The Neverending Story.
The Signature Comics. 2015-Present.
Ready to read?
A year after Titan wrapped up, much to everyone’s surprise as it rather slipped out quietly, a brand new Transformers comic appeared, based on the Robots in Disguise cartoon, from prolific publishers of children’s tie-in titles Signature.
The first issue even appeared to have an original comic, written by Richard Mead and drawn by Dan Khanna. Effectively, it looked like UK stories were back like they’d never been away.
However, according to a poster on TMUK who asked Khanna, Look Before You Leap! was a story first published in France (a technicality I’m using to end more neatly with the last Titan issue). That there's still some wriggle room there (Dan wasn't entirely sure) shows how little we actually know about the series. Indeed, seven years in and the Wiki only covers the first two issues.
Alongside the new story was a reprint of IDW's Free Comic Book Day special Fire When Ready!, by John Barber and Priscilla Tramotano.
This was then followed by a full reprint of the six issue IDW series by Georgia Ball and, again, Priscilla Tramotano (the last time the company tried to tie-into the current cartoon). With each story now having a new title. Which actually worked out at pretty decent value when you thrown in the various free gifts as well (more on that later).
But from issue 8, we’re back to our old friend, the screenshot comic. And that’s why there’s so little information about the series online, you have over 60 straight issues of poorly done rehashes of TV episodes that continue all the difficult to actually follow problems I’ve discussed before. Especially once its settled down to just ten pages an issue, meaning a lot of the flow gets lost.
From issue 29 the comic becomes simply Transformers (though what is presumably a mistake sees the Robots in Disguise subtitle return briefly on issue 32) and from issue 37 it switches to adapting Cyberverse. In theory, the shorter episodes should make creating a comic easier, but the strips are just made shorter as well instead. They do struggle with the format as a result from this point, sometimes one episode an issue, sometimes two, sometimes one split into two parts. There was then a brief experiment with three episodes an issue before settling down back to one (now 12 page) again as it crossed from the second to the third season of the show.
The advantage of a comic like this is that it’s cheap to produce, so not only did it have a six year run, but from 2017 an accompanying title devoted to Rescue Bots (Rescue Bots Academy from issue 23) joined it.
This actually works better, being aimed at pre-schoolers means the shorter strip adaptations have more, simple, text to cover the narrative gaps so it makes for a more coherent read. Its bonus features (which in the parent book are basically the same as we saw from Titan) tend to be more educational as well, explaining the concept of things like lifeboats and football.
The majority of issues also have short two page text stories, designed to be read with parents where various words are replaced by a symbol, such as Optimus Prime's face in place of his name. Though these have also been included in foreign versions of the comic (such as the Russian), they are most likely British created content, with at least an effort to tie them into the time they get published (one about a heatwave in August, or fireworks in November). At least some of the later ones are lightly rewritten (to replace older characters with more current ones and simplify the text) versions of those from previous issues, such as issue 55's Forest Rescue! being basically the same as issue 2's Rescue in the Forest! But, with the titles changed, it will take a more dedicated soul than mine to compare all issues to see which are the repeated stories. I suspect the two about ducks are good contenders though.
Issues without the text stories have very simple create your own adventure multiple choice option pieces instead.
Though both comics started off a little more random in their selection of episodes, once the titles changed and they switched to new cartoons, they started on the first episodes and worked forward chronologically until the circumstances I discuss further down.
The real main selling point of what is otherwise some really overpriced comics is the free gifts. Which, whilst mostly from stock and cheap are still fairly impressive in amount. You usually get a non-Transforming figure with each issue, and notable gifts include a DVD and Botbots. Not to mention the Optimus Prime grabber arm.
One especially stand out cheap aspect of both comics are the covers. They clearly only have a small amount of stock art, so the same pictures of the characters are used over and over. Sometimes flipped if they’re feeling bold, but it’s not uncommon to have the same two illustrations of Bumblebee alternating covers for three of four months. Or even the same art used on back to back issues.
Of the actual screenshot era, there are probably four issues of special note. All from the main book.
Issue 39 of Transformers avoids the screencaps entirely, instead presenting, as a Bumblebee special, a partial reprint of the A New Car For Charlie storybook adapting the film. Illustrated by Guido Guidi it’s a lovely looking issue, with it only being a shame they cut the end to encourage you to go see the film.
