#this is meowgatrons origin story

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Marvel Transformers UK #1

Plot: Bill Mantlo

Script: Ralph Macchio

Pencils: Frank Springer

Inks: Kim DeMulder

Colors: Nelson Yomtov

Letters: Higgins & Parker

Cover: Jerry Paris

Editor: Bob Budiansky

The unfortunate thing about the scans of the issues, I'd say #1-30 maybe is that they tend to be very fuzzy and difficult to read in places. Also, it seems that some pages are missing and the remaining ones are shuffled, or they were misnumbered. Despite this, the only reason I'm not looking at IDW's Classics is that well… it's not good. When IDW scanned the issues, they used the US's lesser quality pages which led to smudged/damaged artwork. There's also the failure to correct some errors (such as mis-coloring), adding new errors (removing Ben-Day shading), and muddled colors. UK Collected Comics is largely UK-exclusive issues, The Complete Works is just the first 4, and so on.

Also, when they say Alpha Centauri--I just remember that scene in Good Omens when Crowley tries to convince Aziraphale to run away to it.

I’m a fan of the Primus origin. Dunno why, I think it relates to my interest with mythology as I love reading about them. Although I would prefer if Primus was more personal, kinda like the Olympians just without a majority of the fuckery.

Fun fact: This origin would be dubbed "atechnogenesis". It was also mocked a lot by many, and later media would change it to one of the many possible ways that the Transformers themselves didn't know if was true or not.

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Early Megatron is rough. Although to be fair, character models had not been finalized for most of the cast. They would be ready by the time of #3, but many color errors would persist throughout the comic's run. Mis-modeling, wrong colors, randomly appearing and disappearing team members, lettering and speech bubble problems. Although it's a testament to the world and characters as despite these error's it ends up a vey enjoyable story. And it gets better.

Another thing, just like the cartoon it's paired with, Marvel’s run has a more basic approach than the Decepticon's waging war just because they are evil. Although Simon Furman would add to this down the line which would alter the intentions.

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What if humans could do this to transform. It seems natural cause robots, but they are living beings too, and their metal works like flesh. What if we could alter our bodies like that, just add kibble. Like a weird shipgirl.

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Cybertron is said to be Saturn Sized. Wouldn't the force required to push it out of orbit destroy the planet first?

At least that is what those space sandbox games tell me.

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This is a nice spread, but why is the dude in the middle half-formed? Or does he just not have legs.

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Optimus Prime in all his first appearance glory.

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Sending an Ark to leave a dead planet

Or

Sending an Ark to save a dead planet

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Ravage (aka Ravrav, Chief, Grandmaster Cattington, Dangerflouf, Hairless Meowgatron, Analogue Kitty, Nuggy McBubatron, and Meow-Meow McNiff) but he speaks!

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Seeing no other option, but apparently seeing the Decepticon attack coming, he decided a suicide crash on Earth was the only resort anyways.

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4 million years in 3 panels.

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How carbon-ist of the Transformers

A side note, the issues would also contain a back-up issue (Machine Man), a painted battle scene, and an A4 poster, plus letters, from Greycourt School students, none of which I could find except for a blurb.