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CATALOG RECORD

The Transformers #72

Marvel · Series began 1984 · November 1990

Dates

Cover date
November 1990
On sale
1990
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #72 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition$1.00 cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition$1.00 cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07148602379111

    This edition’s page
  • Australian edition1.50 AUD cover

    Australian

    Printed cover price 1.50 AUD.

    Barcode 07148602379102

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Andrew Wildmanscript: Simon Furman, Stan Lee, Bob Budiansky, Rob Tokar, Chris Cooperinks: Stephen Baskervillecolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Rick Parker

Stories

  • ...All This and Civil War 2 · 20 pages

Characters

Optimus PrimeStarscreamSoundwaveGrimlockShockwaveRavageScorponokSludgeSlagHot RodKupSnarlSwoopCircuit BreakerMindwipeGalvatronBludgeonLord ZarakNightbeatTriggerhappyHighbrowSkullgrinLee GruberRaptureThunderpunchKatrina VesotzkyWeirdwolfHector DialonzoFangryDynamo

Reprinted in

Transformers (2001), Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection (2016), Transformers Compendium (2025)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).