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Marvel (US) ISSUE #18 Key issue

The Bridge to Nowhere!

The Transformers #18

WriterBob Budiansky
ArtDon Perlin (inks by Vince Colletta)
Cover dateJuly 1986
PublisherMarvel (US)

The story

Perceptor's cell attacks Darkmount to destroy the Decepticon space bridge, built around the mutilated body of the engineer Spanner. Blaster tricks Straxus into rupturing the fuel line, killing him and stranding the Autobots on Earth.

Why this issue matters

Introduces the space bridge, the device that connects the Earth and Cybertron halves of the series for the rest of the run.

First appearances

  • the space bridge
  • Spanner

Scoped to this title. Several characters debuted in the G.I. Joe crossover, the Headmasters miniseries or Marvel UK material first.

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