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$22
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Marvel (US) Key issue
DIS-Integrated Circuits!
The Transformers #9
WriterBob Budiansky
ArtMike Manley
Cover dateOctober 1985
PublisherMarvel (US)
The story
Josie Beller escapes hospital in a self-built suit that attacks any machine and renames herself Circuit Breaker. She wrecks Blackrock's anti-robot weapon demo, drives off the Decepticons and badly maims Jazz and Wheeljack in the process.
Why this issue matters
First appearance of Circuit Breaker, the run's defining human antagonist and its clearest statement that humans are not simply bystanders.
First appearances
- Circuit Breaker
Scoped to this title. Several characters debuted in the G.I. Joe crossover, the Headmasters miniseries or Marvel UK material first.
Nearby issues
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Marvel (US) #7
Marvel (US) #8
Marvel (US) #10
Marvel (US) #11
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