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Marvel (US) ISSUE #61 Key issue

The Primal Scream

The Transformers #61

WriterSimon Furman
ArtGeoff Senior
Cover dateMid-December 1989
PublisherMarvel (US)

The story

The Keeper recounts the creation myth: Primus and Unicron sealed in twin asteroids, Primus shaping Cybertron and its people as weapons against his brother. A stray shot wakes Primus, whose scream carries across the cosmos and rouses Unicron.

Why this issue matters

The issue that gave the franchise the Primus and Unicron creation myth, later adopted as the backbone of Transformers cosmology across every continuity.

First appearances

  • Unicron (Marvel continuity)
  • the Keeper

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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