IDW Transformers #1 (1984) Hundred Penny Press Preview
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Transformers #1 (1984) Hundred Penny Press Edition
Bill Mantlo & Ralph Macchio (w) • Frank Springer (a) • Bill Sienkiewicz (c)
See how the epic began, for only a buck! Celebrate issue 100 of TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE with the story that started it all! AUTOBOTS wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the DECEPTICONS—and their war spills onto Earth!
FC • 32 pages • $1.00
Bullet points:
- Featuring the first appearance of OPTIMUS PRIME, MEGATRON, and many, many more beloved characters!
- Afterword by TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE writer John Barber!
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Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 11th, 2014 @ 5:05am CDT
Posted by spiderbob007 on March 11th, 2014 @ 11:36am CDT
Seeing this reminds me that comics before the 1990's were super wordy. You really got a lot more read for your 75 cents. Although it isn't in the web preview, there is a page introducing all the Autobots by name and personality, that has to the the longest page of dialog in comics history. For those that don't know, the character names and personalities were created by Marvel writers.
To this day, I'm still not sure what Optimus Prime was supposed to transform into for his Cybertronian alt mode. A tank? A kibble-cannon? A kill-truck? Not sure.
Love that Sienkiewicz cover. Take that, Decepticreep!! Ginormous Optimus Prime schooled you.
Posted by Dead Metal on March 11th, 2014 @ 11:55am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 11th, 2014 @ 12:12pm CDT
Dead Metal wrote:Why is a mis-coloured Optimus Prime attacking the Ark in that last page?
The cartoon had animation errors, the comics had...those.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 11th, 2014 @ 12:14pm CDT
Twas only the first issue. It was chock full of all kinds of art errors. Things improved over time, though.Dead Metal wrote:Why is a mis-coloured Optimus Prime attacking the Ark in that last page?
However, it seems IDW tried fixing some coloring errors since that Jazz standing next to Optimus on the page with the Autobot Elder should be miscolored gold instead of white like he is here.
And they blackened Megatron's eyes on the first page instead of leaving them yellowish.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 11th, 2014 @ 12:17pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:However, it seems IDW tried fixing some coloring errors since that Jazz standing next to Optimus on the page with the Autobot Elder should be miscolored gold instead of white like he is here.
That was an error? I just always thought that was either Bumblebee or Sunstreaker.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 11th, 2014 @ 12:21pm CDT
That body type is definitely Jazz.Rodimus Prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote:However, it seems IDW tried fixing some coloring errors since that Jazz standing next to Optimus on the page with the Autobot Elder should be miscolored gold instead of white like he is here.
That was an error? I just always thought that was either Bumblebee or Sunstreaker.
Plus, I doubt either Bee or Streaker would have the ranks to appear in a meeting with an Elder as much as Jazz would.
Posted by Dead Metal on March 11th, 2014 @ 12:58pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Why is a mis-coloured Optimus Prime attacking the Ark in that last page?
The cartoon had animation errors, the comics had...those.
Looking at it again, the other Optimus seems to be using Hound's body.
This is almost as hilarious as the German covers.
Posted by Bounti76 on March 11th, 2014 @ 9:13pm CDT
I love how extremely toyetic some of these characters are in the first issue. Rumble, Ravage, Jazz, Ironhide, Ratchet...nostalgia at it's best.
Posted by sto_vo_kor_2000 on March 11th, 2014 @ 9:27pm CDT
Dead Metal wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Why is a mis-coloured Optimus Prime attacking the Ark in that last page?
The cartoon had animation errors, the comics had...those.
Looking at it again, the other Optimus seems to be using Hound's body.
This is almost as hilarious as the German covers.
I dont think I've ever seen any German comic covers
Posted by Sabrblade on March 11th, 2014 @ 9:34pm CDT
Click through each issue to feast your eyes on these garish nightmares:sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Why is a mis-coloured Optimus Prime attacking the Ark in that last page?
The cartoon had animation errors, the comics had...those.
Looking at it again, the other Optimus seems to be using Hound's body.
This is almost as hilarious as the German covers.
I dont think I've ever seen any German comic covers
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Die_Transformer
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Comic-Magazin
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Extra_Comic-Sonderheft
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Super-Auswahlband
All produced by this company - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Condor_Verlag
Posted by sto_vo_kor_2000 on March 11th, 2014 @ 9:55pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Click through each issue to feast your eyes on these garish nightmares:sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Why is a mis-coloured Optimus Prime attacking the Ark in that last page?
The cartoon had animation errors, the comics had...those.
Looking at it again, the other Optimus seems to be using Hound's body.
This is almost as hilarious as the German covers.
I dont think I've ever seen any German comic covers
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Die_Transformer
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Comic-Magazin
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Extra_Comic-Sonderheft
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Super-Auswahlband
All produced by this company - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Condor_Verlag
holy crazy colors Batman
Posted by spiderbob007 on March 12th, 2014 @ 5:50am CDT
Bounti76 wrote:I love how extremely toyetic some of these characters are in the first issue. Rumble, Ravage, Jazz, Ironhide, Ratchet...nostalgia at it's best.
The first comics certainly had more truth in advertising that the cartoon which came after.
A close second for toy-accurate depictions was issues 33 and 34, which I believe was US comics reader's first introduction to the UK version of Transformers. These were my first Transformers comics and I thought enough of them to keep them for 25 years.
Posted by Bounti76 on March 12th, 2014 @ 6:53am CDT
spiderbob007 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:I love how extremely toyetic some of these characters are in the first issue. Rumble, Ravage, Jazz, Ironhide, Ratchet...nostalgia at it's best.
The first comics certainly had more truth in advertising that the cartoon which came after.
A close second for toy-accurate depictions was issues 33 and 34, which I believe was US comics reader's first introduction to the UK version of Transformers. These were my first Transformers comics and I thought enough of them to keep them for 25 years.
I still have this issue!! I just read it a couple of weeks ago, and you're right- Mirage especially looks like his toy here.
Posted by spiderbob007 on March 12th, 2014 @ 8:35am CDT
I love the composition of this cover, too bad Charles Vess doesn't do much comic work anymore.
Posted by Lord Manhammer '74 on March 12th, 2014 @ 1:24pm CDT
Posted by spiderbob007 on March 12th, 2014 @ 2:10pm CDT
Lord Manhammer '74 wrote:From what I remember from the farewell written at the end of the "Final" issue, the first issue, just shortly before going to press. Was basically scrapped, and started again from scratch. So it was basically a rush job to get it in on its release date. So I'm not surprised it looked a little on the rough side.
I stopped reading The Transformers comics long before issue #80, and had not read that story. I'm sure "the powers that were" translates as Jim Shooter. He had a reputation in the industry for making last-minute changes.
Thanks for the insight.
Posted by daningotham on March 12th, 2014 @ 8:59pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 12th, 2014 @ 9:26pm CDT
I have never read that before. That's pretty fascinating.spiderbob007 wrote:Lord Manhammer '74 wrote:From what I remember from the farewell written at the end of the "Final" issue, the first issue, just shortly before going to press. Was basically scrapped, and started again from scratch. So it was basically a rush job to get it in on its release date. So I'm not surprised it looked a little on the rough side.
I stopped reading The Transformers comics long before issue #80, and had not read that story. I'm sure "the powers that were" translates as Jim Shooter. He had a reputation in the industry for making last-minute changes.
Thanks for the insight.