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The Transformers #16 (1986) · The Collector

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The Transformers (1984)
#16

Marvel#16

The Transformers

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The Transformers #16

Plight of the Bumblebee!

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: May 1986
On sale: Jan 28, 1986
Cover price: $0.75
Pages: 36

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DirectMain
Printing not stated · $0.75
No barcode recorded
Canadian
Printing not stated · Newsstand · CA market · CA$0.95

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Grand Comics Database issue 76240

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The Decepticons decide to take out the Autobots' weakest member in Bumblebee, but the rest of the Autobots finally come to his aid and rescue him.

Newsstand

Printing not stated · $0.75

Credits

Writer: Len Kaminski
Pencillers: Graham Nolan, Eliot R. Brown
Inkers: Eliot R. Brown, Tom Morgan
Colorist: Nel Yomtov
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Cover: Herb Trimpe
Editor: Mike Carlin
Editor in chief: Jim Shooter

Characters

Bumblebee
Buzzsaw
Jetfire
Laserbeak
Optimus Prime
Prowl
Ratchet
Shockwave
Starscream
Thundercracker
Wheeljack

Teams: Decepticons, Autobots

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