Transformers Reading Order Part 1 | 1984 - 1992 | The Marvel Comics Years | History of Transformers 

Im just hoping that whoever gets the rights does a good job printing everything

Love to see my favorite franchise get some representation! I’m really hoping Skybound can put out the Marvel years in a new omni. I missed out on volumes 3 onward, and really want to see them back in print.

I remember as a very little kid reading the issue with Circuitbreaker and thinking it was the same lady in Superman 3 movie who gets turned all robotic

I love the original Marvel comics. I was born in '88, but G1 is still by far my favorite era, and I've collected all of those Classics TPBs. It's kind of a matter of pride that I didn't spend exorbitant prices to get them, lol. I've still never read any of the UK-only stories because those TPBs were discontinued long ago.

Correction on the Hachette. While they came out in a pretty random order the issue number (sticker on the front) wasn't the same as the volume number (on the spine, shelf order). On the shelf they go Marvel (following the UK order with UK stories where they fit between US stories), Dreamwave, IDW with only some odds and ends out of order at the end that weren't part of the original 80 book run but part of the 20 book extension. A couple of thing not ideally placed but it's all pretty much in reading order.

Really wish the next publisher would do a Marvel US/UK numerical order hardcover series that is not super difficult to get in the US. Edit: those William Johnson issues were so beautiful. I love the Ratchet camping issue so much.

Till all are one.

These videos inspired me to start doing my own video showcases of Transformers comics. I did my Action (Superman) collection already (from the late 50s to the mid 80s) I did do the Target 2006 comics-but I am thinking about doing more

This was a fun walk down memory lane. My first issue was #36. I cut out the subscription page and sent it in. I remember those subsequent issues getting >gasp< folded and dropped through our mail slot. Then I discovered comicbook stores in ads in those Transformers comics. I called one of the stores listed and asked if they had Transformers back issues. I had my parents drive me out to Eagle Rock (about an hour away) and I bought Transformers #1 for what seemed like a lot of money >gasp< $10. Eventually, I caught up on all the back issues. I've been tempted to have all those issues bound.

Marvel Transformers Omnis would be AMAZING.

Been waiting for this video for years. Loved every minute Geoff seniors art is burnt into my memory and I've never read how the American saga finished so thank you.

Bob Budiansky is a legend. He did so much for the Transformers

Really hope they find some way to keep the idw hardcovers in print and finish out phase 3

Sweet, great video, Omar. Being an old guy this is by far my favorite era of Transformers comics, especially the latter half or so by Furman. Fingers crossed that Kirkman collects all of these in either omnis or OHCs.

Good work posting these. I don't have the compliations because I still have my collection of US and UK Transformers comics from Marvel (In Canada, we could get both. I think it was the ideal place for it-the UK collection was sold all over the commonwealth, but in other places, buying the US comics was harder (either because of distance like in Australia and New Zealand), and/or because of governmental reasons (South Africa didn't have a lot of different media from other lands because Black people were in positions of authority in said media and apartheid South Africa didn't want people seeing that) One thing that the compliations neglect to include are letters to the editor. I always loved reading those-especially in the UK comic where you got to write to a character. (I remember writing to Soundwave a few times as a kid, but what I didn't realise is that with the weekly UK comic, all letters came from the British isles simply because there was no time to wait for mail to arrive from oversees (this was pre-internet, and it probably took over a week for mail to go from Canada to England, so the next issue was already written and printed)

Absolute loved (and over 30 years later I still do) the Transformers UK comic. Simon Furman and Geoff Senior in particular became legends in that run, not forgetting Bob Budiansky

Great review! Glad I could help out lending you some of my trades/hardcovers :)

Great overview Omar. The IDW collections US and UK) are some of my favorite books in my collection. The earlier Titan Marvel G1 & G2 reprints are quite nice too. They also contain the Spiderman and Circuit Breaker issues, and the covers of each pair of volumes (1 and 2, 3 and 4, etc) for the entire collection act as connecting covers. I'm still disappointed that TF Classics UK didn't finish the UK run... here's hoping that the new publisher will!

Great spotlight. Thanks for doing this.

I’ll admit, I’m not that into Transformers nowadays. But in the 80’s, I was getting those comics monthly. I remember the shock of the end of issue 4 and my shock seeing issue 5 on the shelf.

I can't wait for possible new collections - TF was one of my favorites as a kid but I got rid of those issues long ago; also have heard so much good word on the IDW line that I really look for ward to that as well (and the upcoming Reading Oder video!)

Awesome to see you finally do a TF reading order. I didn't know you were such a big TF fan until I saw your house moving video and saw all your toys :-) I got into the toys and comics after buying a Combiner Wars toy with pack-in comic back in 2016 and now have 400+ figures and 5 short boxes with the Marvel, Dreamwave, and IDW singles, plus IDW Phase 1 collected editions and about 80% of the TFUK in various collected editions. Why are there no more giant robot universe comics out there? Maybe you can do a top 10 robot/sci-fi universe comic list soon? Thanks for all the great content Omar!

Transformers Marvel UK issue 45 is what got me into comics. A good book to get for lots of info on the Marvel comics is Transform and Roll Out the Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Transformers Franchise 1984-1992 by Ryan Frost and published by Telos.

This is by far the best Transformers comics video 🥰

Been waiting for this one, Omar! I have *most* of the IDW trades, but not all of them. One small addition would be 'Classic GI Joe' Vol. 14, which includes the second Joe/Transformers team-up (and leads into Gen2). Also OP and getting harder-to-find, natch!

