Transformers Compendium Vol. 1 (TRANSFORMERS COMPENDIUM TP) - Softcover

Budiansky, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1534373675 ISBN 13: 9781534373679

Publisher: Image Comics, 2025

Synopsis

"TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING!

 

The Transformers rocked the comic book world with their debut that was truly MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, and now you can experience every issue - from the original series and tie-ins- in this new reader-friendly compendium format for the very first time.

 

Discover the heroic Autobots, the evil Decepticons, and the galaxy-spanning war that will leave you breathless in this first volume perfect for fans new and old.

 

Collects The Transformers #1-44."

About this title

About the Authors

During a 20-year career at Marvel Comics, Bob Budiansky worked as an editor, illustrator and writer. As an editor, he oversaw titles that included Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Fantastic Four. Beginning in 1990, he oversaw the first 11 sets of Marvel Trading Cards, including the first Marvel Masterpieces set. As an illustrator, he rose to prominence as the cover artist for Ghost Rider, eventually taking over the penciling chores for the entire book.

Bob also created his own his own monthly series, Sleepwalker, which he wrote for almost three years.

Bob is perhaps best known for the work he did on The Transformers. Bob was the editor on the very first Transformers mini-series in 1984. He followed up that hugely successful four-issue intro by writing most of the next 51 issues of the monthly Transformers comic book. He also named, created character profiles of, and wrote Hasbro packaging copy for approximately 250 Transformers during the first six years of the brand's existence, and developed story treatments as Hasbro introduced new lines of Transformers.

In 2010, Hasbro inducted Bob into the inaugural class of the Transformers Hall of Fame.

William Timothy Mantlo is an American comic book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics. He is best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: Micronauts and Rom, as well as co-creating the characters Rocket Raccoon and Cloak and Dagger.

Jim Salicrup is an American comic book editor, known for his tenures at Marvel Comics and Topps Comics. At Marvel, where he worked for twenty years, he edited books such as The Uncanny X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers and various Spider-Man titles.

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Donald David Perlin was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for Marvel Comics' Werewolf by Night, Moon Knight, The Defenders, and Ghost Rider. In the 1990s, he worked for Valiant Comics, both as artist and editor, where he co-created Bloodshot.

Edition details

• Publisher: Image Comics
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1534373675
• ISBN 13: 9781534373679
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1064