Issue 45 meanwhile has a Create Your Own Bumblebee Story, which has random screengrabs and blank speech bubbles for you to fill in. Which at least lets you exercise your imagination.
Issue 46 (right after, suggesting someone was trying to care) then features a special BotBots comic, based around an advert. Which, again, at least has a bit more thought put into it than just describing an episode wholesale.
Most indicative of all though is issue 36, which (like issue 15 of Prime) has no comic at all. Presumably due to falling between the two cartoons, but it’s as lazy and half-arsed as it is possible to be for such an expensive comic (by the end, it was £5.99. Though that could vary with the gift).
After a tough few years through the pandemic that saw issues released at a sporadic rate (though they eventually settled down to six and then five week gaps) The Cyberverse comic came to a quiet and unannounced conclusion. First, Issue 68 ended with an encouragement for readers to find out what happened after its cliffhanger ending by watching the cartoon on platforms such as YouTube and Pop. This turned out to be because December 2021's issue 69 (nice) skipped over a dozen episodes and went straight to the final two TV movies, The Imboilizers and The Perfect Decepticon (which had not yet been made available to view in the UK), in a "Special issue" that gave 15 pages to the comic, under the title Dinobots Unite.
Due to the length of the films, that means only three extra pages is given to the equivalent of six episodes that the book normally gives to just one. This results in even more compressed and hard to follow storytelling than normal, especially for the second film, which only gets 5 of the 15 pages.
The book was not formally cancelled (and considering the out of order reprints the junior comic was about to fall into, it could in theory have continued even after rushing to the end of the show), but by the following March, its page vanishing from the Signature comics website, effectively confirming it had concluded.
Rescue Bots Academy, on the other hand, did continue into 2022. However, the also released in December 2021 issue 49 has a very worrying development. Presented as "Dinosaur special" and with Grimlock on the cover, it initially looks like more thought has been put into the titles that we've seen for a while, with both comics doing Dinobot themed issues at the same time.
However, inside, the comic is nothing but a reprint of issue 14, with the only difference being some reformatting to the first page (including adding an exclamation mark to the title and shrinking the one panel on it).
This began a strange period for the book, as the following January, issue 50 (meaning both titles have reached a milestone very few Transformers comics have managed), continued the trend with a reprint of the third issue's strip. Though with this one, it became more obvious these are not straight reprints as a couple of the narration boxes have been rewritten (and all have been moved) and some extra dialogue and sound effects have been added to the screengrabs themselves. It's incredibly minimal changes, which does make you wonder why they have bothered.
But issue 51, a "Space Special" (and effectively this became a standard thing from this point, with deep sea, vehicle and pet specials amongst the ones afterwards) returned us to original content, before issue 52 threw the biggest spanner yet into the works when it comes to trying to work this out. Containing as it did, a screenshot adaptation of the 10th episode of the original Rescue Bots cartoon, Deep Trouble, as previously seen in issue 8.
Except that this was not the same comic, but an entirely new adaptation, containing many new screengrabs (possibly all new, if the ones that were repeated between the two were just the obvious ones to take to convey the story) and all new writing that seems to have been done by different people as which parts of the episode are considered important enough to be focused on is different between the two. A trick issue 53 repeated.
Issue 54 howeve, resumed the original adaptations, with episode 36, Dino Hard (confusingly renamed Beast Wars!). Effectively you would never be sure going forward if you were going to get a whole new episode adapted or a reprint.
Sometimes the reprints are heavily reworked, sometimes just with minor rewording, sometimes even just with some new sound effects added. At this point, trying to work out the logic of any of this is a mug's game.
At this point, in August 2023, it's been two months since the last issue of Rescue Bots Accademy, suggestting that book is finally over at 65 issues. The Signature website and Newsstand page are still up for the book, but once they're gone, as a final confirmation it really is done, I'll completely overhaul and rework this page to be more streamlined and cohesive.
I did get one final surprise though, at TFNation 2023, Twitter user @RouxZZ_ gave me what turned out to be a promotional copy of issue 21 of Robots in Disguise from 2017, given away for free around the same time as the actual issue was released and nearly identical to it, bar some competitions having been removed and a general advert for the comic (as seen above, with issue 20 on it, which is how we can place its release so firmly). It was probably an attempt to tie-in to the then current 5th film, and has now been added for competism. That it contains a part 2 of a story might suggest they also did issue 20, but, with how ramshackle this series was, it's equally possible they just grabbed the most recent issue for the promo and put no more thought into it than that. Till another freebie appears, we'll not know for sure.
