Pre-Furman Era (1986-1989)

In the table below, the first series and the second series are usually known as the U.S. series and the U.K. series, respectively.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
1. U.K. Stories
	The Transformers (second series) #130	features part 1 of the 2-part "Worlds Apart!" (awkwardly introduces the Headmasters); also reprints the first quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #1	0
	The Transformers (second series) #131	features part 2 of the 2-part "Worlds Apart!"; also reprints the second quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #1	0
	The Transformers (second series) #132	features "Kup's Story!"; also reprints the third quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #1	0
	The Transformers (second series) #133	features part 1 of the 2-part "Headhunt" (in which, in 2007, Death's Head hunts Rodimus Prime, while Cyclonus and Scourge, in defiance of their leader Shockwave, pursue the Autobot leader independently); also reprints the fourth quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #1	0
	The Transformers (second series) #134	features part 2 of the 2-part "Headhunt" (in which Rodimus Prime survives and hires Death's Head to pursue Cyclonus and Scourge); also reprints the first quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #2	0
	The Transformers (second series) #135	features part 1 of the 2-part "Grudge Match!" (in which Swoop battles Divebomb, the Predacon); also reprints the second quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #2	0
	The Transformers (second series) #136	features part 2 of the 2-part "Grudge Match!"; also reprints the third quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #2	0
	The Transformers (second series) #137	features part 1 of the 2-part "Ladies' Night" (in which, in the present, Galvatron and Ultra Magnus are found dormant inside the volcano; unites the women of the U.K. series [Joy Meadows from #48, 74-77, Cindy Newell from #115-119, and Susan Hoffman from #125]); also reprints the fourth quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #2	0
	The Transformers (second series) #138	features part 2 of the 2-part "Ladies' Night" (in which Blaster and the Throtlebots, with the women from the U.K. stories, repel the Combaticons who want to blow up the volcano to kill Galvatron); also reprints the first quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #3	0
2. The Blaster and Goldbug Saga Continues
	The Transformers (first series) #32	"Used Autobots"	1
	The Transformers (second series) #139	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #32; also reprints the second quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #3	0
	The Transformers (second series) #140	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #32; also reprints the third quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #3	0
	The Transformers (first series) #35	"Child's Play!"	1
	The Transformers (second series) #141	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #35; also reprints the fourth quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #3	0
	The Transformers (second series) #142	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #35; also reprints the first quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #4	0
	The Transformers (first series) #36	"Spacehikers!"; cover-dated January 1988	1
	The Transformers (second series) #143	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #36; also reprints the second quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #4	0
	The Transformers (second series) #144	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #36; also reprints the third quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #4	0
3. The Legacy of Unicron
	The Transformers (second series) #145	features "Stargazing" (a Christmas story focusing on Starscream); also reprints the fourth quarter of The Transformers: Headmasters #4	0
	The Transformers (second series) #146	features part 1 of the 6-part "The Legacy of Unicron!" (in which Death's Head, hunting Cyclonus and Scourge on the planet of Junk on 1 January 2008, finds Unicron being rebuilt)	0
	The Transformers (second series) #147	features part 2 of the 6-part "The Legacy of Unicron!" (in which Death's Head kills Shockwave and Cyclonus & Scourge take control of the Decepticons)	0
	The Transformers (second series) #148	features part 3 of the 6-part "The Legacy of Unicron!" (in which the Unicron-controlled Decepticons launch an all-out attack on Cybertron)	0
	The Transformers (second series) #149	features part 4 of the 6-part "The Legacy of Unicron!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #150	features part 5 of the 6-part "The Legacy of Unicron!" (in which Unicron relates to Death's Head the origin of Unicron, Primus, Cybertron, and the Transformers -- long before Optimus Prime discovered the same origin in #61 of the U.S. comic); features a wraparound cover by Jerry Paris and John Burns proclaiming "The Origin of the Transformers"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #151	features part 6 of the 6-part "The Legacy of Unicron!" (in which Unicron is destroyed and Death's Head escapes through time along with Cyclonus and Scourge, who we are told landed on Cybertron in its past, falling under Scorponok's command and thus explaining their contradictory presence in Headmasters and the present continuity)	0
	The Transformers (second series) #152	features part 1 of the 2-part "Enemy Action!" (in which Galvatron, revived in the present, approaches Shockwave and fights the Seacons, introduced here, who merge to form Pirranacon)	0
	The Transformers (second series) #153	features part 2 of the 2-part "Enemy Action!" (in which the Firecons battle some Autobots and Galvatron withdraws); the cover gives the title The Transformers and Action Force, as Action Force had been cancelled and this title began reprinting U.S. G.I. Joe stories as back-ups	0
Larger Version Available	Transformers: Legacy of Unicron	collects Transformers (second series) #133-134, 137-138, 146-153; published on Wednesday, 19 March 2003 (not January 2003 as indicated in the indicia) [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	B
4. Headmasters
	The Transformers (first series) #37	"Toy Soldiers!"	1
	The Transformers (second series) #154	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #37	0
	The Transformers (second series) #155	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #37	0
