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"In a world dominated by plenty of corporate comics, this Transformers title is a muscle car built in neighborhood garage.” - The Hollywood Reporter

For Fans of Invincible Compendium and Mass Effect: The Complete Comics, TRANSFORMERS COMPENDIUM collects the very first issues of one of the most popular comic book series into a complete compendium for the first time ever.

TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING!

The Transformers rocked the comic book world with their debut that was truly MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, and now you can experience every issue - from the original series and tie-ins- in this new reader-friendly compendium format for the very first time.

Discover the heroic Autobots, the evil Decepticons, and the galaxy-spanning war that will leave you breathless in this first volume perfect for fans new and old.

Collects The Transformers #1-44.


Editorial Reviews

About the Author

During a 20-year career at Marvel Comics, Bob Budiansky worked as an editor, illustrator and writer. As an editor, he oversaw titles that included Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Fantastic Four. Beginning in 1990, he oversaw the first 11 sets of Marvel Trading Cards, including the first Marvel Masterpieces set. As an illustrator, he rose to prominence as the cover artist for Ghost Rider, eventually taking over the penciling chores for the entire book.

Bob also created his own his own monthly series,
Sleepwalker, which he wrote for almost three years.

Bob is perhaps best known for the work he did on
The Transformers. Bob was the editor on the very first Transformers mini-series in 1984. He followed up that hugely successful four-issue intro by writing most of the next 51 issues of the monthly Transformers comic book. He also named, created character profiles of, and wrote Hasbro packaging copy for approximately 250 Transformers during the first six years of the brand’s existence, and developed story treatments as Hasbro introduced new lines of Transformers.

In 2010, Hasbro inducted Bob into the inaugural class of the Transformers Hall of Fame.??

William Timothy Mantlo is an American comic book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics. He is best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the
Marvel Universe: Micronauts and Rom, as well as co-creating the characters Rocket Raccoon and Cloak and Dagger.

Jim Salicrup is an American comic book editor, known for his tenures at Marvel Comics and Topps Comics. At Marvel, where he worked for twenty years, he edited books such as T
he Uncanny X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers and various Spider-Man titles.

Frank Springer was an American comics artist best known for Marvel Comics'
Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Donald David Perlin was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for Marvel Comics'
Werewolf by Night, Moon Knight, The Defenders, and Ghost Rider. In the 1990s, he worked for Valiant Comics, both as artist and editor, where he co-created Bloodshot.

José Delbo was an Argentine comics artist. He was best known for his work on
Wonder Woman for DC Comics and The Transformers for Marvel Comics.

Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars The beginning of the greatest comic ever!

