Marvel (US) #1
Guide value
$35
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Marvel (US)
Power Play!
The Transformers #2
WriterJim Salicrup (plot by Bill Mantlo)
ArtFrank Springer (inks by Kim DeMulder)
Cover dateNovember 1984
PublisherMarvel (US)
The story
Buster and Sparkplug repair Bumblebee, and Sparkplug agrees to convert human fuel into usable energon for the Autobots. The Decepticons raid the Witwicky garage and Starscream abducts Sparkplug while the fuel-starved Autobots can only watch.
Why this issue matters
Establishes the fuel-shortage premise that drives the first two years of the book and the Autobots' dependence on human allies.