Even with one comic over, combined they’ve already done more issues that Titan did, with well over 130 issues in total. And the main book had become the third longest running English language Transformers comic (or fourth depending on how you count Titan renumbering). And Rescue Bots Accadmy has outlasted its cartoon by two years and run long enough to have competitions for Earthspark toys.
Despite the generic nature of the title, as information is so scarce, below is a list of the issues, their comics (where applicable) and virtually identical covers. If there are more issues, I’ll add them as they go along.
Which is a bit of a mediocre note to end on. But why not go full circle, all the way back to the beginning and revisit Marvel issue 1?
Ready to read?
A year after Titan wrapped up, much to everyone’s surprise as it rather slipped out quietly, a brand new Transformers comic appeared, based on the Robots in Disguise cartoon, from prolific publishers of children’s tie-in titles Signature.
The first issue even appeared to have an original comic, written by Richard Mead and drawn by Dan Khanna. Effectively, it looked like UK stories were back like they’d never been away.
However, according to a poster on TMUK who asked Khanna, Look Before You Leap! was a story first published in France (a technicality I’m using to end more neatly with the last Titan issue). That there's still some wriggle room there (Dan wasn't entirely sure) shows how little we actually know about the series. Indeed, seven years in and the Wiki only covers the first two issues.
Alongside the new story was a reprint of IDW's Free Comic Book Day special Fire When Ready!, by John Barber and Priscilla Tramotano.
This was then followed by a full reprint of the six issue IDW series by Georgia Ball and, again, Priscilla Tramotano (the last time the company tried to tie-into the current cartoon). With each story now having a new title. Which actually worked out at pretty decent value when you thrown in the various free gifts as well (more on that later).
But from issue 8, we’re back to our old friend, the screenshot comic. And that’s why there’s so little information about the series online, you have over 60 straight issues of poorly done rehashes of TV episodes that continue all the difficult to actually follow problems I’ve discussed before. Especially once its settled down to just ten pages an issue, meaning a lot of the flow gets lost.
From issue 29 the comic becomes simply Transformers (though what is presumably a mistake sees the Robots in Disguise subtitle return briefly on issue 32) and from issue 37 it switches to adapting Cyberverse. In theory, the shorter episodes should make creating a comic easier, but the strips are just made shorter as well instead. They do struggle with the format as a result from this point, sometimes one episode an issue, sometimes two, sometimes one split into two parts. There was then a brief experiment with three episodes an issue before settling down back to one (now 12 page) again as it crossed from the second to the third season of the show.
The advantage of a comic like this is that it’s cheap to produce, so not only did it have a six year run, but from 2017 an accompanying title devoted to Rescue Bots (Rescue Bots Academy from issue 23) joined it.
This actually works better, being aimed at pre-schoolers means the shorter strip adaptations have more, simple, text to cover the narrative gaps so it makes for a more coherent read. Its bonus features (which in the parent book are basically the same as we saw from Titan) tend to be more educational as well, explaining the concept of things like lifeboats and football.
The majority of issues also have short two page text stories, designed to be read with parents where various words are replaced by a symbol, such as Optimus Prime's face in place of his name. Though these have also been included in foreign versions of the comic (such as the Russian), they are most likely British created content, with at least an effort to tie them into the time they get published (one about a heatwave in August, or fireworks in November). At least some of the later ones are lightly rewritten (to replace older characters with more current ones and simplify the text) versions of those from previous issues, such as issue 55's Forest Rescue! being basically the same as issue 2's Rescue in the Forest! But, with the titles changed, it will take a more dedicated soul than mine to compare all issues to see which are the repeated stories. I suspect the two about ducks are good contenders though.
Issues without the text stories have very simple create your own adventure multiple choice option pieces instead.
Though both comics started off a little more random in their selection of episodes, once the titles changed and they switched to new cartoons, they started on the first episodes and worked forward chronologically until the circumstances I discuss further down.
The real main selling point of what is otherwise some really overpriced comics is the free gifts. Which, whilst mostly from stock and cheap are still fairly impressive in amount. You usually get a non-Transforming figure with each issue, and notable gifts include a DVD and Botbots. Not to mention the Optimus Prime grabber arm.
