Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to everybody on my list.

And in the spirit of the holiday, here's a couple things I didn't know about the G2 comics series:

• This series came about at the time of great volatility in the comics industry, and was only guaranteed a 12-issue run. It was canceled after the series did not sell as well as expected, but was allowed to finish out the promised 12 issues.
  
• Amusingly enough, those low numbers that Generation 2 sold back then would make a comic a mega-blockbuster hit nowadays.
  
• Furman named the character Jhiaxus (as in gee, axe us) in "anticipation" of Marvel's unrealistic goals for the book leading to an almost assured cancelation.
  
• Earth and human civilization are severely damaged over the course of the series, first by the Decepticons, and then by the Cybertronian Empire and the Swarm. This devestation lead the the Beast Wars cartoon's story editors to consider making the Vok aliens decendants of the Swarm, now attempting to make amends for the devestation (and/or possible extinction) humanity suffers.
  

Retrieved from Generation_2 (Marvel Comics) from the Transformers Wiki.