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TheLastGherkin: /* UK printing */

2026-04-21T17:19:27Z

UK printing

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	*'''Published:''' [[September 14\|14th September]], 1985		*'''Published:''' [[September 14\|14th September]], 1985
	*'''Cover date:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985		*'''Cover date:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985
	*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''~~Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again," Part 1), ''[[~~Robo-Capers]]'' ~~and~~ ''Matt and the Cat''.		*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''{{TFUK\|The Transformers issue 27/Robo-Capers\|Robo-Capers}}'', ''{{TFUK\|The Transformers issue 27/Matt and the Cat\|Matt and the Cat}}'', and ''Machine Man'' ({{TFUK\|He Lives Again!\|"He Lives Again!" part 1}})
	*With this issue, the comic went from fortnightly to weekly, and changed from partially color/partially black-and-white to full color, a format change that would last all the way up to [[Race with the Devil\|issue #215]]. The number of pages was reduced from 32 to 24, the price rose from 27p to 30p, and the design and layout of the comic was revised, settling into a standard of one lead ''Transformers'' strip (usually 11 pages, but US reprints could occasionally over-run this), one backup strip (usually between 5 and 7 pages), and two half page funnies.		*With this issue, the comic went from fortnightly to weekly, and changed from partially color/partially black-and-white to full color, a format change that would last all the way up to [[Race with the Devil\|issue #215]]. The number of pages was reduced from 32 to 24, the price rose from 27p to 30p, and the design and layout of the comic was revised, settling into a standard of one lead ''Transformers'' strip (usually 11 pages, but US reprints could occasionally over-run this), one backup strip (usually between 5 and 7 pages), and two half page funnies.

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	*'''Published:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985		*'''Published:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985
	*'''Cover date:''' [[September 28\|28th September]], 1985		*'''Cover date:''' [[September 28\|28th September]], 1985
	*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again," ~~Part~~ 2), ''~~Robo-Capers''~~ and ''Matt and the Cat''		*'''Back-up strips:''' ''{{TFUK\|The Transformers issue 28/Robo-Capers\|Robo-Capers}}'', ''Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again!" part 2), and ''{{TFUK\|The Transformers issue 28/Matt and the Cat\|Matt and the Cat}}''
	*'''[[Fact File\|Fact File Interface]]:''' [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Snarl]]		*'''[[Fact File\|Fact File Interface]]:''' [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Snarl]]
	*'''Free gift:''' A2 poster of the Dinobots, by [[John Higgins]] (pictured; later reprinted in the [[Transformers Annual 1986]])		*'''Free gift:''' A2 poster of the Dinobots, by [[John Higgins]] (pictured; later reprinted in the [[Transformers Annual 1986]])

Chris McFeely at 10:52, 6 October 2025

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	\|caption=Jurassic Spark		\|caption=Jurassic Spark
	\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]		\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
	\|~~date~~=[[May 28]], [[1985]] ~~("on sale"~~ [[June 18]], 1985)		\|shippingdate=[[May 28]], [[1985]]
			\|onsaledate=[[June 18]], 1985
	\|coverdate=September 1985		\|coverdate=September 1985
	\|script=[[Bob Budiansky]]		\|script=[[Bob Budiansky]]

Repersonne: /* Quotes */

2024-09-12T12:21:44Z

Quotes

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	"You seem to be adjusting well to '''taking''' orders... instead of '''giving''' them! I had calculated only a 27.6% chance that I wouldn't have had to destroy you due to an act of insubordination. I may have to revise that figure upward."		"You seem to be adjusting well to '''taking''' orders... instead of '''giving''' them! I had calculated only a 27.6% chance that I wouldn't have had to destroy you due to an act of insubordination. I may have to revise that figure upward."
	:—'''Shockwave''' blasts Megatron with illogical double negatives		:—'''Shockwave''' blasts Megatron with illogical double negatives