One especially stand out cheap aspect of both comics are the covers. They clearly only have a small amount of stock art, so the same pictures of the characters are used over and over. Sometimes flipped if they’re feeling bold, but it’s not uncommon to have the same two illustrations of Bumblebee alternating covers for three of four months. Or even the same art used on back to back issues.
Of the actual screenshot era, there are probably four issues of special note. All from the main book.
Issue 39 of Transformers avoids the screencaps entirely, instead presenting, as a Bumblebee special, a partial reprint of the A New Car For Charlie storybook adapting the film. Illustrated by Guido Guidi it’s a lovely looking issue, with it only being a shame they cut the end to encourage you to go see the film.
Issue 45 meanwhile has a Create Your Own Bumblebee Story, which has random screengrabs and blank speech bubbles for you to fill in. Which at least lets you exercise your imagination.
Issue 46 (right after, suggesting someone was trying to care) then features a special BotBots comic, based around an advert. Which, again, at least has a bit more thought put into it than just describing an episode wholesale.
Most indicative of all though is issue 36, which (like issue 15 of Prime) has no comic at all. Presumably due to falling between the two cartoons, but it’s as lazy and half-arsed as it is possible to be for such an expensive comic (by the end, it was £5.99. Though that could vary with the gift).
After a tough few years through the pandemic that saw issues released at a sporadic rate (though they eventually settled down to six and then five week gaps) The Cyberverse comic came to a quiet and unannounced conclusion. First, Issue 68 ended with an encouragement for readers to find out what happened after its cliffhanger ending by watching the cartoon on platforms such as YouTube and Pop. This turned out to be because December 2021's issue 69 (nice) skipped over a dozen episodes and went straight to the final two TV movies, The Imboilizers and The Perfect Decepticon (which had not yet been made available to view in the UK), in a "Special issue" that gave 15 pages to the comic, under the title Dinobots Unite.
Due to the length of the films, that means only three extra pages is given to the equivalent of six episodes that the book normally gives to just one. This results in even more compressed and hard to follow storytelling than normal, especially for the second film, which only gets 5 of the 15 pages.
The book was not formally cancelled (and considering the out of order reprints the junior comic was about to fall into, it could in theory have continued even after rushing to the end of the show), but by the following March, its page vanishing from the Signature comics website, effectively confirming it had concluded.
Rescue Bots Academy, on the other hand, did continue into 2022. However, the also released in December 2021 issue 49 has a very worrying development. Presented as "Dinosaur special" and with Grimlock on the cover, it initially looks like more thought has been put into the titles that we've seen for a while, with both comics doing Dinobot themed issues at the same time.
However, inside, the comic is nothing but a reprint of issue 14, with the only difference being some reformatting to the first page (including adding an exclamation mark to the title and shrinking the one panel on it).
This began a strange period for the book, as the following January, issue 50 (meaning both titles have reached a milestone very few Transformers comics have managed), continued the trend with a reprint of the third issue's strip. Though with this one, it became more obvious these are not straight reprints as a couple of the narration boxes have been rewritten (and all have been moved) and some extra dialogue and sound effects have been added to the screengrabs themselves. It's incredibly minimal changes, which does make you wonder why they have bothered.
But issue 51, a "Space Special" (and effectively this became a standard thing from this point, with deep sea, vehicle and pet specials amongst the ones afterwards) returned us to original content, before issue 52 threw the biggest spanner yet into the works when it comes to trying to work this out. Containing as it did, a screenshot adaptation of the 10th episode of the original Rescue Bots cartoon, Deep Trouble, as previously seen in issue 8.
Except that this was not the same comic, but an entirely new adaptation, containing many new screengrabs (possibly all new, if the ones that were repeated between the two were just the obvious ones to take to convey the story) and all new writing that seems to have been done by different people as which parts of the episode are considered important enough to be focused on is different between the two. A trick issue 53 repeated.
Issue 54 howeve, resumed the original adaptations, with episode 36, Dino Hard (confusingly renamed Beast Wars!). Effectively you would never be sure going forward if you were going to get a whole new episode adapted or a reprint.
Sometimes the reprints are heavily reworked, sometimes just with minor rewording, sometimes even just with some new sound effects added. At this point, trying to work out the logic of any of this is a mug's game.
