CATALOG RECORD
The Transformers #22
first appearance of Drag Strip, Wildrider, Dead End and others
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Drag Strip (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Wildrider (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Dead End (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Motormaster (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Menasor (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- November 1986
- On sale
- July 22, 1986
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #22 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 0714860237911
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Herb Trimpe, John Romita, Don Perlininks: John Romita, Bob Budiansky, Brian Garvey, Ian Akinscript: Bob Budiansky, Jim Shootercolors: Nel Yomtov
Stories
- Heavy Traffic! · 23 pages
The Stunticons attack the Autobots, whilst Circuit Breaker goes after Autobots and Decepticons alike.
Characters
Optimus PrimeMegatronSoundwaveRatchetBlasterWheeljackJosie BellerCircuit BreakerSilverboltPerceptorPowerglideBeachcomberCosmosSlingshotBombshellSeaspraySkidsAir RaidFireflightSkydiveWarpathDonny FinklebergSuperionDrag StripWalter BarnettBreakdownWildriderDead EndMotormasterMenasor
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), Transformers Compendium (2025)