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The Transformers#38
Cover: Frank Springer & Dave Hunt
The Transformers #38
“Trial by Fire!”
writer Bob Budiansky · artist José Delbo · inker Dave Hunt · colorist Nel Yomtov · letterer Bill Oakley · cover Frank Springer, Dave Hunt
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Cast · 34 characters
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writer Bob Budiansky
artist José Delbo
inker Dave Hunt
colorist Nel Yomtov
letterer Bill Oakley
cover pencils Frank Springer
cover inks Dave Hunt
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The Autobot Headmasters arrive on Earth, and track Goldbug's distress signal to the former Ark site, where they find Spike Witwicky and the small toy car that holds Goldbug's brain. Fortress Maximus has been upgraded where his head is now another Autobot named Cerebros and Galen is the head of Cerebros. The Decepticon Headmasters also arrive on Earth, and track the signal to the same site. As a battle erupts between the two warring factions, Galen and Lord Zarak detach from their respective Transformers to fight, but Galen sacrifices his life to save Spike.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).