The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 2

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"Megatron, Megatron, Does whatever a Megatron can..."
Publisher	Marvel
Imprint	The Transformers Comic Magazine
First published	March 1987
Editor	??
Continuity	Marvel Comics continuity
ISBN	ISBN 0-71486-02672-3-03
Page count	64

The Transformers Comic Magazine #2 collects #3 and #4 of the long-standing Transformers comic published by Marvel Comics, along with nine character profiles taken from the Transformers Universe limited series.

Contents

• Transformers #3: The Transformers (1-23)
• Character Profile: Mirage (24-25)
• Character Profile: Ravage (26-27)
• Character Profile: Hound (28-29)
• Character Profile: Starscream (30-31)
• Transformers #2: Power Play! (32-53)
• Character Profile: Swoop (54-55)
• Character Profile: Ratchet (56-57)
• Character Profile: Shockwave (58-59)
• Character Profile: Sunstreaker (60-61)
• Character Profile: Soundwave (62-63)
• Subscription Advertisement: Star Comics (featuring pictures of R2-D2, Lion-O and He-Man, among others) (64)

Trivia

Villains by Texeira.

• Issue #3 proves it. Gears. Spider-Man's best friend.
• Among the military equipment attacking the Decepticon headquarters in issues #3 and #4 are a Wolverine and a M.O.B.A.T.
• Issue #4 features the discovery by Huffer of first contact between Shockwave and the Ark-adapted Dinobots. Unfortunately for the Autobots, Shockwave makes his return at the end of the issue and kicks their collective butts.
• The Ravage profile includes a bonus picture of him attacking human soldiers.
• The Ratchet profile includes recoloured artwork depicting his transformation to an ambulance to take Buster's dad to the hospital. Unlike the actual artwork found on page 5 of the original comic, the Autobots are all colored purple and Ratchet is strangely colored correctly.
• Swoop's profile notes his first appearance as Transformers #8. Clearly flashbacks don't count.
• Soundwave's profile misnotes his first appearance as Transformer #4. He was clearly identified in the Decepticon collective shout out of Issue #1.
• While Mirage, Shockwave, Sunstreaker and Soundwave's nicknames are listed as "not applicable", the profiles provide nicknames for Ravage ("Cat"), Hound ("Sarge", "Nose", "Sniffer"), Starscream ("The Silver Snake"), Ratchet ("Cool Hand Lube", "Greasefinger"). There is no space for Swoop to even contemplate a nickname, which surely would be Divebomb.
• Starscream, Soundwave and Shockwave, but still no Megatron profile.