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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2015 21:24:41 GMT
It always was very exciting back in the day when Marvel Uk started shifting their titles towards full-colour and weekly. Good times.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 14, 2015 18:18:13 GMT
30 Years Ago This Week: Issue #36 Man of the moment Devastator makes his first ever comic appearance as Soundwave tries to contact Cybertron. 
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 14, 2015 19:12:21 GMT
30 years of Bomber Bill!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 16, 2015 23:32:02 GMT
Great cover from Kyle Baker there.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 20, 2015 22:26:17 GMT
Why have I never noticed until now that Devastator shoots Ironhide in the crotch? What a fiend.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 21, 2015 0:07:40 GMT
More the stomach than the crotch.
Andy
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Post by primenova on Nov 21, 2015 7:53:53 GMT
With the movement of Devastators gun from shooting Bumblebee to & the effect that may have had on Ironhide. It must have a strong after shock from the power of a large gun. But the cover does show a major important story plot line. Soundwave contacting Cybertron.
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Post by primenova on Nov 26, 2015 7:12:39 GMT
I know we are not up to #200 yet on this thread - but I was re reading it last night. Then I checked all online reviews for the issue listing the characters featured & noticed someone missing. List the characters who appear in order from the start of the issue - Ravage etc. Then see if you missed the same one out. I have quickly updated one on line site for the issue.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 26, 2015 13:03:58 GMT
Rack N' Ruin?
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Nov 26, 2015 19:22:46 GMT
Who does Ravage see when he goes into Galvatron's base.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 26, 2015 19:32:07 GMT
Who does Ravage see when he goes into Galvatron's base. Galvatron on the toilet?? |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 26, 2015 23:14:52 GMT
Rock Lords hiding in the cave walls.
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Nov 27, 2015 6:46:57 GMT
You wouldn't want to be the toilet-bot.
But I did check online first that in reviews no one mentions that Galvatron is stood in front of Ravage while he is talking then Ravage looks to the left to see someone else talking. When Ravage looks shocked. But with Ravage being confused at the time & going back to Target 2006 when we see Laserbeak can see Galvatron is Megatron, so I expect all the tapes can do the same.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 27, 2015 12:14:22 GMT
They probably have 8-track minds.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 27, 2015 12:17:24 GMT
They can all see Galvatron B-side Megatron.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 27, 2015 21:56:34 GMT
I'm so tired I actually laughed.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 27, 2015 22:08:17 GMT
I am glad you have stated that for the record.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 27, 2015 23:53:54 GMT
I'm so tired I actually laughed. Good man! |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 25, 2015 19:25:36 GMT
30 years ago today some of us might have been opening the first Transformers annual. I wasn't. Despite being a holder of the sacred 332, until a few weeks ago I didn't have most of the annuals. I'm not even sure if I've read all the stories, although the IDW classics books are providing them.
But what a mind expanding treat this annual is slotted into the comic run around issue 40. Doing this anniversary reread puts everything in perspective, so here we have the first stories for a whole host of characters still some way off coming into the comic, as if they've been there all the time. It's got a kind of ladybird vibe to it because of its uniqueness.
And then there's And There Shall Come A Leader... How exciting is that? Transformers on Cybertron in a comic for the first time since issue one! I'd no recollection this is where Xaaron first appears. Furman begins the bigger picture history in a throwaway annual story!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 25, 2015 22:43:51 GMT
Andu will be along to be excited by this annual shortly
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2015 11:04:40 GMT
30 Years Ago This Week: Issue #42The first issue with a 1986 cover date brings us the first strip artwork from GEOFF SENIOR! 
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 26, 2015 11:21:40 GMT
He's almost there - right from the start. Once the Hopgood inks are gone and it's just him it's almost proper Geoff.
One thing, the mix of Senior/Hopgood - does anyone else think it feels like an IPC/Fleetway art approach?
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 26, 2015 11:28:36 GMT
What I did notice reading that first part is that the first six pages are absolutely Geoff Senior, but the last five look like they're drawn by someone else. Is that right?
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 26, 2015 13:10:29 GMT
He's almost there - right from the start. Once the Hopgood inks are gone and it's just him it's almost proper Geoff. One thing, the mix of Senior/Hopgood - does anyone else think it feels like an IPC/Fleetway art approach? Andy Hmmm. Not quite but slightly. 30 years of Geoff!!! And also 30 years then since the first TF comic I remember getting. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 26, 2015 14:32:22 GMT
What I did notice reading that first part is that the first six pages are absolutely Geoff Senior, but the last five look like they're drawn by someone else. Is that right? Other way around I think. First six look like Geoff is being inked by Kev Hopgood, the last ones are more like his style (although the lines are a bit thinner than we normally see). Part Two is where Geoff arrives fully formed as it were. Andy |
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 20, 2016 12:08:25 GMT
30 Year Ago This Week: Issue #50Transformers UK reaches 50 issues with the final part of Dinobot Hunt and a hall of fame cover from John Higgins 
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 20, 2016 13:00:28 GMT
A classic wrap-up to Dinobot Hunt.
Great to see a Decepticon victory, it really made the comic stand out from the usual fare where the good guys always won.
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 20, 2016 14:16:14 GMT
And they are NASTY in that story what with the human debris littering the forest after Soundwave and Co have been there in #48. Re-reading that recently was quite a shock.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 20, 2016 19:59:04 GMT
We should also note that issue fifty contains the first use of the words SPECIAL and TEAMS next to each other in the Transformation box out talking about upcoming events.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 21, 2016 9:43:44 GMT
30 years now since the first coining of SPECIAL TEAMS!?
I feel ancient.
-Ralph
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