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[[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]] | [[Image:Tf digest 9.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Back when $1.50 was outrageously expensive for a comic.]] | ||
'''Transformers Digest''' is a | '''Transformers Digest''' is a [[wikipedia:digest_size|digest size]] publication produced by [[Marvel Comics]] for the American newsstand market in 1985 and 1986. | ||
Each issue collected 2 issues of the [[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Transformers Universe]] series. 10 issues were produced, covering the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic. | Each issue collected 2 issues of the [[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|Marvel Comics series]] along with character profiles from the [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Transformers Universe]] series. 10 issues were produced, covering the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* The covers of the digests, were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used. (Both painted covers were skipped.) | * The covers of the digests, were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used. (Both painted covers were skipped.) | ||
* Digest #9's cover (pictured above) radically departed from the original coloring of issue #17. The hellish colors ''may'' have been considered inappropriate for the entry-level newsstand market. (The other issue in that edition, #18, featured a non-key background on its cover significantly more complicated to re-create than the other Digest re-colorings.) | * Digest #9's cover (pictured above) radically departed from the original coloring of issue #17. The hellish colors ''may'' have been considered inappropriate for the entry-level newsstand market. (The other issue in that edition, #18, featured a non-key background on its cover significantly more complicated to re-create than the other Digest re-colorings.) | ||
* Advertisements in Transformers Digest refer to the The Transformers as part of Marvel's | * Advertisements in Transformers Digest refer to the The Transformers as part of Marvel's [[wikipedia:Star_Comics|Star Comics]] kid-oriented comic line — this is not correct, Transformers was never published under the Star imprint. ''These advertisements presumably also ran in Marvel's Star title digests of the time.'' | ||
[[Category:Comics]] | [[Category:Comics]] | ||
Revision as of 11:41, 19 April 2009
Transformers Digest is a digest size publication produced by Marvel Comics for the American newsstand market in 1985 and 1986.
Each issue collected 2 issues of the Marvel Comics series along with character profiles from the Transformers Universe series. 10 issues were produced, covering the first 20 issues of the Transformers comic.
Trivia
- The covers of the digests, were re-colored closely adhering to the original layouts, probably for technical reasons related to the printing process used. (Both painted covers were skipped.)
- Digest #9's cover (pictured above) radically departed from the original coloring of issue #17. The hellish colors may have been considered inappropriate for the entry-level newsstand market. (The other issue in that edition, #18, featured a non-key background on its cover significantly more complicated to re-create than the other Digest re-colorings.)
- Advertisements in Transformers Digest refer to the The Transformers as part of Marvel's Star Comics kid-oriented comic line — this is not correct, Transformers was never published under the Star imprint. These advertisements presumably also ran in Marvel's Star title digests of the time.