P.C. · November 29, 2013

I love both the US & especially the UK Transformers comics. First off, let me say that Marvel in general makes the best comics ever. X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four Iron Man; the list goes on. Even some of the toy based ones were great. Besides the obvious suspect, I also loved Micronauts & Rom. They all continue to entertain me to this day. While the US Transformers comic was spotty at times there were still some very good issues. But when Furman came along, it was nothing but awesome, all the way through Generation 2. I have to admit that overall I think it’s better than the cartoon, especially when you include the UK issues. Although I think season 2 of the show represents the high point of 80s animation (as well as at least two-thirds of season 3), the comic lasted longer than the show & got to handle more characters which made it a little more interesting. And I have to admit that while the first season is good on its own, I like the first twelve issues of the comic a bit better. A few episodes presented a better debut for certain characters. Heavy Metal War was significantly better than issue #10 of the comic (though that issue was good too), and Jetfire’s origin was much better in the cartoon, even if he was called Skyfire. But aside from 2 or 3 more episodes those are really the only better parts of the first season. I love everything about the first 12 issues. The characters all get a better introduction than in More Than Meets The Eye, especially the cassettes. I find it really interesting that Ravage, Laserbeak & Buzzsaw (& later Ratbat) can talk as opposed to only speak in animal noises. And they should too. Their tech specs all have quotes, and how could they have quotes if they couldn’t talk? I wonder what Laserbeak & Buzzsaw would have sounded like, but to this day I always use Ravage’s Beast Wars voice when reading his lines in the comic. Ratchet & Shockwave are also significantly cooler in the comic. In the cartoon, Shockwave was just another of Megatron’s loyal followers while in the comic he fights him for leadership (believing himself to be the most logical choice for leader, which is closer to his tech spec) & beats him. And while Ratchet never got much of a spotlight in the cartoon, he got a really good one in issues 7 & 8. But the biggest improvement over the cartoon as a whole (apart from lasting longer) is the Dinobots. In the second season they were always cool, but in the first season their stupidity was a little annoying at times. Here though they are smarter and they come from Cybertron (which makes them more interesting than being built on Earth as it lead to one of my favorite UK stories, Grudge Match) & got their forms because their ship was scanning the inhabitants of the Savage Land. That’s another nice little bonus I wish we could’ve seen more of, interactions with the Marvel universe. Ah well at least we got a crossover with Spider-Man. And I don’t care what anyone says, these stories all take place in my ideal Marvel Universe (the Transformers & G.I. Joe cartoons were technically produced by Marvel, & that’s good enough for me). Really, I have nothing but praise for the first 12 issues. The only nitpicks I have are that Buster & Jessie aren’t quite as cool as Spike & Carly, & I wish that Sparkplug had eventually opened up to the Autobots, but I guess I’ll just have to write fanfiction to fill in the gaps (though I was very glad when they brought Spike in later). Sadly there is one real flaw in this volume, in that it does not end on a good story. I’m not superstitious but 13 was a really unlucky number for this comic. The story Shooting Star is about a loser who happens to find a mentally damaged Megatron in gun form & uses him to make grand robberies. It’s not the only subpar story Budiansky would write but it is by far the worst. Bob, we buy the Transformers comics for the giant robots, not the people they happen to meet. If you were so bothered by Hasbro asking you to keep throwing in new toys maybe you could have used this issue to spread it out a bit more. But still he did a good job overall, even with some of the later ones (especially the Headmasters miniseries).Overall this is a must-read. This is easily the best of the Transformers Classics without any stories by Simon Furman in them. To be honest while the next 9 issues are good, with a couple exceptions they pale in comparison to the second season of the cartoon (I honestly like to use my imagination of what happened after this & some tweaking of the dialogue here & there to get the series to the point where it’s compatible with the second season), but starting with issue 23 it does get great again, for a little while at least. The next couple volumes are overall a bit spotty, but there’s still some good to be found. For further details, stay tuned for more reviews.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good!

a.g. · June 21, 2025

About 1/4 of the way, but this book has been a treat. Loving every minute of it. You can't beat classics like this. Yeah the quality of paper could have been better. Maybe even a hardcover version of it, but it didn't take away from my reading experience. If anything, it was probably originally this quality when the book first came out in the 80s, so it gave it a quaint feel and look. Plus the smell of the book is intoxicating. Reminded me of books from Elementary school. I just loved it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Discovering where it all started

K. · July 1, 2025

This is a good delivery handled with care. As someone who grew up with the Michael Bay Transformers movies, I had always wanted to know where it all started, and how the Transformers blew up in popularity and back when I was in middle school and first discovered the G1 Transformers, I soon realize that those were the true iterations of the source material I always found the Transformers lore and mythology very interesting and that’s why I decided to get this comic. If you’re a fan of Transformers, I recommend picking this up, especially if you wanna discover how and what some of the most famous Transformers stories are. Transform and Roll out!!! 🦾

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will transform your collection to the next level

J.C. · June 25, 2025

What a great book if you like the feel and smell of old comics from the 70’s and 80’s this compilation is for you. It has the sent and feel of retro comics. The colors are subdued and the amount of continuity is a great price. If you have read them before this is your cance to relive them if you have never read them then what are you waiting for.

4.0 out of 5 stars I love this comic book, I love transformers.

U. · September 8, 2025

I love this comic book. It's thick but it's light. The paper is like the really old style comic book paper the feel the texture of it is awesome. If you like transformers I would recommend.

5.0 out of 5 stars Just get it

S.M. · September 10, 2025

This is an awesome book for the price. I never seen nor read some of these books before. It's massively huge.

