Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection

Volumes

Vol.	Issue	Title	Contents	Bonus Features	Release date
06	01	Target: 2006	Marvel UK #78–88 Marvel US #21–23	A guide to the launch of The Transformers: The Movie in the UK and its marketing purposes for Marvel UK.	30/12/2016
36	02	Stormbringer	Spotlight: Shockwave, Spotlight: Soundwave Stormbringer #1–4 Spotlight: Nightbeat, Spotlight: Hot Rod	An article on the beginning of IDW-verse production and several sketches by Figueroa.	11/01/2017
16	03	The Primal Scream	Marvel UK #198, #213–222 Marvel US #56–61	An article by Bove on the colouring techniques used at Marvel UK and Marvel US in the 1980s, and how he emulated them for colourising the UK strips.	27/01/2017
18	04	Edge of Extinction	Marvel US #67–75	An overview of Marvel's Unicron and a spotlight on Andrew Wildman.	08/02/2017
29	05	The War Within	The War Within #1–6 and preview	Various character design sketches by Don Figueroa and an article on the making of The War Within.	22/02/2017
37	06	Escalation	Spotlight: Sixshot, Spotlight: Ultra Magnus Escalation #1–6	Sketches by E. J. Su, bios on IDW Ultra Magnus & IDW Sixshot, an article on creating the IDW Spotlights, and an interview with Su.	08/03/2017
08	07	Wanted: Galvatron—Dead or Alive	Marvel US #27–28 Marvel UK #113–120 "Vicious Circle!"	An overview of the Marvel UK Annuals and a bio on Marvel Goldbug.	22/03/2017
39	08	Hearts of Steel	Hearts of Steel #1–4 Spotlight: Galvatron, Spotlight: Optimus Prime, Spotlight: Mirage	Concept art by Guido Guidi and an article about the creation of Hearts of Steel.	05/04/2017
10	09	Trial by Fire	Headmasters #1–4 Marvel US #38–39 Marvel UK #130–132	A retrospective on the Headmasters miniseries and an overview of how Marvel UK handled toy marketing.	19/04/2017
21	10	Regeneration One	Regeneration One #80.5–85	A commentary on issue #81 by Simon Furman, an overview on production leading up to Regeneration One, and several cover sketches.	03/05/2017
31	11	The Iron Fist	Transformers/G.I. Joe #1–6	Various character design sketches by Figueroa and an overview of the many G.I. Joe crossovers across the comics.	17/05/2017
50	12	Heart of Darkness	The Transformers: Infestation #1–2 Heart of Darkness #1–4	A post-mortem on "Zombots" across the various comics and a bio on IDW Hardhead.	31/05/2017
59	13	Dark Cybertron, Part 1	Dark Cybertron one-shot More than Meets the Eye #22–25 Robots in Disguise #23–24	A bio on the Titans and the making of Dark Cybertron with John Barber and James Roberts.	14/06/2017
01	14	Power Play	Marvel US #1–4 Marvel UK #9–#21	The alternate ending of Marvel US #4, unused artwork from issue #1 by Frank Springer, and an overview of how Marvel UK first approached The Transformers.	28/06/2017
26	15	War and Peace	War and Peace #1–6 and preview	Top 10 easter eggs for War and Peace and scorecards listing each faction and their crew members during the arc.	12/07/2017
35	16	Primacy	Monstrosity #1–4 Primacy #1–4	An interview with Flint Dille about his work on the G1 cartoon and his involvement in the Autocracy trilogy.	26/07/2017
64	17	Windblade	Windblade vol. 1 #1–4 The Transformers vol. 2 #35–38	A bio for Windblade, an overview of her conception, pictures of her Thrilling 30 toy, and early design sketches by Hasbro.	09/08/2017
19	18	Perchance to Dream	Marvel UK #240–260 Marvel US #76–77	A Marvel UK Classic Heroes Competition! page, an overview of Marvel UK's background stories to the US series, an article on the "Two Megatrons!" confusion, and a bio on Marvel Thunderwing.	23/08/2017
