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In 2001, Titan Books acquired the rights to reprints of Marvel Comics' U.S. Transformers run, publishing the <strike>complete</strike> near-complete American series in several volumes of trade paperbacks and hardcovers. They have also released much of the Marvel UK material.
Their sister company, Titan Magazines, is currently publishing a Transformers title based on the live-action films; it (very) briefly published a tie-in to the Animated show.
Titan collections
U.S. collections
Transformers: Beginnings <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #1–6 (UK #1–8, 22–25)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=184023623X" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-623-X</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840236426" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-642-6</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: New Order <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #7–12 (UK #26–28, 33–40)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840236248" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-624-8</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840236256" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-625-6</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: Cybertron Redux <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #13–18 (UK #51–58, 66–69)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840236574" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-657-4</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840236612" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-661-2</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: Showdown <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #19–24 (UK #70–73, 89–92, 94, 95, 105, 106)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840236817" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-681-7</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840236876" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-687-6</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: Breakdown <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #25–30 (UK #107–112, 121–124, 126, 127)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840237910" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-791-0</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840238100" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-810-0</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: Treason <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #31–32, #35–37 (UK #128, 129, 139–144, 154, 155)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840238445" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-844-5</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840238453" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-845-3</a> (hardcover) <br /> Omits: Marvel US #33–34 — Color reprint of Marvel UK's "Man of Iron!", not part of the ongoing storyline. This story isn't among the collected UK material either. Bizarre.
Transformers: Trial by Fire <br /> Collects: Marvel Headmasters #1–4, Marvel Transformers U.S. #38–39 (UK #130–145, 156–159)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840239506" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-950-6</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840239654" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-965-4</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: Maximum Force <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #40–42, #44–45 (UK #162, 163, 174–179, 190, 191)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840239557" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-955-7</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840239700" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-970-0</a> (hardcover) <br /> Omits: Marvel U.S. #43 — Adaptation of "The Big Broadcast of 2006!", not part of the ongoing storyline. This story was omitted from the Space Pirates! collection too, despite that storyline being written around this issue. Bizarre.
Transformers: Dark Star <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #46–50 (UK #192–197, 206–210)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840239603" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-960-3</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840239751" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-975-1</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: Last Stand <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #51–55 (UK #211–220, 232–239)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1845760085" class="internal">ISBN 1-84576-008-5</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840230093" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-009-3</a> (hardcover)
The titles listed after this point, written by Titan affiliate Simon Furman, were the first Transformers collections printed.
Transformers: Primal Scream <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #56–62 (UK #240–254, 259–264)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840234016" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-401-6</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=184023458X" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-458-X</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: Matrix Quest <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #63–68 (UK #282–305)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840234717" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-471-7</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840235071" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-507-1</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: All Fall Down <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #69–74 (UK #306–318)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840233001" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-300-1</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840235241" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-524-1</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: End of the Road <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers U.S. #75–80 (UK #319–332)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840233729" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-372-9</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840234199" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-419-9</a> (hardcover)
Transformers: Dark Designs <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers: Generation 2 #1–6 (UK #3–5)<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=184023525X" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-525-X</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840235276" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-527-6</a> (hardcover) <br /> Omits: Marvel Transformers: Generation 2 #0 — Promotional issue taking place prior to #1, "Ghosts" was not part of the ongoing storyline. This story was also re-printed as a backup story in Transformers: Generation 2 #2. It is not collected elsewhere.
Transformers: Rage in Heaven <br /> Collects: Marvel Transformers: Generation 2 #7–12 <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840235284" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-528-4</a> <br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840235772" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-577-2</a> (hardcover)
UK collections
Color
These compilations are shown in chronological order (based on the first issue, note that many include stories published years after the title arc), the order in which Titan published these is as follows: Target: 2006, Fallen Angel, Legacy of Unicron, Space Pirates, Time Wars, City of Fear, Dinobot Hunt, Prey, Second Generation.
Transformers: Dinobot Hunt<br />
Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #45–50, #74–77, 1986 Annual<br />
<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840237899" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-789-9</a><br />
Transformers: Second Generation <br />
Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #59–65, #93, #145, #198, 1989 Annual<br />
<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840239352" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-935-2</a><br />
Transformers: Target: 2006<br />
Collects: Story arc from Marvel Transformers UK #78–88<br />
<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840235101" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-510-1</a><br />
Transformers: Prey<br />
Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #96–100, #103–104, #135, #136, 1987 Annual, 1989 Annual<br />
<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840238313" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-831-3</a><br />
Transformers: Fallen Angel<br />
Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #101–102, #113–120, 1987 Annual<br />
<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=184023511X" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-511-X</a><br />
Transformers: Legacy of Unicron<br />
Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #133–134, #137, #138, #146–153<br />
<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840235780" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-578-0</a><br />
Transformers: City of Fear <br />
Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #132, #164–171, #188, #213–214<br />
<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=184023671X" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-671-X</a><br />
Transformers: Space Pirates <br />
Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #160–161, #172–173, #180–187, 1987 Annual<br />
<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840236191" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-619-1</a><br />
Transformers: Time Wars <br />
Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #130–131, #189, #199–205<br />
<a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1840236477" class="internal">ISBN 1-84023-647-7</a><br />
Black & white
These compilations are listed in chronological order based on the first issue included, however the stories are bound by subject matter as opposed to sequential order.
Transformers: Fallen Star<br /> Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #215–218, #243–244, #248, #268, #270 and #284–286<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1845760603" class="internal">ISBN 1-84576-060-3</a>
Transformers: Way of the Warrior<br /> Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #219–222, #229, #237–239, #272–274, #282–283 and #249–250<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=184576059X" class="internal">ISBN 1-84576-059-X</a>
Transformers: Aspects of Evil<br /> Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #223–227, #235–236, #240, #245–247 and #251–254<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1845760557" class="internal">ISBN 1-84576-055-7</a>
Transformers: Earthforce<br /> Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #228, #234, #261–267, #269, #271 and #278–281<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1845760611" class="internal">ISBN 1-84576-061-1</a>
Transformers: Perchance to Dream<br /> Collects: Stories from Marvel Transformers UK #230–233, #241–242, #255–260 and #287–289<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=184576062X" class="internal">ISBN 1-84576-062-X</a>
<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">Note: These were the last UK stories to be solicited as Titan reprints. It was claimed that if they were successful they would finance future colour releases. Obviously this did not pan out. What is frustrating is that some stories (notably The Big Shutdown! and the Survivors saga), included within these volumes in black and white, had previously been reprinted within the original UK comics in colour.</div>
Non-Marvel collections
Transformers Adventures: (Vol. 1) <br /> Collects: Titan Transformers UK #1–?<br /> <a href="/w2/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=1845768361" class="internal">ISBN 1-84576-836-1</a><br /> This has not been released yet so the exact contents are unknown.
Uncollected material
- G.I. Joe and the Transformers #1–4 — Marvel U.S.'s 1986 crossover. This story did not take place in the UK continuity — at least not before the changes wrought by Time Wars.
- Transformers Universe #1–4 — Marvel's character profiles.
- Transformers Universe (various) — Character profiles printed as backups throughout the Marvel U.S. run.
- "Man of Iron!", "The Enemy Within!", "Raiders of the Last Ark", "Decepticon Dam-Busters!", "The Wrath of Guardian!"/"The Wrath of Grimlock!", "Christmas Breaker!", "Crisis of Command!", "To a Power Unknown!" and "Ancient Relics!". It seems unlikely at this point that they will be reprinted, although a few of these were originally scheduled to be included in The Best of Simon Furman.
