Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection
Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection is a fortnightly partwork collection of hardback books published by Hachette Partworks. The series is made up of 80 volumes which will reprint the entire history of G1 comics, from the 80s Marvel series right through to the current license holder IDW.
The series is the fourth recent comics series by Hachette Partworks. It follows the success of The Official Marvel Graphic Novel Collection, Marvel's Mightiest Heroes Graphic Novel Collection and Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection, and was joined on the racks in August 2017 by a fifth: 2000 AD The Ultimate Collection. It is currently only available in the UK & Ireland.
List of books
The following books are those confirmed by Hachette. "Issue" refers to the order of publication, and "Volume" refers to the order in which the books are intended to be kept once the 80-volume collection is complete.
Issue |
Volume |
Title |
Collecting |
UK Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
01 |
06 |
Target: 2006 |
Target: 2006 (Marvel UK 78-88) Aerialbots Over America, Heavy Traffic, Decepticon Graffiti (Marvel US 21-23 / UK 89-92, 94-95) |
|
02 |
36 |
Stormbringer |
Shockwave, Soundwave (IDW Spotlight 1, 6) Stormbringer (IDW Stormbringer 1-4) Nightbeat, Hot Rod (IDW Spotlight 2, 3) |
|
03 |
16 |
The Primal Scream |
Cold Comfort and Joy, The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire, Race With The Devil, Survivors! (Marvel UK 198, 213-222) Back From The Dead, The Resurrection Gambit!, All the Familiar FACES!, Skin Deep, Yesterday's Heroes!, The Primal Scream (Marvel US 56-61 / UK 240-254, 259-261) |
|
04 |
18 |
Edge Of Extinction |
Rhythms of Darkness!, The Human Factor!, Eye of the Storm, The Pri¢e of Life!, Surrender!, ...All This and Civil War 2, Out of Time!, The Void!, On the Edge of Extinction! (Marvel US 67-75 / UK 298-322) |
|
05 |
29 |
The War Within |
The War Within (Dreamwave The War Within 1-6) |
|
06 |
37 |
Escalation |
Sixshot, Ultra Magnus (IDW Spotlight 4, 5) Escalation (IDW Escalation 1-6) |
|
07 |
08 |
Wanted: Galvatron Dead Or Alive |
Wanted: Galvatron - Dead Or Alive, Burning Sky, Hunters, Fire On High, Vicious Circle (Marvel UK 113-120, Annual 1987) King of the Hill!, Mechanical Difficulties! (Marvel US 27-28 / UK 111-112, 121–122) |
|
08 |
39 |
Hearts of Steel |
Hearts of Steel (IDW Hearts of Steel 1-4) Galvatron, Optimus Prime, Mirage (IDW Spotlight 8, 9,13) |
|
09 |
10 |
Trial by Fire |
Worlds Apart, Kup's Story (Marvel UK 130-132) Ring of Hate, Broken Glass, Love and Steel, Brothers in Armour (Marvel US Headmasters 1-4 / UK 130-145) Trial by Fire, The Desert Island of Space (Marvel US 38-39 / UK 156-159) |
|
10 |
21 |
Regeneration One |
Counterpoint, Loose Ends (IDW Regeneration One 80.5, 81-85) |
|
11 |
31 |
The Iron Fist |
Transformers/G.I. Joe (Dreamwave Transformers/G.I. Joe 1-6) |
|
12 |
50 |
Heart of Darkness |
Heart of Darkness (IDW Heart of Darkness 1-4) Infestation (IDW Infestation 1-2) |
|
13 |
59 |
Dark Cybertron Part 1 |
Dark Cybertron Prelude, Chapters 1-6 (IDW Dark Cybertron 1, IDW More Than Meets The Eye 22-25, IDW Robots In Disguise 23-24) |
|
14 |
01 |
Power Play |
The Transformers, Power Play!, Prisoner Of War!, The Last Stand (Marvel US 1-4 / UK 1-8) Man of Iron (Marvel UK 9-12 / US 33-34) The Enemy Within, Raiders of the Last Ark (Marvel UK 13-21) |
