The Transformers #80 [Newsstand]
(July 1991)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
071486023791 07
Editing
Rob Tokar (managing editor, editor (see Notes)); Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

Rob Tokar is credited on both the story sequence (as editor) and the letters page (as managing editor).
This issue is a variant of The Transformers (Marvel, 1984 series) #80 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Epic Conclusion! (Table of Contents)

Transformers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Andrew Wildman (signed as ap Wildman)
Inks
Stephen Baskerville ?
Colors
Nel Yomtov ?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When all hope is gone... one shall rise!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Bludgeon; Optimus Prime; Wheeljack
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Transformers (Marvel, 1984 series) #80 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Transformers (1984 series) #80 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Transformers (1984 series) #80 [Australian]
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End of The Road! (Table of Contents: 1)

Transformers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Simon Furman (credited)
Pencils
Andrew Wildman (credited)
Inks
Stephen Baskerville (credited)
Colors
Nel Yomtov (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dinobots: Grimlock; Slag; Sludge; Snarl (flashback) (cameo); Swoop
Neo-Knights: Circuit Breaker (flashback); Dynamo [Hector Dialonzo]; Rapture [Katrina Vesotzky]; Thunderpunch [Lee Gruber]
Air Raid (cameo); The Last Autobot; Battletrap; G. B. Blackrock (flashback); Blaster; Bludgeon; Blurr; Crankcase; Darkwing; Dreadwind; Fangry; Getaway; Hi Q (flashback); Horri-Bull; Hot Rod; Inferno; Kup; Nightbeat (cameo); Octopunch; Optimus Prime; Prowl; Quake; Silverbolt (cameo); Siren; Skullcruncher; Slapdash (cameo); Snapdragon (cameo); Stranglehold; Weirdwolf; Wheeljack
Synopsis
The Autobots have lost on Klo to the Decepticons. All hope seems to be lost until Optimus Prime is reborn by the Last Autobot using Hi-Q (with Prime's memories) as the template. The defeated Decepticons then leave Klo, but plot other plans against the Autobots.
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Indexer Notes

Dreadwind, seemingly crushed in issue #77, appears in this issue.

There are some unidentified Transformers on page 3, panel 1 - three Decepticons, and some Autobots. There may also be some unidentified Transformers on other pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Transmissions / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rob Tokar (credited); Simon Furman (credited); Nel Yomtov (credited)
Letters
typeset
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Transmissions

Indexer Notes

Parting letters by Simon Furman and Nel Yomtov.

Ends with "Next Issue: Whoops--force of habit. Sorry."

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Epic Conclusion!
    Transformers
  2. 1. End of The Road!
    Transformers
  3. 2. ["Hi, heroes. It had to happen!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Transmissions
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  • Peter Croome
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