Marvel Comics
Greetings, true believers and newcomers alike! This is the untold history of Marvel Comics -- a tale to astonish!
Marvel these days is a household name, known for creating a mighty shared universe of stories containing heroes and villains both street-level and cosmic, waging battles here on our Earth and throughout the far reaches of space... And they also make films! The company is responsible for the vast majority of content printed in The Transformers, and not just the fighting robots!
Marvel's Comics
Here are the comics produced by Marvel that saw print in The Transformers UK:
By Marvel U.S. (the reprints)
These strips were first printed in Marvel books in the U.S.A., then reprinted in TFUK:
With Hasbro
- A bunch of The Transformers
- Most of Action Force (first printed as G.I. Joe)
- Inhumanoids
- Robotix
Star Comics
By Marvel UK (in-house content)
- The rest of The Transformers
- The Action Force stories "Dummy Run!", "Road Safety - From the Air!", and "Battle Island!"
- Combat Colin
- The Chromobots
- Death's Head
- Matt and the Cat
- Robo-Capers
- The Spider-Man story "Marvel Comics Present: Children in Danger! Starring the Amazing Spider-Man!"
The rights to Combat Colin and Matt and the Cat remain with their creators Lew Stringer and Mike Kazybrid respectively.
In fiction
Humph wanted to send a subscription in to Marvel Matt and the Cat issue 13 having found out he could from an issue of The Transformers. Issue 12 He thought he had missed the opportunity, apparently not noticing a moon or planetoid near Darkon with a big sign advertising for Marvel. Issue 16
Young Dudley was a Marvel fan, having a "Make Mine Marvel" flag on his bedroom wall. The Chromobots issue 12 Issue 16 One of Marvel's titles was Captain America; Dudley owned at least one issue of it. Issue 13
