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Biff to the Future #1-6
Back to the Future: Biff to the Future
DISCOVER AN ALTERNATE BACK TO THE FUTURE REALITY WHERE THINGS HAVE GONE HORRIBLY WRONG!
When Old Biff Tannen travels to the past to give his younger self the Grays Sports Almanac, he opens a lethal Pandora's Box that drastically changes the course of history. In the BTTF movies, Doc and Marty save the day—but what happens in Biff Tannen's dystopia before they do? Find out in BIFF TO THE FUTURE, the alternate life story of Biff Tannen detailing his diabolical rise to power, his dangerous relationship with the McFly family and Doc Brown, and his ultimate demise.
Collects: Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #1-6 and a story from Back to the Future #3
When Old Biff Tannen travels to the past to give his younger self the Grays Sports Almanac, he opens a lethal Pandora's Box that drastically changes the course of history. In the BTTF movies, Doc and Marty save the day—but what happens in Biff Tannen's dystopia before they do? Find out in BIFF TO THE FUTURE, the alternate life story of Biff Tannen detailing his diabolical rise to power, his dangerous relationship with the McFly family and Doc Brown, and his ultimate demise.
Collects: Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #1-6 and a story from Back to the Future #3
148 pages, Paperback
First published November 8, 2017
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July 30, 2025
(B+) 78% | Good
Notes: A goofball tone, explores unknowns, art's light but tale gets dark, explains a lot, the tie-in plot erases question marks.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Prelude–Issue #3 ◦ Issues #4-6
Notes: A goofball tone, explores unknowns, art's light but tale gets dark, explains a lot, the tie-in plot erases question marks.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Prelude–Issue #3 ◦ Issues #4-6
August 5, 2022
Otro maravilloso cómic de Regreso al Futuro.
En este cómic se da a conocer una historia alternativa de la que vemos tan sólo un poco en la segunda película.
Tenía mucha curiosidad por esta historia y me alegra que la hayan contado.
Y aunque tenía algo de miedo tras el último cómic porque me decepcionó un poco, he de decir que este me ha gustado mucho.
El cómic vuelve con una historia muy esperada con un personaje muy odiado. Se responden muchas preguntas y lo he disfrutado un montón.
Aunque me esperaba la escena de la película en el cómic y no hacía más que mirar fechas y pasar páginas para llegar a esa escena y no llega. También me ha sorprendido el final pero me ha gustado.
Espero con muchas ganas el próximo cómic.
En este cómic se da a conocer una historia alternativa de la que vemos tan sólo un poco en la segunda película.
Tenía mucha curiosidad por esta historia y me alegra que la hayan contado.
Y aunque tenía algo de miedo tras el último cómic porque me decepcionó un poco, he de decir que este me ha gustado mucho.
El cómic vuelve con una historia muy esperada con un personaje muy odiado. Se responden muchas preguntas y lo he disfrutado un montón.
Aunque me esperaba la escena de la película en el cómic y no hacía más que mirar fechas y pasar páginas para llegar a esa escena y no llega. También me ha sorprendido el final pero me ha gustado.
Espero con muchas ganas el próximo cómic.
June 30, 2018
Rating: 3.5/5 I liked it, it was very good 😁
Recommended to: Fans of the trilogy.
2018’s Marvel-A-Thon, PHASE II: Winter soldier, a book where the main character is a villain or an antihero.
2018’s around the year in 52 books challenge: #25, A book with an antagonist / villain point of view.
We see the alternate 1985 whereTrump Biff owns Hill Valley. I enjoyed it a lot, we get to see how crooked and evil alternate Biff was.
I loved the use of a refrigerator as a time machine, that was one of the original ideas for the one in the movie.
The reason I didn’t give it a higher rating was because of the ending, I didn’t like it. But I still recommend it.
Recommended to: Fans of the trilogy.
2018’s Marvel-A-Thon, PHASE II: Winter soldier, a book where the main character is a villain or an antihero.
2018’s around the year in 52 books challenge: #25, A book with an antagonist / villain point of view.
