The transformers franchise will make its sdcc hall h debut this year with a panel for prequel film bumblebee. Best transformers books 21 books meet your next favorite book. 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. 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. Generation one also included an avalanche of ancillary licensed merchandise, more so than any other transformers franchise outside of japan.
This has resulted in a higher number of microcontinuities in g1 than in any other transformers franchise. This article is about the first comic issue of the first comic series about. This transformers comics price guide is for the series from 1984 to 1991 by marvel comics. Transformers is a japaneseamerican media franchise, coproduced by the toy companies takara tomy and hasbro. Transformers the animated movie 1986 represents one of the most exciting. A spinoff film, bumblebee, directed by travis knight and produced by bay, was released on. Kiss players was a japanonly line of transformers toys, manga, and audio dramas released in 2006. Galvatron would play a small but important role in the kiss players storyline. G1 1986 transformers toy galleries is a massive website about transformers toys, cartoons, comics, and movies. If you feel like youve lost the touch, this shirt might just be the way to regain it. New publisher idw launched a pretty good main series with furman and the master of mammoth action ej su, but their biggest surprise came in this series of oneoff issues, each about a single transformer. The movie is out of continuity with the other marvel comics. The autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the autobot matrix of leadership.
The tagline youve got the touch is the everinspirational chorus from the 1986 transformers. He is also the coauthor of a prose book about comics, comic books 101, and has written comics based on the transformers, the band kiss, mars attacks. Galvatron of the marvel uk comics was rated the number 5 comic book villain by. As of january 2015, i havent read any tf comics prior more than meets the eye, so these are all a first for me as i slowly work my way backwards through the series not my choice, believe me, it was a birthday gift accident to. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a podcast, and more than meets the eye. Kiss players is set in an alternate transformers universe where the transformers are powered by the kisses of young girls. Transformers the movie 1986 comic books mycomicshop. Definitely a beautiful book, as we see the current best transformers comic book artist team up with the writer of the original marvel comic and creator of most of the most iconic transformers names and functions. We use ebay to provide references to live prices of comic books.
Written by bob budiansky, art by ian akin, brian garvey, and others. Transformers film series coming to comiccon for first time. The movie 1986 a thousand times, even though i was enamored with the toys action figures as a kid. There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name.
These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in europe in 1986. The early kiss players releases were simply old binaltech figures, recast. A list of which transformers novel or comic book is the best of them all. Best transformers books a list of which transformers novel or comic book is the best of them all. Fans of chromedome and rewind may be touched to learn that the two are now in a romantic relationship. In addition to the 80 regular issues, special magazines such as transformers the movie and headmasters were released. The official history of the war for cybertron transformers by. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an. Sep 05, 2017 judd nelson will return to the world of transformers to reprise his role as hot rod more than 30 years after the release of transformers. I cant quote any scenes wordforword, much less the entire movie. The marvel comics have been and are currently being reprinted into trade paperbacks by titan books.
The movie special edition dvd, released on november 7, 2006. In 1986 the transformers animated movie had been released, and during the run of the movie, through a pamphlet that came with certain figures, you could order certain transformers through the mail, such as optimus prime among other toys. The planet eater marvel comic book december 1986 paperback january 1, 1986 by ralph macchio author, don perlin illustrator. Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. While the anime series for both were hampered by being translated and dubbed before the show was even finished armada and quite literally some of the worst animation of.
As well as the transformers cartoon, there was at the same time a comic published by marvel comics. Panicked edc operatives order kremzeek bullets to be fired at the legion. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board. The planet cybertron, home of sentient robots known as the transformers, has been at war for millions of years, putting the peace faring autobots at war against the.
Titan books 20012010 clubcon 20012016 dreamwave 20022004 devils due 20032007 idw publishing. The animated movie is a comic book adaptation of 1986s the transformers. Furmans experience writing shortshorts for the cramped uk comic paid off here, in gems like the tale of. Feb 21, 2016 the soundtrack and score from the game has been removed except the ending credits track, and replace with music. This was followed by a second volume titled transformers. With orson welles, robert stack, leonard nimoy, norman alden. Hasbro produces the line, having bought the rights to sell them from a japanese company called takara. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. This licensing was revived in the early 2000s due to retroappeal at. It is the near future and the millennium old war between the autobots and the decepticons comes to a head in an epic battle that leaves many familiar faces dead. The original the transformers comic ultimately ran monthly from 1984 to 1991, spanning 80 issues with multiple extra miniseries in the us. When the well of reprintable material ran dry, british talent was enlisted to fill in the gaps with new stories. The soundtrack and score from the game has been removed except the ending credits track, and replace with music. Initially a line of transforming mecha toys rebranded from takaras diaclone and microman toylines, it spawned the transformers media franchise the premise behind the transformers toyline is that an individual toy.
