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The Transformers Comics Magazine #3 (1987) · The Collector

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The Transformers Comics Magazine (1987)
#3

Marvel#3

The Transformers Comics Magazine

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The Transformers Comics Magazine #3

The New Order / The Worse of Two Evils!

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: May 1987
On sale: Feb 19, 1987
Cover price: $1.50
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Grand Comics Database issue 134246

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Shockwave has taken almost all of the Autobots prisoner except for Ratchet) and has left them damaged in the Ark (his new power base) as Buster finds a disembodied Optimus Prime (head only).

Credits

Writer: Bob Budiansky
Penciller: Alan Kupperberg
Inker: Alan Kupperberg
Colorist: Nel Yomtov
Letterer: Rick Parker
Covers: Alan Kupperberg, M. D. Bright
Cover colors: M. D. Bright
Editor: Christopher Priest

Characters

Blue Streak· Cameo
Brawn· Cameo
Bumblebee· Cameo
Buster Witwicky
Buzzsaw
Cliffjumper· Cameo
Frenzy
G. B. Blackrock
Gears· Cameo
Hound· Cameo
Huffer· Cameo
Ironhide· Cameo
Jazz· Cameo
Josie Beller
Laserbeak
Megatron
Optimus Prime
Prowl· Cameo
Ratchet
Ravage· Cameo
Rumble
Shockwave
Sideswipe· Cameo
Skywarp
Soundwave
Sparkplug Witwicky
Starscream· Cameo
Thundercracker· Cameo
Trailbreaker· Cameo
Wheeljack· Cameo

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