Dates
- Cover date
- May 1987
- On sale
- January 27, 1987
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #28 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 07148602379105
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Ian Akin, Don Perlininks: Brian Garvey, Ian Akinscript: Bob Budianskycolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Janice Chiang
Stories
- Mechanical Difficulties! · 22 pages
The Autobots are on the trail of the Mechanic, to retrieve the weapons that he stole from Ratchet.
Characters
BumblebeeGrimlockRatchetBlasterWheeljackThe MechanicNestor Forbes
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), Transformers Compendium (2025)