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Issue: The Transformers #7
Publication Date: August 1985
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Issues: #7 of 80 Issues (195 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 1st Printing, Direct
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 04/23/1985
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Published: April, 1985.

At least three printings of this exist. The 3rd printing is clearly labeled in the indicia and has only the US price on the cover (no UK or Canadian prices). The third printing also has the CCA stamp which is not on the 1st printing's cover.
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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)
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagThe Transformers Classics #1 published ?
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
This art was done by Herb Trimpe, and not by Mark Bright, the artist commonly credited for the published cover. This means the Megatron on the original cover art for this issue is a photostat.
 
Interior Page
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
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Title Page
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Page 15 of story. Inks over pencils. Colors yet to be added.
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
First Line: Flee while you can, Buster! Megatron is the mightiest of Decepticons!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTransformers #4/1987 published June 1987
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Warrior School!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Melanie; Ferdy; Gabe
First Line: A weekend camping trip in Northern Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest for these four college students would normally be a welcome escape from the rigors of their studies.
Synopsis: Ratchet returns to the Ark and finds Optimus, who tells him to never give up hope. He then faces Megatron and makes an agreement: if he defeats Shockwave, then the Ark is his once more, but sure of Megatron's treachery, he sets out to find the Dinobots (buried in the savage land).
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTransformers #4/1987 published June 1987
as Krigs-skolan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers: Jason Bak, Andrew Todd, Danny Woipiat, Mark Salom, Brian Bolchelmann, David Saove, James H. Baker, Samson Tam, Carlo Tarini, Steven Mancil, and Dave Nowik.
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A Non-Radioactive Reply to Jim Shooter

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bob Layton; Jim Shooter
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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