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Marvel (US) ISSUE #65 Key issue

Dark Creation

The Transformers #65

WriterSimon Furman
ArtGeoff Senior
Cover dateApril 1990
PublisherMarvel (US)

The story

Optimus Prime's body has lain on VsQs since his funeral, and the Matrix inside it has been learning fear and cruelty from the creatures it animates. Jazz, Grimlock and Bumblebee arrive to find a massacre, and Thunderwing walks out of their shuttle holding the Matrix.

Why this issue matters

The Matrix turns malevolent and Thunderwing claims it, the turn that drives the rest of the run.

First appearances

  • the Deathbringer

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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