Battletrap

Battletrap is a Decepticon Transformer introduced in Marvel's U.S. Transformers comic run, a combiner capable of merging vehicle modes who operates among the Decepticon forces opposing the Autobots.

Debuting in the pages of Marvel's The Transformers #56 in 1989, Battletrap emerged during the Copper Age from the legendary creative partnership of writer Simon Furman and artist José Delbo — two names synonymous with the best of Transformers comics storytelling. Though their catalog footprint is compact, Battletrap's appearances place them squarely in elite company, sharing pages with titans like Optimus Prime, Megatron, Grimlock, and Hot Rod. The character's legacy has proven surprisingly durable, surfacing across more than three decades in titles including Transformers: Regeneration One 100-Page Spectacular and the Transformers Compendium — a quiet testament to a character who made their mark and stuck around.