More to come.
Arrival
“The Transformers” -- 25 pages
- script by Ralph Macchio; story by Bill Mantlo; pencils by Frank Springer; inks by Kim DeMulder
first issue; cover by Bill Sienkiewicz; published by Marvel Comics; $0.75; cover-dated Sept 1984
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first issue; reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #1; cover by Jerry Paris; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 3 Oct 1984
the cover looks far more like a scene from “Man of Iron” than from Transformers Vol. 1 #1 (hence this cover being used by Transformers Collected Comics #3, which collected “Man of Iron”); reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #1; cover by John Ridgway; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 17 Oct 1984
Man of Iron
“Man of Iron, Part 1″ -- 11 pages
- written by Steve Parkhouse; art by John Ridgway
“Man of Iron, Part 2″ -- 11 pages
- written by Steve Parkhouse; art by John Ridgway
reprints Transformers (U.K.) Vol. 1 #9-10 (in color, a different colorized version from that of Transformers Collected Comics #3); cover by Charles Vess; published by Marvel Comics; $1.00; cover-dated Oct 1987
“Man of Iron, Part 3″ -- 11 pages
- written by Steve Parkhouse; art by Mike Collins
“Man of Iron, Part 4″ -- 11 pages
- written by Steve Parkhouse; art by Mike Collins
reprints Transformers (U.K.) Vol. #11-12 (in color, a different colorized version from that of Transformers Collected Comics #3); cover by Tom Morgan, Ian Akin, and Brian Garvey; published by Marvel Comics; $1.00; cover-dated Nov 1987
reprints Transformers (U.K.) Vol. #9-12 (in color); cover taken from Transformers (U.K.) Vol. 1 #2; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 1986
The Mini-Series Continues
“Power Play!” -- 23 pages
- script by Jim Salicrup; story by Bill Mantlo; pencils by Frank Springer; inks by Kim DeMulder
reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #2; cover by Jerry Paris; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 31 Oct 1984
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #2; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #2; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 14 Nov 1984
first issue; reprints Transformers Vol. 1 #1-2; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #2; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated Summer 1985
“Prisoner of War!” -- 23 pages
- written by Jim Salicrup; pencils by Frank Springer; inks by Kim DeMulder and Mike Esposito
reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #3; cover by John Ridgway; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 30 Nov 1984
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #3; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #3; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 14 Dec 1984
Interlude
“The Enemy Within!” -- 11 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by John Ridgway
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“The Enemy Within!, Part 2: The Best Laid Plans…” -- 11 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Mike Collins
“The Enemy Within!, Part 3: Crime… and Punishment!” -- 11 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Mike Collins
“The Enemy Within!, Part 4: Trail… and Error!” -- 6 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Mike Collins
- originally created to be 11 pages, but wound up split between this issue and the next
“The Enemy Within!, Part 5: Endings… and Beginnings!” -- 5 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Mike Collins
reprints Transformers (U.K.) Vol. 1 #13-17 (in color); cover by Will Simpson; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated Summer 1986
“Raiders of the Last Ark” -- 6 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Mike Collins and Jeff Anderson
“Raiders of the Last Ark, Part 2″ -- 5 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Mike Collins and Jeff Anderson
“Raiders of the Last Ark, Part 3″ -- 6 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Mike Collins and Jeff Anderson
“Raiders of the Last Ark, Part 4″ -- 5 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Mike Collins and Jeff Anderson
The Mini-Series Concludes
“The Last Stand” -- 22 pages
- written by Jim Salicrup; pencils by Frank Springer; inks by Ian Akin and Brian Garvey
reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #4; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #4; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 28 Dec 1984
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #4; cover by Barry Kitson; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 11 Jan 1985
reprints Transformers Vol. 1 #3-4; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #4; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 1985
The New Order
“The New Order” -- 22 pages
- written by Bob Budiansky; art by Alan Kupperberg
reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #5; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #5; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 26 July 1985
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #5; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 9 Aug 1985
“The Worse of Two Evils!” -- 22 pages
- written by Bob Budiansky; art by Alan Kupperberg
reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #6; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 23 Aug 1985
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #6; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #6; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 6 Sept 1985
Ratchet and Megatron
“Warrior School!” -- 23 pages
- written by Bob Budiansky; pencils by William Johnson; inks by Kyle Baker
reprints Transformers Vol. 1 #7; this is the only U.K. issue to reprint an entire U.S. issue; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #7; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 14 Sept 1985
“Repeat Performance!” -- 22 pages
- written by Bob Budiansky; pencils by William Johnson; inks by Kyle Baker
first weekly issue; reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #8; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 21 Sept 1985
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #8; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #8; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 28 Sept 1985
Interlude
“Decepticon Dam Busters, Part 1″ -- 11 pages
- written by John Stokes
“Decepticon Dam Busters, Part 2″ -- 11 pages
- written by John Stokes
reprints Transformers (U.K.) Vol. 1 #29-30; cover by Geoff Senior; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated Spring 1987
“The Wrath of Guardian” -- 11 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Barry Kitson
“The Wrath of Grimlock” -- 11 pages
- written by Simon Furman; art by Barry Kitson and Mark Farmer
reprints Transformers U.K. Vol. 1 #31-32; cover by Geoff Senior; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated Summer 1987
a.k.a. Transformers Collected Comics Holiday Special 1994; reprints Transformers U.K. Vol. 1 #31-32 and “And There Shall Come… a Leader!” from Transformers Annual 1986; cover taken from Transformers U.K. Vol. 1 #295 (recolored); published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated Holiday 1994
The Storyline Concludes
“Dis-Integrated Circuits” -- 22 pages
- written by Bob Budiansky; pencils by Mike Manley; inks by various (as M. Hands)
reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #9; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 2 Nov 1985
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #9; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #9; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 9 Nov 1985
“The Next Best Thing To Being There!” -- 22 pages
- written by Bob Budiansky; pencils by Ricardo Villamonte; inks by Brad Joyce
reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #10; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 16 Nov 1985
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #10; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #10; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 23 Nov 1985
“Brainstorm” -- 22 pages
- written by Bob Budiansky; pencils by Herb Trimpe; inks by Tom Palmer
reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #11; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 30 Nov 1985
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #11; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #11; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 7 Dec 1985
“Prime Time” -- 22 pages
- written by Bob Budiansky; pencils by Herb Trimpe; inks by Al Gordon
reprints the first half of Transformers Vol. 1 #12; cover taken from Transformers Vol. 1 #12; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 14 Dec 1985
reprints the second half of Transformers Vol. 1 #12; published by Marvel Comics / Marvel U.K.; cover-dated 21 Dec 1985
Short Epilogue
“Christmas Breaker”
- written by James Hill; art by William Simpson
- features Circuit Breaker
- the first U.K. Christmas story
