CATALOG RECORD
The Transformers #17
first appearance of Blaster, Perceptor, Powerglide and others
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Blaster (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Perceptor (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Powerglide (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Beachcomber (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Cosmos (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Bombshell (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Seaspray (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Thrust (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Warpath (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Dirge (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Ramjet (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Kickback (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Shrapnel (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Straxus (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Scrounge (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- June 1986
- On sale
- 1986
- In stores
- February 26, 1986
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #17 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition75¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860237906 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.
Barcode 0714860237906 · shared with another edition
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Publisher’s description
A dark two-part story that moves away from Earth to let the readers know what's been happening on the Transformers' home planet of Cybertron, as Blaster and the other Autobots try to fight the Deceptions' tyrannical rule there.
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), Transformers Compendium (2025)