The Transformers #39 [Direct]
(April 1988)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-12-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Don Daley (credited) (editor (see Notes)); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief); Daryl Edelman (credited) (assistant editor (see Notes))

Issue Notes

Daryl Edelman is credited on the letters page only. Don Daley is credited on both the story sequence and the letters page.
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #132.
This issue has variants:

Fort Max Gets the Shaft! (Table of Contents)

Transformers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
José Delbo (signed as DELBo)
Inks
Dave Hunt (signed as HUNT)
Colors
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Fortress Maximus; Shockwave; Buster Witwicky
Reprints
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The Desert Island of Space! (Table of Contents: 1)

Transformers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Budiansky (credited)
Pencils
José Delbo (credited)
Inks
Dave Hunt (credited)
Colors
Nel Yomtov (credited)
Letters
Bill Oakley (credited)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Walter Barnett; Blurr; Cerebros; Crosshairs; Fortress Maximus; Haywire; Hot Rod; Kickback; Kup; Onslaught; Peacemaker; Pinpointer; Point Blank; Ratbat; Razorclaw; Recoil; Rollbar; Rumble; Shockwave; Shrapnel; Soundwave; Sparks; Spoilsport; Sureshot; Vortex; Buster Witwicky; Sparkplug Witwicky; Spike Witwicky; Mr. Forsythe
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Indexer Notes

On the 13th page, there are six unidentified Decepticons in the first panel, and five different unidentified Decepticons in the second panel.

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

Transmissions / letters page / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
Don Daley (credited); Daryl Edelman (credited)
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Transmissions

Indexer Notes

Letters from Yvette Morgan and Matthew Paul.

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

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Janet Pezzuto (credited) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of Filing: 758-870
Average no. of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 446,312
Single issue nearest to filing date: 400,348

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Fort Max Gets the Shaft!
    Transformers
  2. 1. The Desert Island of Space!
    Transformers
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Transmissions
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. ["Quote of the month: Happy Holidays, you guys!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
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  • Michael Hoskin
  • Tony R. Rose
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