Earth-91274
Early on in The Transformers comic series, events were depicted as happening in the mainstream universe along with other Marvel Comics stories. Spider-Man played a leading role in issue #3. Cameos and references were made to other Marvel characters and settings including Reed Richards, S.H.I.E.L.D., Nicholas Fury, Dum Dum, Godzilla, the Savage Land, U.S. 1, Ka-Zar, and Dazzler. Editors notes explicitly placed issue #3 prior to Spider-Man #258 and issue #8 before Avengers #257. On the flip side, Circuit Breaker cameoed in Marvel title Secret Wars II which hit newstands before Josie Beller revealed her new Circuit Breaker identity to Transformers readers in issue #9.[1]
These tie-ins gradually tapered off and were eventually dropped entirely from the Transformers series. Many fans began to consider the events of The Transformers comic as happening in a different universe.[Was there a letters page about this?] Simon Furman, however, introduced the superhero team, the Neo-Knights towards the end of The Transformers series with the anticipation that they might be used in future Marvel stories.[2]
In 2009, the universe of the US Transformers comics was unofficially given its own Marvel Comics designation, Earth-91274,[3] which also includes the G.I. Joe comic. In the Transformers classification system, this universal stream is known as Primax 984.0 Gamma.[4]
Notes
- The number is derived from the birth date of Marvel staff artist Nelson Ribeiro, who is a huge Transformers fan.[5]
- 23 years later, Transformers—this time from the IDW Generation 1 continuity—were reintroduced into the Marvel's mainstream continuity with the New Avengers/Transformers crossover series.
See also
- Earth-120185, the universe where the Marvel UK comics took place.
External links
- (Unofficial) Marvel Universe Appendix
- Earth-91274 at Marvel Database
References
- ↑ In Secret Wars II, Circuit Breaker met with the Beyonder, a being who could travel between universes. So this incident could be retroactively explained by dimension-hopping.
- ↑ The letters page for issue #80.
- ↑ While not included in any official Marvel publications to date, the designation was established by the people behind the "Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe" website, who are also the people behind the Official Handbooks of the Marvel Universe these days.
- ↑ "Withered Hope"
- ↑ Enthusiastic post by Nelson Ribeiro at TFW2005, October 2009.
