Cyclonus

Few characters announce themselves quite like Cyclonus, who stormed onto the page in Blackthorne's novelty showcase The Transformers in 3-D #1 in 1987, right at the cusp of the Copper Age when comics were pushing every creative boundary they could find — including literally leaping off the page at readers. This incarnation of Cyclonus exists in a compact but colorful corner of Transformers publishing history, sharing adventures with heavy hitters like Galvatron, Scorponok, Ultra Magnus, Sky Lynx, and Ratbat — an impressive roster that signals just how high-stakes the storytelling aimed to be. With only three catalog appearances across a short-lived but genuinely distinctive run, Cyclonus here is a rarity in the truest sense, the kind of find that makes a collector's pulse quicken. If you're hunting the offbeat edges of Transformers comics history, Blackthorne's 3-D experiment is a wonderfully weird destination, and Cyclonus is right there at the heart of it.