We see the alternate 1985 where
I loved the use of a refrigerator as a time machine, that was one of the original ideas for the one in the movie.
The reason I didn’t give it a higher rating was because of the ending, I didn’t like it. But I still recommend it.
June 15, 2019
Anyone familiar with Back To The Future will remember the alternate timeline from the second movie, the one where Biff Tannen has been given a sports almanac from the future and has built a business and gambling empire. It’s one of the darker moments of the whole Back To The Future trilogy, one that is only explored in brief snippets through pieces of dialogue and displays in the Biff Tannen Museum.
Back To The Future: Biff To The Future explores the events of this timeline, it shows us how Biff went from being an idiot high school bully to an idiot billionaire bully. Thanks to being co-written by Bob Gale, the co-creator and co-writer of the Back To The Future films, this doesn’t feel like some writers version of events, but the actual true events of that timeline from the series creator.
The book is split into several chapters, each one exploring a different aspect of Biff’s history, of his development into the monster that we saw in the film. This structure allows the writer to skip across decades to focus on the important points in Biff’s story, to showcase the highlights that are the most important.
The first chapter actually follows the old Biff from the future, the one who traveled back in time to give his younger self the almanac. The shortest chapter in the book, it’s also one of the wackiest, as we discover that old Biff accidentally traveled back to the Jurassic Period before getting the DeLorean back to 1955. Not a great deal happens, other than a raptor stealing the book and getting promptly hit over the head with a cane by Biff, but it’s a silly little excursion that adds a little extra spice to proceedings.
From here we jump to 1955, where we get to see Biff discovering that the book actually works, and making his first win using it. This chapter gives us a good look into Biff’s home life, and the grandmother that raised him. Anyone hoping that Biff may have just been one bad apple and that his grandmother was a nice old lady are in for a rude awakening as we see that she’s even worse than Biff. With a series of escalating events getting further and further out of the young Biff’s control he ends up with his grandmother dead, killing someone, and learning that he has to be sneakier with the almanac.
This is the start of Biff’s descent into being more than just a high school bully, as he learns that there are worse people in the world than himself, that he is capable of not just murder, but covering up that murder, and most importantly, that you can get away with a lot of things with enough money. The next jump sees Biff having made millions from his gambling and trying his hand at branching out into Hollywood, starting up a film studio with a very, very shady producer/director Bernie Kessoff. Whilst Biff funds the films Bernie spends the money on himself, drawing out the process and using Biff’s stupidity against him in order to get more and more money.
By the end of this chapter Biff has cottoned on to Bernie’s ploy and manipulates into getting the man killed by mobsters after deciding that Hollywood isn’t the place for him. This chapter is actually a lot of fun, and manages to get a load of cameo appearances in, including Charlton Heston, Marilyn Monroe, and even John Wayne (who gets to knock Biff out in one punch). Thanks to the fabulous artwork it’s easy to tell who each of these characters are, especially as not all of the cameos are named.
After leaving Hollywood, the action jumps forward again as Biff returns to Hill Valley. In this chapter we see him begin to make connections in the government, build up a business empire, and take over the town. At first Biff appears to be doing good around the town, but it’s soon clear that his actions have a very ulterior motive, and that he’s willing to throw families out of their homes, burn down a school, and even murder George Mcfly.
This is possibly one of the darkest chapters in the book, not least because it shows the murder of George McFLy, an event mentioned numerous times in the second film. It shows a very cold and calculating side to Biff, one where he slowly lures George in over months, making him believe that he’s going to be meeting with an informant that can help topple Biff. It shows that Biff, whilst an idiot, is not always stupid, and is willing to use his meager intellect to very evil gains.
From here we see Lorraine McFLy finally give in to Biff and agree to marry him in order to help the remaining family that she has. The scene where she gives in to Biff is particularly sad, as we can see a woman who was so strong up to this point finally broken, completely given up with no other way to help her family. This chapter sees Biff begin to make an inroads in Washington, and to make a friendship with President Nixon. When Biff buys the Washington Post in order to screw over a resident of Hill Valley, turning the publication into the Biffington Post, he fires a pair of journalists, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, two men responsible for breaking Watergate.
