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|style="background:#f2f2f2"|'''UK original material''' | |colspan=3 style="background:#f2f2f2;border-right:solid 2px black"|'''UK original material''' | ||
|style="background:white"|B&W material | |colspan=2 style="background:#C0C0C0;border-left:solid 2px black"|U.S. material | ||
|style="background:palegoldenrod"|[[Earthforce]] | |- | ||
|style="background:lightcoral"|''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' | |style="background:white"|'''B&W material''' | ||
|style="background:palegoldenrod"|'''[[Earthforce]]''' | |||
|style="background:lightskyblue;border-right:solid 2px black"|'''Gag strips''' | |||
|style="background:lightcoral;border-left:solid 2px black"|''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' | |||
|style="background:darkseagreen"|''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' | |style="background:darkseagreen"|''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' | ||
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{{bigquote|Dear [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]],<br />To put it bluntly, the Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comic is 100% better than the American version we get over here. Your comics have beautiful covers, high quality artwork and very intelligent plots. Here in the States, Transformers comics are monthly instead of weekly and have bad artwork and stupid plots. Thank you for showing us the Autobots and Decepticons of the 21st Century. You guys in Britain are, as always, one step ahead when it comes to [[time travel]] (from Wells' Time Machine to [[Doctor Who]] — you always come through)!<br />Bob Newell,<br />Warren, MI.|Dread Tidings, issue #188}} | {{bigquote|Dear [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]],<br />To put it bluntly, the Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comic is 100% better than the American version we get over here. Your comics have beautiful covers, high quality artwork and very intelligent plots. Here in the States, Transformers comics are monthly instead of weekly and have bad artwork and stupid plots. Thank you for showing us the Autobots and Decepticons of the 21st Century. You guys in Britain are, as always, one step ahead when it comes to [[time travel]] (from Wells' Time Machine to [[Doctor Who]] — you always come through)!<br />Bob Newell,<br />Warren, MI.|Dread Tidings, issue #188}} | ||
Revision as of 12:21, 31 January 2024
TheLastGherkin is a unique vegetable entity from Region 2. His pronouns are he/him.
I'm GherkinGherkin's motto
What's Gherkin ever done for us?
Projects with a capital P
- Replacing early IDW panel scans with digital versions (in progress)
- Fire Blast effect/gallery
- Cybertronian military insignia
- Inventing page transclusion
- Overhauls to G.I. Joe and the Transformers, Microman, and Titanium Series
- Fixin' up Robo-Capers and Combat Colin
- Transcribing all the Marvel UK letters pages
Smaller but still fun stuff
- Dux non Intruitus
- Getting a racist fired
- Collating the fan polls
- Kidrobot and First 4 Figures merch nobody cares about
- Splitting Studio Series by year
- Classic Covers Calendar
- Titan Books
What can you do for Gherkin?
I started my own wiki! Whoops!!!!
Coding fun area
Marvel UK produced a G1 comic which ran for 332 issues, reprinting the American stories and adding in many new stories built around them.
| The Transformers UK issues | ||
|---|---|---|
| Issue | Main strip | Back-up strip(s) |
| Key | UK original material | U.S. material | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&W material | Earthforce | Gag strips | Headmasters | G.I. Joe and the Transformers | |
| “ | Dear Grimlock, To put it bluntly, the Marvel UK Transformers comic is 100% better than the American version we get over here. Your comics have beautiful covers, high quality artwork and very intelligent plots. Here in the States, Transformers comics are monthly instead of weekly and have bad artwork and stupid plots. Thank you for showing us the Autobots and Decepticons of the 21st Century. You guys in Britain are, as always, one step ahead when it comes to time travel (from Wells' Time Machine to Doctor Who — you always come through)! Bob Newell, Warren, MI. |
” |
—Dread Tidings, issue #188 | ||
