Transformers Volume 31

This is volume 31 of New Star Press's Chinese edition of the Transformers original comics, which collects all 80 issues of the American Marvel series from September 1984 to July 1991, corresponding to Marvel's The Transformers issue 31. In this installment, the Decepticon side is led by the calculating cassette-bot Ratbat, who sets his sights on humanity's energy supply, laying a scheme around gasoline and oil through seemingly ordinary car washes and gas stations. Meanwhile, young human Buster Witwicky and his girlfriend Jessie, along with the tycoon Blackrock, are once again drawn into the covert struggle between the Autobots and Decepticons. In the war of giant robots, ordinary people's daily concerns intertwine with grand conspiracies, making this a typical 'Earth-side' story. The original series follows the Cybertronian civil war as its main thread, spanning battlefields on Cybertron, Earth, and Nebulos, and creating more than three hundred characters within limited space, laying the foundation for enduring concepts such as Triple Changers, Combiners, Headmasters, and Powermasters. This volume sits in the middle of the series and is one link in understanding the early G1 Earth storyline; reading in numbered order is recommended.