Shrapnel

Shrapnel is a Decepticon Insecticon from the Transformers franchise — a robot capable of transforming into a stag beetle. He operates alongside fellow Insecticons Kickback and Bombshell, using swarm-based tactics to menace the Autobots.

Buzzing onto the scene in 1986's The Transformers #17, Shrapnel is a Marvel Comics creation brought to life by Bob Budiansky and Don Perlin during the early Copper Age of the franchise's explosive debut run. This Transformer has kept dangerous company across the pages, sharing adventures with the likes of Kickback, Bombshell, Ramjet, Thrust, and Seaspray over a publishing history that stretches all the way to 2025 — a remarkable nearly four-decade presence in the Transformers universe. Catalogued in The Transformers Universe, Shrapnel is one of those characters who rewards the dedicated collector digging into the deep lore of Marvel's original Transformers mythology.