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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Planet Terry'' (comic)}}
{{Comicinfo
|seriestitle=''Planet Terry''
|logo=Planet Terry logo.png
|bgcol=#f43530
|fontcol=white
|format=Ongoing comic series
|reprint={{Marvel|Planet_Terry_Vol_1|''Planet Terry''}} issues 1-3
|original=1984-1985
|TFUKfirst=[[The Transformers issue 16|Issue 16]]
|TFUKfinal=[[The Transformers issue 25|Issue 25]]}}
'''"Poor kid! That's just a ''blank picture frame'' that he signed by himself! He's never even seen his parents!"'''
==History==
In 1984, [[Marvel Comics]] introduced [[w:Star Comics|'''Star Comics''']], an imprint aimed at younger children, in order to fill a gap in the market left by defunct publishers and gain a bigger market share by targeting kids of all ages. Star Comics produced a handful of original titles, taking influence from the [[w:Harvey Comics|Harvey Comics]] style (
One of Star Comics' original titles was '''''Planet Terry'''''. It told the story of a young space traveller, also named [[Planet Terry]], who was searching the universe after being separated from his parents at birth. On his journeys, being ping-ponged through ridiculous situations in the far corners of the universe, Terry gained something of a found family in the form of resourceful gynoid [[Robota]] and fearsome Fearzum [[Omnus]]. In some small way, each adventure took him one step closer to an understanding of his past, but the series concluded after twelve issues with no parental reunion.
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**"[[The Secret of the Space Warp]]"
**"[[The Saga of Princess Ugly part 6|Part 6]]"
==Reception==
*The gamut is run in [[The Transformers issue 20|issue 20]]'s Openers: Jason Kelly of Bexleyheath, Kent, writes in to say that he has "never yet [...] read a better story than ''Planet Terry''. It's great!" Meanwhile, Lewis Mills of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, writes: "I think ''The Transformers'' is great but I have to complain about ''Planet Terry''. It's okay having ''[[Machine Man (comic)|Machine Man]]'' as a back-up strip but ''Planet Terry'' isn't needed – it's babyish!" In a postscript, he adds that ''[[The Chromobots]]'' "aren't much better".
*In [[The Transformers issue 21|issue 21]]'s Openers, Simon Keeling (aged 14) of Littleover, Derby, writes in with a list of bests and worsts, placing "Adding ''Planet Terry''" as the first (and only) on the list of "Best Things Ever Done In ''The Transformers''". His "Best Thing That Could Be Done in ''The Transformers''" integrates his worsts, too: "More of ''Planet Terry'' and ''The Transformers'' and no ''[[Matt and the Cat|Matt And The Cat]]'', ''Chromobots'' and ''Machine Man''."
*In [[The Transformers issue 24|issue 24]]'s [[Soundwaves]], {{TF|Mirage_(G1)|Mirage}} (alias Zachary Gallagher of Birstall, Leicestershire) writes in to say "please get rid of ''Planet Terry'' as soon as possible."
*In [[The Transformers issue 25|issue 25]]'s Soundwaves, Jason Morris of Virginia, U.S.A., agrees with Lewis Mills' summation of ''Planet Terry'' as babyish.
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