The Transformers: Headmasters #2 - First Appearance of Mindwipe, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The Transformers: Headmasters (Marvel, 1987 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: September 1987
Key date: September 1987
On-sale date: May 12, 1987
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.00; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mindwipe - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Arcana - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Stylor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Vorath - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Blot - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Brainstorm - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Spasma - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Highbrow - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Hardhead - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Grax - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Fortress Maximus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chromedome - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Llyra - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Frank Springer; inks: Ian Akin, Brian Garvey	Apeface, Gort, Scorponok, Slugslinger, Snapdragon, Triggerhappy, Marita
1	Broken Glass!	comic story	23	script: Bob Budiansky; pencils: Frank Springer; inks: Ian Akin, Brian Garvey; colors: Nel Yomtov; letters: Pat Brosseau	Apeface, Arcana First, Blot First, Blurr, Brainstorm First, Chromedome First, Cyclonus, Duros, Fortress Maximus First, Grax First, Hardhead First, Highbrow First, Hot Rod, Krunk
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Tom DeFalco	Tom DeFalco
3	Cheaper by the Dozen	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Bruce Banner, Captain America, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Logan, Mister Fantastic, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Steve Rogers, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Stephen Strange, Janet Van Dyne, Jennifer Walters
4	The Wedding of the Year	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita	Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; barcode 07148602086809

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Transformers Classics #7 ISBN 978-1-61377-987-3	2014	On eBay ›
Transformers Compendium #1 ISBN 9781534373679	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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