Commander amaou shouts from the sidelines, telling atari that she has been chosen by the autrooper, and is a kissplayer. Generation 2, which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993. Legends comic read legends comic online in high quality. Transformers is a robot action figure line of toys that originated in the united states in 1984 and is still in production. It is the near future and the millennium old war between. Mar 23, 2017 optimus prime rocks out on this transformers shirt. Much more successful were dreamwaves comics for 2002s transformers armada, which introduced a third race of robots, the minicons, who could connect to bigger toys and unlock hidden features, and 2003s transformers energon. This issue features cameo appearances by g1 hot rodimus and convoy optimus prime. Character profiles, abilities, and weaknesses of the autobot and decepticons are told, including transformers from the 1986 animated movie. The unsavoury japanese kiss players line from 2007 is also conspicuous by. The first series was produced by marvel comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spinoff miniseries. Got the touch with images transformers, transformers. The 21st century is a great time to be a transformers fan.
But, what will happen to the benevolent transformers when their own fuel supply begins to run dangerously low. In one issue, he possessed young atari hitotonari while she was using the bathroom. Toyhax makes the coolest labels and sticker sets, toy upgrade kits, and display stage. The transformers, toransufoma is a line of mecha toys produced by japanese company takara now known as takara tomy and american toy company hasbro. The movie, published by idw publishing in 20062007. Transformers 2007, revenge of the fallen 2009, dark of the moon 2011, age of extinction 2014 and the last knight 2017.
It is sometimes stated that the comic came before the cartoon. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise. When it comes to the dreamwave comic book series, he was a gladiator who was fighting on the. Transformers comics, however, continued to be set in the present day. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The movie, in titans return, a new streaming series from. He was voiced by leonard nimoy in the 1986 transformers movie, and then by. Based in the setting of the popular transformers animated and comic book series. 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. Transformers film series coming to comiccon for first. In addition to the animated series, the us and uk comics were given birth by marvel comics. Loaded with neverbeforeseen images, this book is a guide to the epic battle.
After the japanese micro change and diakron toy lines were bought by hasbro and released as the transformers in the us, they needed something to make all the kids buy the action figures. It was part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the film, which also included a new dvd release. The first issue was released in october 2006 and the run coincided with the release of the sonybmg 20th anniversary the transformers. The transformers animated movie adaptation transformers.
This past year, my friends and i decided our theme for the chicago comic and entertainment expo was going to be tr. The planet eater marvel comic book december 1986 paperback january 1, 1986 by ralph macchio author, don perlin illustrator 4. Im still a fan, though, and one that can take this animated adventure with a grain of salt. The animated movie is a fourissue comic book adaptation of the classic 1986 transformers movie in correspondence with the 20th. Marvel uk comics includes both the american comics and ukoriginated material, amounting to a similar total volume, that was published exclusively in the uk until being reprinted internationally in the 2000s. This series marks the conclusion of the hasbro comic book universe, primarily the transformers comics, in advance of a reboot series in 2019. Transformers comics price guide sell my comic books. Transformers is a series of american science fiction action films based on the transformers franchise which began in the 1980s. Transformers 1984 marvel 1st printing comic books mycomicshop. The movie was released in theaters and took its possession as arguably the boldest animated kids movie ever.
See more ideas about transformers megatron, transformers and transformers art. In the beginning, marvel comics held the rights to transformers comics in the us and uk, owing to their hand in developing the characters and story for hasbro. There is an odd franchise of transformers lore called kiss players, where transformers gained powerups via kissing little school girls. Character profiles, ablities, and weakness are listed for the autobots and decepticon from air raid to grimlock. Joe and the transformers comic books for sale online. The uk the transformers comic was weekly, and added a ton of extra stories woven into and around.
Transformers is a comic book series published by marvel comics g1, dreamwave productions g2, and idw publishing g3, as a regular series and in the form of various limited series. They detail the adventures of the robotic characters from the animated series of the same name. Everyones most beloved characters heroes and villains alike who children had grown accustomed to for several years at this point were all killed off in one flail swoop. Initially a line of transforming mecha toys rebranded from takaras diaclone and microman toylines, the toy line began in 1984 with the transformers toy line, and centers on extraterrestrial factions of sentient selfconfiguring modular robotic lifeforms often the autobots and the.
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