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Early versions of the design that would become Megatron, and various appearances of Megatron that are using elements from the early design.

From left to right:

Early concept design of the Takara Micro Change Gun Robo Walther M-38 toy, featuring a black helmet, among other things, featured in the Megatron Set Laserdisc Box. Image courtesy of TFRID.com.
Another rendition of the same early design, as featured in a pack-in Micro Change catalog. Image courtesy of Transformerland.com.
Megatron's profile from Marvel's Transformers Universe, depicting an early design that took several design cues from the early concept art for the Micro Change toy, most notably the black helmet.
Early TV commercial appearances of Megatron, from the commercial for issue 1 of the Marvel comic (top) and for Megatron's own toy (bottom). Note the black helmet once again. Screencaps courtesy of walruslaw on Youtube.

Lineart: Unknown Hasbro/Sunbow staff
Finishes: Ian Akin and Brian Garvey
Colors: Nelson Yomtov

This image is a piece of profile art from The Transformers Universe #2, originally published by Marvel Comics, the copyright for which is owned by Hasbro. It is believed that low resolution pages or small excerpts may be used on MediaWiki under the fair use provision of United States copyright law. See Copyrights.

This image is a screen capture from the The Transformers commercial for The Transformers #1, the copyright for which is owned by Hasbro. It is believed that low resolution images or small excerpts may be used on MediaWiki under the fair use provision of United States copyright law. See Copyrights.

This image is a screen capture from the The Transformers commercial for the Optimus Prime and Megatron toys, the copyright for which is owned by Hasbro. It is believed that low resolution images or small excerpts may be used on MediaWiki under the fair use provision of United States copyright law. See Copyrights.

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current	13:50, 4 September 2022	1,435 × 553 (447 KB)	Nevermore (talk \| contribs)
	03:33, 25 September 2010	687 × 278 (59 KB)	ItsWalky (talk \| contribs)	Cleaner screengrab.
	20:17, 20 December 2009	700 × 278 (72 KB)	ItsWalky (talk \| contribs)	Tired of this vertical layout making pages ugly.
	20:39, 19 June 2008	300 × 509 (54 KB)	Maintenance script (talk)	Importing image file