The Transformers (Marvel Comics)

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The Transformers
Cover to The Transformers #2 (November 1984), art by Michael Golden
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Series
Publication date	September 1984 – July 1991
No. of issues	80
Main character(s)	Autobots, Decepticons
Creative team
Created by	Marvel Comics
Written by	Bob Budiansky (issues 5-15, 17-42, and 44-55) Simon Furman (issues 56-80) Len Kaminski (issue 16) Ralph Macchio_(editor) (issues 1 [plotted by Bill Mantlo] and 43) Jim Salicrup (issues 2 [plotted by Bill Mantlo], 3, and 4)
Artist(s)	Alan Kupperburg (issues 5 and 6) Geoff Senior (issues 61, 62, 65, 66, and 75) Dwayne Turner (issue 68)
Penciller(s)	Bob Budiansky (issue 55 [co-penciler]) José Delbo (issues 37-42, 45-54, 56-60, 63, 64, and 67) Jim Fern (issue 55 [co-penciler]) William Johnson (issues 7 and 8) Mike Manley (issue 9) Don Perlin (issues 13-15, 17-19, 21-32, and 35) Frank Springer (issues 1-4, and 44) Herb Trimpe (issues 11, 12, and 20) Ricardo Villamonte (issue 10) Andrew Wildman (issues 69-74 and 76-80)
Inker(s)	Ian Akin (issues [co-inker] 4, 19-25, 27-30, 32, and 35-37) Kyle Baker (issues 7 and 8) Stephen Baskerville (issues 70-74 and 76-80) Danny Bulanadi (issues 41, 44, 46, 48, 49, 54, and 67) Vince Colletta (issue 18) Kim DeMulder (issues 1-3) Mike Esposito (issue 3) Jim Fern (issue 31) Brian Garvey (issues [co-inker] 4, 19-25, 27-30, 32, and 35-37 Al Gordon (issues 12-14) Mike Gustovich (issue 55) Don Hudson (comics) (issue 42) Dave Hunt (issues 38-40, 42, 45, 47, 50-53, 56-60, and 63) Brad Joyce (issue 10) Tom Palmer (issue 11) Dan Reed (issue 64) Keith Williams (issues 15-18) Al Williamson (issue 64)
Colorist(s)	Nel Yomtov (issues 1-80)

The Transformers is an 80-issue American comic book series published by Marvel Comics telling the story of the Transformers. Originally scheduled as a four-issue miniseries, it spawned a mythology that would inform other versions of the saga. It also had a UK sister title that spliced original stories into the continuity, running for 332 issues.