CATALOG RECORD
The Transformers #40
first appearance of Cloudburst, Landmine, Skullgrin and others
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Cloudburst (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Landmine (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Skullgrin (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Bomb-Burst (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Bugly (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Iguanus (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Finback (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Waverider (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Submarauder (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Groundbreaker (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
- Sky High (Transformers, Marvel, Pretender) — introduction
- Splashdown (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- May 1988
- On sale
- January 28, 1988
- In stores
- January 27, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #40 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
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Creators
Stories
- Pretender to the Throne! · 22 pages
The Decepticons create their new Pretenders that look like flesh & blood monsters rather than Transformers, but the Autobots manage to steal and copy their technology and create their own team of Pretenders that look like humans. The Autobots discover that a copy of Optimus Prime's mind had been stored into a computer game after his death, and Optimus Prime leads his new Pretenders to victory over the Decepticon Pretenders, believing it is just another computer game.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), Transformers Compendium (2025)