Welcome to the 26th installment of Nostalgia Snake, a look at 2000s revivals of 1980s properties, revivals now so old they’re also quite nostalgic (hence, the snake of nostalgia eating itself.) This week, Canadian publisher Dreamwave attempts a Transformers ongoing, opening with a story they promised would never be reprinted. Twenty years later, it looks like they were right! And if you have any suggestions for the future, let me hear them. Just contact me on Twitter.A phenomenon from the days of the 1990s speculator boom, #0 issues had largely fallen out of favor by 2004. Back in the ’90s, the thought process of publishers was simple — if a #1 issue is a desirable collectible, then surely the #0 issue of a series would be even more valuable! Image Comics, and the numerous independent publishers who emerged in the wake of their success, popularized the #0 fad. By the mid-’90s, DC had released an entire month of #0 issues, and Marvel Comics was launching titles like Sensational Spider-Man with #0 issues.Dreamwave’s Transformers: Generation One #0, however, found a rationale for maintaining the gimmick. Released in January 2004 (despite the December 2003 cover date…this wouldn’t be Dreamwave’s only late comic of the era), the title attempted to provide more origin material for its rebooted Transformers continuity, and hype up fans for the release of Generation One #1, Dreamwave’s first ongoing Transformers title. To make the comic more attractive to collectors, Dreamwave indicated that the #0 issue would never be reprinted with the Generation One trade paperbacks.
Welcome to the 26th installment of Nostalgia Snake, a look at 2000s revivals of 1980s properties, revivals now so old they’re also quite nostalgic (hence, the snake of nostalgia eating itself.) This week, Canadian publisher Dreamwave attempts a Transformers ongoing, opening with a story they promised would never be reprinted. Twenty years later, it looks like they were right! And if you have any suggestions for the future, let me hear them. Just contact me on Twitter.
A phenomenon from the days of the 1990s speculator boom, #0 issues had largely fallen out of favor by 2004. Back in the ’90s, the thought process of publishers was simple — if a #1 issue is a desirable collectible, then surely the #0 issue of a series would be even more valuable! Image Comics, and the numerous independent publishers who emerged in the wake of their success, popularized the #0 fad. By the mid-’90s, DC had released an entire month of #0 issues, and Marvel Comics was launching titles like Sensational Spider-Man with #0 issues.
Dreamwave’s Transformers: Generation One #0, however, found a rationale for maintaining the gimmick. Released in January 2004 (despite the December 2003 cover date…this wouldn’t be Dreamwave’s only late comic of the era), the title attempted to provide more origin material for its rebooted Transformers continuity, and hype up fans for the release of Generation One #1, Dreamwave’s first ongoing Transformers title. To make the comic more attractive to collectors, Dreamwave indicated that the #0 issue would never be reprinted with the Generation One trade paperbacks.
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