What G1 US Marvel issue did the movie/Season 3 characters first appear?

Jhiaxus · Post by **Jhiaxus** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:40 am

Just wondering when Ultra Magnus, Galvatron, etc. first appeared in the G1 Marvel comic and how they got there. I'm not referring to the 3 issue comic version of the movie. I mean which issue of the regular 80 did they appear in first?

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:45 am

Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr appeared in first issue of Headmasters along with other Autobot Targetmasters. Cyclonus appeared in #2 (although he was drawn quite badly and didn't resemble Cyke we know) and he and Scourge were introduced as Decepticon Targetmasters in #4.

I assume you're not counting Transformers #43, which was the comic version of Season 3 episode Big Broadcast of 2006 and which featured Galvatron, Rodimus Prime, Cyclonus, Scourge, Ultra Magnus and possibly others.

#67 was set in one of alternative futures and featured Galvatron, other versions of Cyclonus and Scourge and corpse of Rodimus Prime.

Jhiaxus · Post by **Jhiaxus** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:03 pm

Thanks Ozz. The reason I ask was because I recently aquired the first 37 issues of the original comic, Headmasters #1, the 3 Movie issues, and 4 Universe issues, and was wondering when all the Season 3 and movie TFs first show up. Thanks for the input.

I Hate Dirge · Post by **I Hate Dirge** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:59 pm

They're first appearance in the UK run was in #78-88 Targer:2006, and they appeared a lot more often than in the US run.

Jhiaxus · Post by **Jhiaxus** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:16 am

I don't remember asking about the UK comics, but thanks anyway, IHD.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:40 am

You do know the US comic never shifts to the post-movie setting, right? I'm guessing you do from the SN, but just found the wording a little odd...

Jhiaxus · Post by **Jhiaxus** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:01 am

Actually, I really didn't know that. And the reason for my username is because the G2 comics were the first TF comics I ever read back when I was 9 and 10, and I loved the Jhaixus character.

I Hate Dirge · Post by **I Hate Dirge** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:19 pm

Originally posted by Jhiaxus
I don't remember asking about the UK comics, but thanks anyway, IHD.

You didn't specify, pal, you just said G1 Marvel comic. Last time I checked the UK comic was G1 and it was made by Marvel. The Uk stuff's better anyway

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:10 pm

Originally posted by I Hate Dirge
You didn't specify, pal

He did, in the title.

Jhiaxus · Post by **Jhiaxus** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:03 pm

Thank you, Ozz. The reason I didn't ask about the UK comics is that I'm not interested in reading them, since there are so many of the darn things and the time travel story arc sounds confusing.

I Hate Dirge · Post by **I Hate Dirge** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:07 pm

you did, I'm sorry, I didn't read the damn thing properly. That's what you get for surviving on around 5 hours sleep a night for 2 months.

Anyway, if you ever get the chance, read 'em, they're good. There may be loads of them, but they were half the size of a US issue. Titan's reprints are decent. You can also buy the whole run scanned onto cd. I got them for a fiver off ebay. I'm sure there's people on this site who could do it for you if you were ever interested.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:56 pm

I concur with IHD. UK-exclusive material is comparable with US issues when it comes to quantity, but is much better when it comes to quality. And time-travelling is not as confusing as some poeple make it out to be. Well, Time Wars is, but it's a mess anyway.

I strongly encourage you to try UK stories at some point.