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa, and I thought the Cartoon was Awesome!

J. · August 28, 2015

Speaking as a diehard Generation One fan and a diehard hater of the live-action movies, I think this book is very worth the while of any serious Transformer fan.From the beginning of the story, you see that things are different in the Marvel Transformers universe (Yeah, Marvel produced this before it was picked by IDW Comics) than the cartoon. Watching the original G1 Cartoon is recommended, also, before reading these books, but it's not a necessity.Instead of humans trusting the Autobots right off the bat, most of the humans are like the humans in the horrific Bayformers films where they are distrustful of the Robots at first. However, there are a few humans who trust them, mainly the character of Buster Witwicky (Spike in the cartoons, Sam in the movies...technically). Also, Spider-Man and SHIELD make appearances. How cool is that?Now, if you are expecting this to be very dynamic and full of action, well, you won't be disappointed, but there is also a LOT of talking in order to establish the characters. There's an entire sequence where the Autobots and Decepticons all sound off and talk about their personalities and individual powers. A little weird and it kind of ruins the pacing.The thing to look for here is the character of Shockwave, who was set up to be the main villain of Dark of the Moon originally and who is well-known to a lot of fans as a braindead loyalist to Megatron in the show. However, in the comics, he's like an evil version of Spock, relying on pure logic and mathematics to drive him and he is also like Starscream, only unlike Starscream...Shockwave is successful in toppling Megatron who is reduced to a low-level minion for several issues.Also, you get to see glimpses of what Cybertronian customs and religions are like. How cool is that?

ultimative transformers marvel comic sammlung von fans für fans! 5/5

m. · June 21, 2025

dieses compendium ist eine chronologische Sammlung aller Marvel Transformers Comics von #1 bis #46 + headmasters #1-4 die ab 1984 erschienen sind. Ich sammle auch die original hefte von damals auf deutsch und englisch und weiss, wie schwer es oft ist einige der ausgaben (in gutem zustand) und vor allem zu angemessenen preisen zu finden. Obwohl ich viele der alten original hefte schon habe, ist dieses Buch ein absolutes Muss für mich, da man besonders als Sammler die alten hefte nicht übermäßig benutzen will. 2 sachen gefallen mir extrem gut an dem buch. 1: obwohl es über 1000 seiten hat kann man das buch fast ganz flach aufschlagen ohne dass die seiten zur mitte hin steil abfallen und dadurch schwer lesbar bzw anschaubar sind. die seiten blättern auch nicht von selbst um oder fallen zu, egal wo man das buch aufschlägt. und 2, was ich noch mehr hervorheben muss: das papier, das hier verwendet wurde ist kein rein weisses papier, sondern die sorte papier auf denen auch die original comics gedruckt wurden und noch wichtiger, die bilder wurden auch nicht digital verfälscht oder neu coloriert, wie bei manchen neuauflagen so der fall ist. man hat hier wirklich das gefühl man hält ein original comic von damals in den händen. man merkt, dass die macher wirklich viel wert auf stil und authentizität gelegt haben und das buch mit liebe gemacht wurde. nur für das cover hätte ich mir auch ein cover oder poster von damals gewünscht. für mich als transformers fan und fan der alten marvel comics ein absoluter Pflichtkauf und eine klare kaufempfehlung! band 2 ist schon vorbestellt :)

Massive book

J. · August 10, 2025

Massive book! Might take a while to get through. Arrived well packaged and in good time

Transformers Compendium Vol.1, item satisfatório e necessário na coleção

L. · July 17, 2025

O item é excelente, pelo tamanho, achei que a Lombada poderia ser um ponto negativo, mas ela está bem fixada junto as folhas, não atrapalha o folheamento.Desde a compra até o item chegar no Brasil, foi bem rápido, entretanto poderia vir melhor embalado, plástico bolha ou isolamento, mas por sorte o item chegou sem amassos.O ponto mais fraco, ficou com a transportadora Skypostal, que é incomunicável, inclui informações de entrega que não refletem a realidade.No mais, estou satisfeito com a compra e principalmente o produto.

