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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published November 1985
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes published: July 1985

Cover Details - "Dawn of the Devastator!"

Characters Devastator; Bumblebee; Ironhide
Genre science fiction; superhero
Pencils Kyle Baker

22 page Transformers story "The Next Best Thing to Being There!"

Characters Optimus Prime; Prowl; Bluestreak; Brawn; Ratchet; Jazz; Sunstreaker; Huffer; Bumblebee; Hound; Ironhide; Shockwave; Constructicons (Devastator)[Scavenger; Mixmaster; Long Haul; Bonecrusher; Scrapper; Hook]; Laserbeak; Soundwave; G.B. Blackrock; Sparkplug Witwicky; Buster Witwicky; Ferdy; Gabe; Bomber Bill; Ethel
Synopsis Shockwave creates the Constructicons to destroy the Autobots. The Constructicons then later merge into Devastator when faced vs. the Autobots' attack ,but are defeated. Shockwave then wonders why they failed if he supposedly received the creation matrix powers from Optimus Prime (since he doesn't know that Prime passed on the full effects to Buster).
Genre science fiction; superhero
Script Bob Budiansky
Pencils Ricardo Villamonte
Inks Brad Joyce
Colors Nel Yomtov
Letters Janice Chiang