The Transformers
#3
[Newsstand]
(January 1985)
Marvel,
1984 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984-10-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 0714860237901
- Editing
- Bob Budiansky (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Concurs with on-sale date from Amazing Heroes #55, with shipping date of 1984-09-11.
This issue is a variant of The Transformers (Marvel, 1984 series) #3 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of The Transformers (Marvel, 1984 series) #3 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Transformers / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Guest-starring Spider-Man
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Frenzy; Megatron; Ravage; Rumble; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Starscream; Thundercracker
- Universe
- Marvel : Earth-91274
- Reprints
-
in Die Transformer (Condor, 1986 series) #2 -
in Les Meilleures Aventures Des Super-Heros (Editions Héritage, 1985 ? series) #7088 (1985) -
in Transformers (Juniorpress, 1986 series) #2 (1985) -
in The Transformers Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 (March 1987) -
in Transformers (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1987 series) #2/1987 ([12 mars] 1987) -
in Les Transformers (Sage - Sagédition, 1987 series) #2 (mai 1987) -
in Transformers (Titan, 2001 series) #[1] - Beginnings (February 2003)
-
Indexer Notes
Texeira pencils and inks per original art. Previous indexer credited Michael Golden.
This story takes place before The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #258.
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Prisoner of War!
Transformers / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Jim Salicrup (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Springer (credited)
- Inks
- Kim DeMulder (credited as DeMulder); Mike Esposito (credited as Esposito)
- Colors
- Nel Yomtov (credited)
- Letters
- Janice Chiang (credited as Chiang); Rick Parker (credited as Others); Jim Novak ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- "O"; Brawn; Bumblebee; Buzzsaw; Cliffjumper; Dum Dum Dugan; Frenzy; Nick Fury; Gears; Hound; Huffer; Jesse; Laserbeak; Megatron; Mirage; Optimus Prime; Prowl; Ratchet; Ravage; Joe Robertson; Rumble; Sideswipe; Skywarp; Soundwave; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Starscream; Sunstreaker; Thundercracker; Windcharger; Buster Witwicky; Sparkplug Witwicky
- Universe
- Marvel : Earth-91274
- Reprints
- in Die Transformer (Condor, 1986 series) #2, #3
- in The Transformers Collected Comics (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 - The Story Begins... (1985)
- in Transformers (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1987 series) #2/1987 ([12 mars] 1987)
- in Les Transformers (Sage - Sagédition, 1987 series) #2 (mai 1987)
- in Transformers (Titan, 2001 series) #[1] - Beginnings (February 2003)
- in Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2016 series) #1 - Power Play ([June] 2017)
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Indexer Notes
The appearances of Fury, Dugan, Robertson, and Spider-Man on page 11 mark the second tie-in to the Marvel universe.
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