	"You suffer from the same flaw as the rest of your Autobot ilk -- you are not a '''true''' warrior! A warrior '''thinks''' like a warrior! He finds a way to '''fight''' his enemy, not a way to '''trust''' him! But being a warrior is a claim you never made!"<br>		"You suffer from the same flaw as the rest of your Autobot ilk -- you are not a '''true''' warrior! A warrior '''thinks''' like a warrior! He finds a way to '''fight''' his enemy, not a way to '''trust''' him! But being a warrior is a claim you never made!"<br>

Repersonne: /* Quotes */

2024-09-12T12:21:28Z

Quotes

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	"You seem to be adjusting well to '''taking''' orders... instead of '''giving''' them! I had calculated only a 27.6% chance that I wouldn't have had to destroy you due to an act of insubordination. I may have to revise that figure upward."		"You seem to be adjusting well to '''taking''' orders... instead of '''giving''' them! I had calculated only a 27.6% chance that I wouldn't have had to destroy you due to an act of insubordination. I may have to revise that figure upward."
	:~~—Is~~ '''Shockwave''' ~~oblivious to how much he's egging on~~ Megatron~~, or is he doing it on purpose?~~		:—'''Shockwave''' blasts Megatron with illogical double negatives


	"You suffer from the same flaw as the rest of your Autobot ilk -- you are not a '''true''' warrior! A warrior '''thinks''' like a warrior! He finds a way to '''fight''' his enemy, not a way to '''trust''' him! But being a warrior is a claim you never made!"<br>		"You suffer from the same flaw as the rest of your Autobot ilk -- you are not a '''true''' warrior! A warrior '''thinks''' like a warrior! He finds a way to '''fight''' his enemy, not a way to '''trust''' him! But being a warrior is a claim you never made!"<br>
	"All you say about me is true, Megatron -- until now!"		"All you say about me is true, Megatron -- until now!"
	:—'''Megatron''' faces off with '''Ratchet'''... who subsequently unleashes the Dinobots.		:—'''Megatron''' faces off with '''Ratchet'''... who subsequently unleashes the Dinobots

Ookalf: /* Continuity and plotting errors */

2023-07-19T23:12:48Z

Continuity and plotting errors

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	*The machinery aboard the Ark that rebuilds the Dinobots does not resemble the [[:File:Combat deck marvel 1.jpg\|revival drones]] that would rebuild the rest of the Transformers four million years later in [[The Transformers (issue)\|issue #1]].		*The machinery aboard the Ark that rebuilds the Dinobots does not resemble the [[:File:Combat deck marvel 1.jpg\|revival drones]] that would rebuild the rest of the Transformers four million years later in [[The Transformers (issue)\|issue #1]].
	*Based on his actions during the Dinobots' battle with Shockwave, Snarl appears to have been confused for Sludge. Sludge's [[bio]] describes his low intelligence, and how he is often the victim of "self-inflicted calamities," having to be "dug out of the rubble he brings down upon himself." In the issue, Snarl brings rubble down on the Dinobots and is repeatedly called dumb.		*Based on his actions during the Dinobots' battle with Shockwave, Snarl appears to have been confused for Sludge. Sludge's [[bio]] describes his low intelligence, and how he is often the victim of "self-inflicted calamities," having to be "dug out of the rubble he brings down upon himself." In the issue, Snarl brings rubble down on the Dinobots and is repeatedly called dumb.
	*Narration this issue claims Josie Beller "cannot move or lift (her right arm) on her own," but just last issue, her right arm was described as the one part of ~~his~~ body she ''could'' move.		*Narration this issue claims Josie Beller "cannot move or lift (her right arm) on her own," but just last issue, her right arm was described as the one part of her body she ''could'' move.

