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"A fan petition has called for IDW Publishing to revisit Marvel&amp;#039;s Transformers universe. Following news that writer Simon Furman is interested in reviving the comic series, fan sites including Transformer World and Seibertron started up the campaign. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a great feeling to think that there&amp;#039;s this huge groundswell of support for the continuation of a series that is now 20 years old,&amp;quot; Furman told Newsarama.  &amp;quot;Clearly, we must have been doing something right back then. But my experience with Transformers comics fans, across countless conventions, discussion forums and feedback on my blog, is that they&amp;#039;re just incredibly devoted and loyal to those original stories, storylines and characters.&amp;quot; Marvel&amp;#039;s Transformers ran for 80 issues between 1984 and 1991. Artwork on its final arc was handled by Andrew Wildman, who also backed an IDW revival via his blog. Responding to a Twitter post about the petition, IDW editor-in-chief Chris Ryall said: &amp;quot;If you can get the petition to 10,000 signatures/pre-orders, I&amp;#039;ll give you an exclusive cover for issue #81.&amp;quot; The publisher previously launched GI Joe: A Real American Hero, a new series picking up from Marvel continuity. It has held the rights to Transformers since 2005. &amp;gt; Read our latest comics news "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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