Transformers Comic issue 1
Transformers Comic #1 was published by Titan Magazines.
Magazine Credits
Editor: Steve White
Designers: Robert Farmer & Martin Stiff
Deputy Editors: Andrew James & Ned Hartley
Assistant Editor: Den Patrick
Publishing Manager: Darryl Curtis
Contents
Prelude: Optimus Prime
- Script: Simon Furman
- Art: Geoff Senior
- Colors: Robin Smith
Optimus Prime makes the decision to send the AllSpark into space to ensure Megatron can never find it. This is a decision that weighs heavy, as its absence could condemn Cybertron to a slow death. A Decepticon drone assassin - one in a long line of them - attacks the Autobot base in search of Optimus, who goes out to meet the threat head on. Destroying the drone by transforming and ramming into it at high speed, Optimus is left badly damaged and sees a vision of the Transformer war spread to other worlds. This causes him to question launching the AllSpark - but it's too late, as it's already been launched...
Articles & features
- Character Profile: Optimus Prime — Much-shortened version of the profile from Transformers: The Movie Guide.
- Cybertron Smackdown: Ratchet v. Barricade — Fantasy Football matchup, written by Simon Furman.
- Transformers: The Animated Movie Special - Short article on the original movie and a competition to win Metrodome's new "Ultimate Edition" DVD.
- Competition to win Beast Machines Season 1 DVD.
- Top Gear — Win Transformers clothes and roleplay toys.
- Optimus Prime Poster — Dreamworks CGI
Free Gift
- Cardboard dog tags, with Autobot or Decepticon logos on them.
Reprints
Reprinted stories are only a portion of their respective issues.
- Transformers: Movie Prequel, part 1a (7 pages)
- Beast Wars: The Gathering, part 1a (6 pages)
Errors
- The Mech Mail letters page contains letters from young children who've already seen the film... which hadn't come out by this point. Oh, Titan.
Items of note
- The Prelude strip ties into the Movie Prequel reprint.
- Geoff Senior coloured the first two pages of #1 for an interview at TransFans.net, which - due to less grey - look quite different to the printed version.
- Every issue of the comic contains a "Fantastic Free" gift. Steve White has stated they are trying to come up with free gift ideas that aren't "some piece of cheap plastic", a challenge considered the small budget they are given.
