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Transformers: Movie Prequel, called Transformers: Official Movie Prequel on the covers and Prime Directive in solicitations, is IDW Publishing's four-issue comic series which serves as a foundation and backstory for the 2007 Transformers live-action movie. Two special one-shot issues, distributed for free in association with Target, were also published under the exact same name, at the same time, by the same company, with the same creative team; they are listed here as well.

	Official Movie Prequel(s):	»

Prequel Specials:
#1\|#2

Prequel miniseries:
#1\|#2\|#3\|#4

Overview

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Creative team

Movie Prequel was produced primarily by the team that spawned The War Within and The Gathering: writer Simon Furman and penciler Don Figueroa. IDW editor-in-chief Chris Ryall also assisted with the writing.

Items of note

The series was originally released without a story title, as "Transformers Official Movie Prequel". The original working title, "Prime Directive" (which was also the title of the first Dreamwave Generation One mini-series and the working title of the movie's script), was included in the original scripts, and was also mentioned in early solicitations for the series.[1]
Two comics originally produced in cooperation with Target (later also collected as the Movie Prequel Special) were also both originally released under the title Transformers: Movie Prequel, and tie in to the story of this series (although the later-released Target comic contradicts issue 4).
An animated version of this comic (with voice acting), named Transformers: Beginnings, was included on a special bonus disc included with a Wal-Mart exclusive edition of the Movie DVD.

Collections

Transformers: Movie Prequel TPB (June 5, 2007) ISBN 978-1600100666

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-{{disambig2|the 2007 movie's prequel comic|the first [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] G1 mini-series|Prime Directive}}
-[[IDW Publishing]]'s four-issue comic series serves as foundation and backstory for [[Transformers (2007)|2007 ''Transformers'' live-action movie]].
+'''''Transformers: Movie Prequel''''', called '''''Transformers: Official Movie Prequel''''' on the covers and '''''Prime Directive''''' in solicitations, is [[IDW Publishing]]'s four-issue comic series which serves as a foundation and backstory for the [[Transformers (film)|2007 ''Transformers'' live-action movie]].  Two special one-shot issues, distributed for free in association with Target, were also published under the exact same name, at the same time, by the same company, with the same creative team; they are listed here as well.
+{| style="margin:auto;"
+!align="center" style="background-color:#6699CC;font-weight:boldest;color:#fff;" colspan="2"|
+{| width="100%"
+!
+!''Official Movie Prequel''(s):
+!'''[[Movie Adaptation|&raquo;]]'''
+|}
+|-
+|
 {|style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align=center id=toc
- !align=center bgcolor=#6699CC|'''<font color="white">''Prime Directives'' issues:</font>'''
+ !align=center bgcolor=#6699CC|'''<font color="white">''Prequel Special''s:</font>'''
  |-align=center
+ || [[Planetfall|#1]]|[[Interlude|#2]]
- || [[Prime Directives, Part 1|#1]] | [[Prime Directives, Part 2|#2]] | [[Prime Directives, Part 3|#3]] | [[Prime Directives, Part 4|#4]]
 |}
+|
+{|style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align=center id=toc
+ !align=center bgcolor=#6699CC|'''<font color="white">''Prequel'' miniseries:</font>'''
+ |-align=center
+ || [[Prime Directive (IDW) issue 1|#1]]|[[Prime Directive (IDW) issue 2|#2]]|[[Prime Directive (IDW) issue 3|#3]]|[[Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4|#4]]
+|}
+|}
+{{TOCclear}}
+==Overview==
+{{issuestub}}
+==Creative team==
+''Movie Prequel'' was produced primarily by the team that spawned ''[[The War Within]]'' and ''[[The Gathering]]'': writer [[Simon Furman]] and penciler [[Don Figueroa]].  IDW editor-in-chief [[Chris Ryall]] also assisted with the writing.
+==Items of note==
-== Publishing dates: ==
+* The series was originally released without a story title, as "Transformers Official Movie Prequel". The original working title, "Prime Directive" (which was also the title of the [[Prime Directive|first Dreamwave ''Generation One'' mini-series]] and the working title of the [[Transformers (film)|movie's]] script), was included in the original scripts, and was also mentioned in early solicitations for the series.[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=100548]
-* Issue 1: February 28, 2007
+* [[Interlude|Two]] [[Planetfall|comics]] originally produced in cooperation with Target (later also collected as the [[Movie Prequel Special]]) were also both originally released under the title ''Transformers: Movie Prequel'', and tie in to the story of this series (although the later-released Target comic contradicts issue 4).
-* Issue 2: March 21, 2007
+* An animated version of this comic (with voice acting), named ''[[Transformers: Beginnings]]'', was included on a special bonus disc included with a Wal-Mart exclusive edition of the Movie DVD.
-* Issue 3: April 11, 2007
-* Issue 4:
-==Trivia==
+==Collections==
+* ''Transformers: Movie Prequel'' TPB <small>(June 5, 2007) ISBN 978-1600100666</small>
-* An animated version of this comic (with voice acting) will be included as a special feature on the Wal*Mart edition of the Movie DVD.
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