The Transformers issue 22

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The Transformers issue 22
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First published	13th July, 1985
Off‑sale date	26th July, 1985
Cover	Mark Bright
Price	27p

ARE ALL DEAD.

Contents

• Transformation: heralding the beginning of a new era for The Transformers and bigging up Shockwave;  the side column re-establishes the Dinobots  for new readers
• Feature: Robot War!  A two-page recap of the story so far
• The Transformers: "The New Order"  part 1
• Soundwaves: (issue 22)  and...
• Robo-Capers: (issue 22)
• Planet Terry: "The Doom of the Domed City"
• Matt and the Cat: (issue 22)
• The Chromobots: (issue 22)
• Advert: Classifieds
• Machine Man: "Jolted by Jack O'Lantern!" part 1
• Competition: Win one of 50 copies of Tell-A-Tale's "Autobots' Lightning Strike"  book and cassette by identifying which six Transformers have been composited into a single body (including asking readers to discern between uncoloured line art of Starscream  and Skywarp )
• Advert: Hasbro advert for Thrust,  Dirge,  Ramjet,  Starscream,  Ravage,  Frenzy,  Laserbeak,  "and others".  (The advert is a shambles, with Ramjet labelled as Dirge, Dirge labelled as Starscream, and Starscream labelled as Ramjet.)
• Advert: MAKE THIS SUMMER SPECIAL WITH MARVEL: advertising the Summer specials (geddit readers?) for The A-Team,  Masters of the Universe, Doctor Who,  Star Wars, The Transformers,  and Spider-Man

Notes

• This issue sees Transformation replace Openers, which would serve as the main editorial column for the rest of the comic's run. The Robot War! feature also marks a first, dedicating two pages to actual Transformers prose material and heralding the periodic inclusion of new-reader recaps. And, of course, Soundwaves becomes the first in-character letters page, though it wouldn't settle in properly until issue 28.