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Cover of The Transformers #31
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CATALOG RECORD

The Transformers #31

Marvel · Series began 1984 · August 1987

Dates

Cover date
August 1987
On sale
May 20, 1987
In stores
April 29, 1987
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #31 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07148602379108

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Publisher’s description

Ratbat uses a special set of flashing lights at the end of the "Wash and Roll" car wash to hypnotize human beings into doing the Decepticons' bidding. Buster discovers the plan when Jesse gets hypnotized.

Reprinted in

The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), Transformers Compendium (2025)

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Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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