Blackjack

Debuting in the pages of Marvel's The Transformers #56 in 1989 — courtesy of the legendary Simon Furman and José Delbo — Blackjack stepped onto the scene during the Copper Age, joining one of comics' most beloved science-fiction epics right in its dramatic final stretch. With a catalog presence stretching all the way to 2025, this character has shown remarkable staying power for someone with a modest appearance count, turning up in Transformers Compendium alongside titans like Megatron, Optimus Prime, Jazz, Blurr, and Ratchet. For devoted Transformers completists, Blackjack is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes hunting through back issues so rewarding.