The Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)

The name or term Universe refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Universe (disambiguation).

This article is about the Marvel profile books. For the Dreamwave profile books, see More Than Meets The Eye.

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Transformers Universe is a four-issue limited series published by Marvel Comics in 1986 featuring expanded bios for the Transformers that had appeared thus far in the comic and toy lines. Organized alphabetically, with the exception that characters who first appeared in The Transformers: The Movie were held until Issue 4.

• Issue 1: Features entries from Air Raid to Grimlock.

• Issue 2: Features entries from Groove to Ramjet.

• Issue 3: Features entries from Rampage to Swindle.

• Issue 4: Features entries from Steeljaw to Windcharger, plus Transformers: The Movie characters from Arblus to Wreck-Gar (includes several non-toy characters).

Trivia

• The series was later republished in a single volume although a handful of character profiles, such as Eject and Rewind, were left out (though their pictures appeared on the cover).
• Although cleaned up by artists Ian Akin and Brian Garvey, all the character artwork was based upon character models for the animated series.
• With issue #47 of the Marvel Comic, new post-1986 character entries under the Transformers Universe heading began appearing on a semi-regular basis, ending in issue #79. In these cases, the artwork was based upon the character models used in the US toy commercials.
• The profiles were also used as part of the UK comic’s "Transformers A-Z" feature.
• Scans of the series frequently appear on the Internet.
• Though the title on the cover is Transformers Universe, the title in the indicia is The Transformers Universe.