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===Marvel Comics continuity=== | ===Marvel Comics continuity=== | ||
{{main|Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics timeline}} | {{main|Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics timeline}} | ||
*Marvel US | *[[Earth-91274]] (Marvel US comics; [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (Marvel US)]] #[[The Transformers (issue)|1]]-[[People Power!|42]] & #[[The Cosmic Carnival|44]]-[[End of the Road! (US)|80]], [[The Transformers: Headmasters|''The Transformers: Headmasters'']] #[[Ring of Hate!|1]]-[[Brothers in Armor!!|4]], ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' #[[Blood on the Tracks|1]]-[[...All Fall Down!|4]]) | ||
** | **Earth-91274, plus "[[Another Time & Place]]" | ||
** | **Earth-91274, plus Marvel Generation 2 ([[G.I. Joe (comic)|G.I. Joe]] #[[Unfoldings!|138]]-[[Final Transformations|142]], [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Transformers: Generation 2'' (Marvel)]] #[[Ghosts|0]]-[[A Rage in Heaven!|12]]) | ||
** | **Earth-91274, plus UK Generation 2 ([[Transformers: Generation 2 (Fleetway)|''Transformers: Generation 2'' (Fleetway)]] #[[War Without End (issue)|1]]-[[The Power and the Glory|5]], ''[[The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual]]'') | ||
**Earth-91274, plus ''[[Transformers: Classics]]'' ([[Transformers Collectors' Club]], various) | |||
**Earth-91274, plus ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' ([[IDW Publishing]], ''Regeneration One'' #[[Counterpoint|80.5]]-100) | |||
**"[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" future | **"[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" future | ||
* | *[[Earth-120185]] (Marvel UK original comics; [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (Marvel UK)]] #[[The Transformers (issue)|1]]-[[End of the Road! (UK)|289]] [including ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' and the events of the ''The Transformers'' (Marvel US) #1-[[Yesterday's Heroes!|60]] with minor alterations, after which the Marvel UK continuity splinters from US continuity into the events of [[Earthforce]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' #[[Ancient Relics!|24-27]] and ''[[Transformers Annual 1986]]''-''[[Transformers Annual 1992|1992]]'') | ||
**Marvel UK future timeline, original ("[[Target: 2006]]" to "[[Time Wars]]", [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|''Transformers: The Movie'' adaptation]]) | **Marvel UK future timeline, original ("[[Target: 2006]]" to "[[Time Wars]]", [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|''Transformers: The Movie'' adaptation]]) | ||
**Marvel UK future timeline, post-"Time Wars" ("[[Aspects of Evil!]]", "[[Edge of Impact]]"-"[[White Fire]]", "[[Peace]]") | **Marvel UK future timeline, post-"Time Wars" ("[[Aspects of Evil!]]", "[[Edge of Impact]]"-"[[White Fire]]", "[[Peace]]") | ||
*''[[ | *[[Condor Verlag]] comics (''[[Die Transformer]]'', ''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin]]'', ''[[Transformers Comic-Taschenbuch]]'', ''[[Transformers Extra Comic-Sonderheft]]'') | ||
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity=== | ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity=== | ||
{{main|Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 cartoon timeline}} | {{main|Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 cartoon timeline}} | ||
*US ([[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]], from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" to "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', and the [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]] scenes of "season 5") | *US ([[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]], from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" to "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', and the [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]] scenes of "season 5") | ||
**Marvel US cartoon adaptations (''[[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)]]'' #[[The Planet-Eater!|1]]-[[The Final Battle!|3]], "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)]]" | |||
**Cartoon, plus ''[[The Transformers (Madman)]]'' | **Cartoon, plus ''[[The Transformers (Madman)]]'' | ||
**''[[Transformers: Wings Universe]]'' (much of the cartoon, plus additional Transformers Collectors Club Magazine stories, BotCon comics) | **''[[Transformers: Wings Universe]]'' (much of the cartoon, plus additional Transformers Collectors Club Magazine stories, BotCon comics) | ||
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*US ([[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]], [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' cartoon]]) | *US ([[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]], [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' cartoon]]) | ||
**Cartoons, plus [[3H Productions]]/[[Fun Publications]] fiction ("[[Ground Zero]]", "[[Reaching the Omega Point]]", "[[Primeval Dawn]]", [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''The Wreckers'']] and [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comic series]], "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]" and "[[The Razor's Edge]]") | **Cartoons, plus [[3H Productions]]/[[Fun Publications]] fiction ("[[Ground Zero]]", "[[Reaching the Omega Point]]", "[[Primeval Dawn]]", [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''The Wreckers'']] and [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comic series]], "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]" and "[[The Razor's Edge]]") | ||
**[[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)|Cartoons, plus IDW BW]] ( [[Transformers | **[[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)|Cartoons, plus IDW BW]] (''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'', ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending|The Ascending]]'' & ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'') | ||
*Japan (see [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], above) | *Japan (see [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], above) | ||
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity=== | ===IDW Generation 1 continuity=== | ||
{{main|IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW timeline}} | {{main|IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW timeline}} | ||
*Many series and miniseries, of which the main set includes but is not limited to ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]'', [[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]] and other ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlights]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'', ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', [[The Transformers (IDW)|''The Transformers'' (IDW)]], ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]''.<br> | *Many series and miniseries, of which the main set includes but is not limited to ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', [[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]] and other ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlights]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'', ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', [[The Transformers (IDW)|''The Transformers'' (IDW)]], ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]''.<br> | ||
*"[[Spotlight: Mirage]]" | *"[[Spotlight: Mirage]]" | ||
==Toyline franchises== | ==Toyline franchises== | ||
Revision as of 14:59, 7 April 2013
| This article is about the continuity family. For the franchise that it contains and is named after, see Generation 1 (franchise). |
The Generation 1 continuity family is the biggest, oldest, and longest-running family in the Transformers canon. Its core is all of the fiction published under the Generation 1 franchise, which got off to a bifurcated start in 1984 with the Marvel comic and Sunbow cartoon, two distinct universes starring the same cast of characters. Alongside those two main continuities there sprang up a cluster of micro-continuities in the form of books, flyers, and more comics.
