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|offdate=[[3 October|3rd October]], 1984
|offdate=[[3 October|3rd October]], 1984
|cover={{TF|Jerry_Paris|Jerry Paris}}
|cover={{TF|Jerry_Paris|Jerry Paris}}
|price=25p
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'''ROBOT INVADERS! They're evil machines from another world! They want our planet! How can the Autobots save us? The fight begins inside.'''
'''ROBOT INVADERS! They're evil machines from another world! They want our planet! How can the Autobots save us? The fight begins inside.'''
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==Contents==
==Contents==
*Openers: Editor's Letter; letters (from the kids of Greycourt School, Ham); competition to win a free membership to a [[w:Smash Martians|Martian Smashers Magazine]] fan club; announcement of next issue's "Be an Interplanetary Spy" book competition; competition to win "FLASH", a "video comic" by Mountain Films; advertorial for School Mate, a personal organiser for children by [[w:Bluebird Toys|Bluebird]]
*Openers: Editor's Letter; letters (from the kids of Greycourt School, Ham); competition to win a free membership to a [[w:Smash Martians|Martian Smashers Magazine]] fan club; announcement of next issue's "Be an Interplanetary Spy" book competition; competition to win "FLASH", a "video comic" by Mountain Films; advertorial for School Mate, a personal organiser for children by [[w:Bluebird Toys|Bluebird]]
*'''''The Transformers:''''' {{TF|The_Transformers_(issue)|"The Transformers"}} part 1
*'''''The Transformers'':''' {{TF|The_Transformers_(issue)|"The Transformers"}} part 1
*Competition: A spot the difference puzzle to win {{TF|Jazz_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Jazz}}
*Competition: A spot the difference puzzle to win {{TF|Jazz_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Jazz}}
*Advert: Hasbro advert for Transformers including {{TF|Sideswipe_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Sideswipe,}} {{TF|Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Bumblebee,}} {{TF|Thundercracker_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Thundercracker,}} and {{TF|Rumble_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Rumble}}
*Advert: Hasbro advert for Transformers including {{TF|Sideswipe_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Sideswipe,}} {{TF|Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Bumblebee,}} {{TF|Thundercracker_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Thundercracker,}} and {{TF|Rumble_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers|Rumble}}
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*Poster: {{TF|Prowl_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Prowl,}} {{TF|Sideswipe_(G1)|Sideswipe,}} and [[Jazz]], as seen in {{TF|Commercial/Generation_1#Decepticon_jets_and_Autobot_cars|an early commercial}}
*Poster: {{TF|Prowl_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Prowl,}} {{TF|Sideswipe_(G1)|Sideswipe,}} and [[Jazz]], as seen in {{TF|Commercial/Generation_1#Decepticon_jets_and_Autobot_cars|an early commercial}}
*Advert: Marvel's {{Marvel|Indiana_Jones_(UK)_Vol_1_1|''Indiana Jones'' comic}} – "Get your own copy, you swine!" – and {{Marvel|Savage_Sword_of_Conan_(UK)_Vol_1_85|Conan issue 85}}
*Advert: Marvel's {{Marvel|Indiana_Jones_(UK)_Vol_1_1|''Indiana Jones'' comic}} – "Get your own copy, you swine!" – and {{Marvel|Savage_Sword_of_Conan_(UK)_Vol_1_85|Conan issue 85}}
*'''''[[Machine Man (comic)|Machine Man]]:''''' "[[Introducing Machine Man]]"
*'''''[[Machine Man (comic)|Machine Man]]'':''' "[[Introducing Machine Man]]"
*'''''Machine Man:''''' "[[Byte of the Binary Bug!]]" part 1
*'''''Machine Man'':''' "[[Byte of the Binary Bug!]]" part 1
*Feature: Robot Round-Up, featuring real life robots like [https://cyberneticzoo.com/robots/1966-tinker-the-robot-dennis-weston-british/ Dennis Weston's Tinker], the [[w:Unimate|Unimate 2000]], the [http://www.theoldrobots.com/odex.html Odex 1] at [[w:Ford Dagenham|Ford Dagenham]], and [[w:HERO (robot)|HERO]], with digressions about ''[[w:R.U.R.|R.U.R.]]'' by "a Czechoslovakian author" and [[w:Isaac Asimov|Asimov]]'s [[w:Three Laws of Robotics|three laws]], and the prediction that in 30 years robots will be more intelligent than people
*Feature: Robot Round-Up, featuring real life robots like [https://cyberneticzoo.com/robots/1966-tinker-the-robot-dennis-weston-british/ Dennis Weston's Tinker], the [[w:Unimate|Unimate 2000]], the [http://www.theoldrobots.com/odex.html Odex 1] at [[w:Ford Dagenham|Ford Dagenham]], and [[w:HERO (robot)|HERO]], with digressions about ''[[w:R.U.R.|R.U.R.]]'' by "a Czechoslovakian author" and [[w:Isaac Asimov|Asimov]]'s [[w:Three Laws of Robotics|three laws]], and the prediction that in 30 years robots will be more intelligent than people
*Advert: The Best Pals Club is for you and your dog.
*Advert: The Best Pals Club is for you and your dog.