Your Favorite TF Comic Moments

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:17 pm

There's been a lot of good stuff in TF comics thus far, and a lot of garbage, from three companies. But there are only a few moments you felt were of greatness. So what are everyone's favorite TF comic issues?

Marvel
Issues 1-12, but in particular Warrior School and Repeat Performance (issue #7 and #8 )
Target 2006

DW
War and Peace
Issue 1-12 of the Ongoing
MTMTE profiles

IDW
Shockwave Spotlight
Kup Spotlight
Issue 1-3 of Stormbringer

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:39 am

Marvel US G2.
US #75 and some of the build-up.
Scant earlier issues of the US Marvel run.
Highlights of the UK black and white run; eg, Secrets.
Stuff drawn by Senior featuring Galvatron / Cyc / Scourge / DH.

DW going bust before we got that issue with Prime on the front holding Elita-1.
Bits of dialogue from Dark Ages.

Spotlights Shockwave, Hot Rod, Ultra Magnus & Kup.
Start of Stormbringer.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:25 pm

Marvel:

Target 2006
Wanted Galvatron Dead or Alive
The Harder They Die
City of Fear
Time Wars
Carnivac saga
Primal Scream
Matrix Quest (just the parts drawn by Senior)
US issues 70 to 80
Generation 2

(I could go on...)

Dreamwave:

First War Within
Worlds Collide

IDW:

The Gathering
Stormbringer
Escalation
Shockwave and Nightbeat Spotlights

Post by **Best First** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:59 pm

Marvel:

Man of Iron
Wrath of Grimlock/Guardian
Dinobot Hunt
Crisis of Command
Target 2006
The Harder They Die
Wanted Galvatron Dead or Alive
Legacy of Unicron
Space Pirate
City of Fear
Salvage
Carnivac saga
Primal Scream
Matrix Quest (just the parts drawn by Senior)
US issues 70 to 80
Generation 2

Dreamwave:

First War Within
Worlds Collide

IDW:

The Gathering
Stormbringer
Escalation
Shockwave, Kup and Nightbeat Spotlights

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:21 pm

I'm going to go back and read those UK issues, I've decided.

I read some of them a long time ago, but have forgotten them. I do recall some of them being very good.

I remember Target 2006 being awesome. And then there was this story with a guy called Flash and Impactor. What story was that? That was a moment of greatness, but I can't recall the name.

I remember some of the Guardian stories vaguely, but I remember I really liked it.

See, when you guys at the UK were savoring The Best of Furman, we were suffering The Worst of Budiansky. I remember imploring my local comic shops to get the UK stuff, and I got bits and pieces, but that was it.

Until some chap sold me the entire UK run on CD. I'm going to hunt that CD down.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:29 pm

Yaya wrote:And then there was this story with a guy called Flash and Impactor.

You probably mean Flame. That was the City of Fear/Legion of the Lost/Meltdown storyline. You can't go wrong with The Wreckers, robot zombies, Flywheels, Guzzle and Trypticon in the same story. And in Flame we have the most garishly designed TF ever!

Post by **Best First** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:42 pm

Yaya wrote:I
See, when you guys at the UK were savoring The Best of Furman, we were suffering The Worst of Budiansky. I remember imploring my local comic shops to get the UK stuff, and I got bits and pieces, but that was it.

ha! i'm amazed you got any in those days. Good effort tho.

How did you know about the UK stuff at the time?

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:02 pm

Best First wrote:
Yaya wrote:I
See, when you guys at the UK were savoring The Best of Furman, we were suffering The Worst of Budiansky. I remember imploring my local comic shops to get the UK stuff, and I got bits and pieces, but that was it.
ha! i'm amazed you got any in those days. Good effort tho.

How did you know about the UK stuff at the time?

A comic shop about two hours from where I lived actually had a few issues of it somehow. I remember thinking how cool it was to have magazine sized comics, and I thought the whole Grim Grams things was cool. Yeah, I would have taken that stuff over Skullgrin Goes to Hollywood and King Con anyday.

You probably mean Flame.

Yeah, Flame. Crazed bot. Great story.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:51 pm

Well, IDW just reprinted one of my old UK faves, the Icarus Theory, in their Best of UK:Dinobots comic. Shame it didn't start with the Wrath two-parter, really, but still.

I think most of my favourites are up above already, with the odd exception, like Victory! from Marvel.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:01 pm

How did I forget Victory?

I'm ashamed.

Perfect in every single conceivable way.

Post by **Best First** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:14 pm

Yep.

Also, esp given recent comments, State Games.

Peace was an interesting annual one as well - a really nasty hopeless ending in which your heros capitulate to their worst aspects - and in a kiddie Xmas annual! Really bold stuff. The comic was always better at looking at the conflict as a real war but this was a step further.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:18 pm

So if I'm going to revisit the Top Five UK stories, what should they be? (don't count Target 2006)

Post by **Denyer** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:08 am

Top five would depend on what tone of story you're looking for... for some random highlights: Victory, The Harder They Die, Headhunt, Salvage, Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire, the Carnivac arc, Secrets, Prime's Rib (well, I like it...), Once Upon A Time, And There Shall Come a Leader, Magnificent Six, State Games, Peace, etc.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:00 pm

The whole Carnivac arc is splendid...I have the annual that reprints most of it in colour right next to me. A superb way of tying up loose storylines that really satisfies.