Simon Furman
Author of Annihilation Book 2
About the Author
Simon Furman is the ultimate fan-favourite Transformers
writer, having written hundreds of stories about the robots
in disguise since their first comics appearance in the early
1980s. He is currently writing all-new Transformers comics
for IDW and for Titan!
Image credit: Photo by Wikipedia user JIP. Simon Furman doing a presentation speech at NTFA NordCon 2010 in Aalborg, Denmark.
Series
Works by Simon Furman
Dragons: Riders of Berk - Volume 2: Dangers of the Deep (How to Train Your Dragon TV) (2014) 9 copies
Dragons: Defenders of Berk - Volume 1: The Endless Night (How to Train Your Dragon TV) (2016) 8 copies
Annihilation: Ronan, Issue #4 of 4 4 copies
The Sensational She-Hulk #25 2 copies
The Sensational She-Hulk #24 2 copies
Transformers 259: ...Perchance to Dream part five: Silverbolt / Primal Scream (part one) (1990) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 285: External Forces! / Kings of the Wild Frontier. (part four) (1990) 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 260: ...Perchance to Dream part six: Galvatron / Primal Scream (part two) (1990) 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 216: Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner? part four / Race With The Devil (part two) (1989) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 215: Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner? part three / Race With The Devil! (part one) (1989) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 214: Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner? part two / The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon… (1989) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 213: Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner? part one / The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon… (1989) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
The Transformers 145: Stargazing / Brothers in Armour! (part four) (1987) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
The best of Library of Death — Contributor — 1 copy
Transformers 218: Recipe for Disaster! part two / Race With The Devil (part four) (1989) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Amazing Fantasy (2004) #17 1 copy
The Sensational She-Hulk #16 1 copy
The Sensational She-Hulk #27 1 copy
By Simon Furman - Transformers: The Ultimate Guide (Updated Edition) (2007-06-05) [Paperback] 1 copy
Transformers 217: Recipe for Disaster! part one / Race With The Devil (part three) (1989) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 219: Recipe for Disaster! part three / Survivors! (part one) (1989) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 278: The House that Wheeljack Built! / ...All Fall Down! (part two) (1990) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 277: Internal Affairs! / ...All Fall Down! (part one) (1990) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 220: Recipe for Disaster! part four / Survivors! (part two) (1989) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 271: The Living Nightlights! / Power Struggle (part three) (1990) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 265: Once Upon a Time... / Blood on the Tracks (part one) (1990) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Starcraft 0 1 copy
Action Force #17 1 copy
Alpha Flight #116 Marvel 1 copy
Alpha Flight #114 1 copy
Action Force #10 1 copy
Action Force #09 1 copy
Action Force #03 1 copy
Action Force #02 1 copy
Action Force #1 1 copy
Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath #2 - The Age of Wrath, Part 2 — Author — 1 copy
Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath #3 - The Age of Wrath, Part 3 — Author — 1 copy
Alpha Flight #118 1 copy
Transformers No. 118 1 copy
Transformers No. 253 1 copy
Transformers No. 246 1 copy
Transformers No. 245 1 copy
Transformers No. 228 1 copy
Transformers No. 227 1 copy
Transformers No. 200 1 copy
Transformers No. 120 1 copy
Transformers No. 116 1 copy
Transformers No. 97 1 copy
Transformers No 96 1 copy
ThunderCats No. 10 1 copy
Transformers: Energon #23 - What Lies Beneath, Part 4 — Author — 1 copy
Thundercats No. 1 1 copy
The Sensational She-Hulk #26 — Author — 1 copy
The Sensational She-Hulk #47 1 copy
The Transformers 19: Raiders of the Last Ark (Part 2: "Judge ∙ Jury... and Executioner?") (1985) 1 copy
Dragon's Claws #2 1 copy
Death Metal #1 1 copy
Dark Angel #6 - Bad Blood 1 copy
Transformers Infiltration #5 Comic - Starscream Variant Cover C by Andrew Wildman (IDW Publishing, 2006) (2006) 1 copy
Terminator Revolution # 1 1 copy