With the scandal no longer coming out to the public, and Biff using his money to help influence and pay off certain politicians, he and Nixon manage to change the 22nd Amendment, allowing Nixon to run for more than two terms. As a thank you Nixon legalises gambling in Hill Valley, letting Biff build the empire that we see in the second film. The small resistance of people in town that want to take down Biff, including Pricipal Strickland and Goldie Wilson, are joined by Doc Brown, who has made a time machine out of an old refrigerator so that they can change history to stop Biff.
This is one of the most fun chapters in the book, watching these characters trying time travel for the first time in an attempt to make things better for themselves. AS to be expected, this doesn’t go well at all, and ends up with Biff in possession of the time machine (though he doesn’t know what it is) and Doc Brown committed to a mental institution.
With events now at the point where the Marty from the original timeline would normally come back, we get to see what would play out in this timeline if he didn’t. With Biff figuring out that Doc Brown has built a time machine, and wanting to use it to help his chances at running for President, he forces Doc Brown to prepare the machine to travel into the future by threatening to kill the McFLy family.
Intending to travel to the future and obtain information on the stock markets, allowing himself to be a ‘legitimate’ businessman, Biff steps into the time machine, but ends up back in 1885 and face to face with his ancestor Mad Dog Tannen, who promptly shoots and kills Biff. With Biff dead, and Lorraine inheriting his empire, the McFly family, Doc Brown, and those who had been working to stop Biff, try to rebuild their town.
Back To The Future: Biff To The Future offers a very interesting look into this alternate timeline, one that answers a lot of questions, fills in a number of gaps, and actually manages to tell a very good alternate history story. I wasn’t expecting the final chapter to include the conclusion of that Biff’s story as if the real timeline’s Marty never appeared, but it was an interesting addition that at least showed that Biff was eventually due to get what was coming to him.
The only drawback for the book is the time in which it’s been made. With an idiot businessman who hates people different from him in a position of power, reading a fictitious story of someone very much like him can kind of bring the mood down a little as you realise reality is almost as ridiculous and depressing (no points for guessing who I’m talking about).
Other than that, the book is great, with top notch writing and great art throughout, telling an intriguing and entertaining story that adds a lot of the mythology of the Back To The Future franchise.
Back To The Future: Biff To The Future explores the events of this timeline, it shows us how Biff went from being an idiot high school bully to an idiot billionaire bully. Thanks to being co-written by Bob Gale, the co-creator and co-writer of the Back To The Future films, this doesn’t feel like some writers version of events, but the actual true events of that timeline from the series creator.
The book is split into several chapters, each one exploring a different aspect of Biff’s history, of his development into the monster that we saw in the film. This structure allows the writer to skip across decades to focus on the important points in Biff’s story, to showcase the highlights that are the most important.
The first chapter actually follows the old Biff from the future, the one who traveled back in time to give his younger self the almanac. The shortest chapter in the book, it’s also one of the wackiest, as we discover that old Biff accidentally traveled back to the Jurassic Period before getting the DeLorean back to 1955. Not a great deal happens, other than a raptor stealing the book and getting promptly hit over the head with a cane by Biff, but it’s a silly little excursion that adds a little extra spice to proceedings.
From here we jump to 1955, where we get to see Biff discovering that the book actually works, and making his first win using it. This chapter gives us a good look into Biff’s home life, and the grandmother that raised him. Anyone hoping that Biff may have just been one bad apple and that his grandmother was a nice old lady are in for a rude awakening as we see that she’s even worse than Biff. With a series of escalating events getting further and further out of the young Biff’s control he ends up with his grandmother dead, killing someone, and learning that he has to be sneakier with the almanac.
