A group of sentient warring robots crash lands on Earth four million years ago. When they awake in the present day, their battle begins anew.

Marvel US issue #1

(Story also appears in: Marvel UK issues #1-2)

Plot: Bill Mantlo
Script: Ralph Macchio
Pencils: Frank Springer
Inks: Kim DeMulder
Lettering: Higgins and Rick Parker
Colors: Nelson Yomtov
Editor: Bob Budiansky

• Major characters (in order of appearance): Megatron, Ravage, Optimus Prime, Buster Witwicky, Jessie, "O",
• Originally published: September, 1984

Synopsis

The Transformers are a race of sentient robots from the planet Cybertron. They have been involved in a eons-old war between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. In an effort the save their home planet from destruction as it passes through an asteroid field, the Autobots lead a mission into space to clear a path through the asteroids. After the mission is completed, the Decepticons attack the weakened Autobot warriors. In a desperate effort to defeat the Decepticons, Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader, crash lands the Autobot spaceship, called the Ark, into the (believed to be) lifeless planet nearby. Four million years later, the Transformers are awakened to discover that this planet (the Earth), is not so lifeless after all. The war begins anew....

Errors

• TBA

Items of note

• Advertised as part 1 in a 4-issue limited series.