The Transformers 185: Space Pirates! (part four: The Tender Trap!) (1988) — Editor — 1 copy, 1 review
The Transformers 187: Space Pirates! (part six: The End of the World!) (1988) — Editor — 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 239: A Savage Place! / The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship! (part four) (1989) 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 238: Survival Run / The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship! (part three) (1989) 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers 236: Deathbringer part two / The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship! (part one) (1989) 1 copy, 1 review
Transformers: Generation 2: Halloween Special Edition - Ghosts — Author — 1 copy
The Transformers 131: Worlds Apart! (part two: Scorponok's Sting!) / Ring of Hate! (part two) (1987) 1 copy, 1 review
The Transformers 136: Grudge Match! (part two: True Confessions!) / Broken Glass! (part three) (1987) 1 copy, 1 review
The Transformers 114: Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive! (part 2: First Blood!) (1987) 1 copy, 1 review
The Transformers 77: In the National Interest! (Part 4: "The Dinobots' Last Stand?") (1986) 1 copy, 1 review
Associated Works
Transformers 20th Anniversary Summer Special — Author — 2 copies
Transformers 280: The 4,000,000 Year Itch! / ...All Fall Down! (part four) (1990) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
The Transformers 54: Rock and Roll-Out! (part two) / The Special Teams Have Arrived (1986) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Furman, Simon
- Legal name
- Furman, Simon Christopher Francis
- Other names
- Francis, Chris
- Birthdate
- 1961-03-22
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK
Members
Reviews
Lists
Nebula Award (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 655
- Also by
- 22
- Members
- 2,695
- Popularity
- #9,531
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 268
- ISBNs
- 243
- Languages
- 3
- Favorited
- 1
...Perchance to Dream
The last (by titling convention, anyway) multi-part story of the UK comic strip begins the transition into what would be known as Earthforce. Many pixels have been spilled on this topic, but basically Simon Furman decided to stop having the UK strip tie into the US one at all, not even the sense of the UK one having small side stories to the bigger US stories like he'd been doing since issue #240 or so. Instead, he would split the characters up: since the US strip was focused on Optimus Prime and company in space, the UK strip would follow a set of different characters back on Earth.
This story sets that up by reviving five classic off-line characters so that they can star in the new strip. Galvatron is infesting their dreams, so we get five parts of flashback adventures, and then in part six they all wake up and defeat him. It's a fine enough set of vignettes, but Galvatron is defeated absurdly easily for someone who had once been a powerhouse of the strip.
The Big Shutdown! / A Small War!
These two stories are united in being about Thunderwing, who is rising to power as Decepticon leader on Cybertron. (I think there is a power vacuum because of the events of Two Megatrons!, which was actually published later!) The Big Shutdown! is a delightful hardboiled pastiche, as the Autobot detective Nightbeat must stop Thunderwing from committing a series of murders on Earth as part of a test being administered by the Decepticon leadership back on Cybertron. The end confused me, but I greatly enjoyed the rest of it, and I hope we get more Nightbeat in this series.
A Small War! jumps ahead to when Thunderwing does lead the Cybertronian Decepticon forces, and it introduces the Micromasters, a group of Autobots who are tiny (i.e., human-sized). The Micromasters get captured, but escape anyhow—only the Decepticons, led by Thunderwing, now also have the secret of their construction. This is fine; it mostly seems to exist to set up the Micromasters' first US appearance in a story I haven't read yet. (It appears in Classics, Vol. 5, but I've only read up through vol. 4.)
"Rage! / "Assault on the Ark!"
These two tales jump back a bit to explain more of how Thunderwing ascended to power, following up on The Big Shutdown! They're fine but I kind of didn't really care.
"Inside Story!" / "Front Line!" / "End of the Road!"
And here it all comes to an end, with honestly a pretty mediocre set of stories about a journalist trying to write a story about the Transformers. You'd think the giant robots tearing up the Earth would be bigger news than this story implies.
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