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).
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