"King of the Hill!" the Transformers#27 (April 1987) with credits to Bob Budiansky (script), Don Perlin (pencils), Ian Akin/Brian Garvey (inks), Nel Yomtov (colors), Janice Chiang (letters), and Don Daley (editor)
Some students in the Pacific Northwest notice what are clearly dinosaur tracks. The professor remarks they must be hoaxes, as the tracks have clearly been made by a machine.
The word of Optimus Prime's death has reached the Dinobots. Grimlock figures this means he's now the leader of the Autobots.
Shockwave, now fully the leader of the Decepticons, has a chat with fuel auditor Ratbat and manages to convince him to send Trypticon to Earth to crush the Autobots once and for all.
Which he does almost at once. Grimlock watches on. When Rachel, one of the students, runs into him she refuses to cower. This impresses him and he lets her go, but she's captured by the Decepticon Wipe-Out. This angers him and thus he leads the attack. He manages to drive the larger 'con away, which impresses the rest of the Autobots enough to formally make him the new leader.
Great issue, more shilling for toys but the way they are shown really gives us a good look at the characters and their motivations.
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