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'''Junior Press''' was a Dutch publisher of comic books that is located in The Netherlands. It printed ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' comic book series up until ''[[On the Edge of Extinction!]]''. They also | '''Junior Press''' was a Dutch publisher of comic books that is located in The Netherlands. It printed ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' comic book series up until ''[[On the Edge of Extinction!]]''. They also printed ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters]]'' as a stand-alone comic which was given out for free at toy stores. | ||
Because they could | Because the comic was only printed every three months and they could't fit more than two US issues in one Dutch comic (with the exception of a single double-sized issue), several issues had to be omitted in order to stay current with the US releases, with explanations of what had happened in the intervening stories having to be printed on the introductions page. This was intentionally done in the case of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s deaths in "[[Afterdeath!]]" and "[[Gone but Not Forgotten!]]" respectively, as they chose to publish Marvel's ''[[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|Transformers: the Movie]]'' as part of the main comic—rather than a separate standalone or miniseries—and believed killing the characters twice would only confuse the readers. Strangely, the non-canon story "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" was also published. Junior Press would also publish profiles from ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' and even a few issues from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comic]] in the regular series to help fill space when necessary. | ||
Of further note is that in the earlier issues, Optimus mistakenly went by the name "Jetfire", as [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] had been positioned as the leader of the [[Autobot]]s in early European marketing due to the initial unavailability of Prime's toy in those markets. | |||
Of further note is that in the earlier issues Optimus | |||
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Revision as of 22:54, 21 January 2022
Junior Press was a Dutch publisher of comic books that is located in The Netherlands. It printed The Transformers comic book series up until On the Edge of Extinction!. They also printed The Transformers: Headmasters as a stand-alone comic which was given out for free at toy stores.
Because the comic was only printed every three months and they could't fit more than two US issues in one Dutch comic (with the exception of a single double-sized issue), several issues had to be omitted in order to stay current with the US releases, with explanations of what had happened in the intervening stories having to be printed on the introductions page. This was intentionally done in the case of Optimus Prime and Megatron's deaths in "Afterdeath!" and "Gone but Not Forgotten!" respectively, as they chose to publish Marvel's Transformers: the Movie as part of the main comic—rather than a separate standalone or miniseries—and believed killing the characters twice would only confuse the readers. Strangely, the non-canon story "The Big Broadcast of 2006" was also published. Junior Press would also publish profiles from The Transformers Universe and even a few issues from the Marvel UK comic in the regular series to help fill space when necessary.
Of further note is that in the earlier issues, Optimus mistakenly went by the name "Jetfire", as Jetfire had been positioned as the leader of the Autobots in early European marketing due to the initial unavailability of Prime's toy in those markets.
