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Megatron

Megatron

3 appearances · Copper/Modern Age · 1986–1988
Who is Megatron?

Few names in comics carry the weight of Megatron, and this Marvel UK incarnation — debuting in The Transformers Annual #1986 courtesy of Ian Mennell, Wilf Prigmore, and Will Simpson — plants the iconic villain firmly in the Copper Age British comics scene. Across a compact but charged run through the late 1980s, this version of the character haunts the pages of The Transformers, The Transformers Annual, and even Action Force Monthly, sharing those charged stories with heavy hitters like Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Starscream, and Shockwave. It's a fascinating snapshot of how Marvel UK shaped and expanded the Transformers mythology for British readers during one of the franchise's most electric early periods. A small but genuinely compelling corner of the catalog for any serious Transformers collector.

★ First appearance
The Transformers Annual #1986
Jan 1986

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Appearances

The Transformers Annual (1985)
Action Force Monthly (1988)
#1
The Transformers (1984)