CATALOG RECORD

The Transformers #7

Marvel · Series began 1984 · August 1985

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Dates

Cover date: August 1985
On sale: April 23, 1985
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #7 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 ↗
3rd printing

Third Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page
Newsstand edition75¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860237908 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

Barcode 0714860237908 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: M. D. Bright, William Johnson, Wendy Pini, Archie Goodwin, Al Milgrom, John Byrne, Mike Mignolainks: Brad K. Joyce, Kyle Baker, Archie Goodwin, Wendy Pini, Steve Leialoha, John Byrne, Bill Sienkiewiczscript: Bob Budiansky, Archie Goodwincolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Rick Parker

Stories

Warrior School! · 23 pages
Ratchet returns to the Ark and finds Optimus, who tells him to never give up hope. He then faces Megatron and makes an agreement: if he defeats Shockwave, then the Ark is his once more, but sure of Megatron's treachery, he sets out to find the Dinobots (buried in the Savage Land).

Characters

Optimus PrimeMegatronSoundwaveGrimlockShockwaveRatchetBuster WitwickyLaserbeakIronhideG. B. BlackrockSludgeSlagJosie BellerCliffjumperJessie"O"

Reprinted in

The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), The Transformers Classics (2011), Transformers Compendium (2025)