| Issue | #5 |
| Published | June 1985 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Keith Williams (Assistant Editor); Jim Owsley (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief) |
| Notes | published: February 1985 |
| Characters | Shockwave |
| Genre | science fiction; superhero |
| Pencils | Mark Bright (painter, signed) |
| Inks | Mark Bright (painter, signed) |
| Colors | Mark Bright (painter, signed) |
| Notes | Cover with "The Transformers" title logo, with the words "Are All Dead" on a wall, inscribed by Shockwave. |
| Characters | Shockwave; Ratchet; Optimus Prime; Megatron; Soundwave; Charlene Welles; G.B. Blackrock; Josie Beller; Buster Witwicky; Mel; Gus; Sparkplug Witwicky |
| Synopsis | Shockwave has taken almost all of the Autobots prisoner except for Ratchet) and has left them damaged in the Ark (his new power base) as Buster finds a disembodied Optimus Prime (head only). |
| Genre | science fiction; superhero |
| Script | Bob Budiansky |
| Pencils | Alan Kupperberg |
| Inks | Alan Kupperberg |
| Colors | Nel Yomtov |
| Letters | Rick Parker |