I tf sono cominciati così

T. · January 16, 2022

Le avventure dei tf sono cominciate con queste storie. Qui con una colorazione uniforme e non a puntini, come nei vecchi fascicoli. Molto meglio adesso.La Hasbro aveva commissionato alla Marvel di creare un background per i giocattoli che avrebbe dovuto vendere. I personaggi e la storia di principio sono nati qui. Un'altra divisione della Marvel, basandosi su quanto creato qui, ha rielaborato il materiale e creato le sceneggiature per la serie animata.Come dire, di bene in meglio.A parte l'incipit, il fumetto prende una sua strada sicuramente diversa dal cartone animato. Su carta abbiamo una storia continua in evoluzione. Anzi, sarebbe meglio dire in rivoluzione continua. Ogni pochi albi da 32 pp poteva cambiare di tutto. E' più cattivo del cartone. Qui si muore pure. Magari pg secondari, ma il senza ritorno non è escluso. Questa raccolta si compone di 8 volumi. I primi 4 virtualmente concludono un ciclo. E sarebbe anche meglio fermarsi qui. Nel volumi 5 e 6 c'è un pappone incasinato e bruttissimo. Il volume 7 è valido perché racchiude storie extra e crossover. L'8 non ricordo se ha altre storie extra, ma di base contiene tutte le famose schede bio dei tf.

Nostalgia heaven

M.R.W.G. · November 28, 2013

With the recent Michael Bay films proving to be huge blockbuster hits now is the perfect time to revisit these old comics from the 80's. For something that started off as just an advert to sell toys, there has actually been a lot of thought and plot put into these comics full of great characters and even set in the Marvel Universe with guest appearance from Spiderman and cameo from Nick Fury in one issue. A lot of fun to read though i suspect this book will simply appeal to fans only with fond memories of the original comics or fans of the new films curious to see where it all started but if you are a fan then these comics are pretty much as i remember from the 80's and will no doubt love. Graphic novel contains the first 12 issues and sees the arrival from the Transformers home planet Cybertron.

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Description:

"In a world dominated by plenty of corporate comics, this Transformers title is a muscle car built in neighborhood garage.” - The Hollywood Reporter

For Fans of Invincible Compendium and Mass Effect: The Complete Comics, TRANSFORMERS COMPENDIUM collects the very first issues of one of the most popular comic book series into a complete compendium for the first time ever.

TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING!

The Transformers rocked the comic book world with their debut that was truly MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, and now you can experience every issue - from the original series and tie-ins- in this new reader-friendly compendium format for the very first time.

Discover the heroic Autobots, the evil Decepticons, and the galaxy-spanning war that will leave you breathless in this first volume perfect for fans new and old.

Collects The Transformers #1-44.


Editorial Reviews

About the Author

During a 20-year career at Marvel Comics, Bob Budiansky worked as an editor, illustrator and writer. As an editor, he oversaw titles that included Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Fantastic Four. Beginning in 1990, he oversaw the first 11 sets of Marvel Trading Cards, including the first Marvel Masterpieces set. As an illustrator, he rose to prominence as the cover artist for Ghost Rider, eventually taking over the penciling chores for the entire book.

Bob also created his own his own monthly series,
Sleepwalker, which he wrote for almost three years.

Bob is perhaps best known for the work he did on
The Transformers. Bob was the editor on the very first Transformers mini-series in 1984. He followed up that hugely successful four-issue intro by writing most of the next 51 issues of the monthly Transformers comic book. He also named, created character profiles of, and wrote Hasbro packaging copy for approximately 250 Transformers during the first six years of the brand’s existence, and developed story treatments as Hasbro introduced new lines of Transformers.

In 2010, Hasbro inducted Bob into the inaugural class of the Transformers Hall of Fame.??

William Timothy Mantlo is an American comic book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics. He is best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the
Marvel Universe: Micronauts and Rom, as well as co-creating the characters Rocket Raccoon and Cloak and Dagger.

Jim Salicrup is an American comic book editor, known for his tenures at Marvel Comics and Topps Comics. At Marvel, where he worked for twenty years, he edited books such as T
he Uncanny X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers and various Spider-Man titles.

