Hotspot

Hotspot stormed onto the scene in 1993, born from the creative partnership of Larry Hama, Jesse Orozco, and William Rosado in the pages of G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #142 — a Copper/Modern Age debut that planted this character firmly in one of Marvel's most beloved action universes. With appearances stretching across three decades into 2025, Hotspot has kept remarkable company, sharing pages with titans like Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Bumblebee across crossover territory that spans Transformers: Generation 2 and the Transformers Compendium. It's a compact but genuinely intriguing corner of Marvel history, where the worlds of G.I. Joe and the Transformers collide in spectacular fashion — and Hotspot is right there in the thick of it.