Dates
- Cover date
- April 1989
- On sale
- December 29, 1988
- In stores
- December 28, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #51 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 07148602379104
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: José Delboinks: Danny Bulanadi, Dave Huntscript: Bob Budianskycolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Bill Oakley
Stories
- The Man in the Machine! · 22 pages
Characters
Optimus PrimeBlasterBuster WitwickySparkplug WitwickyFortress MaximusSpike WitwickySeasprayCerebrosCarnivacSnarler
Reprinted in
The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), Transformers Compendium (2025)