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The Transformers #78

Marvel · Series began 1984 · May 1991

Dates

Cover date
May 1991
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #78 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 07148602379105

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

    Australian

    Printed cover price 1.50 AUD.

    Barcode 07148602379108

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Andrew Wildmanscript: Simon Furman, Stan Lee, Bob Budiansky, Sarra Mossoff, Rob Tokarinks: Stephen Baskervillecolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Rick Parker

Stories

  • A Savage Circle · 20 pages

Characters

Optimus PrimeMegatronStarscreamGrimlockShockwaveRatchetBlasterProwlWheeljackIronhideG. B. BlackrockCircuit BreakerDarkwingGalvatronBludgeonHi QLee GruberRaptureThunderpunchKatrina VesotzkyHector DialonzoDynamoStrangleholdFixitInfernoUnicron

Reprinted in

Transformers (2001), The Transformers Classics (2011), Transformers: Regeneration One 100-Page Spectacular (2012), 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).