|
15 |
26 |
War & Peace |
War and Peace, Preview (Dreamwave Vol. 2 1-6, Preview) |
|
16 |
35 |
Primacy |
Monstrosity (IDW Monstrosity 1-4) Primacy (IDW Primacy 1-4) |
|
17 |
64 |
Windblade |
Windblade (IDW Windblade Vol.1 1-4) Onyx Interface (IDW Robots In Disguise 35-38) |
|
18 |
19 |
Perchance to Dream |
Out to Lunch!, Rage!, Assault on the Ark!, Mind Games, Two Megatrons!, Underworld!, Demons!, Dawn of Darkness, Fallen Star!, Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?, The Greatest Gift of All!, The Void!, Edge of Impact, Shadow of Evil, White Fire, ...Perchance to Dream (Marvel UK 240–260) Still Life!, Exodus! (Marvel US 76-77 / UK 323-326) |
|
19 |
40 |
Maximum Dinobots |
Grimlock, Wheelie (IDW Spotlight 14, 15) Maximum Dinobots (IDW Maximum Dinobots 1-5) |
|
20 |
22 |
Natural Selection |
Natural Selection (IDW Regeneration One 86-90) Peace (Marvel UK Annual 1989) |
|
21 |
46 |
Things Fall Apart |
Things Fall Apart, All His Engines, Scrapper (IDW The Transformers Vol. 1 2-8) |
|
22 |
07 |
The Harder They Die |
Prey, ...The Harder They Die, Under Fire!, Distant Thunder, Fallen Angel, Resurrection (Marvel UK 96-104) Afterdeath!, Gone But Not Forgotten!, Funeral For A Friend! (Marvel US 24-26 / UK 105-110) |
|
23 |
33 |
Megatron Origin |
Megatron Origin (IDW Megatron Origin 1-4) Blurr, Orion Pax: Omega's Conundrum (IDW Spotlight 20, 26) |
|
24 |
14 |
Space Pirates |
Wrecking Havoc (Marvel UK 172-173) The Big Broadcast of 2006 (Marvel US 43 / UK 180-181) Space Pirates, Firebug!, Dry Run!, Altered Image (Marvel UK 180-189, Annual 1988) The Man in the Machine (Marvel US 51 / UK 211-212) |
|
25 |
43 |
All Hail Megatron Part 1 |
All Hail Megatron Chapters 1-8 (IDW All Hail Megatron 1-8) |
|
26 |
52 |
The Death Of Optimus Prime |
Chaos Chapters 1-4, Pax Cybertronia (IDW The Transformers Vol. 1 24, 26, 28, 30, 31) The Death of Optimus Prime (IDW The Death of Optimus Prime) |
|
27 |
44 |
All Hail Megatron Part 2 |
All Hail Megatron Chapters 9-16 (IDW All Hail Megatron 9-16) |
|
28 |
20 |
End Of The Road |
Starting Over!, Two Steps Back!, Break-Away!, Desert Island Risks!, Once upon a Time…, Life in the Slow Lane, Snow Fun!, Flashback!. Mystery!, The Bad Guy's Ball!, The Living Nightlights!, Cry Wolf!, Wolf in the Fold!, Where Wolf?, Secrets, Bugged!, Internal Affairs!, The House that Wheeljack Built!, Divide and Conquer!, The 4,000,000 Year Itch!, Makin' Tracks!, Shut Up!, Manoeuvres!, Assassins, External Forces!, The Lesser Evil!, Inside Story!, Front Line!, End of the Road! (Marvel UK 261-289) A Savage Circle, The Last Autobot?, End of the Road! (Marvel US 78-80 / UK 327-332) |
|
29 |
71 |
The Dying Of The Light |
The Dying Of The Light (IDW More Than Meets The Eye 50-55) |
|
30 |
75 |
Titans Return Part 1 |
||
31 |
60 |
Dark Cybertron Part 2 |
Dark Cybertron Chapters 7-11, Finale (IDW Robots In Disguise 25-27, IDW More Than Meets The Eye 26-27, IDW Dark Cybertron 2) |
Notes
Issues not formally confirmed by publisher
- Issue 34 will be Volume 2 & titled "New Order" (originally said to include Raiders Of The Last Ark, but that is now in Volume 1)
- Volume 32 will be 'Infiltration'
- A number of issues have been scheduled and changed with little warning, including Issue 8 "Perchance to Dream", Issue 11 "Legacy of Unicron" and Issue 13 "The Cosmic Carnival" Based on solicitations.