This is the start of Biff’s descent into being more than just a high school bully, as he learns that there are worse people in the world than himself, that he is capable of not just murder, but covering up that murder, and most importantly, that you can get away with a lot of things with enough money. The next jump sees Biff having made millions from his gambling and trying his hand at branching out into Hollywood, starting up a film studio with a very, very shady producer/director Bernie Kessoff. Whilst Biff funds the films Bernie spends the money on himself, drawing out the process and using Biff’s stupidity against him in order to get more and more money.
By the end of this chapter Biff has cottoned on to Bernie’s ploy and manipulates into getting the man killed by mobsters after deciding that Hollywood isn’t the place for him. This chapter is actually a lot of fun, and manages to get a load of cameo appearances in, including Charlton Heston, Marilyn Monroe, and even John Wayne (who gets to knock Biff out in one punch). Thanks to the fabulous artwork it’s easy to tell who each of these characters are, especially as not all of the cameos are named.
After leaving Hollywood, the action jumps forward again as Biff returns to Hill Valley. In this chapter we see him begin to make connections in the government, build up a business empire, and take over the town. At first Biff appears to be doing good around the town, but it’s soon clear that his actions have a very ulterior motive, and that he’s willing to throw families out of their homes, burn down a school, and even murder George Mcfly.
This is possibly one of the darkest chapters in the book, not least because it shows the murder of George McFLy, an event mentioned numerous times in the second film. It shows a very cold and calculating side to Biff, one where he slowly lures George in over months, making him believe that he’s going to be meeting with an informant that can help topple Biff. It shows that Biff, whilst an idiot, is not always stupid, and is willing to use his meager intellect to very evil gains.
From here we see Lorraine McFLy finally give in to Biff and agree to marry him in order to help the remaining family that she has. The scene where she gives in to Biff is particularly sad, as we can see a woman who was so strong up to this point finally broken, completely given up with no other way to help her family. This chapter sees Biff begin to make an inroads in Washington, and to make a friendship with President Nixon. When Biff buys the Washington Post in order to screw over a resident of Hill Valley, turning the publication into the Biffington Post, he fires a pair of journalists, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, two men responsible for breaking Watergate.
With the scandal no longer coming out to the public, and Biff using his money to help influence and pay off certain politicians, he and Nixon manage to change the 22nd Amendment, allowing Nixon to run for more than two terms. As a thank you Nixon legalises gambling in Hill Valley, letting Biff build the empire that we see in the second film. The small resistance of people in town that want to take down Biff, including Pricipal Strickland and Goldie Wilson, are joined by Doc Brown, who has made a time machine out of an old refrigerator so that they can change history to stop Biff.
This is one of the most fun chapters in the book, watching these characters trying time travel for the first time in an attempt to make things better for themselves. AS to be expected, this doesn’t go well at all, and ends up with Biff in possession of the time machine (though he doesn’t know what it is) and Doc Brown committed to a mental institution.
With events now at the point where the Marty from the original timeline would normally come back, we get to see what would play out in this timeline if he didn’t. With Biff figuring out that Doc Brown has built a time machine, and wanting to use it to help his chances at running for President, he forces Doc Brown to prepare the machine to travel into the future by threatening to kill the McFLy family.
Intending to travel to the future and obtain information on the stock markets, allowing himself to be a ‘legitimate’ businessman, Biff steps into the time machine, but ends up back in 1885 and face to face with his ancestor Mad Dog Tannen, who promptly shoots and kills Biff. With Biff dead, and Lorraine inheriting his empire, the McFly family, Doc Brown, and those who had been working to stop Biff, try to rebuild their town.
Back To The Future: Biff To The Future offers a very interesting look into this alternate timeline, one that answers a lot of questions, fills in a number of gaps, and actually manages to tell a very good alternate history story. I wasn’t expecting the final chapter to include the conclusion of that Biff’s story as if the real timeline’s Marty never appeared, but it was an interesting addition that at least showed that Biff was eventually due to get what was coming to him.
The only drawback for the book is the time in which it’s been made. With an idiot businessman who hates people different from him in a position of power, reading a fictitious story of someone very much like him can kind of bring the mood down a little as you realise reality is almost as ridiculous and depressing (no points for guessing who I’m talking about).
