quick question about Marvel UK

Prowl1984 · Post by **Prowl1984** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:32 am

ok, I'm just about to read "End of the Road" and thus end my journey through the weird and wonderful Marvel U.S run. My next step is obviously to start on Marvel UK but are there any collections out there that start from issue 1? Earliest starting point i can find is "Dinobot Hunt" but that starts at issue 45.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:27 pm

Yes and no, I guess?

UK #1 is actually first half of US #1, so that's collected in first trade with US material.

As for UK-only stories, I believe the Dinobot Hunt is the earliest one that can be found in Titan/IDW TPBs. Unless Wrath Of Guardian/Grimlock from #31-32 were collected somewhere.

Did you check the comic book section on the site? All the info seems to be there.

Prowl1984 · Post by **Prowl1984** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:03 pm

yeah i did have a quick snoops and saw that Dinobot hunt referenced Swoop getting nabbed by some random guy so i was just wondering if anything prior to Dinobot hunt was available in TPB.

Post by **Blackjack** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:13 pm

It is now.

Presenting 'BEST OF GRIMLOCK' from IDW, the first time ever that Wrath of Guardian/Grimlock has ever been collected in trade paperback form!

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:21 pm

Carefully packaged with a load of stuff you'll already have from elsewhere because IDW are cash-grabbing cocksuckers.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0780027208
is a much better alternative for three reasons:

1) Cheaper
2) Awesome Geoff Senior cover
3) No money from buying it will go to IDW.

Prowl1984 · Post by **Prowl1984** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:16 pm

ahhh good stuff! As long as i get the background info for Dinobot hunt i should be ok as everything else seems to flow from the previous TPB or the movie.

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:57 pm

Cliffjumper wrote: 3) No money from buying it will go to IDW.

Unless the person selling it puts the cash towards buying the Best of Grimlock.

So at this stage it's just Raiders, Crisis of Command, Christmas Breaker, To A Power Unknown and Regan Vs. The Insecticons that haven't been reprinted in the modern era in some form or another then?

Skyquake87 · Post by **Skyquake87** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:24 pm

...and Decepticon Dambusters (which leads into The Wrath Of Guardian/ Wrath Of Grimlock).

I hoovered up all the early Marvel UK Collected Comics # 3 - 8 to pick up the stuff Titan couldn't be bothered with. The hardback Annuals from '85 and '86 are easy enough to come by for the rest, which just leaves 'Raiders...' for me which I've not got.

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:25 am

I still need that last Annual though. It tasks me! It tasks me.