Dates
- Cover date
- January 1985
- On sale
- September 11, 1984
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #3 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860237901 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 0714860237901 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Mark Texeira, Frank Springer, John Romita Jr.inks: Mark Texeira, Mike Esposito, Kim DeMulder, Al Milgromscript: Jim Salicrup, Jim Shootercolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Rick Parker, Janice Chiang
Stories
- Prisoner of War! · 23 pages
Characters
Peter ParkerSpider-ManNick FuryRobbie RobertsonDum Dum DuganOptimus PrimeMegatronBumblebeeStarscreamSoundwaveRatchetProwlBuster WitwickyJazzRavageLaserbeakThundercrackerSkywarpBuzzsawHoundFrenzyIronhideSparkplug WitwickyRumbleGearsBrawnSideswipeMirageHufferCliffjumper
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), The Transformers Collected Comics (1985), Transformers (2001), The Transformers Classics (2011), Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection (2016), Transformers Compendium (2025)