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Post by Philip Ayres on May 8, 2012 16:16:55 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2012 17:45:04 GMT
Don't we all.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on May 8, 2012 19:43:43 GMT
28 years young!
I shall be digging out one of my multiple tradepaperback reprints of the issue to give it a Birthday read I think.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 8, 2012 23:34:53 GMT
Ah belated happy birthday.
Andy
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Post by legios on May 9, 2012 6:11:22 GMT
Thinking about it, it is quite appropriate that my copy of 80.5 chose yesterday to show up on my doorstep really...
Karl
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Post by primenova on May 9, 2012 8:12:29 GMT
When was it the US started releasing comics ahead of cover date? We started in the UK at TFUK#110. but the sept84 issue 1 came out May 84 - remember the comic was bi monthly back then in the US. Was there a Previews out at the time? The comic should have been first listed in the March 84 issue if so.
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Post by Jaymz on May 10, 2012 0:08:15 GMT
When was it the US started releasing comics ahead of cover date? We started in the UK at TFUK#110. but the sept84 issue 1 came out May 84 - remember the comic was bi monthly back then in the US. Was there a Previews out at the time? The comic should have been first listed in the March 84 issue if so. The cover date generally represents when the comic or magazine is to be taken off the shelf, not sure when that practice started. Previews didn't start until sometime in the 90s I believe. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 10, 2012 7:15:23 GMT
There's adjustment c1989 where Marvel goes from having a cover date three months ahead to just one
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 30, 2019 10:40:02 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 1, 2024 20:34:34 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 1, 2024 22:03:04 GMT
I was going to mention that but there seems to be a lot of debate about when that issue actually hit. I've also read May 8th and 15th.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 1, 2024 23:30:26 GMT
Yes, it's harder to pin down than a weekly UK comic release date.
-Ralph
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Post by pulsar on Jun 6, 2024 18:52:23 GMT
Looking back at this, my main thought is how much more enticing the first issues of TFUK were, even when it was just reprinting US material. The actual story is a great intro to the saga (though there are a couple of clunky scenes, wisely cut by Marvel UK) but the magazine-like format of TFUK made it even more compelling. There was room for other features to introduce the toys and characters, and the various robot-related stories added a lot for kids like me who hadn’t yet become obsessed with TFs.
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Post by skillex on Jul 22, 2024 0:04:39 GMT
Perhaps in an acknowledgment of the Marvel run's 40th anniversary, for the first time ever I'm doing a chronological re-read. Started with #1, jumped back to State Games, And There Shall Come a Leader and Simon Furman's Secrets and Lies miniseries and then back onto #2 and through it.
The timeline is such a mess I had to sit and look at some lists of US/UK interweaving to concoct an order that suits me. This includes me happily accepting that Time Wars happens in the middle of the Underbase saga, watching The Movie after Target: 2006 and having to note an unsatisfying fan-fiction-style bullet point list of completely invented story points to shoehorn the Earthforce run into continuity.
Anyway, I'm up to Ancient Relics and - perhaps unsurprisingly- the UK stuff absolutely far outshines the majority of the US output. Optimus Prime's death is insanely badly handled. I suspect that it is a sign of advancing age that I felt genuinely sad at Impactor's death and at Daniel's fears his father was dead.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 28, 2024 14:25:18 GMT
The Skybound reprint of this is released today. I of course have all 3 covers en route.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 28, 2024 16:15:32 GMT
I looked at those, but the Megatron one looked a bit naff to me and I can't see a need for a blank one.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 28, 2024 16:35:08 GMT
I can.
-Ralph
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Post by that_bluestreak on Aug 28, 2024 18:22:56 GMT
I got the 'original' just for fun!
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