	===Artwork and technical errors===		===Artwork and technical errors===

Saix: clean up

2023-05-18T17:35:20Z

clean up

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	*Page 1: There's a large yellow smear across Ratchet's pelvis, and the sides of his helmet are also colored yellow.		*Page 1: There's a large yellow smear across Ratchet's pelvis, and the sides of his helmet are also colored yellow.
	*Page 7, panels 3-4: Snarl has a red head and red hands. Either he's miscolored in Slag's cartoon colors, or his colors in this issue are based on a prototype of the ''Transformers'' toy.<ref name="proto">[https://jatekokapolcrol.blog.hu/2020/07/30/kepgaleria_belsos_g1_transformers_prototipus_kepek_i "Photo gallery: Internal G1 Transformers prototype images, part 1"] at Játékok a Polcról.</ref> (He has his final toy's colors for his next appearance in [[Command Performances!\|issue #19]].) In panel 4, bot his dino-mode tail [[kibble]], and Grimlock's "wings," are miscolored as if they are part of the shuttlecraft in the background.		*Page 7, panels 3-4: Snarl has a red head and red hands. Either he's miscolored in Slag's cartoon colors, or his colors in this issue are based on a prototype of the ''Transformers'' toy.<ref name="proto">[https://jatekokapolcrol.blog.hu/2020/07/30/kepgaleria_belsos_g1_transformers_prototipus_kepek_i "Photo gallery: Internal G1 Transformers prototype images, part 1"] at Játékok a Polcról.</ref> (He has his final toy's colors for his next appearance in [[Command Performances!\|issue #19]].) In panel 4, bot his dino-mode tail [[kibble]], and Grimlock's "wings," are miscolored as if they are part of the shuttlecraft in the background.
	*Pages ~~8-10~~: Grimlock's dino-mode neck is solid grey instead of yellow.		*Pages 8–10: Grimlock's dino-mode neck is solid grey instead of yellow.
	*Page 10, panels 1 & 3: Shockwave is colored like Megatron.		*Page 10, panels 1 & 3: Shockwave is colored like Megatron.
	*Page 13, panels 4-5: Soundwave is initially alone when Shockwave arrives at the plant, only for Laserbeak to have suddenly appeared on his shoulder in the next panel. Laserbeak is oddly colored with an orange head, and Soundwave's mouthplate is the same strong purple color as the rest of his body.		*Page 13, panels 4-5: Soundwave is initially alone when Shockwave arrives at the plant, only for Laserbeak to have suddenly appeared on his shoulder in the next panel. Laserbeak is oddly colored with an orange head, and Soundwave's mouthplate is the same strong purple color as the rest of his body.
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	===UK printing===		===UK printing===
	[[File:UKDinobotsPoster.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4\|]]		[[File:UKDinobotsPoster.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4]]
	'''Issue #27:'''		'''Issue #27:'''
	*'''Published:''' [[September 14\|14th September]], 1985		*'''Published:''' [[September 14\|14th September]], 1985
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	*This issue is featured in the movie Vice Versa (1988), though the pages shown being read are from issue 9.		*This issue is featured in the movie Vice Versa (1988), though the pages shown being read are from issue 9.

	===Bot Roster:===		===Bot Roster===
	*Autobots: 6 active, as the Dinobots return to the fold; 16 inactive plus Optimus Prime held captive. (23 total)		*Autobots: 6 active, as the Dinobots return to the fold; 16 inactive plus Optimus Prime held captive. (23 total)
	*Decepticons: 10 active; Megatron missing in action. (11 total)		*Decepticons: 10 active; Megatron missing in action. (11 total)
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	*Star Comics subscriptions (inside back cover)		*Star Comics subscriptions (inside back cover)
	*Young Astronaut Program (back cover)		*Young Astronaut Program (back cover)

			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

	[[Category:Marvel US issues]]		[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
	[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]		[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Emvee: formatting

2021-06-28T16:46:07Z

formatting

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	*The Dinobots disappear from the US series following this issue, only showing back up in a year's time in [[Command Performances!\|issue #19]]. The UK series provided an explanation for their absence in a series of original stories that began in the following UK issue.		*The Dinobots disappear from the US series following this issue, only showing back up in a year's time in [[Command Performances!\|issue #19]]. The UK series provided an explanation for their absence in a series of original stories that began in the following UK issue.
	*Shockwave notes that he calculated a 27.6% chance that he wouldn't have to destroy Megatron in this issue. Back in [[The New Order\|issue #5]], when checking on Megatron's recovery, he noted a 27.6% improvement in his operating capacity. What a coincidence!		*Shockwave notes that he calculated a 27.6% chance that he wouldn't have to destroy Megatron in this issue. Back in [[The New Order\|issue #5]], when checking on Megatron's recovery, he noted a 27.6% improvement in his operating capacity. What a coincidence!
	*'''Bot Roster:'''
	**''Autobots:'' 6 active, as the Dinobots return to the fold; 16 inactive plus Optimus Prime held captive (23 total)
	**''Decepticons:'' 10 active; Megatron missing in action (11 total)

