The Transformers Classics, Vol. 1
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | August 24, 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN 1600109357 / ISBN 978-1600109355 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 316 | ||||||||||||
| Price | $24.99US | ||||||||||||
Beginning in 2011, IDW Publishing began a second reprinting of the Generation 1 Marvel Comics in full-color trade paperback omnibuses a year after completing their previous Classic Transformers reprint series. Volume 1 collects issues 1–13.
Issue manifest
Original date: September 1984
Story by: Ralph Macchio
Pencils by: Frank Springer
Original date: November 1984
Story by: Jim Salicrup
Pencils by: Frank Springer
Original date: January 1985
Story by: Jim Salicrup
Pencils by: Frank Springer
Original date: March 1985
Story by: Jim Salicrup
Pencils by: Frank Springer
Original date: June 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Alan Kupperberg
Original date: July 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Alan Kupperberg
Original date: August 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: William Johnson
Original date: September 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: William Johnson
Original date: October 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Mike Manley
Original date: November 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Ricardo Villamonte
Original date: December 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Herb Trimpe
Original date: January 1986
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Herb Trimpe
Original date: February 1986
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin
Notes
- Contains an introductory note, several pages long, detailing the development of the North American Transformers franchise, the key roles of Jim Shooter and Bob Budiansky, and launch of the toys, comics and cartoons.
- Throughout the volume, notes are included explaining behind-the-scenes decisions and problems, such the #3 inclusion of Spider-Man and the previous IDW rights issues with Circuit Breaker, whose appearances are restored in their respective issues.
- Do to the inclusion of the issues' original covers and the aforementioned notes, some page repositioning occurs, where, in the original monthly comic, the 1st page of every issue would be on the left, it now starts on the right in some cases, shuffling all the issue's pages over by one.
- Though it contains the original covers, the MARVEL logo is removed from the corner comic box (since it's a IDW property now) and the bar code box is left empty.
