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'''''The Transformers: The Complete Works''''' was published by [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK]] as a series of hardcover books, almost identical in format to the [[Transformers Annual|Annuals]]. '''Part 2''' reprints issues#4-8 of the Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comics, though a more accurate description might be that it reprints the third and fourth issues of the Marvel US comics, in that the material is presented as two "chapters" rather than four and in full colour. | '''''The Transformers: The Complete Works''''' was published by [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK]] as a series of hardcover books, almost identical in format to the [[Transformers Annual|Annuals]]. '''Part 2''' reprints issues#4-8 of the Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comics, though a more accurate description might be that it reprints the third and fourth issues of the Marvel US comics, in that the material is presented as two "chapters" rather than four and in full colour, with the exception of the [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/alternate.jpg ending]; in this version, Shockwave never strikes, and the series ends with Optimus Prime declaring the Decepticons defeated once and for all. Some have theorized that this ending was created by the US comics in case the series failed to progress past issue #4. However, the art on these panels, particularly a closeup of Optimus Prime's face, in the very final panel, is markedly different from Springer's so it seems much more likely that this version was simply drawn for the UK printing by one of their own artists. Also the stylized corners of the text balloons in the final two panels are drawn slightly differently from the rest of the issue (with straight lines forming the "stars," unlike the other text balloons in which the edges of the "stars" in the corners are slightly curved). | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
*Inside covers - artwork of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in [[Robot mode|robot]] and [[alternate mode]]s with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the background. Inside the front cover, this is overlaid with a brief prehistory of how the war came to start on Cybertron which namechecks great warriors such as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] for the "noble [[Autobot]]s" and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] for the "fearsome [[Decepticon]]s". | *Inside covers - artwork of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in [[Robot mode|robot]] and [[alternate mode]]s with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the background. Inside the front cover, this is overlaid with a brief prehistory of how the war came to start on Cybertron which namechecks great warriors such as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] for the "noble [[Autobot]]s" and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] for the "fearsome [[Decepticon]]s". | ||
*"[[Prisoner of War!]]" | *"[[Prisoner of War!]]" | ||
*"[[The Last Stand]]" | *"[[The Last Stand]]" (w/ alternate ending - see above) | ||
===Cover=== | ===Cover=== | ||
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics | ||||||||||||
| First published | ??? 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Writers | Bill Mantlo & Jim Salicrup | ||||||||||||
| Penciler | Frank Springer | ||||||||||||
| Inker | Kim DeMulder | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Nelson Yomtov | ||||||||||||
| Letterers | Janice Chiang, Mike Higgins & Rick Parker | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Bob Budiansky, Jim Shooter | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 0-948936-01-0 | ||||||||||||
| Price | £2.95 | ||||||||||||
| Printed in | Belgium | ||||||||||||
The Transformers: The Complete Works was published by Marvel UK as a series of hardcover books, almost identical in format to the Annuals. Part 2 reprints issues#4-8 of the Marvel UK Transformers comics, though a more accurate description might be that it reprints the third and fourth issues of the Marvel US comics, in that the material is presented as two "chapters" rather than four and in full colour, with the exception of the ending; in this version, Shockwave never strikes, and the series ends with Optimus Prime declaring the Decepticons defeated once and for all. Some have theorized that this ending was created by the US comics in case the series failed to progress past issue #4. However, the art on these panels, particularly a closeup of Optimus Prime's face, in the very final panel, is markedly different from Springer's so it seems much more likely that this version was simply drawn for the UK printing by one of their own artists. Also the stylized corners of the text balloons in the final two panels are drawn slightly differently from the rest of the issue (with straight lines forming the "stars," unlike the other text balloons in which the edges of the "stars" in the corners are slightly curved).
Contents
- Inside covers - artwork of Optimus Prime and Megatron in robot and alternate modes with Cybertron in the background. Inside the front cover, this is overlaid with a brief prehistory of how the war came to start on Cybertron which namechecks great warriors such as Prowl, Jazz and Sideswipe for the "noble Autobots" and Ravage, Soundwave and Starscream for the "fearsome Decepticons".
- "Prisoner of War!"
- "The Last Stand" (w/ alternate ending - see above)
Cover
- Reuse of UK issue #56's cover showing Megatron tearing up the Decepticons' Wyoming base, by Robin Smith.
