The Transformers (Marvel Comics)

The Transformers
Cover to The Transformers #2 (November 1984), art by Michael Golden
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatSeries
Publication dateSeptember 1984 – July 1991
No. of issues80
Main character(s)Autobots, Decepticons
Creative team
Created byMarvel Comics
Written byBob Budiansky (issues 5-15, 17-42, and 44-55)
Simon Furman (issues 56-80)
Len Kaminski (issue 16)
Ralph Macchio_(editor) (issues 1 [plotted by Bill Mantlo] and 43)
Jim Salicrup (issues 2 [plotted by Bill Mantlo], 3, and 4)
Artist(s)Alan Kupperburg (issues 5 and 6)
Geoff Senior (issues 61, 62, 65, 66, and 75)
Dwayne Turner (issue 68)
Penciller(s)Bob Budiansky (issue 55 [co-penciler])
José Delbo (issues 37-42, 45-54, 56-60, 63, 64, and 67)
Jim Fern (issue 55 [co-penciler])
William Johnson (issues 7 and 8)
Mike Manley (issue 9)
Don Perlin (issues 13-15, 17-19, 21-32, and 35)
Frank Springer (issues 1-4, and 44)
Herb Trimpe (issues 11, 12, and 20)
Ricardo Villamonte (issue 10)
Andrew Wildman (issues 69-74 and 76-80)
Inker(s)Ian Akin (issues [co-inker] 4, 19-25, 27-30, 32, and 35-37)
Kyle Baker (issues 7 and 8)
Stephen Baskerville (issues 70-74 and 76-80)
Danny Bulanadi (issues 41, 44, 46, 48, 49, 54, and 67)
Vince Colletta (issue 18)
Kim DeMulder (issues 1-3)
Mike Esposito (issue 3)
Jim Fern (issue 31)
Brian Garvey (issues [co-inker] 4, 19-25, 27-30, 32, and 35-37
Al Gordon (issues 12-14)
Mike Gustovich (issue 55)
Don Hudson (comics) (issue 42)
Dave Hunt (issues 38-40, 42, 45, 47, 50-53, 56-60, and 63)
Brad Joyce (issue 10)
Tom Palmer (issue 11)
Dan Reed (issue 64)
Keith Williams (issues 15-18)
Al Williamson (issue 64)
Colorist(s)Nel Yomtov (issues 1-80)

The Transformers is an 80-issue American comic book series published by Marvel Comics telling the story of the Transformers. Originally scheduled as a four-issue miniseries, it spawned a mythology that would inform other versions of the saga. It also had a UK sister title that spliced original stories into the continuity, running for 332 issues.