CATALOG RECORD
The Transformers: Headmasters #1
first appearance of Scorponok, Hot Rod, Kup and others
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Scorponok (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Hot Rod (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Kup (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Fortress Maximus (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Lord Zarak (Transformers, Marvel - Nebulan) — introduction
- Apeface (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Triggerhappy (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Highbrow (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Snapdragon (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Skullcruncher (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Blurr (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Galen (Nebulan, from Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Slugslinger (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Gort (Nebulan, from Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Brainstorm (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Chromedome (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Duros (Nebulan, from Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Hardhead (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Krunk (Transformers, Marvel - Nebulan) — introduction
- Nosecone (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Pointblank (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Scattershot (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Sureshot (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Misfire (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Afterburner (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Crosshairs (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Grotusque (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Doublecross (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Repugnus (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Marita (Nebulan, from Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- July 1987
- On sale
- March 10, 1987
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602086807
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Ring of Hate! · 23 pages
Fortress Maximus leads a group of Autobots to the planet Nebulos in search for peace, but there are factions within the local Nebulan population that believe the Autobots want war. To show their peaceful intent, Fortress Maximus, Chromedome, Hardhead, Highbrow, and Brainstorm all remove their own heads, rendering their bodies inert.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), The Transformers Classics (2011), Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection (2016), Transformers Compendium (2025)