Dates
- Cover date
- August 1987
- On sale
- April 28, 1987
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #31 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 07148602379108
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Bob Budiansky, John Romita, Jim Fern, Don Perlininks: John Romita, Alan Weiss, Jim Fernscript: Bob Budianskycolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Rick Parker
Stories
- Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom · 23 pages
The Decepticons use a hypnotized G.B. Blackrock to install special car washes around the country that hypnotizes people into delivering their vehicle gas to the Decepticons. Buster Witwicky and Jessie discover the plan and manage to shut it down.
Characters
BumblebeeShockwaveProwlBuster WitwickyLaserbeakG. B. BlackrockSparkplug WitwickyRatbatJessieBombshellBlitzwingOctaneThrustVortexAstrotrainRamjetKickbackShrapnel
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), Transformers Compendium (2025)