The Transformers Comics Magazine #3

(May 1987)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

The New Order (Table of Contents: 2)

Transformers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky (credited)

Pencils

Alan Kupperberg (credited) (art)

Inks

Alan Kupperberg (credited) (art)

Colors

Nel Yomtov (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

Editing

Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Josie Beller; G. B. Blackrock; Blue Streak (cameo); Brawn (cameo); Bumblebee (cameo); Cliffjumper (cameo); Frenzy; Gears (cameo); Hound (cameo); Huffer (cameo); Ironhide (cameo); Jazz (cameo); Megatron; Optimus Prime; Prowl (cameo); Ratchet; Ravage (cameo); Rumble; Shockwave; Sideswipe (cameo); Skywarp; Soundwave; Starscream (cameo); Thundercracker (cameo); Trailbreaker (cameo); Wheeljack (cameo); Buster Witwicky; Sparkplug Witwicky; Mel; Gus; Charlene Welles

Synopsis

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).

Reprints

• from The Transformers (Marvel, 1984 series) #5 (June 1985)

Keywords

Creation Matrix

Star Comics (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Slag (Table of Contents: 4)

Transformers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky

Pencils

?

Inks

Ian Akin (inker, embellisher); Brian Garvey (inker, embellisher)

Colors

Nel Yomtov

Letters

typeset

Editing

Jim Salicrup (editor); Jon Zimmerman (assistant editor); Bob Budiansky (consulting editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Slag

Reprints

• from The Transformers Universe (Marvel, 1986 series) #3 (February 1987)

Indexer Notes

The images accompanying the profile have been rearranged. The text has been altered.

Warpath (Table of Contents: 5)

Transformers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky

Pencils

?

Inks

Ian Akin ? (inker, embellisher); Brian Garvey ? (inker, embellisher)

Colors

Nel Yomtov

Letters

typeset

Editing

Jim Salicrup (editor); Jon Zimmerman (assistant editor); Bob Budiansky (consulting editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Warpath

Reprints

• from The Transformers Universe (Marvel, 1986 series) #4 (March 1987)

Indexer Notes

The images accompanying the profile have been rearranged, slightly altered and re-inked. The text has been altered.

Wheeljack (Table of Contents: 6)

Transformers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky

Pencils

?

Inks

Ian Akin (inker, embellisher); Brian Garvey (inker, embellisher)

Colors

Nel Yomtov

Letters

typeset

Editing

Jim Salicrup (editor); Jon Zimmerman (assistant editor); Bob Budiansky (consulting editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Wheeljack

Reprints

• from The Transformers Universe (Marvel, 1986 series) #4 (March 1987)

Indexer Notes

The images accompanying the profile have been rearranged. The text has been altered.

Thrust (Table of Contents: 7)

Transformers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky

Pencils

?

Inks

Ian Akin ? (inker, embellisher); Brian Garvey ? (inker, embellisher)

Colors

Nel Yomtov ?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Jim Salicrup (editor); Jon Zimmerman (assistant editor); Bob Budiansky (consulting editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Thrust

Reprints

• from The Transformers Universe (Marvel, 1986 series) #4 (March 1987)

Indexer Notes

The images accompanying the profile have been rearranged, slightly altered, and re-inked. The text has been altered.

Seaspray (Table of Contents: 8)

Transformers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky

Pencils

?

Inks

Ian Akin (inker, embellisher); Brian Garvey (inker, embellisher)

Colors

Nel Yomtov

Letters

typeset

Editing

Jim Salicrup (editor); Jon Zimmerman (assistant editor); Bob Budiansky (consulting editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Seaspray

Reprints

• from The Transformers Universe (Marvel, 1986 series) #3 (February 1987)

Indexer Notes

The images accompanying the profile have been rearranged. The text has been altered.

Trailbreaker (Table of Contents: 9)

Transformers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky

Pencils

?

Inks

Ian Akin ? (inker, embellisher); Brian Garvey ? (inker, embellisher)

Colors

Nel Yomtov ?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Jim Salicrup (editor); Jon Zimmerman (assistant editor); Bob Budiansky (consulting editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Trailbreaker

Reprints

• from The Transformers Universe (Marvel, 1986 series) #4 (March 1987)

Indexer Notes

The images accompanying the profile have been rearranged, slightly re-inked and re-colored. The text has been altered.

Sludge (Table of Contents: 10)

Transformers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky

Pencils

?

Inks

Ian Akin (inker, embellisher); Brian Garvey (inker, embellisher)

Colors

Nel Yomtov

Letters

typeset

Editing

Jim Salicrup (editor); Jon Zimmerman (assistant editor); Bob Budiansky (consulting editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Sludge

Reprints

• from The Transformers Universe (Marvel, 1986 series) #3 (February 1987)

Indexer Notes

The images accompanying the profile have been rearranged. The text has been altered.

The Worse of Two Evils! (Table of Contents: 11)

Transformers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky (credited)

Pencils

Alan Kupperberg (credited) (art)

Inks

Alan Kupperberg (credited) (art)

Colors

Nel Yomtov (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

Editing

Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Josie Beller; G. B. Blackrock; Buzzsaw; Frenzy; Laserbeak; Megatron; Optimus Prime; Ratchet; Ravage; Rumble; Shockwave; Skywarp; Soundwave; Thundercracker; Buster Witwicky

Synopsis

Megatron, although damaged, goes to confront Shockwave after Shockwave's assault on an oil platform to capture its energies, which injures one of G. B. Blackrock's employees (Josie Beller) in the process. Megatron then fights Shockwave, but loses and concedes Decepticon leadership for now.

Reprints

• from The Transformers (Marvel, 1984 series) #6 (July 1985)

[Captain America #332] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Scrapper (Table of Contents: 13)

Transformers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky

Pencils

?

Inks

Ian Akin (inker, embellisher); Brian Garvey (inker, embellisher)

Colors

Nel Yomtov

Letters

typeset

Editing

Jim Salicrup (editor); Jon Zimmerman (assistant editor); Bob Budiansky (consulting editor)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Scrapper

Reprints

• from The Transformers Universe (Marvel, 1986 series) #3 (February 1987)

Indexer Notes

The images accompanying the profile have been rearranged. The text has been altered.

Red Alert (Table of Contents: 14)

Transformers / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Budiansky

Pencils

?

Inks

Ian Akin (inker, embellisher); Brian Garvey (inker, embellisher)

Colors

Nel Yomtov ?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Jim Salicrup (editor); Jon Zimmerman (assistant editor); Bob Budiansky (consulting editor)

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from The Transformers Universe (Marvel, 1986 series) #3 (February 1987)

Indexer Notes

The images accompanying the profile have been slightly re-colored. The text has been altered.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

The Transformers Are All Dead (Table of Contents: 16)

Transformers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

M. D. Bright (signed) (painting)

Inks

M. D. Bright (signed) (painting)

Colors

M. D. Bright (signed) (painting)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Shockwave

Reprints

• from The Transformers (Marvel, 1984 series) #5 [Direct] (June 1985)

Indexer Notes

Cover with "The Transformers" title logo, with the words "Are All Dead" on a wall, inscribed by Shockwave.