At this point, in August 2023, it's been two months since the last issue of Rescue Bots Accademy, suggestting that book is finally over at 65 issues. The Signature website and Newsstand page are still up for the book, but once they're gone, as a final confirmation it really is done, I'll completely overhaul and rework this page to be more streamlined and cohesive.
I did get one final surprise though, at TFNation 2023, Twitter user @RouxZZ_ gave me what turned out to be a promotional copy of issue 21 of Robots in Disguise from 2017, given away for free around the same time as the actual issue was released and nearly identical to it, bar some competitions having been removed and a general advert for the comic (as seen above, with issue 20 on it, which is how we can place its release so firmly). It was probably an attempt to tie-in to the then current 5th film, and has now been added for competism. That it contains a part 2 of a story might suggest they also did issue 20, but, with how ramshackle this series was, it's equally possible they just grabbed the most recent issue for the promo and put no more thought into it than that. Till another freebie appears, we'll not know for sure.
Even with one comic over, combined they’ve already done more issues that Titan did, with well over 130 issues in total. And the main book had become the third longest running English language Transformers comic (or fourth depending on how you count Titan renumbering). And Rescue Bots Accadmy has outlasted its cartoon by two years and run long enough to have competitions for Earthspark toys.
Despite the generic nature of the title, as information is so scarce, below is a list of the issues, their comics (where applicable) and virtually identical covers. If there are more issues, I’ll add them as they go along.
Which is a bit of a mediocre note to end on. But why not go full circle, all the way back to the beginning and revisit Marvel issue 1?
Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
From October 2015 to December 2021.
Note: For issues marked *, this is one episode presented as a separate two parter within the comic. The comic stopped titling the strip with issue 54, with the exception of the final issue.
Issue 1: Look Before You Leap!/Fire When Ready!
Issue 2: Time for Team Work.
Issue 3: Return of Team Prime.
Issue 4: Double Agent Attack.
Issue 5: Centre Stage For Sideswipe!
Issue 6: Steeljaw’s Revenge.
Issue 7: Quary Breakout! (last IDW reprint).
Issue 8: As the Kospego Commands! (First screengrab adaptation of the cartoon).
From October 2015 to December 2021.
Note: For issues marked *, this is one episode presented as a separate two parter within the comic. The comic stopped titling the strip with issue 54, with the exception of the final issue.
Issue 1: Look Before You Leap!/Fire When Ready!
Issue 2: Time for Team Work.
Issue 3: Return of Team Prime.
Issue 4: Double Agent Attack.
Issue 5: Centre Stage For Sideswipe!
Issue 6: Steeljaw’s Revenge.
Issue 7: Quary Breakout! (last IDW reprint).
Issue 8: As the Kospego Commands! (First screengrab adaptation of the cartoon).
Issue 9: Rumble in the Jungle!
Issue 10: Hunting Season!
Issue 11: More Than Meets the Eye!
Issue 12: True Colours.
Issue 13: Cover Me!
Issue 14: Overloaded! Part 1.
Issue 15: Overloaded! Part 2.
Issue 16: Adventures in Bumble-Bee Sitting.
Issue 10: Hunting Season!
Issue 11: More Than Meets the Eye!
Issue 12: True Colours.
Issue 13: Cover Me!
Issue 14: Overloaded! Part 1.
Issue 15: Overloaded! Part 2.
Issue 16: Adventures in Bumble-Bee Sitting.
Issue 17: Graduation Exercise.
Issue 18: Battlegrounds Part 1.
Issue 19: Battlegrounds Part 2.
Issue 20: Decepticon Island Part 1.
Issue 21: Decepticon Island Part 2.
Issue 22: History Lessons.
Issue 23: Strongarm’s Big Score.
Issue 24: Mighty Big Trouble.
Issue 18: Battlegrounds Part 1.
Issue 19: Battlegrounds Part 2.
Issue 20: Decepticon Island Part 1.
Issue 21: Decepticon Island Part 2.
Issue 22: History Lessons.
Issue 23: Strongarm’s Big Score.
Issue 24: Mighty Big Trouble.
Issue 25: Mini-Con Madness.
Issue 26: Worthy.
Issue 27: King of the Hill.
Issue 28: Defrosted.
Transformers.
Issue 29: Blurred.
Issue 30: Sphere of Influence.
