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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, 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).
'''''The Transformers: The Complete Works, Part 2''''' is the second of two hardback books published by [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK]], almost identical in format to the [[Transformers Annual|Annuals]].  
 
Part 2 reprints the contents of the third and fourth issues of the Marvel US ''The Transformers'' series in full colour, previously published in the UK in issues #4-8 of the Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comics as a mixture of black & white and colour pages, and in the first two issues of ''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]''.
 
Uniquely{{fact|Someone check Collected Comics #2}} amongst the printings, however, is the [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/alternate.jpg altered ending] of "[[The Last Stand]]". 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 two factors suggest that it was created by uncredited artists working for Marvel UK:
#The art on these panels, particularly a closeup of Optimus Prime's face, in the very final panel, is markedly different from Springer's.
#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==
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Revision as of 01:26, 21 December 2014

« The Complete Works
Part 2
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, Part 2 is the second of two hardback books published by Marvel UK, almost identical in format to the Annuals.

Part 2 reprints the contents of the third and fourth issues of the Marvel US The Transformers series in full colour, previously published in the UK in issues #4-8 of the Marvel UK Transformers comics as a mixture of black & white and colour pages, and in the first two issues of Transformers Collected Comics.

Uniquely[Someone check Collected Comics #2] amongst the printings, however, is the altered ending of "The Last Stand". 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 two factors suggest that it was created by uncredited artists working for Marvel UK:

  1. The art on these panels, particularly a closeup of Optimus Prime's face, in the very final panel, is markedly different from Springer's.
  2. 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

Cover

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