Larger Version Available	The Transformers: Headmasters #1	"Ring of Hate!"; cover-dated July 1987	0
Larger Version Available	The Transformers: Headmasters #2	"Broken Glass!"; cover-dated September 1987	1
Larger Version Available	The Transformers: Headmasters #3	"Love and Steel!"; cover-dated November 1987	0
Larger Version Available	The Transformers: Headmasters #4	"Brothers in Armor!"; cover-dated January 1988	0
	The Transformers (first series) #38	"Trial By Fire!"; continues from #37 and Headmasters #4; Galen dies	1
	The Transformers (second series) #156	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #38	0
	The Transformers (second series) #157	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #38	0
	The Transformers (first series) #39	"The Desert Island of Space!"; Shockwave dies	1
	The Transformers (second series) #158	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #39	0
	The Transformers (second series) #159	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #39	0
5. Salvage
	The Transformers (second series) #160	features part 1 of the 2-part "Salvage!" (featuring Megatron's return, least seen in the "Ancient Relics" storyline)	0
	The Transformers (second series) #161	features part 2 of the 2-part "Salvage!"	0
6.
	The Transformers (first series) #40	"Pretender to the Throne!"; Optimus Prime returns	1
	The Transformers (second series) #162	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #40	0
	The Transformers (second series) #163	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #40	0
7.
	The Transformers (second series) #164	features part 1 of the 2-part "City of Fear!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #165	features part 2 of the 2-part "City of Fear!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #166	features part 1 of the 2-part "Legion of the Lost!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #167	features part 2 of the 2-part "Legion of the Lost!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #168	features part 1 of the 2-part "Meltdown!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #169	features part 2 of the 2-part "Meltdown!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #170	features part 1 of the 2-part "Deadly Games!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #171	features part 2 of the 2-part "Deadly Games!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #172	features part 1 of the 2-part "Wrecking Havoc"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #173	features part 2 of the 2-part "Wrecking Havoc"	0
8.
	The Transformers (first series) #41	"Totalled"; everyone fights	2
	The Transformers (second series) #174	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #41	0
	The Transformers (second series) #175	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #41	0
	The Transformers (first series) #42	"People Power!"; Optimus Prime gets rebuilt on Nebulos	1
	The Transformers (second series) #176	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #42	0
	The Transformers (second series) #177	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #42	0
	The Transformers (first series) #44	"The Cosmic Carnaval"	2
	The Transformers (second series) #178	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #44	0
	The Transformers (second series) #179	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #44	0
	The Transformers (first series) #43	"The Big Broadcast of 2006"; an adaptation of the TV episode	1
	The Transformers (second series) #180	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #43	0
	The Transformers (second series) #181	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #43	0
9. Space Pirates
	The Transformers (second series) #182	features part 1 of the 6-part "Space Pirates!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #183	features part 2 of the 6-part "Space Pirates!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #184	features part 3 of the 6-part "Space Pirates!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #185	features part 4 of the 6-part "Space Pirates!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #186	features part 5 of the 6-part "Space Pirates!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #187	features part 6 of the 6-part "Space Pirates!"	0
	Transformers: Space Pirates	collects Transformers (second series) #160-161, 172-173, and 180-187, plus "Ark Duty" from The Transformers Annual 1987; officially published in April 2003 (actually late May or early June)	B
	The Transformers (second series) #188	features "Firebug!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #189	features "Dry Run!"	0
10.
	The Transformers (first series) #45	"Monstercon From Mars!"; Circuit-Breaker returns	1
	The Transformers (second series) #190	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #45	0
	The Transformers (second series) #191	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #45	0
	The Transformers (first series) #46	"Ca$h and Car-nage!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #192	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #46	0
	The Transformers (second series) #193	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #46	0
	The Transformers (first series) #47	"Club Con!"	1
	The Transformers (second series) #194	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #47	0
	The Transformers (second series) #195	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #47	0
	The Transformers (first series) #48	"The Flames of Boltax!"; cover-dated January 1989	0
	The Transformers (second series) #196	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #48	0
	The Transformers (second series) #197	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #48	0
11. Time Wars
	The Transformers (second series) #198	features "Cold Comfort and Joy!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #199	features part 1 of the 7-part "Time Wars"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #200	features part 2 of the 7-part "Time Wars"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #201	features part 3 of the 7-part "Time Wars"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #202	features part 4 of the 7-part "Time Wars"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #203	features part 5 of the 7-part "Time Wars"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #204	features part 6 of the 7-part "Time Wars"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #205	features part 7 of the 7-part "Time Wars"	0
12.
