The Transformers: Best of Grimlock

The Best of Grimlock is a trade paperback published by IDW Publishing. Much like the two previous titles, this TPB consists of reprinted stories focusing on the title character — Generation 1 Grimlock.

Overview

The Best of Grimlock pulls stories ranging from early US Marvel Comics issues, Marvel UK, Generation 2 and the more current IDW continuity. The collection features new cover art by Livio Ramondelli.

Contents

• Marvel UK's The Transformers #31: "The Wrath of Guardian!"
• Marvel UK's #32: "The Wrath of Grimlock!"
• Marvel UK's Transformers Annual 1986: "Victory!"
• Marvel Comics' #27: "King of the Hill!"
• Marvel UK's #280: "The Four Million Year Itch!"
• Marvel Comics' The Transformers #76: "Still Life!"
• Marvel Comics' Transformers: Generation 2 #4: "Devices and Desires!"
• IDW Publishing's Spotlight: Grimlock

Errors

• The Transformers Annual is the 1987 edition, though have have it listed as 1986.

Items of note

• Grimlock is Simon Furman's favorite character, so not surprisingly, all but one of the stories in this TPB was written by him.
• The Marvel issues are all set in the same continuity. Only Spotlight: Grimlock is in a separate continuity.
• Oddly, there is no story from Dreamwave Productions in this collection.
• For some reason, "The Wrath of Guardian!" is not separated in the appendix from "The Wrath of Grimlock!" Also, the numerical title was replaced by words in "The Four Million Year Itch!" and the exclamation points were removed from all of the early titles.

Publishing information

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Release date: November 24, 2010
• ISBN 1600107869 / ISBN 978-1600107863