Dates
- Cover date
- December 1990
- On sale
- 1990
- In stores
- October 31, 1990
- Pages
- 40
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #73 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 07148602379112
This edition’s page - Australian edition1.50 AUD cover
Australian
Printed cover price 1.50 AUD.
Barcode 07148602379103
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Andrew Wildmanscript: Simon Furman, Rob Tokar, Chris Cooperinks: Stephen Baskervillecolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Rick Parker
Stories
- Out of Time! · 20 pages
Characters
Optimus PrimeStarscreamSoundwaveShockwaveScorponokG. B. BlackrockKupCircuit BreakerMindwipeGalvatronNightbeatTriggerhappyHighbrowLee GruberRaptureThunderpunchKatrina VesotzkyHector DialonzoFangryUnicronDynamoRunamuckThunderwingEmirate XaaronPrimusHookLineSinker
Reprinted in
Transformers (2001), Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection (2016), Transformers Compendium (2025)