Transformers UK Annuals

1986-1994. These annuals would comprise of reprinted material mixed with a new comic strip and text stories. 1986-1992 were published by Marvel UK. The 1994 Generation 2 annual was produced by Grandreams and was of far lesser quality with it’s stories and art work. After this there was a ten year gap between Transformer annuals released in the UK.

2004-2015. In 2004 and 05 Pedigree books released Transformers annuals in the UK for the first time in ten years. Both contained straight up reprints of the Dreamwave Armada and Energon comics that were current at the time in America. Three years later to coincide with the release of the live action movie, Harper Collins released the first of five annuals based on the movies and one on Transformers Animated. These ‘annuals’ tended to be nothing more than simple puzzle books. Long gone are the days of Marvel UK and their high quality of comic book content. The Harper Collins annuals came to an end in 2012. Pedigree then regained the rights to make Transformer annuals and released one for 2015 centering around the Age of Extinction movie. Unfortunately this was once again another puzzle book for the most part though it did contain some text based stories though these were just simple adaptations of the movies.