Featured Essays
As you might expect from any long-running comic, Transformers throws up a fair number of continuity issues. This section exists to discuss these and work out exactly what was going on. Links to the essays can be found on the sidebar whilst the rest of this page explains what is covered in each story.
Whose Timeline is it Anyway? discusses whether Transformers fits into the Marvel Universe, continuity differences between the UK and US comics, where the future seen in the UK comics fits, and how the Generation 2 comic fits in.
Timelines Illustrated is basically a flowchart demonstrating the branching histories assumed in this site's treatment of the Transformers comic.
How many Autobots were on the Ark? discusses the size of the Autobot's spacecraft, the composition of its original crew, and the Autobots and Decepticons who may have permanently died during its crash.
Fitting in the UK Stories does what it says on the tin. There are some UK stories that don't easily slot into the US timeline like they're supposed to. This essay explains precisely how and where they fit in.
How does Time Travel work examines which theory of time travel best fits what we see happen in the UK stories which feature time-travellers. Is Transformers history fixed and immutable, subject to change by whichever time traveller comes along, or is it all a matter of parallel universes?
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