Furman's head, or surface of Cybertron? You decide!
The Best of Simon Furman is a trade paperback published by IDW Publishing. The TPB consists of reprinted stories composed by Simon Furman over his long career with the Transformers brand.
Overview[]
The Best of Simon Furman compiles material that spans 20 years, including material from the Marvel UK era and Furman's transfer to the Marvel U.S. book, as well as a few stories from Generation 2. Furman's return to Transformers after an 8-year gap is represented by his Dreamwave inclusions. Three stories from his current run with IDW is also represented.
Contents[]
- Marvel Comics' Marvel UK #81: "Target: 2006, part 3"
- Marvel Comics' Marvel UK #86: "Target: 2006, part 8"
- Marvel Comics' Marvel UK #172–173: "Wrecking Havoc"
- Marvel Comics' The Transformers #62: "Bird of Prey!"
- Marvel Comics' The Transformers #70: "The Price of Life!"
- Marvel Comics' The Transformers #71: "Surrender!"
- Marvel Comics' The Transformers #75: "On the Edge of Extinction!"
- Marvel Comics' Generation 2 #7: "Tales of Earth, part 4"
- Marvel Comics' Generation 2 #8: "Tales of Earth, part 5"
- Dreamwave Productions' The War Within Preview
- Dreamwave Productions' Armada #16: "Worlds Collide, Part 3"
- IDW Publishing's The Transformers: Infiltration #6
- IDW Publishing's Spotlight: Shockwave
- IDW Publishing's Beast Wars: The Gathering #1
Items of note[]
- This collection actually spans five different continuities; only the Marvel stories are within a single continuity.
- All stories except one represent Generation One continuities of some sort, including Beast Wars. "Worlds Collide" is from Armada.
- There were some other stories originally advertised but replaced during the compiling of the collection. These include mostly Marvel UK stories: "The Wrath of Guardian!"/"The Wrath of Grimlock!" (#31–32), "Way of the Warrior" (#237), "Survival Run" (#238), "A Savage Place!" (#239) and "Out to Lunch!" (#240). Also pitched was BotCon 1997 story, "Ground Zero". These appear to have been replaced with "Surrender!", Spotlight: Shockwave and some background pitch and script material. [1]
- This is a fine source for the study of Furmanisms.
Publishing information[]
- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Release date: 25 July, 2007
- ISBN 1600100589