IDW Regeneration #81 - Preview

[Sharky]

out this week (can't wait) is Regeneration #81 the continuation of the old Marvel comics, and over at westfieldcomics.com they have the first seven pages up for viewing.. just the coloured art

[kup]

Is it going to be out this week locally too?

[Sharky]

Is it going to be out this week locally too?

sure is along with the Transformers Regeneration One 100 Pg Spectacular
and Transformers Regeneration One #81 - 1:10 variant cover (unless there is a delay at customs or something) but wednesday/thursday they should be at your local CBS

[i_amtrunks]

Ill have to hope the Wollongong comic store has them on Thursday as I'll be there after the Flight of the Conchords concert!

I think it would have been smarter to push or advertise the 100 page issue (as it is only a reprint of the final four issues) before the release of 81. I can see people who may have never read the marvel issues picking up the 100 page issue, looking at the art and quickly putting it back down. Here's hoping that they still grab #81, so that the sales are decent.

Cannot wait.

[Sky Shadow]

There's a Battle Beasts comic too!

[SuspectimusPrime]

sure is along with the Transformers Regeneration One 100 Pg Spectacular
and Transformers Regeneration One #81 - 1:10 variant cover (unless there is a delay at customs or something) but wednesday/thursday they should be at your local CBS

I'm quite new to comics (aside from the original Marvel series that I managed to download some years back). What is the 1:10 variant cover?

[Paulbot]

After this (and Time Wars) someone needs to buy Simon Furman a G1 guidebook that shows him how many Deluxe Insecticons there were!

Also, had #81 came out in 1991 I really doubt that the Wreckers and Deluxe Insecticons would have been appeared. (Well maybe Springer and Sandstorm since they were on sale again)

I think it would have been smarter to push or advertise the 100 page issue (as it is only a reprint of the final four issues) before the release of 81. I can see people who may have never read the marvel issues picking up the 100 page issue, looking at the art and quickly putting it back down. Here's hoping that they still grab #81, so that the sales are decent.

#81 has an easier setup. It's 20+ years after the war between the Autobots and Decepticons ended, and the Autobots won. (It's also the same status quo from the end of the last TF ongoing series to end, funnily enough).

Start back at #76 though and I can see the more casual fan thinking, ok Unicron attacked Cybertron. Right, I remember that in the movie. So this is after the movie. But how come Optimus Prime is there and why does he look so weird? And Prowl and Wheeljack are alive? And where's Hot Rod or Ultra Magnus? And why is Spike so old and bald and called HiQ? His exosuit looks weird too.

On this board, I'd say maybe 50% of members (at most) have read the Marvel comics. I'd say less than 20% actually read those stories in the 80s and early 90s. We've got members who weren't born when #80 came out. For those of us that were there, this is exciting (it's quite literally wish fulfilment for me) but I do wonder how well it will go from a sales point of view, and I hope the full 20 issue story gets to be released.

I'm quite new to comics (aside from the original Marvel series that I managed to download some years back). What is the 1:10 variant cover?

It's discussed here, but here's a direct link.

[Paulbot]

I'm quite new to comics (aside from the original Marvel series that I managed to download some years back). What is the 1:10 variant cover?

I'm not sure which is the 1:10 variant cover now.

There's four covers: Cover A by Andy Wildman, Cover B by Guido Guidi, Cover Retailer Incentive A by Geoff Senior, and Cover Retailer Incentive B "hand drawn sketch cover by Dan Khanna".

[valkyrie_76]

I'm not sure which is the 1:10 variant cover now.

There's four covers: Cover A by Andy Wildman, Cover B by Guido Guidi, Cover Retailer Incentive A by Geoff Senior, and Cover Retailer Incentive B "hand drawn sketch cover by Dan Khanna".

Might have to harass my comic book store about these variants

[Sharky]

I'm not sure which is the 1:10 variant cover now.

There's four covers: Cover A by Andy Wildman, Cover B by Guido Guidi, Cover Retailer Incentive A by Geoff Senior, and Cover Retailer Incentive B "hand drawn sketch cover by Dan Khanna".