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Marvel UK produced a G1 comic which ran for over 300 issues, published (mostly) every week. These issues used a larger, magazine-sized format, compared the the traditional size for modern US comic books. They contained roughly half the number of pages of the US version. | The original fiction to feature the Transformers was a series by Marvel. While originally starting in the US, nearly all of the Marvel US stories were later published in Marvel UK, the latter of which went on for far longer than its American counterpart and had a great deal more stories. | ||
== American Marvel == | |||
Started life as a four-issue bimonthly limited series, but proved so popular that it continued publication as an ongoing monthly, making it to 80 issues and spinning off several other titles. | |||
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|| [[The Transformers (comic issue)|#1]] | [[Power Play|#2]] | [[Prisoner of War|#3]] | [[The Last Stand|#4]] | [[The New Order|#5]] | [[The Worse of Two Evils|#6]] | [[Warrior School|#7]] | [[Repeat Performance|#8]] | [[DIS-Integrated Circuits|#9]] | [[The Next Best Thing to Being There|#10]] | [[Brainstorm (comic issue)|#11]] | [[Prime Time|#12]] | [[Shooting Star|#13]] | [[Rock and Roll-Out|#14]] | [[I, Robot Master|#15]] | [[Plight of the Bumblebee|#16]] | [[The Smelting Pool (comic issue)|#17]] | [[The Bridge to Nowhere|#18]] | [[Command Performances|#19]] | [[Showdown|#20]] | [[Aerialbots over America|#21]] | [[Heavy Traffic|#22]] | |||
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== Marvel UK == | |||
'''Marvel UK''' produced a G1 comic which ran for over 300 issues, published (mostly) every week. These issues used a larger, magazine-sized format, compared the the traditional size for modern US comic books. They contained roughly half the number of pages of the US version. | |||
Almost all of the stories published in the Marvel US comic were reprinted in the UK version, although often with small editing changes. Usually these changes were not very significant, but occasionally the UK comic would diverge from the US comic in a fairly major way. For example, due to the fact that the Marvel GI Joe crossover, which featured Bumblebee's destruction and subsequent restoration as Goldbug, was not reprinted in the UK comic at the same time, the UK comic had Bumblebee destroyed by Galvatron, and rebuilt into his Goldbug form by Wreck-Gar. | Almost all of the stories published in the Marvel US comic were reprinted in the UK version, although often with small editing changes. Usually these changes were not very significant, but occasionally the UK comic would diverge from the US comic in a fairly major way. For example, due to the fact that the Marvel GI Joe crossover, which featured Bumblebee's destruction and subsequent restoration as Goldbug, was not reprinted in the UK comic at the same time, the UK comic had Bumblebee destroyed by Galvatron, and rebuilt into his Goldbug form by Wreck-Gar. | ||
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Due to the small page count of the UK magazine, it would generally take two issues to complete a story that had been written to fit one US issue. This occasionally resulted in some confusing story breaks, where readers would have to wait until the following week to see how a story concluded. | Due to the small page count of the UK magazine, it would generally take two issues to complete a story that had been written to fit one US issue. This occasionally resulted in some confusing story breaks, where readers would have to wait until the following week to see how a story concluded. | ||
Most UK-specific stories were written by Simon Furman, who later was assigned to write for the US comic, as well. | Most UK-specific stories were written by [[Simon Furman]], who later was assigned to write for the US comic, as well. | ||
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[[Category:Continuities]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | [[Category:Continuities]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | ||
Revision as of 21:23, 14 April 2006
The original fiction to feature the Transformers was a series by Marvel. While originally starting in the US, nearly all of the Marvel US stories were later published in Marvel UK, the latter of which went on for far longer than its American counterpart and had a great deal more stories.
American Marvel
Started life as a four-issue bimonthly limited series, but proved so popular that it continued publication as an ongoing monthly, making it to 80 issues and spinning off several other titles.
| Marvel US issues: |
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| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 |
Marvel UK
Marvel UK produced a G1 comic which ran for over 300 issues, published (mostly) every week. These issues used a larger, magazine-sized format, compared the the traditional size for modern US comic books. They contained roughly half the number of pages of the US version.
Almost all of the stories published in the Marvel US comic were reprinted in the UK version, although often with small editing changes. Usually these changes were not very significant, but occasionally the UK comic would diverge from the US comic in a fairly major way. For example, due to the fact that the Marvel GI Joe crossover, which featured Bumblebee's destruction and subsequent restoration as Goldbug, was not reprinted in the UK comic at the same time, the UK comic had Bumblebee destroyed by Galvatron, and rebuilt into his Goldbug form by Wreck-Gar.
Due to the small page count of the UK magazine, it would generally take two issues to complete a story that had been written to fit one US issue. This occasionally resulted in some confusing story breaks, where readers would have to wait until the following week to see how a story concluded.
Most UK-specific stories were written by Simon Furman, who later was assigned to write for the US comic, as well.
