UK Collected Comics; can anyone confirm or deny these releases?

[Denyer]

Hi, I love your site and your story rundowns for all the UK issues, but in
my collection I have several Collected Comics which don't appear to be in
your archive, either in the story listings or as front cover pictures. These
are:

Collected Comics 19 (Winter Special 1991) which features the 'Twins of Evil'
cover of UK issue 202 and parts 4 & 5 of the "Time Wars" saga, plus "Cold
Comfort and Joy"

And a Winter Special from 1994 with the 'Death of a Decepticon' cover of Uk
issue 321 which has full colour versions of the Earthforce Wreckers
storyline, ie "Way of the Warrior", "Survival Run", "A Savage Place", "Cry
Wolf", "Wolf in the Fold" and "Where Wolf" which were previously all
gathered together in the 1991 annual!

Hope this helps update your information!

I dimly remember the "twins of evil" one (anyone have a cover scan or able to verify the contents?) but am drawing a blank on the second. Again, a cover scan or just corroboration would be welcome. In the case of the latter, it must have been a very low print run—Marvel UK was on the way out by that time.

[Cliffjumper]

The first one does ring a bell, too. I got it at the same time #332 was one sale - this is, of course, subject to decade old memories, and also was a small village newsagents - for all I can remember the comic could have been being held for me for ages. I could also have sworn blind it ended with the "Can't you see? It's the end of the world!" cliffhanger, before nonsensically sliding into Cold Comfort.

The second one... I have heard two conflicting versions of the final special - one as you listed, and the other with the #322 cover [Op flies into Unicron] and different contents [something hugely unimaginative like "Wrecking Havoc" and "Dry Run"; I can look this up]. Though there's no reason both can't have come out - Marvel UK technically had the rights up until work started in Fleetway in late '94.

My personal litmus paper is a cover image, though, at minimum.

[inflatable dalek]

Originally posted by Cliffjumper
[something hugely unimaginative like "Wrecking Havoc" and "Dry Run"; I can look this up].

Well I've still got that one so it definately came out... Though the cover has long since turned to dust.

[KingMob]

I think the 'twins of evil' one exists, I'm pretty sure I might even have it somewhere, but I can't confirm the contents from memory. I think it did have a couple of bits of Time Wars and Cold Comfort and Joy in it. Can't recall which bits of Time Wars, though.

Never heard of the second, sorry.

[Denyer]

http://www.transformerscomic.com/cgi-bi ... st=019mvcc

^ Corroboration on CC#19. Anyone else have thoughts on the Winter Special?

I also vaguely remember that one, but I think I also remember picking it up, noting that the contents had been printed recently in an annual, and thinking "sod it, no point in getting these strips for the third time."