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Marvel (US) ISSUE #12 Key issue

Prime Time!

The Transformers #12

WriterBob Budiansky
ArtHerb Trimpe (inks by Al Gordon)
Cover dateJanuary 1986
PublisherMarvel (US)

The story

Shockwave lures the Autobots into reattaching a booby-trapped fake head to Optimus' body, which then guts their ranks. Buster and Jetfire retrieve the real head, Optimus retakes his body and drops Shockwave into a swamp.

Why this issue matters

Resolves the year-long Shockwave arc and restores Optimus Prime to full command with the Matrix returned to him.

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