Frank Springer was an American comics artist best known for Marvel Comics'
Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Donald David Perlin was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for Marvel Comics'
Werewolf by Night, Moon Knight, The Defenders, and Ghost Rider. In the 1990s, he worked for Valiant Comics, both as artist and editor, where he co-created Bloodshot.

José Delbo was an Argentine comics artist. He was best known for his work on
Wonder Woman for DC Comics and The Transformers for Marvel Comics.

Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars The beginning of the greatest comic ever!

P.C. · November 29, 2013

I love both the US & especially the UK Transformers comics. First off, let me say that Marvel in general makes the best comics ever. X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four Iron Man; the list goes on. Even some of the toy based ones were great. Besides the obvious suspect, I also loved Micronauts & Rom. They all continue to entertain me to this day. While the US Transformers comic was spotty at times there were still some very good issues. But when Furman came along, it was nothing but awesome, all the way through Generation 2. I have to admit that overall I think it’s better than the cartoon, especially when you include the UK issues. Although I think season 2 of the show represents the high point of 80s animation (as well as at least two-thirds of season 3), the comic lasted longer than the show & got to handle more characters which made it a little more interesting. And I have to admit that while the first season is good on its own, I like the first twelve issues of the comic a bit better. A few episodes presented a better debut for certain characters. Heavy Metal War was significantly better than issue #10 of the comic (though that issue was good too), and Jetfire’s origin was much better in the cartoon, even if he was called Skyfire. But aside from 2 or 3 more episodes those are really the only better parts of the first season. I love everything about the first 12 issues. The characters all get a better introduction than in More Than Meets The Eye, especially the cassettes. I find it really interesting that Ravage, Laserbeak & Buzzsaw (& later Ratbat) can talk as opposed to only speak in animal noises. And they should too. Their tech specs all have quotes, and how could they have quotes if they couldn’t talk? I wonder what Laserbeak & Buzzsaw would have sounded like, but to this day I always use Ravage’s Beast Wars voice when reading his lines in the comic. Ratchet & Shockwave are also significantly cooler in the comic. In the cartoon, Shockwave was just another of Megatron’s loyal followers while in the comic he fights him for leadership (believing himself to be the most logical choice for leader, which is closer to his tech spec) & beats him. And while Ratchet never got much of a spotlight in the cartoon, he got a really good one in issues 7 & 8. But the biggest improvement over the cartoon as a whole (apart from lasting longer) is the Dinobots. In the second season they were always cool, but in the first season their stupidity was a little annoying at times. Here though they are smarter and they come from Cybertron (which makes them more interesting than being built on Earth as it lead to one of my favorite UK stories, Grudge Match) & got their forms because their ship was scanning the inhabitants of the Savage Land. That’s another nice little bonus I wish we could’ve seen more of, interactions with the Marvel universe. Ah well at least we got a crossover with Spider-Man. And I don’t care what anyone says, these stories all take place in my ideal Marvel Universe (the Transformers & G.I. Joe cartoons were technically produced by Marvel, & that’s good enough for me). Really, I have nothing but praise for the first 12 issues. The only nitpicks I have are that Buster & Jessie aren’t quite as cool as Spike & Carly, & I wish that Sparkplug had eventually opened up to the Autobots, but I guess I’ll just have to write fanfiction to fill in the gaps (though I was very glad when they brought Spike in later). Sadly there is one real flaw in this volume, in that it does not end on a good story. I’m not superstitious but 13 was a really unlucky number for this comic. The story Shooting Star is about a loser who happens to find a mentally damaged Megatron in gun form & uses him to make grand robberies. It’s not the only subpar story Budiansky would write but it is by far the worst. Bob, we buy the Transformers comics for the giant robots, not the people they happen to meet. If you were so bothered by Hasbro asking you to keep throwing in new toys maybe you could have used this issue to spread it out a bit more. But still he did a good job overall, even with some of the later ones (especially the Headmasters miniseries).Overall this is a must-read. This is easily the best of the Transformers Classics without any stories by Simon Furman in them. To be honest while the next 9 issues are good, with a couple exceptions they pale in comparison to the second season of the cartoon (I honestly like to use my imagination of what happened after this & some tweaking of the dialogue here & there to get the series to the point where it’s compatible with the second season), but starting with issue 23 it does get great again, for a little while at least. The next couple volumes are overall a bit spotty, but there’s still some good to be found. For further details, stay tuned for more reviews.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good!

