These primarily served to introduce readers to the kiss players story and characters when the line was launched, and then later, to summarize the final few radio dramas when both series were drawing to a close. Transformers is a japaneseamerican media franchise, coproduced by the toy companies takara tomy and hasbro. 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. Transformers are fictional robots from outer space able to transform their bodies from common machines vehicles, devices and so on into full humanlike shapes. Transformers is a series of american science fiction action films based on the transformers franchise which began in the 1980s. The official comic book adaptation of the steven spielberg film. The future optimus prime, orion pax, stands by to witness sometime friend megatron hold a rally for the ascenticons. Ghosts of cybertron and millions of other books are. The artwork was also done by british fan favorites, geoff senior and andrew wildman.
Comic artist turns tessa thompsons oscars dress into a greek mythology comic. Transformers surprise vintage 1980s1990s comic book lot of 11 different comics. Comic book writer and artist bob budiansky, the mind behind many of the transformers characters, made a habit of embedding pop culture references within the. This has resulted in a higher number of microcontinuities in g1 than in any other transformers franchise. I also run hall liquidations on ebay where i sell action figures g. Kiss players continued the theme of the metaphysical power potential of human beings empowering transformers.
Oshimas other contribution to transformers at the time, the 1page 15 go. The transformers boast a deep mystical mythology akin to star wars and the weighty concepts of war philosophy and moral ambiguities of star trek. Generation one also included an avalanche of ancillary licensed merchandise, more so than any other transformers franchise outside of japan. Marvel comics super special 1977 comic books mycomicshop. The series debuted on cartoon network on december 26, 2007, and ended on may 23, 2009. It also spawned mutuallycontradictory sequel series under the generation 2 and classics franchises and idws regeneration one. 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. 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. This licensing was revived in the early 2000s due to retroappeal at. Ryall and zvr cocreator ashley wood were nominated for the 2006 eisner award for best short story. Joe franchise, the early transformers comics at marvel helped define and enrich a universe that began as nothing more than a toy line.
The transformers returned 2 years later at marvel comics in the less successful. The comic that accompanied the kiss players was an unashamed reflection of this, with several images which were considered by some to be very sexually themed. Comic book ratchet could be argued to have been megatrons true nemesis, surpassing optimus prime. Finally, after months in production hell, my dub of the revolution prelude. Several million years later, the robots wake up and continue their fight on this strange new world. Special thanks to viz media for providing a sample copy of this book. Collections of transformers comics produced by marvel us and marvel uk. This article is about the first comic issue of the first comic series about transformers. Animated is an american animated television series based on the transformers toy line. The hasbro comic book universe hcbu is an american comic book franchise and shared.
The transformers, toransufoma is a line of mecha toys produced by japanese company takara now known as takara tomy and american toy company hasbro. See more ideas about transformers, transformers art and transformers prime. This series marks the conclusion of the hasbro comic book universe, primarily the transformers comics, in advance of a reboot series in 2019. 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. Fixit of the autobots who died like a background bitch in the movie. Cunnilingus, titfuck, aliens, cum swallow, straight, group sex. Concurrently with the marvel comic book, generation 1 established virtually every essential trope of the transformers franchise. Previous examples were the japanese series programs masterforce and car robots. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name.
Marvel g1, dreamwave and idw or anything else tf comic book related. Use this forum to discuss all the transformers comic books and graphic novels. Transformers is a comic book series by idw publishing, based upon the 2007 transformers movie. Cybertron balancing act edit balancing act, released by idw in april 2007, is a collection of stories from the hasbro collectors club magazine that were published from 2005 to 2006. Pin by wanderer on transformers transformers comic. Based on the toys and the animated tv show it spawned, this was the very first series of transformers comic books. They were popular as a kids cartoon series used to promote the hasbro robots toy line. Starting out as a miniseries, it became very popular and lasted for 80 issues. The manga volume 1 from viz media will be released at book and comic book stores nationwide. The first series was produced by marvel comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spinoff miniseries. The 15 best transformers stories of all time screenrant. Ratchet also died in the comics, but after one hell of a run.
When optimus primes ship full of autobots is attacked by megatron and the decepticons, the spaceship crashlands on earth. The uk the transformers comic was weekly, and added a ton of extra stories woven into and around. Joe, star wars, transformers, masters of the universe, star trek, teenage mutant ninja turtles, marvel, dc, anything else, toys, trading cards sports, comic book, movietvmusic, collectible games, etc. Its probably irrelevant now but i am grateful for all of those who. Also, giant alien robots kick the crap out of each other. In japan, the show debuted on april 3, 2010, on both tv aichi and tv tokyo. This comic books were written by fan british fan favorite writer, simon furman. Jun 05, 2007 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, weekly world news, and, currently, hasbros rom. This was followed by a second volume titled transformers.
Tales to astonish, tarzan, teen titans, teenage mutant ninja turtles, thanos, thor, tomb of dracula, transformers, walking dead, watchmen. They were two of the many robotic extensions of teletran 1 who. Regeneration one is a nice dose of nostalgia for fans of the original transformers comic, but nostalgia only carries a book so far. See more ideas about transformers, comics and comic books. Ive been wanting to do a halloween comic since last. Apologizing to her, she feels silly as she is the one who feels she needs to apologize to him and the two share a makeup kiss. These are the 15 best transformers stories of all time. There was also an added comic that was bundled with the collected kiss players manga. Erik burnham is a minnesotan writer and artist that first broke into comics by. Transformers 2007, revenge of the fallen 2009, dark of the moon 2011, age of extinction 2014 and the last knight 2017. Readcomiconline read comics online in high quality.
Halloween costumes page 1 hiyo student, traditional artist page 19. It was called information administration teletran 15 go. Generation 2, which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993. Legendary comic book heroes toys, action figures and collectibles. Transformers are made up of the heroic autobots headed by optimus prime. Halloween costumes page 1 by tychou on deviantart been hacking up a lot of interesting stuff, but getting there. The original the transformers comic ultimately ran monthly from 1984 to 1991, spanning 80 issues with multiple extra miniseries in the us. They were the creative team behind the success of the marvel uk transformers comic books series. Bumblebee x arcee kiss you for windy prime youtube.
Commander amaou shouts from the sidelines, telling atari that she has been chosen by the autrooper, and is a kissplayer. Scarlet spider, new warriors, red sonja and kiss with more on the way. Meanwhile, young rubbles coming of age is interrupted by the discovery of a destroyed brainstorm. 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, weekly world news, and, currently, hasbros rom. More than meets the eye 2012 where the heartbreak began. Originally intended as a 4issue limited series, it ran for 80 issues. A spinoff film, bumblebee, directed by travis knight and produced by bay, was released on. Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name.
He is one of the most well known autobots and in most incarnations is optimus primes right hand man. The comic did not attempt to perfectly follow the show and some characters were completely absent. More than meets the eye is such a wholesome, wellthoughtout series to the transformers universe that it impresses me how connected everything is. Sorry the pages are coming out a little slower these days. 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. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps.
Every transformers animated series ranked screenrant. Following the bankruptcy of dreamwave productions in 2005, idw picked up the transformers comic book license and hired veteran writer. Transformers comics discussion tfw2005 the 2005 boards. Where i first began, and wow, what an emotional trip this comic is. Small but tough autobot that has an affinity for interacting with humans.
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