Can you make videos like this about Justice League Odyssey? (or just Starfire's), and Aquaman's, and one of Damien Wayne's, and maybe one of Darkseid's as well, and if you could also add during the video their reading order in trade paperbacks

Excellent video

Titan comics reprinted the most popular marvel uk comics in a magazine sized trade paper back maybe 20 years ago. Glad i have most of them

that mp-01 is a blast from the past

Looking forward to this reading order

Are we gonna get another full collection tour before the year ends? So much has come out this year i'm dying to see your updated collection!

Is Dreamwave also in part 2? Also what Optimus is that in the opening screen? Is that the Masterpiece?

If you still have your original copy of issue #64, you will find my letter printed in the Trasmissions letter page!

Yo imar the story of how death head gets to regular size is collected in death's head volume one ...great video btw.

I just have all the original marvel us g1 comics. I even have the headmasters, gi joe, movie, and universe comics, I need to get g2 now

I've got the first first 45 or so issues of Transformers in scraggly condition somewhere in a box here. I remember when those Titan reprints were first announced and it was a big thing in the Transformers community back then. I ended up getting, I think, 6 volumes from that... back when no one could have imagined Transformers would get more and more printings as the years went on. Also... Andrew Wildman of X-Men Adventures... and issue 1 of the X-Men Collector's Edition Pizza Hut comics... ?!?! 😮

Thank u

I can't recall if it was ever explained why the US never used the movie characters? Their loss was the UK's gain, as those 'future'/time-jumping stories are some of the very best Transformers comics of all time.

Omar, have you ever delved into the Japanese G1 comics? I've read that all the pack in comics with the Japanese United/Legends/Unite Warriors toys had comics. Have you ever read this expanded content? Any idea if it's all translated somewhere?

Transformers Marvel US / G.I. Joe was Marvel Earth-91274 and TF Marvel UK / Action Force was Earth-120185). US issue 43 (UK issue 180-181) was a adaptation of the cartoon episode The Big Broadcast of 2006 which features some of the movie cast. When the UK reprinted it they used a framing story (as a prologue to Space Pirates) the story was shown to be in Wreck Gar's imagination so not to conflict with UK continuity.

I wonder if it would have been cheaper to buy collected editions rather than what I did by hunting each individual g1 issue

Any Brits here old enough to have got the Marvel UK TF comic first time round? I used to bloody LOVE that. But I also found it weird when it went from really nice art to crappy art. Only years later did I fully understand what was going on with UK originals and US reprint! (Spider-Man and Zoids was another from that era. I really with Zoids had have continued. That was doing interesting things from Grant Morrison by the end, even if he was ripping off a bunch of movies the young me had yet to see.)

Just checked Patreon, looks like the documentation for the reading order isn't up yet?

New Publisher should release marvel us/uk G1 & G2 in Omnibus format. Maybe in uk release order or best placement for certain stories.

where can i get a copy of the Transformers Marvel Omnibus, the one you have on the upper right of your books, the one you dont talk about lol?

The first IDW trades aside from not being able to reprint the Spider-Man and Circuit Breaker issues were also of poor printing quality as they simply scanned the original comics. The second collection attempt that IDW did is of better quality.

Neo-Knights only ever appeared in these Transformers issues. Theybare owned by Marvel though, somehow! There was even an intention to make a Marvel UK mini, I believe, but this never happened. A cover was made with some new character designs.

Now I want these. Hoping all the Transformers stuff gets reprinted by the new publisher soon.

Nice video, new subscriber here... what about "transformers the IDW collection"? are those to be read later on?

Is there a chance the original marvel series will be reprinted in epic collection format

You mean that the Rights might be bound to the sky?

Could you do one for TMNT and GI Joe?

The Titan reprints are the best quality reproductions of the original comics. The “remastering” destroyed some fine line work (examples on TFwiki) and the recolouring/corrections were unnecessary and a bit inconsistent. Highly recommend the Titan set.

Any chance we'll get a Batman reading order part 5?

hi,any plans doing a reading order with avengers?

Omar - have you managed to read any UK stories that IDW failed to collect? Like Space Pirates and Time Wars?

Is there a reading order about wonder woman?

Omar Is Weapon X #11 1st Appearance of Boomer, Not heard of Tabitha Smith, where can i Find The Comic?

Can you do an Aquaman reading order

I’m so disappointed that IDW didn’t get to finish phase three. Now I have an incomplete run and I hate that.

Denny o Neil came up with the name Optimus prime. Not shooter.

Transformers UK was my childhood. To say it has a special place in my heart is an understatement. I remember my life's events from that period in terms of what issue number was out. I have no interest in any Transformers comics that don't relate to the US/UK continuity or not written by Furman. When you look at other UK liscenced comics at the time the difference is amazing. Pretty much every other publisher of UK liscenced material created childish forgettable material. Ian Rimmer (the UK Transformers comic editor from issue 22 to at least 100) doesn't get enough credit. He was visionary enough to allow Furman to write stories that were unlike what pretty much every publisher was creating for their liscenced titles. I reread the comics from time to time and appreciate the jokes and references I didn't get at the time.

HOLY SHIT IS THAT AN OMNIBUS???

What figure is that in the beginning

IDW really failed at collecting the older transformers and gi joe comics

OMAR YOURE NOT EVEN GONNA MENTION THE CUSTOM MARVEL OMNIBUS SITTING ON YOUR LEFT