The Transformers issue 22
From The Transformers UK Appendix
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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 
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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.
