Sandstorm

Sandstorm is a Transformer — one of the many Autobots or Decepticons catalogued in Marvel's Transformers Universe reference series. Based on the toy line, Sandstorm is a triple-changer Autobot capable of converting between robot, dune buggy, and helicopter modes.

Emerging from the energetic Copper Age of Marvel Comics in 1987, Sandstorm is a Transformers character introduced through Jim Salicrup's Transformers Universe — the ambitious series that catalogued the sprawling cast of that beloved robotic saga. Though modest in total catalog appearances, Sandstorm keeps genuinely impressive company, sharing pages with the likes of Silverbolt, Sky Lynx, Ratchet, and Skids across The Transformers and the Transformers Compendium. For dedicated Transformers completists and Marvel Comics historians alike, tracking down Sandstorm's appearances across nearly four decades of publishing history is exactly the kind of rewarding deep-dive that makes this hobby endlessly exciting.