a.g. · June 21, 2025

About 1/4 of the way, but this book has been a treat. Loving every minute of it. You can't beat classics like this. Yeah the quality of paper could have been better. Maybe even a hardcover version of it, but it didn't take away from my reading experience. If anything, it was probably originally this quality when the book first came out in the 80s, so it gave it a quaint feel and look. Plus the smell of the book is intoxicating. Reminded me of books from Elementary school. I just loved it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Discovering where it all started

K. · July 1, 2025

This is a good delivery handled with care. As someone who grew up with the Michael Bay Transformers movies, I had always wanted to know where it all started, and how the Transformers blew up in popularity and back when I was in middle school and first discovered the G1 Transformers, I soon realize that those were the true iterations of the source material I always found the Transformers lore and mythology very interesting and that’s why I decided to get this comic. If you’re a fan of Transformers, I recommend picking this up, especially if you wanna discover how and what some of the most famous Transformers stories are. Transform and Roll out!!! 🦾

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will transform your collection to the next level

J.C. · June 25, 2025

What a great book if you like the feel and smell of old comics from the 70’s and 80’s this compilation is for you. It has the sent and feel of retro comics. The colors are subdued and the amount of continuity is a great price. If you have read them before this is your cance to relive them if you have never read them then what are you waiting for.

4.0 out of 5 stars I love this comic book, I love transformers.

U. · September 8, 2025

I love this comic book. It's thick but it's light. The paper is like the really old style comic book paper the feel the texture of it is awesome. If you like transformers I would recommend.

5.0 out of 5 stars Just get it

S.M. · September 10, 2025

This is an awesome book for the price. I never seen nor read some of these books before. It's massively huge.

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa, and I thought the Cartoon was Awesome!

J. · August 28, 2015

Speaking as a diehard Generation One fan and a diehard hater of the live-action movies, I think this book is very worth the while of any serious Transformer fan.From the beginning of the story, you see that things are different in the Marvel Transformers universe (Yeah, Marvel produced this before it was picked by IDW Comics) than the cartoon. Watching the original G1 Cartoon is recommended, also, before reading these books, but it's not a necessity.Instead of humans trusting the Autobots right off the bat, most of the humans are like the humans in the horrific Bayformers films where they are distrustful of the Robots at first. However, there are a few humans who trust them, mainly the character of Buster Witwicky (Spike in the cartoons, Sam in the movies...technically). Also, Spider-Man and SHIELD make appearances. How cool is that?Now, if you are expecting this to be very dynamic and full of action, well, you won't be disappointed, but there is also a LOT of talking in order to establish the characters. There's an entire sequence where the Autobots and Decepticons all sound off and talk about their personalities and individual powers. A little weird and it kind of ruins the pacing.The thing to look for here is the character of Shockwave, who was set up to be the main villain of Dark of the Moon originally and who is well-known to a lot of fans as a braindead loyalist to Megatron in the show. However, in the comics, he's like an evil version of Spock, relying on pure logic and mathematics to drive him and he is also like Starscream, only unlike Starscream...Shockwave is successful in toppling Megatron who is reduced to a low-level minion for several issues.Also, you get to see glimpses of what Cybertronian customs and religions are like. How cool is that?

