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Ian Rimmer is a British comic book creator associated withMarvel Comics. Previously, he'd been working at IPC withSheila Cranna and later Simon Furman, and moved over following the demise of horror comicScream!. Cranna was his 'in' with Marvel and he'd end up being Furman's 'in' himself. BeforeTransformers, he wrote strips for thatother big 80s Marvel UK comic about warring robot toys,Spider-Man andZoids.^[1] He has also written forThomas the Tank Engine,Captain Planet,Doctor Who, andRoy of the Rovers, and penciled and inked for theHulk.

RegardingTransformers, he was the second editor on theMarvel UK comic. It was under him that the comic became a full-colour weekly and a more immersive thing, with Furman saying he took IPC's trend of making the editorial part of the comic and brought it to Transformers (with things like theletters page being answered by a character).^[2] Rimmer thought the comic could last a while if they gave it their best shot (he was right!) and decided to make the comic asTransformers focused as possible, rather than take a generalist approach as it had before.^[3] Rimmer also wrote several strips and text features, both for himself and his successor.

He was replaced byChris Francis in 1987, when he decided to go freelance so he could do more writing; before this, Marvel UK hadn't really had a senior editorial figure but as Rimmer had been handling the bulk of Marvel's boys comics at the time,Richard Starkingsbecame that figure when taking on Rimmers' workload.^[4]

Due to Rimmer's old role as editor, he was up to date with the comic's continuity and could write stories like "Ark Duty", "Stargazing" or "Prime Bomb!" that made explicit use of it.

Rimmer's indirectly responsible forPrimus: he rejected a pitch byJames Hill on the origin of the Transformers, being more interested in stories set on Earth.^[5] That left room for "The Legacy of Unicron!" later!

Stories

• The Transformers (Milton Bradley comic)^[6]
• Stargazing
• Ark Duty^[7]
• Doomsday for Nebulos,Stylor's Story, andThe Final Conflict^[8]
• Cold Comfort and Joy! (from a plot bySimon Furman)
• Prime Bomb!

See also

References

External links

• Ian Rimmer at the Comic Book Database

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