The transformers comic book was published by marvel comics from 1984 to 1991. Transformers uk comics european comics for sale ebay. Hottest comics key issues comics by letter cgc cert lookup investment speculation new comics this week sell my comics. Marvel 198494 dreamwave 200204 devils due 200307 idw 2005 atlantic 198793 full stop 2003 bladkompaniet 2003 semic 198791 egmont 2003 nordic crossreference ukus crossreference easter eggs in the war within.
The first series was produced by marvel comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spinoff miniseries. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board. The transformer book measures roughly 8 x 8 in size with nice graphics and contains 24 pages. Two opposing factions of transforming alien robots engage in a battle that has the fate of earth in the balance. Find out what the original 1980s series is worth today, or get a free appraisal of your collection. The transformers 1984 comic read the transformers 1984. Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Find great deals on ebay for comic the transformers 1985. In japan, the rights to produce comic material for this new transformers line went to kodansha, the publisher of several different monthly comic compilations and magazines for kids. Find out what the original 1980s series is worth today, or get a. Defeated and captured by the decepticons, the autobots try to regroup and come up with a plan. A series where i will offer a brief description of a hero in about a minute here we will discuss some of the more memorable stories told in comic book lore. Only from idw publishing, a leader in digital comics.
A few of the early issues were reprinted by marvel in a digest sized magazine called the transformers comics magazine that ran 10 issues from 1987 to 1988. The transformers, the monthly comic book published in the u. The transformers is an american animated robot superhero television series which originally aired from september 17, 1984 to november 11, 1987. Marvel had also reprinted some of these early issues in 1985, as the transformers collected comics which ran 2 issues. Starting out as a miniseries, it became very popular and lasted for 80 issues. This is an older, softcover transformers book, insecticon attack as issued by marvel books in 1985. When the well of reprintable material ran dry, british talent was enlisted to fill in the gaps with new stories. Other transformers featured in the book include brainstorm, highbrow, crosshairs, hardhead, scourge, apeface, skullcruncher, triggerhappy and slugslinger. Published largely biweekly from 1984 to 1990, marvel uks the transformers was, like most of the imprints titles, comprised of choppedup reprints of the us comic. With frank welker, peter cullen, corey burton, christopher collins.
Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a podcast, and more than meets the eye. Transformers comics price guide sell my comic books. Over 500 comics with brand new stories in the popular more than meets the eye and transformers ongoing series, movie tieins and adaptations, and classics from the 80s and 90s. This website is not created or run by either hasbro, kenner, takara, marvel comics, dreamwave productions, devils due publishing, titan books, dk publishing, idw publishing, atari, melbourne house, dreamworks skg, paramount pictures, or any other company whose characters or products are mentioned on the website. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a. Transformers the definitive g1 collection windblade issue 17 hardback book. War of the dinobots comics marvel uk collected comics. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. In this book and the subsequent one, the autobots are shown to be led by hot rod and the decepticons by cyclonus. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a. The book is in nice condition with light shelf wear and comes from a smokefree and petfree home. In the shows, the introduction of most of these new characters was rather abrupt surprising considering how many episodes made up. The comic did not attempt to perfectly follow the show and some characters were completely absent. There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name.
Originally intended as a 4issue limited series, it ran for 80 issues. Cgc census data for canadian price variant and regular comic books. Dec 15, 2016 there has never been a franchise more designed to sell toys than transformers. Again this seems to place them firmly outside either tv or comic continuity. While the comic book actually predates the cartoon, there was a threeissue miniseries that adapted the movie which is only accepted as canon by the uk version of the comic series and one issue was an adaptation of the cartoon episode the big. The first issue was released in october 2006 and the run coincided with the release of the sonybmg 20th anniversary the transformers. It started life as a fourissue, bimonthly limited series in 1984, but proved so popular that it continued publication as an ongoing monthly until spring.
The animated movie is a fourissue comic book adaptation of the classic 1986 transformers movie in correspondence with the 20th anniversary of the films release. Marvel comics run of the transformers series that ran for 80 issues before being cancelled. The entire transformers comic book universe all in one app. Lot of 65 vintage transformers marvel 1985 comic book. There has never been a franchise more designed to sell toys than transformers. The transformers was an 80issue american comic book series published by marvel comics telling the story of the transformers. See more ideas about transformers, comics and comic books. Generation 2, which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993.
The first of many series in the transformers franchise, it was based upon hasbros transformers toy line itself based upon the diaclone and microman toy lines originally created by japanese toy manufacturer takara and. The transformers issues 942, ongoing transformers annual 1985. Transformers transformers book transformers books 1985 etsy. In the shows, the introduction of most of these new characters was rather abrupt surprising considering how many episodes made up the second season. The comic book that followed was designed to bolster toy sales by creating backstories and spotlighting new characters for that would soon become toys. Based on the toys and the animated tv show it spawned, this was the very first series of transformers comic books. Transformers comic books issue 1 19831985 mycomicshop.
It also had a uk sister title that spliced original stories into the continuity, running for 332 issues. Transformers collected comics tpb 1985 marvel comic books. When optimus primes ship full of autobots is attacked by megatron and the decepticons, the spaceship crashlands on earth. Super robot lifeform transformers prologue books ballantine books find your fate junior. Originally it was designed as a limited series, published bimonthly and intended to end with the fourth issue, but at the end of the limited series marvel changed it into an ongoing, monthly comic book. Originally scheduled as a four issue miniseries, it spawned a mythology that would inform other versions of the saga. Early comic book version of the famous transforming robots. At the same time, ratchet and buster try to help and get into the ark which has been taken over by the decepticons in the new order. This transformers comics price guide is for the series from 1984 to 1991 by marvel comics. From 21 september 1985 issue 27 to 9 february 1991 issue 308, transformers was published weekly, before reverting to fortnightly publication for its final twentyfour issues. The 15 best transformers stories of all time screenrant.
The transformers returned 2 years later at marvel comics in the less successful transformers. Play transformers comic creator online game to make your own comic book transformers. Transformers comic creator online game make your own comic. Script by bob budiansky and art by alan kupperberg. During its second format, it contained a single transformers story, along with varying backup strips. This was followed by a second volume titled transformers. Japanesemarket transformers comics kodansha 1985 2005 tv magazine may 1985. Several million years later, the robots wake up and continue their fight on this strange new world. Get the best deals on transformers comics when you shop the largest online.