	The Transformers (first series) #49	"Cold War!"	1
	The Transformers (second series) #206	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #49	0
	The Transformers (second series) #207	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #49	0
	The Transformers (first series) #50	"Dark Star"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #208	reprints the first third of Transformers (first series) #50	0
	The Transformers (second series) #209	reprints the second third of Transformers (first series) #50	0
	The Transformers (second series) #210	reprints the third third of Transformers (first series) #50	0
	The Transformers (first series) #51	"The Man in the Machine!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #211	reprints the first half of Transformers (first series) #51	0
	The Transformers (second series) #212	reprints the second half of Transformers (first series) #51	0
13. The Rise and Fall of the Decepticon Empire
	The Transformers (second series) #213	reprints the first quarter of Transformers (first series) #52; also features "The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire (Part 1)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #214	reprints the second quarter of Transformers (first series) #52; also features "The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire (Part 2)"	0
14.
	The Transformers (first series) #52	"Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?"	0
15. Race With the Devil
	The Transformers (second series) #215	reprints the third quarter of Transformers (first series) #52; also features "Race With the Devil (Part 1)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #216	reprints the fourth quarter of Transformers (first series) #52; also features "Race With the Devil (Part 2)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #217	reprints the first quarter of Transformers (first series) #53; also features "Race With the Devil (Part 3)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #218	reprints the second quarter of Transformers (first series) #53; also features "Race With the Devil (Part 4)"	0
16.
	The Transformers (first series) #53	"Recipe for Disaster!"	1
17.
	The Transformers (second series) #219	reprints the third quarter of Transformers (first series) #53; also features "Survivors! (Part 1)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #220	reprints the fourth quarter of Transformers (first series) #53; also features "Survivors! (Part 2)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #221	reprints the first half of part 1 of the 2-part "Wanted: Galvatron -- Dead or Alive" from Transformers (second series) #113; also features "Survivors! (Part 3)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #222	reprints the second half of part 1 of the 2-part "Wanted: Galvatron -- Dead or Alive" from Transformers (second series) #113; also features "Survivors! (Part 4)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #223	reprints the first half of part 2 of the 2-part "Wanted: Galvatron -- Dead or Alive" from Transformers (second series) #114; also features "Aspects of Evil! (Part 1 - Scorponok)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #224	reprints the second half of part 2 of the 2-part "Wanted: Galvatron -- Dead or Alive" from Transformers (second series) #114; also features "Aspects of Evil! (Part 2 - Galvatron)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #225	reprints the first half of part 1 of the 2-part "Headhunt" from Transformers (second series) #133; also features "Aspects of Evil! (Part 3 - Shockwave)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #226	reprints the second half of part 1 of the 2-part "Headhunt" from Transformers (second series) #133; also features "Aspects of Evil! (Part 4 - Megatron)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #227	reprints the first half of part 2 of the 2-part "Headhunt" from Transformers (second series) #134; also features "Aspects of Evil! (Part 5 - Unicron)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #228	reprints the second half of part 2 of the 2-part "Headhunt" from Transformers (second series) #134; also features "[Double] Deal of the Century!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #229	reprints the first half of part 1 of the 2-part "Resurrection!" from Transformers (second series) #103; also features "The Hunting Party"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #230	reprints the second half of part 1 of the 2-part "Resurrection!" from Transformers (second series) #103; also features "The Big Shutdown! (Part 1)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #231	reprints the first half of part 2 of the 2-part "Resurrection!" from Transformers (second series) #104; also features "The Big Shutdown! (Part 2)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #232	reprints the first quarter of Transformers (first series) #54; reprints the second half of part 2 of the 2-part "Resurrection!" from Transformers (second series) #104; also features "A Small War (Part 1)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #233	reprints the second quarter of Transformers (first series) #54; also features "A Small War (Part 2)"	0
18.
	The Transformers (first series) #54	"King Con!"	1
19.
	The Transformers (second series) #234	reprints the third quarter of Transformers (first series) #54; also features "Prime's Rib!"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #235	reprints the fourth quarter of Transformers (first series) #54; also features "Death Bringer (Part 1)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #236	reprints the first quarter of Transformers (first series) #55; also features "Death Bringer (Part 2)"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #237	reprints the second quarter of Transformers (first series) #55; also features "Way of the Warrior"	0
20.
	The Transformers (first series) #55	"The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!"	1
21.
	The Transformers (second series) #238	reprints the third quarter of Transformers (first series) #55; also features "Survival Run"	0
	The Transformers (second series) #239	reprints the fourth quarter of Transformers (first series) #55; also features "A Savage Place!"	0

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