As the years went on, many subsequent franchises used strands of Generation 1 lore as the backstory of their own fiction, thus joining and extending the continuity family. Even when the main Transformers franchise is separate from Generation 1, oftentimes secondary "filler" franchises will keep the continuity going. It has also been a favorite with modern comic companies, who have been publishing a relatively steady stream of Generation 1-branded comics for most of this decade.
In Japan, TakaraTomy has not only contributed to the continuity family with unique series of its own, but it even published an "official timeline" that jammed Car Robots and the 2007 film into the Generation 1 multiverse. The inclusion of Car Robots is corroborated by Kiss Players fiction and timelines, but nothing else has touched upon the movie being part of the Generation 1 continuity family.
In-universe, this continuity is referred to as "Primax" in the TransTechs' universal stream designators.
Major continuities
The sheer number of micro-continuities associated with the Generation 1 continuity family makes a completely exhaustive list a near-impossible task. However, there are five major branches, each lasting multiple years and consisting of dozens of stories, with varying number of sub-branches which deserve particular note.
Marvel Comics continuity
- Earth-91274 (Marvel US comics; The Transformers (Marvel US) #1-42 & #44-80, The Transformers: Headmasters #1-4, G.I. Joe and the Transformers #1-4)
- Earth-91274, plus "Another Time & Place"
- Earth-91274, plus Marvel Generation 2 (G.I. Joe #138-142, Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel) #0-12)
- Earth-91274, plus UK Generation 2 (Transformers: Generation 2 (Fleetway) #1-5, The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual)
- Earth-91274, plus Transformers: Classics (Transformers Collectors' Club, various)
- Earth-91274, plus The Transformers: Regeneration One (IDW Publishing, Regeneration One #80.5-100)
- "Rhythms of Darkness!" future
- Earth-120185 (Marvel UK original comics; The Transformers (Marvel UK) #1-289 [including The Transformers: Headmasters and the events of the The Transformers (Marvel US) #1-60 with minor alterations, after which the Marvel UK continuity splinters from US continuity into the events of Earthforce], Action Force #24-27 and Transformers Annual 1986-1992)
- Marvel UK future timeline, original ("Target: 2006" to "Time Wars", Transformers: The Movie adaptation)
- Marvel UK future timeline, post-"Time Wars" ("Aspects of Evil!", "Edge of Impact"-"White Fire", "Peace")
- Condor Verlag comics (Die Transformer, Transformers Comic-Magazin, Transformers Comic-Taschenbuch, Transformers Extra Comic-Sonderheft)
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
- US (The Transformers cartoon, from "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1" to "The Rebirth, Part 3", The Transformers: The Movie, and the Tommy Kennedy scenes of "season 5")
- Marvel US cartoon adaptations (Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic) #1-3, "The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)"
- Cartoon, plus The Transformers (Madman)
- Transformers: Wings Universe (much of the cartoon, plus additional Transformers Collectors Club Magazine stories, BotCon comics)
- Rodimus vs. Cyclonus
- Mars Attacks: The Transformers
- Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity (a huge assortment of fiction, including but not limited to The Transformers S1-3 and the Japanese-original Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, Victory, Zone and Car Robots cartoons, along with various Beast Era series and many manga, story pages and toy bios. See Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan) for a full rendering.)
- "Story of Binaltech" and Alternity (a splinter timeline diverging from Japanese cartoon continuity in 2003).
Beast Wars cartoon continuity
- US (Beast Wars cartoon, Beast Machines cartoon)
- Cartoons, plus 3H Productions/Fun Publications fiction ("Ground Zero", "Reaching the Omega Point", "Primeval Dawn", The Wreckers and Universe comic series, "Dawn of Future's Past", "Theft of the Golden Disk" and "The Razor's Edge")
- Cartoons, plus IDW BW (The Gathering, The Ascending & Beast Wars Sourcebook)
- Japan (see Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity, above)
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
- Generation 1 "Prime Directive", "War and Peace" & v3 #0-10; War Within v1, The Dark Ages and The Age of Wrath, "Welcome to the Jungle", Transformers: Micromasters and Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
IDW Generation 1 continuity
- Many series and miniseries, of which the main set includes but is not limited to The Transformers: Infiltration, Stormbringer, Escalation, Devastation, Revelation and other Spotlights, Maximum Dinobots, All Hail Megatron, The Transformers (IDW), Last Stand of the Wreckers, Heart of Darkness, The Transformers: Robots in Disguise and The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye.
- "Spotlight: Mirage"
Toyline franchises
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