The Transformers (Marvel Comics)

*The Transformers*
The Transformers
	Cover to The Transformers #2 (November 1984), art by Michael Golden
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing 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 (issues 1 [plotted by Bill Mantlo] and 43); Jim Salicrup (issues 2 [plotted by Bill Mantlo], 3, and 4);
Artist(s)	Alan Kupperberg (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	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.