40	19	Maximum Dinobots	Maximum Dinobots #1–5 Spotlight: Grimlock, Spotlight: Wheelie	Dinobot sketches by Nick Roche and Klaus Scherwinski's Spotlight: Wheelie sketchbook.	06/09/2017
22	20	Natural Selection	Regeneration One #86–90 "Peace"	An overview of the Marvel Generation 2 comic and several cover sketches.	20/09/2017
46	21	Things Fall Apart	The Transformers vol. 1 #2–8	Character design sketches by Figueroa, an extract from Decepticomments from The Transformers #4 by Mike Costa, and a bio on IDW Swindle.	04/10/2017
07	22	The Harder They Die	Marvel UK #96–104 Marvel US #24–26	An analysis of the many deaths of Optimus Prime in Generation 1.	18/10/2017
33	23	Megatron: Origin	Megatron: Origin #1–4 Spotlight: Blurr, Spotlight: Orion Pax	A discussion of the production stages on Megatron: Origin by Eric Holmes.	01/11/2017
14	24	Space Pirates	Marvel UK #172–173, #180–189 Marvel US #43 & #51, "Altered Image!"	How Marvel UK incorporated The Big Broadcast of 2006 into the timeline.	15/11/2017
43	25	All Hail Megatron, Part 1	All Hail Megatron #1–8	An article on creating All Hail Megatron, character design sketches by Guidi, and the series pitch by Shane McCarthy.	29/11/2017
52	26	The Death of Optimus Prime	The Transformers vol. 1 #24, 26, 28, 30, 31 The Death of Optimus Prime	An interview with James Roberts on how he worked his way up to become an ongoing writer, and character design sketches by Livio Ramondelli.	13/11/2017
44	27	All Hail Megatron, Part 2	All Hail Megatron #9–16	A Decepticon Roll Call with mini-bios, and trivia about All Hail Megatron #13–16, pointing out notable plot points in the Coda issues.	27/11/2017
20	28	End of the Road	Marvel UK #261–289 Marvel US #78–80		10/01/2018
72	29	The Dying of the Light	More than Meets the Eye #50–55		24/01/2018
75	30	Titans Return, Part 1	The Transformers: Till All Are One #1–4 Titans Return one-shot The Transformers vol. 2 #56–57 More than Meets the Eye #56–57		07/02/2018
60	31	Dark Cybertron, Part 2	Robots in Disguise #25–27 More than Meets the Eye #26–27 Dark Cybertron: Finale one-shot		21/02/2018
71	32	All Hail Optimus	The Transformers vol. 2 #50–55		07/03/2018
02	33	New Order	Marvel US #5–#10 Marvel UK #29–#32 "And There Shall Come...a Leader!"		21/03/2018
03	34	Dinobot Hunt	Marvel UK #41–50 Marvel US #11–#12		04/04/2018
23	35	Destiny	Regeneration One #91–95, #0 "Destiny of the Dinobots!"		18/04/2018
30	36	War Within: The Dark Ages	War Within: The Dark Ages #1–6	Synopsis of War Within: the Age of Wrath, including art from unfinished issues.	02/05/2018
45	37	Last Stand of the Wreckers	Last Stand of the Wreckers #1–5 Spotlight: Prowl The Transformers vol. 1 #1	Interview with Nick Roche, pre-production sketches and story drafts	16/05/2018
49	38	The Iron Age	Ironhide #1–4 The Transformers vol. 1 #19–21.		30/05/2018
11	39	The Legacy of Unicron	Marvel UK #133–138, "What's in a Name?", #146–151 "Ark Duty" Marvel US #40–41		13/06/2018
17	40	Matrix Quest	Marvel US #62–66 Marvel UK #223–239		27/06/2018
73	41	Transformers vs G.I. Joe, Part 1	Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #0–7		11/07/2018
76	42	Titans Return, Part 2	Till All Are One #5–11	Article on Revolution	25/07/2018
62	43	Earthfall	Robots in Disguise #28–34		08/08/2018
04	44	Second Generation	Marvel US #13–16 Marvel UK #59–65 "To a Power Unknown!"		22/08/2018
32	45	Infiltration	Infiltration #0–6		05/09/2018
24	46	The War to End All Wars	Regeneration One #96–100		19/09/2018
28	47	Worlds Collide, Part 2	Armada #14-18		03/10/2018
42	48	Revelation			17/10/2018