Issue 31: Bee Cool.
Issue 32: The Great Divide.
Issue 26: Worthy.
Issue 27: King of the Hill.
Issue 28: Defrosted.
Transformers.
Issue 29: Blurred.
Issue 30: Sphere of Influence.
Issue 31: Bee Cool.
Issue 32: The Great Divide.
Issue 33: Combine and Conquer.
Issue 34: Enemy of My Enemy.
Issue 35: Freedom Fighters.
Issue 36: No Comic.
Issue 37: Fractured/Memory (start of Cyberverse adaptations).
Issue 38: Allspark.
Issue 39: Transformers Bumblebee.
Issue 40: The Journey.
Issue 34: Enemy of My Enemy.
Issue 35: Freedom Fighters.
Issue 36: No Comic.
Issue 37: Fractured/Memory (start of Cyberverse adaptations).
Issue 38: Allspark.
Issue 39: Transformers Bumblebee.
Issue 40: The Journey.
Issue 41: Whiteout/Megatron is My Hero.
Issue 42: Cube/Shadowstriker.
Issue 43: Maccadam’s.
Issue 44: Sabotage/Teletraan X.
Issue 45: Terminal Velocity/Create Your Own Bumblebee Story.
Issue 46: Siloed/The Story of Transformers Botbots/King of the Dinosaurs.
Issue 47: Matrix of Leadership/The Extinction Event.
Issue 48: Sleeping Giants/Eruption.
Issue 42: Cube/Shadowstriker.
Issue 43: Maccadam’s.
Issue 44: Sabotage/Teletraan X.
Issue 45: Terminal Velocity/Create Your Own Bumblebee Story.
Issue 46: Siloed/The Story of Transformers Botbots/King of the Dinosaurs.
Issue 47: Matrix of Leadership/The Extinction Event.
Issue 48: Sleeping Giants/Eruption.
Issue 49: Sea of Tranquility/Bad Moon Rising.
Issue 50: The Visitor/Bring Me the Spark of Optimus Prime.
Issue 51: Trials Part 1/Trials Part 2*.
Issue 52: Dark Birth Part 1/Dark Birth Part 2*.
Issue 53: Parley Part 1/Parley Part 2*.
Issue 54: Untitled: Episodes 26-28.
Issue 55: Untitled: Episodes 29-31.
Issue 56: Untitled: Episodes 32-34.
Issue 50: The Visitor/Bring Me the Spark of Optimus Prime.
Issue 51: Trials Part 1/Trials Part 2*.
Issue 52: Dark Birth Part 1/Dark Birth Part 2*.
Issue 53: Parley Part 1/Parley Part 2*.
Issue 54: Untitled: Episodes 26-28.
Issue 55: Untitled: Episodes 29-31.
Issue 56: Untitled: Episodes 32-34.
Issue 57: Untitled: Episodes 35-36.
Issue 58: Untitled: Episode 37.
Issue 59: Untitled: Episode 38.
Issue 60: Untitled: Episode 39.
Issue 61: Untitled. Episode 40.
Issue 62: Untitled. Episode 41.
Issue 63: Untitled. Episode 42.
Issue 64: Untitled. Episode 43.
Issue 58: Untitled: Episode 37.
Issue 59: Untitled: Episode 38.
Issue 60: Untitled: Episode 39.
Issue 61: Untitled. Episode 40.
Issue 62: Untitled. Episode 41.
Issue 63: Untitled. Episode 42.
Issue 64: Untitled. Episode 43.
Issue 65: Untitled. Episode 44.
Issue 66: Untitled. Episode 45.
Issue 67: Untitled. Episode 46.
Issue 68: Untitled. Episode 47.
Issue 69: Dinobots Unite (adapting The Imobilizers and The Perfect Decepticon).
Free Promotional issue: Decepticon Island Part 2 (almost identical to issue 21, Summer 2017).
Issue 66: Untitled. Episode 45.
Issue 67: Untitled. Episode 46.
Issue 68: Untitled. Episode 47.
Issue 69: Dinobots Unite (adapting The Imobilizers and The Perfect Decepticon).
Free Promotional issue: Decepticon Island Part 2 (almost identical to issue 21, Summer 2017).
Transformers: Rescue Bots.
From May 2017.