ultimative transformers marvel comic sammlung von fans für fans! 5/5

m. · June 21, 2025

dieses compendium ist eine chronologische Sammlung aller Marvel Transformers Comics von #1 bis #46 + headmasters #1-4 die ab 1984 erschienen sind. Ich sammle auch die original hefte von damals auf deutsch und englisch und weiss, wie schwer es oft ist einige der ausgaben (in gutem zustand) und vor allem zu angemessenen preisen zu finden. Obwohl ich viele der alten original hefte schon habe, ist dieses Buch ein absolutes Muss für mich, da man besonders als Sammler die alten hefte nicht übermäßig benutzen will. 2 sachen gefallen mir extrem gut an dem buch. 1: obwohl es über 1000 seiten hat kann man das buch fast ganz flach aufschlagen ohne dass die seiten zur mitte hin steil abfallen und dadurch schwer lesbar bzw anschaubar sind. die seiten blättern auch nicht von selbst um oder fallen zu, egal wo man das buch aufschlägt. und 2, was ich noch mehr hervorheben muss: das papier, das hier verwendet wurde ist kein rein weisses papier, sondern die sorte papier auf denen auch die original comics gedruckt wurden und noch wichtiger, die bilder wurden auch nicht digital verfälscht oder neu coloriert, wie bei manchen neuauflagen so der fall ist. man hat hier wirklich das gefühl man hält ein original comic von damals in den händen. man merkt, dass die macher wirklich viel wert auf stil und authentizität gelegt haben und das buch mit liebe gemacht wurde. nur für das cover hätte ich mir auch ein cover oder poster von damals gewünscht. für mich als transformers fan und fan der alten marvel comics ein absoluter Pflichtkauf und eine klare kaufempfehlung! band 2 ist schon vorbestellt :)

Massive book

J. · August 10, 2025

Massive book! Might take a while to get through. Arrived well packaged and in good time

Transformers Compendium Vol.1, item satisfatório e necessário na coleção

L. · July 17, 2025

O item é excelente, pelo tamanho, achei que a Lombada poderia ser um ponto negativo, mas ela está bem fixada junto as folhas, não atrapalha o folheamento.Desde a compra até o item chegar no Brasil, foi bem rápido, entretanto poderia vir melhor embalado, plástico bolha ou isolamento, mas por sorte o item chegou sem amassos.O ponto mais fraco, ficou com a transportadora Skypostal, que é incomunicável, inclui informações de entrega que não refletem a realidade.No mais, estou satisfeito com a compra e principalmente o produto.

I tf sono cominciati così

T. · January 16, 2022

Le avventure dei tf sono cominciate con queste storie. Qui con una colorazione uniforme e non a puntini, come nei vecchi fascicoli. Molto meglio adesso.La Hasbro aveva commissionato alla Marvel di creare un background per i giocattoli che avrebbe dovuto vendere. I personaggi e la storia di principio sono nati qui. Un'altra divisione della Marvel, basandosi su quanto creato qui, ha rielaborato il materiale e creato le sceneggiature per la serie animata.Come dire, di bene in meglio.A parte l'incipit, il fumetto prende una sua strada sicuramente diversa dal cartone animato. Su carta abbiamo una storia continua in evoluzione. Anzi, sarebbe meglio dire in rivoluzione continua. Ogni pochi albi da 32 pp poteva cambiare di tutto. E' più cattivo del cartone. Qui si muore pure. Magari pg secondari, ma il senza ritorno non è escluso. Questa raccolta si compone di 8 volumi. I primi 4 virtualmente concludono un ciclo. E sarebbe anche meglio fermarsi qui. Nel volumi 5 e 6 c'è un pappone incasinato e bruttissimo. Il volume 7 è valido perché racchiude storie extra e crossover. L'8 non ricordo se ha altre storie extra, ma di base contiene tutte le famose schede bio dei tf.

Nostalgia heaven

M.R.W.G. · November 28, 2013

With the recent Michael Bay films proving to be huge blockbuster hits now is the perfect time to revisit these old comics from the 80's. For something that started off as just an advert to sell toys, there has actually been a lot of thought and plot put into these comics full of great characters and even set in the Marvel Universe with guest appearance from Spiderman and cameo from Nick Fury in one issue. A lot of fun to read though i suspect this book will simply appeal to fans only with fond memories of the original comics or fans of the new films curious to see where it all started but if you are a fan then these comics are pretty much as i remember from the 80's and will no doubt love. Graphic novel contains the first 12 issues and sees the arrival from the Transformers home planet Cybertron.

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