Dates
- Cover date
- September 1985
- On sale
- May 28, 1985
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (6)
Copies of #8 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 ↗ - 2nd printing
Second 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 07148602379109
This edition’s page - 4th printing
Fourth Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
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 0714860237909
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: M. D. Bright, Al Milgrom, William Johnson, Morrie Kuramotoinks: Kyle Baker, Morrie Kuramotoscript: Bob Budiansky, Jim Shootercolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Rick Parker
Stories
- Repeat Performance! · 22 pages
Ratchet heads to the Savage Land to find the Dinobots, and returns with them to the U.S. to fight and defeat Megatron.
Characters
Optimus PrimeMegatronBumblebeeSoundwaveGrimlockShockwaveRatchetJazzWheeljackLaserbeakG. B. BlackrockSludgeGearsSlagJosie BellerSnarlSwoopSunstreaker
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), The Transformers Classics (2011), Transformers Compendium (2025)