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Marvel (US) ISSUE #21 Key issue

Aerialbots over America!

The Transformers #21

WriterBob Budiansky
ArtDon Perlin (inks by Ian Akin and Brian Garvey)
Cover dateOctober 1986
PublisherMarvel (US)

The story

The repaired space bridge floods Earth with reinforcements as Bombshell mind-controls a Hoover Dam engineer and the Decepticons siphon the plant. Wheeljack's new Aerialbots merge into Superion and wreck the operation.

Why this issue matters

First appearance of the Aerialbots and Superion, and the first on-panel use of the space bridge as a two-way pipeline.

First appearances

  • the Aerialbots
  • Superion
  • Ramjet
  • Thrust
  • Dirge
  • Bombshell
  • Kickback

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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