The Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime
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This article is about the 2010 IDW collection. For the 2022 IDW collection, see Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime. |
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Freedom is the right to blow a hole through Megatron. | |||||||||||||
Optimus Prime | |||||||||||||
Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
First published | June 2, 2010 | ||||||||||||
Special Thanks To | Hasbro's Aaron Archer, Michael Kelly, Amie Lozanski, Samantha Lomow and Michael Verrecchia | ||||||||||||
Editorial Assistance provided by |
Steven Serrano | ||||||||||||
Designer | Neil Uyetake | ||||||||||||
Collection Edits by | Justin Eisinger | ||||||||||||
Graphic design | Kevin Lee | ||||||||||||
Collection Design by | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
Editor-in-chief | Roger Lee | ||||||||||||
Cover | Livio Ramondelli | ||||||||||||
TPB ISBN | ISBN 1600106668 | ||||||||||||
Page count | 144 | ||||||||||||
Price | $19.99 |
The Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime is a trade paperback published by IDW Publishing. The TPB consists of reprinted stories focusing on the title character, Optimus Prime (as one can guess from the title).
Overview
The Best of Optimus Prime pulls stories ranging from the earliest US Marvel Comics issues, Marvel UK, Dreamwave Productions, and the then-current 2005 IDW continuity. The collection features new cover art by Livio Ramondelli; There are also a few interior illustrations, IDW covers featuring Prime, as well as the 2-page spread of The War Within #1.
Contents
- Marvel Comics' The Transformers (1984) #48: "The Flames of Boltax!"
- Marvel Comics' Transformers Annual 1985: "And There Shall Come...a Leader!"
- IDW Publishing's Transformers: The Animated Movie #1: "The Gathering Storm"
- Dreamwave Productions' Transformers: The War Within #1
- IDW Publishing's The Transformers: Spotlight: Optimus Prime
- IDW Publishing's The Transformers: Stormbringer #4
- Art gallery
Notes
- This collection spans four different Generation 1 continuities.
- Four of the six issues were written by Simon Furman, with two by Bob Budiansky.
- All issues other than the Marvel ones were illustrated by Don Figueroa.