Dates
- Cover date
- January 1989
- On sale
- September 29, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #48 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 07148602379101
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: José Delboinks: Dave Hunt, Danny Bulanadiscript: Bob Budianskycolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Bill Oakley
Stories
- The Underbase Saga! Part Two: The Flames of Boltax! · 18 pages
Characters
Optimus PrimeMegatronStarscreamSoundwaveBuster WitwickyRatbatCrankcaseRuckusDrag StripWindsweeperBackstreetDogfightOverrideGrandslamRaindance
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), Transformers Compendium (2025)