The Transformers Universe (Marvel)

The name or term "Universe" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Universe (disambiguation).

This article is about the Marvel profile books. For the Dreamwave profile books, see More Than Meets The Eye.

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Transformers Universe is a four-issue limited series published by Marvel Comics in 1986 featuring expanded bios for the Transformers that had appeared thus far in the comic and toy lines. The entries were organized alphabetically, with the exception that characters who first appeared in The Transformers: The Movie were held until Issue 4. Each character had a lengthy write-up, divided into three sections: Profile, Abilities, and Weaknesses.

Entries for characters from Transformers: The Movie differ greatly in style from the rest, sometimes omitting sections entirely. The writing style for these characters suggests that their profiles are actually pre-production notes from very early in the characters' development, before their character models had actually been designed; Cyclonus, for example, is described as a "multi-engine, and perhaps multi-wing" spacecraft, with weapons such as "an incendiary bomb rack" which are clearly not present on his character model.

• Issue 1: Features entries from Air Raid to Grimlock.

• Issue 2: Features entries from Groove to Ramjet.

• Issue 3: Features entries from Rampage to Swindle.

• Issue 4: Features entries from Steeljaw to Windcharger, plus Transformers: The Movie characters from Arblus to Wreck-Gar, including several non-toy characters.

Notes

• The series was later republished in a single volume although a handful of character profiles, such as Eject,Rewind,Inferno,Steeljaw,Sandstorm, Tailgate, Top Spin, Twin Twist and Pipes were left out (though their pictures appeared on the cover).
• Although cleaned up by artists Ian Akin and Brian Garvey, all the character artwork was based upon character models for the animated series.
• With issue #47 of the Marvel Comic, new post-1986 character entries under the Transformers Universe heading began appearing on a semi-regular basis, ending in issue #79. In these cases, the artwork was based upon the character models used in the US toy commercials. Many 1987 and 1988 characters never received such profiles, however.
• The profiles were also used as part of the UK comic’s "Transformers A-Z" feature.
• Scans of the series frequently appear on the Internet.
• Though the title on the cover is Transformers Universe, the title in the indicia is The Transformers Universe.
  
  
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