Note: The second story listed is the word substitution text story. Issues 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24, 33, 36, 40, 43, 45, 51-54, 58 and 62-65 had a Make a Rescue Bots Academy Story (sometimes called Make Your Own Rescue Bots Story, or similar small variations, from issue 51, they occasionally have own title, as noted) feature instead. Titles are given as they are on the strip, which means many added exclamation marks compared to the original episodes. Plus, occasionally, a working title or one the comic has invented to be more dramatic is used instead. All as noted.
Issue 1: Family of Heroes/Blades to the Rescue.
Issue 2: Under Pressure/Rescue in the Forest.
Issue 3: Hotshots.
Issue 4: The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock/A Very Tasty Reward!
Issue 5: Walk on the Wild Side.
Issue 6: The Return of the Dinobot/Lunchtime Rescue!
Issue 7: Christmas in July/Flying Help!
Issue 8: Deep Trouble.
From May 2017.
Note: The second story listed is the word substitution text story. Issues 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24, 33, 36, 40, 43, 45, 51-54, 58 and 62-65 had a Make a Rescue Bots Academy Story (sometimes called Make Your Own Rescue Bots Story, or similar small variations, from issue 51, they occasionally have own title, as noted) feature instead. Titles are given as they are on the strip, which means many added exclamation marks compared to the original episodes. Plus, occasionally, a working title or one the comic has invented to be more dramatic is used instead. All as noted.
Issue 1: Family of Heroes/Blades to the Rescue.
Issue 2: Under Pressure/Rescue in the Forest.
Issue 3: Hotshots.
Issue 4: The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock/A Very Tasty Reward!
Issue 5: Walk on the Wild Side.
Issue 6: The Return of the Dinobot/Lunchtime Rescue!
Issue 7: Christmas in July/Flying Help!
Issue 8: Deep Trouble.
Issue 9: Bumblebee to the Rescue/Boulder's Bad Dream Day!
Issue 10: The Lost Bell.
Issue 11: Big Game/Where's Servo?
Issue 12: In Search of the Griffin’s Nest.
Issue 13: Odd Bot Out/Heatwave's the King of Cool!
Issue 14: Land Before Prime.
Issue 15: The Phantom of the Sea.
Issue 16: Plus One/Firework Fun!
Issue 10: The Lost Bell.
Issue 11: Big Game/Where's Servo?
Issue 12: In Search of the Griffin’s Nest.
Issue 13: Odd Bot Out/Heatwave's the King of Cool!
Issue 14: Land Before Prime.
Issue 15: The Phantom of the Sea.
Issue 16: Plus One/Firework Fun!
Issue 17: Mayor May Not/Boulder's Animal Hunt!
Issue 18: An Uninvited Guest!
Issue 19: Part Time Heroes/Fishing Trip.
Issue 20: Turning the Tide.
Issue 21: Four Legged Hero/Team Boulder!
Issue 22: I Have Heard the Robots Singing!
Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy.
Issue 23: Recruits/Medix to the Rescue!
Issue 24: Tough Luck Chuck.
Issue 18: An Uninvited Guest!
Issue 19: Part Time Heroes/Fishing Trip.
Issue 20: Turning the Tide.
Issue 21: Four Legged Hero/Team Boulder!
Issue 22: I Have Heard the Robots Singing!
Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy.
Issue 23: Recruits/Medix to the Rescue!
Issue 24: Tough Luck Chuck.
Issue 25: Whirl’d View/Sea Rescue!
Issue 26: Plan Bee/And the Winner is...!
Issue 27: The Bot Who Cried Rescue/Call For Help!
Issue 28: If at First/Mini Mission!
Issue 29: Mount Botmore/Too Cool For Rules.
Issue 30: Mission Inaudible/Trees to the Rescue.
Issue 31: Glitch/Bridge Breakdown
Issue 32: Five Into Four/Ducks to Water!
Issue 26: Plan Bee/And the Winner is...!
Issue 27: The Bot Who Cried Rescue/Call For Help!
Issue 28: If at First/Mini Mission!
Issue 29: Mount Botmore/Too Cool For Rules.
Issue 30: Mission Inaudible/Trees to the Rescue.
Issue 31: Glitch/Bridge Breakdown
Issue 32: Five Into Four/Ducks to Water!
Issue 33: Rescue Promo.
Issue 34: Blame Game!/Ready to Roll.
Issue 35: Surprise, Medix!/Caught in a Web!
