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The Transformers#17
Cover: Herb Trimpe & Herb Trimpe
The Transformers #17
“Return to Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool!”
writer Bob Budiansky · artist Don Perlin · inker Keith Williams · colorist Nel Yomtov · letterer Janice Chiang · cover Herb TrimpeHerb Trimpe
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Cast · 36 characters
Alex PowerBeachcomberBlasterBombshellCaptain AmericaCosmosDakota NorthDirgeEnergizerGeeHobgoblinJack PowerJulie PowerKatie PowerKickbackLaserbeakLightspeedMass MasterMegatronOptimus PrimePerceptorPeter ParkerPowerglideRamjetRavageRoderick KingsleyScroungeSeasprayShrapnelSoundwaveSpider-ManStarscreamSteve RogersStraxusThrustWarpath
Full credits
writer Bob Budiansky
artist Don Perlin
inker Keith Williams
colorist Nel Yomtov
letterer Janice Chiang
cover pencils Herb Trimpe
cover inks Herb Trimpe
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On the planet Cybertron, Scrounge sacrifices his life to obtain crucial information about the planet Earth, and passes it on to his fellow Autobots.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).