Experience the conclusion of the iconic original comic book series, THE TRANSFORMERS, in a complete compendium for the first time ever! THE END OF THE ICONIC ORIGINAL ERA OF TRANSFORMERS IS HERE! The looming threat of Unicron is ever present as both Decepticons and Autobots spread their forces across the galaxy in search of their last hope, the Creation Matrix. But when that hope grows dimmer, Optimus Prime makes the greatest sacrifice of all... Collected in compendium format for the first time ever, these iconic Transformers stories are perfect for fans new and old. Collects THE TRANSFORMERS #45-80, TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE #1-3, TRANSFORMERS GENERATION 2 #1-12.
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.
Simon Furman is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro's
Transformers franchise, starting with writing Marvel Comics's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, as well as foundations for both Dreamwave Production's and IDW Publishing's takes on the
Generation 1 minifranchise.
Ralph Macchio is an American comic book editor and writer who has held many positions at Marvel Comics, including executive editor. Macchio is commonly associated with
Daredevil, Thor, the
Spider-Man line of comics, and the
Ultimate Marvel line.
José Delbo was an Argentine comics artist. He was best known for his work on
Wonder Woman for DC Comics and
The Transformers for Marvel Comics.
Jim Fern was born and raised in Long Island, New York. He has drawn for several Marvel titles in the 1980s. In 1987, he was an inker on several of the
Spider-Man titles, as well as a penciller on one issue of
Spectacular Spider-Man and one issue of
Web of Spider-Man. He was also a fill-in artist on
Birds of Prey and
Transformers and was additionally present at DC Comics. At CrossGen, he cooperated on several issues of
Scion. In the mid-1990s, Fern contributed to
The Big Book of Grimm, The Big Book of Hoaxes, The Big Book of Martyrs, The Big Book of the Unexplained, The Big Book of Thugs and
The Big Book of Urban Legends at Paradox Press. He has also drawn covers for reprints of 2000 AD titles. In addition to his comic book work, Jim was a Walt Disney World artist working for the Disney Design Group.
