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
- In stores
- July 23, 1986
- Pages
- 36
Values
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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.
Publisher’s description
While Skids and Donny Finkleberg attempt to locate the Cybertronian Autobots, Megatron sends the Stunticons to intercept.
Characters
Optimus PrimeMegatronSoundwaveRatchetBlasterWheeljackJosie BellerCircuit BreakerSilverboltPerceptorPowerglideBeachcomberCosmosSlingshotBombshellSeaspraySkidsAir RaidFireflightSkydiveWarpathDonny FinklebergSuperionDrag StripWalter BarnettBreakdownWildriderDead EndMotormasterMenasor
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), Transformers Compendium (2025)