#tf construticons

[huanted-dennys]

Lil comic thingy and a wip of Jazz and prowl (Jazz was kinda a scribbly mess so i drew a lil jazz instead for now)

Wow scavenger that’s a big catch ya got there

[tfwiki]

Are there any guides out there as to the different story arcs in the old TF Marvel comics? I had a look at the wiki but from what I could tell it has plot summaries for each individual issue but I couldn't see anything in the vein of "this story arc takes place over #34-37, then #38-46 is this story arc, etc". I wanna know what the overall gist of the storyline is so I can read the highlights.

The thing about older comics like Marvel’s Transformers series is, they don’t tend to break down into neat, small arcs like modern books do, with defined start- and endpoints. Any such delineation would be fan-conceived and contentious, so that’s why we don’t have articles for something that doesn’t really exist. Loosely speaking, the various periods of the book’s history would best be described as follows:

Issues #1-4 - the original mini-series, telling the story of the Transformers’ arrival on Earth, and the Autobots triumph over the Decepticons with the aid of the Witwicky family.

Issues #5-12 - Shockwave overthrows Megatron as leader of the Decepticons and Ratchet is left alone to rescue his captured fellow Autobots from the villains. Introduces the Dinobots, Construticons, and Jetfire.

Issues #13-26 - Megatron and Shockwave vie for Decepticon leadership as the new 1985 range of toys are gradually introduced. A two-part story in #17-18 revisits Cybertron and looks in on the Autobot rebellion there. The Scramble City combiner teams are introduced, and Megatron and Optimus Prime die after a video game duel.

Issues #27-37 - Grimlock becomes Autobot leader. Goldbug and Blaster reject his tyrannical leadership and go it alone, becoming wanted ‘bots.

Issues #38-46 - Spinning out of The Headmasters #1-4 mini-series, the Headmasters and Targetmasters arrive on Earth and help restore Optimus Prime to life.

Issues #47-50 - “The Underbase Saga”. A four-issue deck-clearing exercise in which Starscream attains cosmic power and kills everyone who doesn’t have a toy on shelves anymore.

Issues #51-55 - Writer Bob Budiansky runs out the clock on his time on the comic with silly one-shot adventures starring Pretenders and Micromasters.

Issues #56-61 - New writer Simon Furman comes on board. The Classic Pretenders are introduced, and the Primus/Unicron origin story is related for the first time in the US comic, setting up the plot that will run to the end of the series.

Issues #62-66 - “Matrix Quest.” A five-part story in which the newest toys search for the lost Matrix to combat the approaching threat of Unicron.

Issues #67-75 - Decepticon in-fighting causes trouble as Optimus Prime tries to unite all Cybertronians in preparation for Unicron’s coming.

Issue #76-80 - Wrapping up the loose ends post-Unicron.