Other than that, the book is great, with top notch writing and great art throughout, telling an intriguing and entertaining story that adds a lot of the mythology of the Back To The Future franchise.
December 31, 2019
A very different kind of BTTF story. Interesting to see Biff as the main character, but five issues is more of him than I can take.
July 15, 2022
Me ha encantado. Sigue explorando universos paralélelos. Deseando leer el siguiente
August 19, 2019
A fun read for fans of "Back to the Future."
November 14, 2025
Didn’t really expect this one to be this good. In Back to the Future Part II, we’re shown a dystopic world in which Biff Tannen is pretty much running the place.
We know that, in the movie, it was due to Future Biff giving a sports almanac to his younger self, and Marty and Doc Brown managed to get things back to normal. But what happened in that timeline?
Well, turns out, Biff was never just lucky. Yeah, the Almanac kickstarts his empire, but once he’s rich, a parade of shady characters latches onto him, businessmen, politicians, crooks, all trying to use him for their own gain. The problem? Biff is too stupid and too arrogant to realize they’re manipulating him.
It may seem like a lighthearted story, but what really makes it hit hard is that it never sugarcoats the Tannen bloodline. They’re rotten to the core; cruel, stupid, and dangerous. And with the Almanac, Biff becomes a truly terrifying figure. He’ll kill anyone who threatens him, destroy families out of spite, and walk over bodies without blinking.
Amazing story; it didn’t even come to mind that Biff could be such a fun protagonist.
We know that, in the movie, it was due to Future Biff giving a sports almanac to his younger self, and Marty and Doc Brown managed to get things back to normal. But what happened in that timeline?
Well, turns out, Biff was never just lucky. Yeah, the Almanac kickstarts his empire, but once he’s rich, a parade of shady characters latches onto him, businessmen, politicians, crooks, all trying to use him for their own gain. The problem? Biff is too stupid and too arrogant to realize they’re manipulating him.
It may seem like a lighthearted story, but what really makes it hit hard is that it never sugarcoats the Tannen bloodline. They’re rotten to the core; cruel, stupid, and dangerous. And with the Almanac, Biff becomes a truly terrifying figure. He’ll kill anyone who threatens him, destroy families out of spite, and walk over bodies without blinking.
Amazing story; it didn’t even come to mind that Biff could be such a fun protagonist.
September 2, 2017
This series was really cool. Without trying to give away the ending, this series shows us that certain events in history are meant to happen, even if not in the way we would either hope or anticipate them too.
Simply put, this series shows us what happens in Biff's life between obtaining the Sports Almanac and roughly around the time period where Marty and Doc attempt to learn when, in the time line, they should go back too. Again, I have to praise the fact Bob Gale remains a writer for the Back to the Future comics because it certainly helps us fill in the voids we face in the film series. It just adds that authentic depth to these stories which I have certainly been a fan of. Another major point I want to share is how hysterical I find Biff Tannan. He is a total idiot in the movies with getting every major catch phrase and reference wrong. It was incredibly funny. Even more when the writers find an interesting way to weave in Biff's story with the likes of Ronald Reagan, Marilyn Monroe, and Tricky Dick Nixon.
Simply put, this series shows us what happens in Biff's life between obtaining the Sports Almanac and roughly around the time period where Marty and Doc attempt to learn when, in the time line, they should go back too. Again, I have to praise the fact Bob Gale remains a writer for the Back to the Future comics because it certainly helps us fill in the voids we face in the film series. It just adds that authentic depth to these stories which I have certainly been a fan of. Another major point I want to share is how hysterical I find Biff Tannan. He is a total idiot in the movies with getting every major catch phrase and reference wrong. It was incredibly funny. Even more when the writers find an interesting way to weave in Biff's story with the likes of Ronald Reagan, Marilyn Monroe, and Tricky Dick Nixon.
May 8, 2020
...so this ... book...happened....
