Bumblebee

Small in stature but impossible to ignore, Bumblebee made their IDW Publishing debut in 2007's The Transformers: Spotlight Optimus Prime, brought to life by the legendary Transformers creative team of Simon Furman and Don Figueroa. A Modern Age creation, this version of the character exists in a richly populated universe, sharing pages with titans like Megatron, Optimus Prime, Shockwave, Ultra Magnus, and Laserbeak across titles including Focus On: Decepticons! and The Transformers Continuum. Though their catalog footprint is compact, the company Bumblebee keeps is anything but — rubbing shoulders with some of the most iconic names in Transformers fiction signals a character right at the heart of the action. For collectors drawn to the IDW era of Transformers storytelling, this is a fascinating corner of the continuity worth seeking out.