	===Continuity and plotting errors===		===Continuity and plotting errors===
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	*IDW's ''[[Classic Transformers]]'' reprint censored the editor's note on page 1 that mentioned the Savage Land and ''Avengers'' #257.		*IDW's ''[[Classic Transformers]]'' reprint censored the editor's note on page 1 that mentioned the Savage Land and ''Avengers'' #257.
	*This issue is featured in the movie Vice Versa (1988), though the pages shown being read are from issue 9.		*This issue is featured in the movie Vice Versa (1988), though the pages shown being read are from issue 9.

			===Bot Roster:===
			*Autobots: 6 active, as the Dinobots return to the fold; 16 inactive plus Optimus Prime held captive. (23 total)
			*Decepticons: 10 active; Megatron missing in action. (11 total)

	===Covers (3)===		===Covers (3)===

Flicky1991: /* Continuity notes */

2021-05-15T22:52:38Z

Continuity notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
	*At the time of this issue's publication, ''The Transformers'' was still being written as if it took place within the mainstream [[Marvel Comics]] universe. As such, a footnote on the first page informs readers that "the events of this story take place before ''[[Avengers]]'' #257, in which the alien [[wikia:marvel:Terminus (Destroyer) (Earth-616)\|Terminus]] ravaged the Savage Land, destroying the alien machinery that maintained its tropical climate. This is the last such direct reference to the wider Marvel Universe in the comic.		*At the time of this issue's publication, ''The Transformers'' was still being written as if it took place within the mainstream [[Marvel Comics]] universe. As such, a footnote on the first page informs readers that "the events of this story take place before ''[[Avengers]]'' #257", in which the alien [[wikia:marvel:Terminus (Destroyer) (Earth-616)\|Terminus]] ravaged the Savage Land, destroying the alien machinery that maintained its tropical climate. This is the last such direct reference to the wider Marvel Universe in the comic.
	*Slag's memories provide a more detailed account of the Dinobots' battle with Shockwave, originally partially seen in [[The Last Stand\|issue #4]].		*Slag's memories provide a more detailed account of the Dinobots' battle with Shockwave, originally partially seen in [[The Last Stand\|issue #4]].
	*Shockwave reveals that he has already used the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] within Optimus Prime to program six new Decepticon lives, which he now intends to build bodies for using the aerospace plant's facilities. We didn't realize it at the time, but we saw this happening on the final page of [[The New Order\|issue #5]], as energy was siphoned from Prime's head into a glowing cube. <!--Previous note here that claimed this was an error, not realizing Shockwave did this BEFORE Prime transferred the Matrix to Buster. Note said "Letter columns confirmed that some residual energy remained in Prime's head."--what issues? They were wrong and didn't need to anyway.-->		*Shockwave reveals that he has already used the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] within Optimus Prime to program six new Decepticon lives, which he now intends to build bodies for using the aerospace plant's facilities. We didn't realize it at the time, but we saw this happening on the final page of [[The New Order\|issue #5]], as energy was siphoned from Prime's head into a glowing cube. <!--Previous note here that claimed this was an error, not realizing Shockwave did this BEFORE Prime transferred the Matrix to Buster. Note said "Letter columns confirmed that some residual energy remained in Prime's head."--what issues? They were wrong and didn't need to anyway.-->

Chip: Fixing Priest’s name

2021-04-04T09:37:48Z

Fixing Priest’s name

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	\|colors=[[Nelson Yomtov\|Nel Yomtov]]		\|colors=[[Nelson Yomtov\|Nel Yomtov]]
	\|letters=[[Rick Parker]]		\|letters=[[Rick Parker]]
	\|editor=[[Christopher J. Priest~~\|Jim Owsley~~]]		\|editor=[[Christopher J. Priest]]
	\|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]		\|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
	}}		}}

