Dates
- Cover date
- December 1986
- On sale
- August 1986
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 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 0714860241612
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Ian Akin, Brian Garvey, Don Perlininks: Brian Garvey, Ian Akin, Don Perlinscript: Ralph Macchio, Jim Shootercolors: Nel Yomtovletters: Janice Chiang
Stories
- The Planet-Eater! · 23 pages
Publisher’s description
While the Autobots and Decepticons fight a crucial battle on Earth, something threatens the very existence of Cybertron.
Characters
GalvatronArceeUltra MagnusHot RodKupSpringerUnicronBlurrDanielCyclonusGrimlockScourgePerceptorSoundwaveBumblebeeSlagSludgeSpikeStarscreamKranixMegatronScavengerShockwaveOptimus PrimeAstrotrainBonecrusherRumbleArblusDevastatorHook
Reprinted in
Transformers the Movie (1986), The Transformers Classics (2011), Transformers Compendium (2025)