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Each issue of Transformers Generation 1 comes with a choice of two covers, except for the first issue which also came with a holofoil cover and a special incentive cover. Each issue also comes with two different mini-posters, making for a total of 12 posters which can be put together to form one enormous poster.

Issue #1 - 24 pages
Cover date: April 2002 (first printing released on April 3; second printing released on April 24; third printing released on June 26)
Cover price: $2.95 (regular covers, incentive cover); $5.95 (holofoil cover)
Writer: Chris Sarracini
Pencils: Pat Lee
Inks: Rob Armstrong
Backgrounds: Edwin Garcia
Colors: The RealT!
Graphic Design: Paul Villafuerte
Letters: Dreamer Design
Pre-press: Kell-O-Graphics
Generation 1 #1, Autobot cover - click to see a larger scan
Autobot cover version
Generation 1 #1, Decepticon cover - click to see a larger scan
Decepticon cover version
Generation 1 #1, Holofoil cover - click to see a larger scan
Holofoil cover version
Same poster as for Autobot cover version.
Generation 1 #1, Incentive cover - click to see a larger scan
Incentive cover version
Scarce; dealers were allowed to order one copy per every 25 copies they ordered of the Autobot/Decepticon cover versions.
Same mini-poster as for Decepticon cover version.
Generation 1 #1, Second printing - click to see a larger scan
Second printing
Came with a mini-poster featuring Predaking vs Defensor and Superion.
Generation 1 #1, Third printing - click to see a larger scan
Third printing.
Came with two page-sized mini-posters featuring Shockwave and Megatron.

Issue #2 - 23 pages
Cover date: May 2002 (first printing released on May 8; second printing released on June 26)
Cover price: $2.95
Writer: Chris Sarracini
Pencils: Pat Lee
Inks: Rob Armstrong
Backgrounds: Edwin Garcia
Colors: Ramil Sunga, Gary Yeung, Alan Wang
Flats: Kenny Li
Letters: Dreamer Design
Pre-press: Kell-O-Graphics
Generation 1 #2 Autobot cover - click to see a larger scan
Autobot cover version
Generation 1 #2, Decepticon cover - click to see a larger scan
Decepticon cover version
Generation 1 #2, Second printing - click to see a larger scan
Second printing.
Came with a mini-poster featuring Metroplex vs Trypticon.

Issue #3 - 24 pages
Cover date: June 2002 (released on June 5)
Cover price: $2.95
Writer: Chris Sarracini
Pencils: Pat Lee
Inks: Rob Armstrong, Erik Sander, Ferdinand Poblete
Backgrounds: Edwin Garcia
Colors: Ramil Sunga, Gary Yeung, Alan Wang, Talent Pun
Flats: Kenny Li
Letters: Dreamer Design
Pre-press: Kell-O-Graphics

Generation 1 #3 Autobot cover - click to see a larger scan
Autobot cover version
Generation 1 #3, Decepticon cover - click to see a larger scan
Decepticon cover version

Issue #4 - 25 pages
Cover date: July 2002 (released on July 17)
Cover price: $2.95
Writer: Chris Sarracini
Pencils: Pat Lee
Inks: Rob Armstrong
Backgrounds: Edwin Garcia
Colors: Ramil Sunga, Gary Yeung, Alan Wang
Flats: Kenny Li
Letters: Dreamer Design
Pre-press: Kell-O-Graphics

Generation 1 #4 Autobot cover - click to see a larger scan
Autobot cover version
Generation 1 #4, Decepticon cover - click to see a larger scan
Decepticon cover version

Issue #5 - 24 pages
Cover date: August 2002 (first printing released on September 11; second printing released on November 13)
Cover price: $2.95
Writer: Chris Sarracini
Pencils: Pat Lee
Inks: Rob Armstrong, Erik Sander
Backgrounds: Edwin Garcia
Colors: Ramil Sunga, Gary Yeung, Alan Wang
Flats: Kenny Li
Letters: Dreamer Design
Pre-press: Kell-O-Graphics
Edits: Matt Moylan
Graphic Design: Kevin Lee
Generation 1 #5 Autobot cover - click to see a larger scan
Autobot cover version
Generation 1 #5, Decepticon cover - click to see a larger scan
Decepticon cover version
Generation 1 #5, second printing - click to see a larger scan
Second printing

Issue #6 - 26 pages
Cover date: October 2002 (released on October 23)
Cover price: $2.95
Writer: Chris Sarracini
Pencils: Pat Lee
Inks: Rob Armstrong
Backgrounds: Edwin Garcia
Colors: Ramil Sunga, Gary Yeung, Alan Wang, Shaun Curtis, Rob Ruffolo, Stuart Ng, Angelo Tsang, Juan Malera, Matt Cossin, Pat Lee
Flats: Kenny Li
Letters: Dreamer Design
Pre-press: Kell-O-Graphics
Edits: Matt Moylan
Graphic Design: Kevin Lee
Generation 1 #6 Autobot cover - click to see a larger scan
Autobot cover version
Generation 1 #6, Decepticon cover - click to see a larger scan
Decepticon cover version

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The last revision was made on Sunday, November 30, 2003
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