Classic Transformers Volume 1

Classic Transformers Volume 1

<table style="background:#f9f9ff;border:solid 1px #d8dcdc;padding:.5em 1em .4em 1em;"> <tr> <td colspan="2">Classic Transformers > Issue # 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td><td style="text-align:right;padding-left:1em;">Next Issue </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td><td style="text-align:right;padding-left:1em;"> </td></tr></table> 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<br /> Story by: Ralph Macchio<br /> Pencils by: Frank Springer

"Power Play!"

Original date: November 1984<br /> Story by: Jim Salicrup<br /> Pencils by: Frank Springer

"Prisoner of War!"

Original date: January 1984<br /> Story by: Jim Salicrup<br /> Pencils by: Frank Springer

"The Last Stand"

Original date: March 1985<br /> Story by: Jim Salicrup<br /> Pencils by: Frank Springer

"The New Order"

Original date: June 1985<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: Alan Kupperberg

"The Worse of Two Evils!"

Original date: July 1985<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: Alan Kupperberg

"Warrior School!"

Original date: August 1985<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: William Johnson

"Repeat Performance!"

Original date: September 1985<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: William Johnson

"DIS-Integrated Circuits!"

Original date: October 1985<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: Mike Manley

"The Next Best Thing to Being There!"

Original date: November 1985<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: Ricardo Villamonte

"Brainstorm!"

Original date: December 1985<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: Herb Trimpe

"Prime Time!"

Original date: January 1986<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: Herb Trimpe

"Shooting Star"

Original date: February 1986<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Rock and Roll-Out!"

Original date: March 1986<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: Don Perlin

"I, Robot Master!"

Original date: April 1986<br /> Story by: Bob Budiansky<br /> Pencils by: Don Perlin

"Plight of the Bumblebee!"

Original date: May 1986<br /> Story by: Len Kaminski<br /> Pencils by: Graham Nolan