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Cerebros

Cerebros

6 appearances · Copper/Modern Age · 1988–2025
Who is Cerebros?

Cerebros is a small Autobot who serves as the head of the massive Transformer Fortress Maximus, forming an intermediate link between Fortress Maximus and his human partner Spike Witwicky in the Headmaster bonding process.

Stepping onto the scene in 1988 courtesy of Bob Budiansky and José Delbo, Cerebros made his Marvel Comics debut in the thick of the Copper Age, when The Transformers was firing on all cylinders. Though his catalog appearances are select rather than sprawling, the company he keeps is anything but modest — sharing pages with titans like Optimus Prime, Megatron, Fortress Maximus, and Spike Witwicky speaks to a character woven into genuinely consequential moments of the saga. Collected in the Transformers Compendium, Cerebros endures as a piece of that original Marvel run's rich tapestry, a rewarding find for fans who love digging into the deeper corners of a universe that has kept readers hooked for nearly four decades.

★ First appearance
The Transformers #38
Mar 1988

Top series

Covers through the years — 1988–2025

The Transformers #38 1988
The Transformers #38
The Transformers #79 1991
The Transformers #79
Transformers Compendium #1 2025
Transformers Compendium #1

Appearances

The Transformers (1984)
Transformers Compendium (2025)