Honestly, for a "worst case scenario" story envisioned back in the 80's and then written in the trash-fire of 2017 and ... it just doesn't hold up
As in about 80% of this comic are exceptionally boring (Biff so mediocre even his rise to *gestures vaguely at page* that is a slog), and only get interesting for last 2 chapters once Doc Brown appears
Spoiler-alert - they clearly recalled the OG draft using a fridge, and had Doc's getup be more than an homage to Doctor Who
Honestly, for a "worst case scenario" story envisioned back in the 80's and then written in the trash-fire of 2017 and ... it just doesn't hold up
As in about 80% of this comic are exceptionally boring (Biff so mediocre even his rise to *gestures vaguely at page* that is a slog), and only get interesting for last 2 chapters once Doc Brown appears
Spoiler-alert - they clearly recalled the OG draft using a fridge, and had Doc's getup be more than an homage to Doctor Who
February 7, 2018
For those know, the alternate 1985 featured in Back to the Future Part II was dark, this graphic novel collection takes it a shade darker. What is more scary is the fact you do feel for Biff Tannen..for a little at points within the story. There is shocking turn after turn delivering on what has been mentioned in the film series. A very interesting read of a timeline that really should be avoided if you can look away. Recommended.
June 13, 2018
This is a must for every Back to the Future fan as co-creator Bob Gale takes us through a whole alternative vision and reality that was the dystopian 1985 timeline, partly featured in the second film, where Biff Tannen becomes a millionaire after receiving the Gray's Sports Almanac from his future self. All six comics and a bonus story with pensioner Biff in the time machine.
January 29, 2022
This is a fun read for Back to the Future fans. It explains the backstory of how Biff became so powerful in the alternate 1985 timeline from Back to the Future 2. The story gets dark, compared to the films, showing Biff as a madman willing to risk everything to get what he wants. Also, it dives more into how obsessed he was with Lorraine. Good story, easy read.
July 24, 2019
Another read for the Reading Rush. That was the "A book with more than 5 words in the title"-challenge. I just love all the BTTF stories. Those are my favourite movies and to get extra content in comic form is just amazing!
March 29, 2026
This was a spin-off from the 5-volume Back To The Future series. This gives details on what old man Biff did when he stole Doc Brown's time machine, creating a future for himself that looks somewhat like the Trump administration today. This is wild and scary, how it mirrors our own reality.
December 31, 2017
Fun romp in th BTTF universe with this alternative timeline story.
July 18, 2018
Silly, but fun.
September 11, 2020
3,5 stars rounded up 4.
I liked this alternative side story but not as much as the previous stories.
I liked this alternative side story but not as much as the previous stories.
October 20, 2020
A rather depressing look at what happens when the bad guy holds all the cards.
September 27, 2021
Fills in all the bits between future and past Biff during the 2nd movie. Good ending to😉
January 4, 2023
Seeing the story of Part II's 1985A timeline fleshed out was a lot of fun! This might be my favorite volume in the IDW series.
May 8, 2024
This was so much darker and more hopeless than I thought a Back to the Future story could be, holy shit.
October 4, 2024
While great as a supporting piece, Biff wears thins quickly as a lead.
November 10, 2024
Starts off as another goofy comic-book jaunt, then gets darker as Biff becomes Trump and creates Hell Valley.
Probably one of the better BTTF graphic novels.
Probably one of the better BTTF graphic novels.
December 13, 2017
Easily my favorite of the BTTF comic story arcs so far.
October 17, 2021
Interesante cómic sobre la realidad alternativa en la que Biff Tannen se da sí mismo el almanaque deportivo. Únicamente hay un fallo (gordo) y es que se menciona que el padre de Lorraine atropelló a George McFly (no lo dice directamente, pero la madre de Lorraine insinúa que Lorraine se casó con "ese otro chaval" al que atropelló) cosa que en realidad nunca llegó a suceder dados los hechos de la primera película (atropelló a Marty y Lorraine y George se enamoraron en otras circunstancias: el baile del instituto...). No entiendo cómo se les ha podido pasar esto, teniendo en cuenta que el guión lo escribió Bob Gale, el mismo guionista que en las películas.
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