tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post2779587015366086945..comments2024-03-28T15:14:28.323-07:00Comments on Disciples of Boltax: Review: Marvel Headmasters #1: Ring of Hate!Jimtronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-11602594908003987412009-10-07T11:49:55.417-07:002009-10-07T11:49:55.417-07:00One word: deadlines! :)
I remember being baffled ...One word: deadlines! :)<br /><br />I remember being baffled as a kid that Fort Max's head kept changing. We didn't get the toy in Holland, so I had no idea they were having problems deciding if he should have the Cerebros head or or the larger Fort Max head! :)Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03442388706616569265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-87922981322584621622009-10-07T09:16:40.028-07:002009-10-07T09:16:40.028-07:00This was either the third or fourth TF comic that ...This was either the third or fourth TF comic that I read. (After 7/8, and concurrently with 26.) Unlike those issues, though, I never did replace this one with a more recent copy, and it is completely falling apart on account of how much it was read.<br /><br />I absolutely loved (and still love) Springer's art in this issue. For some reason, though, the later three issues don't maintain the same quality, and I've always wondered why that was.Salt-Man Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042401821387954296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-38476597319996850312009-10-07T04:57:15.774-07:002009-10-07T04:57:15.774-07:00Headmasters was also released in Holland.... by Ha...Headmasters was also released in Holland.... by Hasbro itself! (although the team translating the usual Transformers comics also did this series, so the same people did work on it).<br /><br />You got Headmasters for free in the toystore, when you purchased a Transformer. All four issues were combined into one strip (with added character models and plenty of ads for the "new generation of Transformers"). Obviously, this Budiansky cover was used for the entire collection.<br /><br />I remember getting it for free. I didn't have any money to buy a new Transformer at the time, but the lady behind the counter knew me well, as I had spend all my birthday money on Transformers a few weeks earlier :)<br /><br />Good memories. And yes, I enjoyed this "issue"/series a lot.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03442388706616569265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-89177182429293664992009-10-05T04:53:56.418-07:002009-10-05T04:53:56.418-07:00For the UK comic, the Headmasters mini-series real...For the UK comic, the Headmasters mini-series really worked within its usual structure of main story / back-up strip – allowing the series to run for 16 issues, then merge seamlessly into the main narrative.<br /><br />At least, it would have been seamless, except the same issue that began the back-up strip also led with a fairly redundant two-parter about the Headmasters (presumably at Hasbro’s insistence) that pretty much gave away the events that would unfold over the next four months.Chufferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03100510579733340261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-46597900190313849592009-10-02T19:32:43.976-07:002009-10-02T19:32:43.976-07:00Ah, I remember this. They had a commercial for it...Ah, I remember this. They had a commercial for it, which drew me back to the comics. Problem was, this wasn't available where my dad was picking up the comic for me, and I wound up with the first part of the Scraplets two-parter instead.<br /><br />It worked out in the long run, of course, especially once the Headmasters went to Earth. But it was years before I managed to get and read this series.<br /><br />--LBD "Nytetrayn"LBD 'Nytetrayn'https://www.blogger.com/profile/03558404841371560435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-29521777952169965532009-10-02T13:46:39.302-07:002009-10-02T13:46:39.302-07:00Oh yes, Headmasters was definitely at least partia...Oh yes, Headmasters was definitely at least partially responsible for the delay. I believe Budiansky has said so in an interview somewhere.Jimtronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-3855881569641849762009-10-02T12:54:34.741-07:002009-10-02T12:54:34.741-07:00Even so, it's clear in retrospect that this is...Even so, it's clear in retrospect that this <i>is</i> part of why that unannounced "Man of Iron" fill-in was used (and right after we were promised something else, as has been noted in the appropriate entry), which I'd not really considered before.Mark Baker-Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-37176521337440941212009-10-02T12:20:42.797-07:002009-10-02T12:20:42.797-07:00Well, I'm fudging my review order just a littl...Well, I'm fudging my review order just a little bit. Headmasters was bimonthly, so issue 1 came out at around the same time as #30, The Cure!. The last issue came out at around the same time as #36, and the two storylines were integrated together by #38. <br /><br />US #30: March 1987<br />HM #1: March 1987<br />US #31: April 1987<br />US #32: May 1987<br />HM #2: May 1987<br />US #33: June 1987<br />US #34: July 1987<br />HM #3: July 1987<br />US #35: August 1987<br />US #36: September 1987<br />HM #4: September 1987<br />US #37: October 1987Jimtronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138709079942253485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163141447241149534.post-66485952023379198242009-10-02T11:57:55.382-07:002009-10-02T11:57:55.382-07:00I don't think I was aware that Headmasters cam...I don't think I was aware that <i>Headmasters</i> came out at the same time as "Man of Iron." While I was getting <i>Transformers</i> by subscription every month, I had to go to the local comics shop (although grocery stores still had comics back then, they never carried the TF-related mini-series!), and that meant a trip to the opposite side of town in a day before I could drive. So I was often several months behind by the time I actually DID manage to snag these issues!<br /><br />Thanks for that extra note of perspective!Mark Baker-Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.com