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.

Batman Annuals UK

Batman Annuals from the UK. 1981, 82, 83, 85, 89, 91, 92 and 93. Published by London Editions who at the time also produced the UK Batman comics.

Batman annuals in the UK had been constant for several decades until 1998. It was then 8 years till the UK saw another Batman annual in 2006. This could be seen as the fault of the terrible Batman and Robin movie with a new annual not appearing till the Nolan Batman Begins movie came out. Between 2006 and 2014 only one other Batman annual was produced to tie in with the Dark Knight. This however was basically just a puzzle book and not what I consider a ‘real’ annual.
Titan Magazines who publish the UK Batman comics produced two annuals for 2014 and 2015 but unfortunately a 2016 book was not released.