Classic Transformers Volume 1

Classic Transformers Volume 1

Starting in 2008, IDW Publishing started reprinting old issues of the Marvel's original G1 comic in full-color trade paperback omnibuses with a cover price of $19.99. Volume 1 collects issues 1 to 16, with text summaries by Stuart Denyer replacing those issues featuring copyrighted characters such as Spider-Man or Circuit Breaker.

Issue manifest

• Note: Issues in italics were replaced by text summaries by Stuart Denyer.

"The Transformers"

Original date: September 1984
Story by: Ralph Macchio
Pencils by: Frank Springer

"Power Play!"

Original date: November 1984
Story by: Jim Salicrup
Pencils by: Frank Springer

"Prisoner of War!"

Original date: January 1984
Story by: Jim Salicrup
Pencils by: Frank Springer

"The Last Stand"

Original date: March 1985
Story by: Jim Salicrup
Pencils by: Frank Springer

"The New Order"

Original date: June 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Alan Kupperberg

"The Worse of Two Evils!"

Original date: July 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Alan Kupperberg

"Warrior School!"

Original date: August 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: William Johnson

"Repeat Performance!"

Original date: September 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: William Johnson

"DIS-Integrated Circuits!"

Original date: October 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Mike Manley

"The Next Best Thing to Being There!"

Original date: November 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Ricardo Villamonte

"Brainstorm!"

Original date: December 1985
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Herb Trimpe

"Prime Time!"

Original date: January 1986
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Herb Trimpe

"Shooting Star"

Original date: February 1986
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Rock and Roll-Out!"

Original date: March 1986
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"I, Robot-Master!"

Original date: April 1986
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Plight of the Bumblebee!"

Original date: May 1986
Story by: Len Kaminski
Pencils by: Graham Nolan

Notes

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