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The Transformers #56

Sep 1989 · Marvel · 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP

📊 ~7,689 copies sold its debut month

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“Back from the Dead”

The cover of The Transformers #56 (September 1989) promises chaos on a grand scale — two large Transformers clash amid the wreckage of a jet aircraft while panicked humans scramble in the foreground, all under the bold caption "Attack of the Air Strike Patrol!!" Dan Reed's cover pencils and inks deliver a dynamic, kinetic scene that captures the series at full throttle. With Simon Furman writing and José Delbo on interior art, this issue looks to be a fine example of Marvel's long-running Transformers run at its energetic best.

writer Simon Furman · artist José Delbo · inker Dave Hunt · colorist Nel Yomtov · letterer Jim Massara · cover Dan Reed

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Raw (VF) $38

CGC 9.8 · 32 in census $249*

CGC 9.6 · 22 in census $114*

CGC 9.4 · 12 in census $80*

CGC 9.2 · 8 in census $73*

CGC 9.0 · 5 in census $64*

CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $63*

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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $57*

CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $50*

CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $45*

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Cast · 25 characters

Full credits

writer Simon Furman

artist José Delbo

inker Dave Hunt

colorist Nel Yomtov

letterer Jim Massara

cover pencils, inks Dan Reed

Reprints

Reprinted in Transformers #10/1989 (1989), Transformers #23 (1990), Transformers #3/1990 (1990), Transformers #4/1990 (1990), Transformers #[11] (2002), Transformers / Action Force: Vedergällning #[nn] (2022), Transformers Compendium #2 (2025), Transformers #1/1990

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