Introduction The history of Transformers comics can be considerably confusing. Marvel Comics, the original home of Transformers comics, had both U.S. and U.K. versions, the first a monthly and the second a weekly: the U.K. version would reprint the U.S. comics along with new material. On a comic based on toys, with an alien civilization like the Transformers', continuity errors might easily proliferate: inserting original U.K. stories between U.S. stories without contradicting those U.S. stories made difficult work, and U.K. writer Simon Furman came up with the idea of avoiding this problem by using the popular characters from the 1986 movie and inventing his own. Transformers continuity became a difficult mess, but there were undeniably memorable stories along the way. The U.S. series concluded with #80 (plus a few mini-series); the U.K. series concluded with #332 and did not survive its reprinting of the final U.S. issue. The Original Mini-Series (1984-1985) The New Order (1985) Crisis of Command (1985-1986) Second Generation (1986) The Movie (1986) Prologue to the Death of Optimus Prime (1986) The Death of Optimus Prime (1986) Wanted: Galvatron -- Dead or Alive (1987) Marvel Comics Era (1986-1989) Marvel's Simon Furman Era (1989-1994) Dreamwave Era (2002-Present) Armada (2002-Present) Following these eras is a list of other sites of interest.

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