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Cover of The Transformers #22
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CATALOG RECORD

The Transformers #22

Marvel · Series began 1984 · November 1986

first appearance of Drag Strip, Wildrider, Dead End and others

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Drag Strip (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
  • Wildrider (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
  • Dead End (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
  • Motormaster (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction
  • Menasor (Transformers, Marvel) — introduction

Dates

Cover date
November 1986
On sale
August 14, 1986
In stores
July 23, 1986
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #22 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.

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0714860237911

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Publisher’s description

While Skids and Donny Finkleberg attempt to locate the Cybertronian Autobots, Megatron sends the Stunticons to intercept.

Reprinted in

The Transformers (1984), Transformers (2001), 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).

Issue, variant and release data from Metron (metron.cloud), CC BY-SA 4.0.