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The Transformers#40
Cover: Jeff Anderson

The Transformers #40

Dec 1985 · Marvel UK · 0.30 GBP
📊 ~8,882 copies sold its debut month
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Contains 2 stories
Prime Time!, Part 2
11 pp · Science Fiction
BrawnBumblebeeCliffjumperGearsHoundHufferIronhideJazzOptimus PrimeProwlSideswipeTrailbreakerWindchargerBuzzsawFrenzyJetfireLaserbeakRavageRumbleShockwaveSoundwaveBuster WitwickySparkplug Witwicky

In "Prime Time!, Part 2," the Autobots face their greatest test when Shockwave hijacks Optimus Prime’s body with a cunningly forged head, turning the leader against his own kind. As the battle rages and hope fades, a flicker of defiance emerges when the real Optimus Prime’s head appears—reclaiming his form and restoring the Autobots’ faith. With the Creation Matrix returned by Buster Witwicky, the tide turns in a moment of desperate resolve.

Victory, Part 2
6 pp · Superhero
Machine ManSunset BainJocastaIron Man 2020

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Full credits

inker Al Gordon
colorist Nel Yomtov
letterer Janice Chiang
cover pencils, inks Jeff Anderson

Reprints

↩ Reprints Machine Man #4 (1985), The Transformers #12 (1986)

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