Other publications

The Transformers is our main thing. But in order to be an informative and comprehensive encyclopedia, it sometimes falls to us to document content from other publications.

From a wiki perspective, articles with content from other publications are marked with the ExtraTF Template – extra meaning "outside", like in "extraterrestrial".

Action Force (weekly)

Action Force
External link	Action Force (weekly)
First issue	Issue 1, 1st March 1987
Final issue	Issue 50, 7th February 1988

Action Force Issue 24: "Ancient Relics!"  part 2 Issue 25: "Ancient Relics!" part 3 Issue 26: "Ancient Relics!" part 4 Issue 27: "Ancient Relics!" part 5

Codename: Combat Colin Issue 5: (issue 5) Issue 6: (issue 6) Issue 7: (issue 7) Issue 8: (issue 8) Issue 9: (issue 9) Issue 10: (issue 10) Issue 11: (issue 11) Issue 12: (issue 12) Issue 13: (issue 13) Issue 14: "One of Our Milkmen is Missing!" part 1 Issue 15: "One of Our Milkmen is Missing!" part 2 Issue 16: "One of Our Milkmen is Missing!" part 3 Issue 17: "One of Our Milkmen is Missing!" part 4 Issue 18: "One of Our Milkmen is Missing!" part 5 Issue 19: "One of Our Milkmen is Missing!" part 6 Issue 20: (issue 20) Issue 22: (issue 22) Issue 23: (issue 23) Issue 24: (issue 24) Issue 25: (issue 25) Issue 26: "Operation: Terrortank!" part 1 Issue 27: "Operation: Terrortank!" part 2 Issue 28: "Operation: Terrortank!" part 3 Issue 29: "Operation: Terrortank!" part 4 Issue 30: Unintelligence Profile Code Name: Combat Colin Issue 31: (issue 31) Issue 32: (issue 32) Issue 33: (issue 33) Issue 34: "Combat Colin in Egypt" part 1 Issue 35: "Combat Colin in Egypt" part 2 Issue 36: "Combat Colin in Egypt" part 3 Issue 38: "Combat Colin in Egypt" part 4 Issue 39: "Combat Colin in Egypt" part 5 Issue 40: "Combat Colin in Egypt" part 6 Issue 41: "Missing in Action!" Issue 42: "Combat Colin Buys a Christmas Tree" Issue 43: "Christmas With... Combat Colin" Issue 44: "Combat Colin and the Snowmen" part 1 Issue 45: "Combat Colin and the Snowmen" part 2 Issue 46: "Combat Colin and the Snowmen" part 3 Issue 47: "Combat Colin and the Snowmen" part 4 Issue 48: "Combat Colin's Final Battle" part 1 Issue 49: "Combat Colin's Final Battle" part 2 Issue 49: Unintelligence Profile Code Name: Semi-Automatic Steve Issue 50: "Combat Colin's Final Battle" part 3

Doctor Who Magazine

Doctor Who Magazine
External link	Doctor Who Magazine
First issue	Issue 1, 11 October 1979
Final issue	Ongoing...!

"Doctor Who" redirects here. For the character named Doctor Who, see The Doctor.

• Issue 141: "Planet of the Dead" Episode One
• Issue 142: "Planet of the Dead" Episode Two

The Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters
External link	The Real Ghostbusters
First issue	Issue 1, March 1988
Final issue	Issue 193, September 1992

"Ghostbusters" redirects here. For the real Ghostbusters, see Ghostbuster.

Despite being conceived as a comedy vehicle for John Belushi based on Dan Aykroyd's paranormal spec int with a licensed title from an unrelated production, the 1984 movie Ghostbusters  was a cultural phenomenon. This supernatural comedy launched an unlikely multimedia franchise, much of which was aimed at a younger audience – as was the style at the time – including DiC's animated sequel/spin-off, The Real Ghostbusters. 

Debuting in 1988, Marvel UK's The Real Ghostbusters became a runaway hit, running for an unprecedented 193 issues with annuals and spin-off appearances galore. Producing the comic was a ballsy move in the early days as, unlike many of Marvel UK's other licensed titles, The Real Ghostbusters had no U.S. equivalent series to reprint as a safety net; in those early days, The Real Ghostbusters was filled with home-grown, in-house talent. This led to something of a transatlantic cultural exchange with the later NOW Comics The Real Ghostbusters series,  as each publication began to reprint the other's material.

The Ghostbusters also fell afoul of the Gwanzulums, meaning we cover the following:

• Issue 9: "Too Many Ghostbusters!"
• Issue 20: Gwanzulums Fact File

We also cover The Real Ghostbusters (ad).

ThunderCats

ThunderCats
External link	ThunderCatsFans.org
First issue	Issue 1, March 1987
Final issue	Issue 129, December 1990

"ThunderCats" redirects here. For the eponymous cat people, see ThunderCat.

• Issue 66: "Double Jeopardy!" part 1
• Issue 67: "Double Jeopardy!" part 2