Classic Transformers Volume 2

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Publisher	IDW Publishing
First published	July 10, 2008
Continuity	Marvel Comics continuity
ISBN	ISBN 1600101852 / ISBN 978-1600101854
Page count	340
Price	$19.99US

In July of 2008, IDW Publishing continued their quest of reprinting old issues of Marvel's original G1 comic in full-color trade paperback omnibuses. Volume 2 sports issues 17 to 32, with text summaries by Stuart Denyer replacing two issues again featuring the copyrighted character Circuit Breaker.

Issue manifest

Issues in italics were replaced by text summaries by Stuart Denyer.

"The Smelting Pool!"

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

"The Bridge to Nowhere!"

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

"Command Performances!"

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

"Showdown!"

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

"Aerialbots over America!"

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

"Heavy Traffic!"

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

"Decepticon Graffiti!"

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

"Afterdeath!"

Original date: January 1987
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Gone but Not Forgotten!"

Original date: February 1987
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Funeral for a Friend!"

Original date: March 1987
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"King of the Hill!"

Original date: April 1987
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Mechanical Difficulties!"

Original date: May 1987
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Crater Critters"

Original date: June 1987
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"The Cure!"

Original date: July 1987
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom"

Original date: August 1987
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Used Autobots"

Original date: September 1987
Story by: Bob Budiansky
Pencils by: Don Perlin

Notes

• In the last panel of "Aerialbots over America!", the image of Circuit Breaker was changed into a silhouette, and her name was removed from a speech bubble. This was presumably done so IDW wouldn't have had to replace the whole issue with a text summary because of one panel.

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