Issue 36: TX3000!
Issue 37: Little Bot Peep!/River Rescue!
Issue 38: Driving a Wedge!/Give it a Rest!
Issue 39: Big Small Rescue!/Snow Good!
Issue 40: Battle of the Bots!
Issue 34: Blame Game!/Ready to Roll.
Issue 35: Surprise, Medix!/Caught in a Web!
Issue 36: TX3000!
Issue 37: Little Bot Peep!/River Rescue!
Issue 38: Driving a Wedge!/Give it a Rest!
Issue 39: Big Small Rescue!/Snow Good!
Issue 40: Battle of the Bots!
Issue 41: About a Rock!/Duty First!
Issue 42: Dog Stray Afternoon/Hide and Seek!
Issue 43: Lucky Ducky.
Issue 44: Flight School (This was a working title for the episode called onscreen The Secret of Flight)/Propeller Rescue.
Issue 45: Go, Team, Go!
Issue 46: Fright at the Museum/Thunder Rescue!
Issue 47: Screen Time/Strong Bot!
Issue 48: At Sea! (episode called All at Sea)/Call For Help.
Issue 42: Dog Stray Afternoon/Hide and Seek!
Issue 43: Lucky Ducky.
Issue 44: Flight School (This was a working title for the episode called onscreen The Secret of Flight)/Propeller Rescue.
Issue 45: Go, Team, Go!
Issue 46: Fright at the Museum/Thunder Rescue!
Issue 47: Screen Time/Strong Bot!
Issue 48: At Sea! (episode called All at Sea)/Call For Help.
Issue 49: Land Before Prime! (reprint of issue 14)/Dino Ducklings!
Issue 50: Hotshots! (reprint of issue 3)/Snow Rescue!
Issue 51: Bots in Space (episode called Space Bots)/Space Mission! (the first "make your own adventure" with a title).
Issue 52: Deep Trouble! (new adaptation of the episode from issue 8)/Sea Life! (Also a titled Make Your Own Adventure).
Issue 53: Odd Bot Out! (new adaptation of the episode from issue 13).
Issue 54: Beast Wars! (episode titled Dino Hard).
Issue 55: Dig Fest!/Forest Rescue!
Issue 56: Buddy System/Trees to the Rescue!
Issue 50: Hotshots! (reprint of issue 3)/Snow Rescue!
Issue 51: Bots in Space (episode called Space Bots)/Space Mission! (the first "make your own adventure" with a title).
Issue 52: Deep Trouble! (new adaptation of the episode from issue 8)/Sea Life! (Also a titled Make Your Own Adventure).
Issue 53: Odd Bot Out! (new adaptation of the episode from issue 13).
Issue 54: Beast Wars! (episode titled Dino Hard).
Issue 55: Dig Fest!/Forest Rescue!
Issue 56: Buddy System/Trees to the Rescue!
Issue 57: Rescue Dog/Where's Servo?
Issue 58: Journey to the Centre of the Earth! (episode titled What Lies Below).
Issue 59: Walk on the Wild Side! (Slightly rewritten reprint of issue 5)/Pet Rescue!
Issue 60: Turning the Tide! (Reprint of issue 20 with minor changes)/Caught in a Web!
Issue 61: Glitch! (reprint of issue 31 with new sound effects) Hot Shot to the Rescue!
Issue 62: Bee Prepared!
Issue 63: Big Game! (reworked reprint of issue 11).
Issue 64: Tyrannosaurus Wrecked!
Issue 58: Journey to the Centre of the Earth! (episode titled What Lies Below).
Issue 59: Walk on the Wild Side! (Slightly rewritten reprint of issue 5)/Pet Rescue!
Issue 60: Turning the Tide! (Reprint of issue 20 with minor changes)/Caught in a Web!
Issue 61: Glitch! (reprint of issue 31 with new sound effects) Hot Shot to the Rescue!
Issue 62: Bee Prepared!
Issue 63: Big Game! (reworked reprint of issue 11).
Issue 64: Tyrannosaurus Wrecked!
Issue 65: Escape From Penguin Island.
And a special treat for those who made it this far…
Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. Thank you and goodnight.
2015 ANNUAL
2014
COMMENT
KO-FI
Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. Thank you and goodnight.
2015 ANNUAL
2014
COMMENT
KO-FI
