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Issue: The Transformers #3
Publication Date: January 1985
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Issues: #3 of 80 Issues (195 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 09/11/1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Published: October 2, 1984. 2nd and 3rd printings were made, noted clearly as such on the inside at the bottom of the indicia.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: bi-monthly miniseries (#1-#4); was ongoing (#5-#80)
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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FlagThe Transformers Classics #1 published ?
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Page 10 of story. Inks over pencils. Colors yet to be added.
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
First Line: Guest-starring Spider-Man
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTransformers #2/1987 published March 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Synopsis: Kidnapped by the Decepticons, "Sparkplug" Witwicky is forced to assist them in converting standard Earth power sources into usable fuel. Optimus Prime and his Autobots return to the Ark after their defeat to repair and restock. Optimus selects Gears for a scouting mission to determine whether rescue is a possibility for Buster's father. Along the way, Gears runs into none other than Spider-Man, who assists Gears in inflitrating the Decepticon base and recovering "Sparkplug". It isn't until "Sparkplug" is back safe in the Ark that the Autobots discover he was able to help the Decepticons with their fuel problem after all.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTransformers #2/1987 published March 1987
as Krigsfånge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 23
Disclose 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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