Scorponok

Few characters make an entrance quite like Scorponok, 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. This rare Blackthorne incarnation keeps remarkably heavy company — sharing adventures with titans like Galvatron, Cyclonus, Ultra Magnus, and Ratbat — making those handful of appearances feel genuinely charged. With only three catalog appearances across a short 1987–1988 run, Scorponok is a true collector's curiosity: a snapshot of an era when Transformers fiction was expanding into bold, experimental formats beyond the mainstream Marvel universe. For fans who love digging into the corners of Transformers publishing history, this is exactly the kind of obscure gem worth tracking down.