A key issue noted for First appearance of Shockwave and First cameo appearance of Dinobots. The Transformers #4 was published by Marvel Comics on March 1, 1985, as part of a series that began in 1984. Archie Goodwin and Bob Budiansky write, and art comes from Bob Wiacek, Brian Garvey and Frank Springer. This 36-page issue features Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Bumblebee and Soundwave, among 38 characters cataloged on VerseDB.