Fall Down|66]] | | [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Bird of Prey!|#62]]–[[All Fall Down|66]]<br>[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Aspects of Evil!|#223]]–[[A Savage Place!|239]] | ||
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| Second Generation | | Second Generation | ||
| [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Shooting Star!|#13]]–[[Plight of the Bumblebee!|16]] | | [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US]] [[Shooting Star!|#13]]–[[Plight of the Bumblebee!|16]]<br>[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]] [[Robot Buster!|#59]]–[[Second Generation!|65]]<br>"[[To a Power Unknown!]]" | ||
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Revision as of 00:14, 9 October 2018
Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection is a fortnightly eighty-volume partwork from Hachette, edited by Simon Furman. Partworks are a Hachette specialty: 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 |
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| 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. Released: 14/06/2017 |
| 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. Released: 28/06/2017 |
| 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. Released: 12/07/2017 |
| 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. Released: 26/07/2017 |
| 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. Released: 09/08/2017 |
| 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. Released: 23/08/2017 |
| 40 | 19 | Maximum Dinobots | Maximum Dinobots #1–5 Spotlight: Grimlock, Spotlight: Wheelie |
Dinobot sketches by Nick Roche and Klaus Scherwinski's Spotlight: Wheelie sketchbook. Released: 06/09/2017 |
| 22 | 20 | Natural Selection | Regeneration One #86–90 "Peace" |
An overview of the Marvel Generation 2 comic and several cover sketches. Released: 20/09/2017 |
| 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. Released: 04/10/2017 |
| 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. Released: 18/10/2017 |
| 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. Released: 01/11/2017 |
| 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. Released: 15/11/2017 |
| 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. Released: 29/11/2017 |
| 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. Released: 13/11/2017 |
| 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. Released: 27/11/2017 |
| 20 | 28 | End of the Road | Marvel UK #261–289 Marvel US #78–80 |
Released: 10/01/2018 |
| 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 |
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| 60 | 31 | Dark Cybertron, Part 2 | Robots in Disguise #25–27 More than Meets the Eye #26–27 Dark Cybertron: Finale one-shot |
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| 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!" |
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| 03 | 34 | Dinobot Hunt | Marvel UK #41–50 Marvel US #11–#12 |
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| 23 | 35 | Destiny | Regeneration One #91–95, #0 "Destiny of the Dinobots!" |
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| 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. |
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| 11 | 39 | The Legacy of Unicron | Marvel UK #133–138, "What's in a Name?", #146–151 "Ark Duty" Marvel US #40–41 |
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| 17 | 40 | Matrix Quest | Marvel US #62–66 Marvel UK #223–239 |
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| 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!" |
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| 32 | 45 | Infiltration | Infiltration #0–6 | |
| 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.
- When the series was originally mapped out, it's apparent that Hachette believed they were going to be the first company to finally be able to reprint latter-day Dreamwave material, like the Sunstorm arc and Micromasters, in volumes 27 and 28. That evidently didn't pan out (presumably for the longstanding reason these stories have never been reprinted; that is, nobody's quite sure if the creators got paid for them), because the two volumes would wind up containing issues from the Dreamwave Armada comic that merely guest-starred G1 characters—comics that it's very hard to believe anyone would have considered worthy of inclusion in a "Definitive G1 Collection" at the planning stage.
Covers
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Vol 1: Power Play -
Vol 2: New Order -
Vol 3: Dinobot Hunt
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Vol 6: Target: 2006 -
Vol 7: The Harder They Die -
Vol 8: Wanted: Galvatron - Dead or Alive -
Vol 10: Trial by Fire
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Vol 14: Space Pirates -
Vol 16: The Primal Scream -
Vol 18: Edge of Extinction -
Vol 19: Perchance to Dream -
Vol 20: End of the Road
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Vol 21: Regeneration One -
Vol 22: Natural Selection -
Vol 23: Destiny -
Vol 24: The War to End All Wars -
Vol 29: The War Within
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Vol 31: The Iron Fist -
Vol 36: Stormbringer -
Vol 37: Escalation -
Vol 39: Hearts of Steel
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Vol 50: Heart of Darkness
