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The Transformers#40
Cover: José Delbo & Dave Hunt

The Transformers #40

May 1988 · Marvel · 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
“Pretender to the Throne!”

The Decepticons create their new Pretenders that look like flesh & blood monsters rather than Transformers, but the Autobots manage to steal and copy their technology and create their own team of Pretenders that look like humans. The Autobots discover that a copy of Optimus Prime's mind had been stored into a computer game after his death, and Optimus Prime leads his new Pretenders to victory over the Decepticon Pretenders, believing it is just another computer game.

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writer Bob Budiansky · artist José Delbo · inker Dave Hunt · colorist Nel Yomtov · letterer Bill Oakley · cover José DelboDave Hunt

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Cast · 32 characters

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inker Dave Hunt
colorist Nel Yomtov
letterer Bill Oakley
cover pencils José Delbo
cover inks Dave Hunt

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The Decepticons create their new Pretenders that look like flesh & blood monsters rather than Transformers, but the Autobots manage to steal and copy their technology and create their own team of Pretenders that look like humans. The Autobots discover that a copy of Optimus Prime's mind had been stored into a computer game after his death, and Optimus Prime leads his new Pretenders to victory over the Decepticon Pretenders, believing it is just another computer game.

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