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Transformers: Generation One was a Dreamwave Productions comic book series, consisting of two six-issue limited series and an ongoing title. Within the same continuity were three other Dreamwave series: a series of character profiles entitled Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, a prequel miniseries entitled, Transformers: Micromasters and another prequel ongoing miniseries called ...
Dreamwave acquired the license for the Transformers toyline from Hasbro in December 2001. [ citation needed ] The first mini-series , written by Chris Sarracini & drawn by Pat Lee and based on the Transformers: Generation 1 characters, was the top-selling book on the sales charts for its entire run.
After Dreamwave went out of business, Figueroa was brought into IDW Publishing's Transformers franchise. At IDW, he worked on Beast Wars: The Gathering, The Transformers: Stormbringer, a comic adaptation of 1986's The Transformers: The Movie, the official 2007 Transformers movie prequel and a Spotlight issue on Optimus Prime.
In early 2002, Dreamwave Productions acquired the Transformers comics license and went on to produce a highly successful return of Transformers to the comic world. They started with a limited series focusing on the Generation 1 characters and a monthly series dedicated to Transformers: Armada .
Issues #23-27 tied to Dark Cybertron; retitled as The Transformers (vol. 2) in issue #35; retitled as Transformers in issue #39; issues #56-57 tied to Titans Return. The Transformers: Infestation 2: 1–2 February 1, 2012 February 15, 2012 Part of the crossover event Infestation 2; related to The Transformers: Hearts of Steel. G.I. Joe ...
Starting in 2016, the Transformers comics became part of the Hasbro Comic Book Universe, playing a role during the crossover events Revolution and First Strike. After Revolution ended in November 2016, Transformers and More than Meets the Eye re-titled themselves to Optimus Prime and Lost Light, respectively.
Along with other Dreamwave era artists like Figueroa and James Raiz, Guidi was brought in by IDW Publishing when they acquired the Transformers licence in 2005. After some alternative covers for their flagship G1 series The Transformers: Infiltration, he was the principal artist on The Transformers: Evolutions tale Hearts of Steel.
The Transformers franchise was created by American toy company Hasbro, based on the Japanese toylines Diaclone and Micro Change from Takara. [1] Hasbro would partner with Marvel Comics to develop the world and mythology of Transformers, with Marvel also publishing a comic book series that ran for 80 issues, from September 1984 to July 1991. [1]