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*Poster: {{TF|Prowl_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Prowl,}} {{TF|Sideswipe_(G1)|Sideswipe,}} and [[Jazz]], as seen in {{TF|Commercial/Generation_1#Decepticon_jets_and_Autobot_cars|an early commercial}} |
*Poster: {{TF|Prowl_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Prowl,}} {{TF|Sideswipe_(G1)|Sideswipe,}} and [[Jazz]], as seen in {{TF|Commercial/Generation_1#Decepticon_jets_and_Autobot_cars|an early commercial}} |
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*Advert: Marvel's {{Marvel|Indiana_Jones_(UK)_Vol_1_1|''Indiana Jones'' comic}} – "Get your own copy, you swine!" – and {{Marvel|Savage_Sword_of_Conan_(UK)_Vol_1_85|Conan issue 85}} |
*Advert: Marvel's {{Marvel|Indiana_Jones_(UK)_Vol_1_1|''Indiana Jones'' comic}} – "Get your own copy, you swine!" – and {{Marvel|Savage_Sword_of_Conan_(UK)_Vol_1_85|Conan issue 85}} |
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*'''''[[Machine Man]]:''''' "[[Introducing Machine Man]]" |
*'''''[[Machine Man (comic)|Machine Man]]:''''' "[[Introducing Machine Man]]" |
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*'''''Machine Man:''''' "[[Byte of the Binary Bug!]]" part 1 |
*'''''Machine Man:''''' "[[Byte of the Binary Bug!]]" part 1 |
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*Feature: Robot Round-Up, featuring real life robots like [https://cyberneticzoo.com/robots/1966-tinker-the-robot-dennis-weston-british/ Dennis Weston's Tinker], the [[w:Unimate|Unimate 2000]], the [http://www.theoldrobots.com/odex.html Odex 1] at [[w:Ford Dagenham|Ford Dagenham]], and [[w:HERO (robot)|HERO]], with digressions about ''[[w:R.U.R.|R.U.R.]]'' by "a Czechoslovakian author" and [[w:Isaac Asimov|Asimov]]'s [[w:Three Laws of Robotics|three laws]], and the prediction that in 30 years robots will be more intelligent than people |
*Feature: Robot Round-Up, featuring real life robots like [https://cyberneticzoo.com/robots/1966-tinker-the-robot-dennis-weston-british/ Dennis Weston's Tinker], the [[w:Unimate|Unimate 2000]], the [http://www.theoldrobots.com/odex.html Odex 1] at [[w:Ford Dagenham|Ford Dagenham]], and [[w:HERO (robot)|HERO]], with digressions about ''[[w:R.U.R.|R.U.R.]]'' by "a Czechoslovakian author" and [[w:Isaac Asimov|Asimov]]'s [[w:Three Laws of Robotics|three laws]], and the prediction that in 30 years robots will be more intelligent than people |
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| The Transformers issue 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marvel Comics | |||||||||||||||
| First published | 20th September, 1984 | |||||||||||||||
ROBOT INVADERS! They're evil machines from another world! They want our planet! How can the Autobots save us? The fight begins inside.
Contents
- Openers: Editor's Letter; letters (from the kids of Greycourt School, Ham); competition to win a free membership to a Martian Smashers Magazine fan club; announcement of next issue's "Be an Interplanetary Spy" book competition; competition to win "FLASH", a "video comic" by Mountain Films; advertorial for School Mate, a personal organiser for children by Bluebird
- The Transformers: "The Transformers"
part 1 - Competition: A spot the difference puzzle to win Jazz
- Advert: Hasbro advert for Transformers including Sideswipe, Bumblebee, Thundercracker, and Rumble
- Poster: a street featuring S. Witwicky Auto Repairs for use as a landscape with the included free rub-down transfers
- Poster: Prowl, Sideswipe, and Jazz, as seen in an early commercial
- Advert: Marvel's Indiana Jones comic
– "Get your own copy, you swine!" – and Conan issue 85 - Machine Man: "Introducing Machine Man"
- Machine Man: "Byte of the Binary Bug!" part 1
- Feature: Robot Round-Up, featuring real life robots like Dennis Weston's Tinker, the Unimate 2000, the Odex 1 at Ford Dagenham, and HERO, with digressions about R.U.R. by "a Czechoslovakian author" and Asimov's three laws, and the prediction that in 30 years robots will be more intelligent than people
- Advert: The Best Pals Club is for you and your dog.