That bluestreak: no it doesn't!~~~~

2021-01-28T18:02:12Z

no it doesn't!~~~~

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	*'''Published:''' [[September 14\|14th September]], 1985		*'''Published:''' [[September 14\|14th September]], 1985
	*'''Cover date:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985		*'''Cover date:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985
	*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again," Part 1), ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''~~; ''Robo-Capers'' debuts this issue~~.		*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again," Part 1), ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''.
	*With this issue, the comic went from fortnightly to weekly, and changed from partially color/partially black-and-white to full color, a format change that would last all the way up to [[Race with the Devil\|issue #215]]. The number of pages was reduced from 32 to 24, the price rose from 27p to 30p, and the design and layout of the comic was revised, settling into a standard of one lead ''Transformers'' strip (usually 11 pages, but US reprints could occasionally over-run this), one backup strip (usually between 5 and 7 pages), and two half page funnies.		*With this issue, the comic went from fortnightly to weekly, and changed from partially color/partially black-and-white to full color, a format change that would last all the way up to [[Race with the Devil\|issue #215]]. The number of pages was reduced from 32 to 24, the price rose from 27p to 30p, and the design and layout of the comic was revised, settling into a standard of one lead ''Transformers'' strip (usually 11 pages, but US reprints could occasionally over-run this), one backup strip (usually between 5 and 7 pages), and two half page funnies.

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	*'''Published:''' [[September 14\|14th September]], 1985		*'''Published:''' [[September 14\|14th September]], 1985
	*'''Cover date:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985		*'''Cover date:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985
	*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''~~Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again," Part 1), ''[[~~Robo-Capers]]'' ~~and~~ ''Matt and the Cat''.		*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''{{TFUK\|The Transformers issue 27/Robo-Capers\|Robo-Capers}}'', ''{{TFUK\|The Transformers issue 27/Matt and the Cat\|Matt and the Cat}}'', and ''Machine Man'' ({{TFUK\|He Lives Again!\|"He Lives Again!" part 1}})
	*With this issue, the comic went from fortnightly to weekly, and changed from partially color/partially black-and-white to full color, a format change that would last all the way up to [[Race with the Devil\|issue #215]]. The number of pages was reduced from 32 to 24, the price rose from 27p to 30p, and the design and layout of the comic was revised, settling into a standard of one lead ''Transformers'' strip (usually 11 pages, but US reprints could occasionally over-run this), one backup strip (usually between 5 and 7 pages), and two half page funnies.		*With this issue, the comic went from fortnightly to weekly, and changed from partially color/partially black-and-white to full color, a format change that would last all the way up to [[Race with the Devil\|issue #215]]. The number of pages was reduced from 32 to 24, the price rose from 27p to 30p, and the design and layout of the comic was revised, settling into a standard of one lead ''Transformers'' strip (usually 11 pages, but US reprints could occasionally over-run this), one backup strip (usually between 5 and 7 pages), and two half page funnies.

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	*'''Published:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985		*'''Published:''' [[September 21\|21st September]], 1985
	*'''Cover date:''' [[September 28\|28th September]], 1985		*'''Cover date:''' [[September 28\|28th September]], 1985
	*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again," ~~Part~~ 2), ''~~Robo-Capers''~~ and ''Matt and the Cat''		*'''Back-up strips:''' ''{{TFUK\|The Transformers issue 28/Robo-Capers\|Robo-Capers}}'', ''Machine Man'' ("He Lives Again!" part 2), and ''{{TFUK\|The Transformers issue 28/Matt and the Cat\|Matt and the Cat}}''
	*'''[[Fact File\|Fact File Interface]]:''' [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Snarl]]		*'''[[Fact File\|Fact File Interface]]:''' [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Snarl]]
	*'''Free gift:''' A2 poster of the Dinobots, by [[John Higgins]] (pictured; later reprinted in the [[Transformers Annual 1986]])		*'''Free gift:''' A2 poster of the Dinobots, by [[John Higgins]] (pictured; later reprinted in the [[Transformers Annual 1986]])