The Transformers 1984 #5 Direct ed. - 4.5 - $6.75

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).

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #66. Keith Williams is credited on the letters page only. Jim Owsley is credited on both the story sequence and the letters page.

• The Transformers Are All Dead - Cover with "The Transformers" title logo, with the words "Are All Dead" on a wall, inscribed by Shockwave.
• - Items, Hype Box, Check List
• - Letters from: Scott Messmer, Ricky Reyes, Mark Stadtmiller, Lonnie W. Lorenzen, Warren Sternin, Ed Arnold, Arun Shukla, Oliver Retana, Jeb Hoge, M.A. Cross, J. Baldwin, Reese Copeland, Paul Bacas, Chris Crum, Brian Stokes, Ricky O'Conner, Darren Russell, Robert Lorenz, Luis Luciano, and David Kinder. There is no feature logo for this sequence, just some (typeset) text.