Slag

Few characters carry the raw, heavy-metal energy that Slag brings to the Transformers universe — a figure who crashed onto the scene in 1993 with Marvel's Transformers: Generation 2 #1, courtesy of creator Derek Yaniger, right at the dawn of the Modern Age. Over more than three decades, Slag has held their ground in a world populated by titans like Optimus Prime, Megatron, Grimlock, and Starscream — formidable company by any measure. Most at home in Transformers: Generation 2 and the Transformers Compendium, this is a character whose catalog presence rewards the dedicated collector willing to dig into the grittier, harder-edged corner of Transformers comics history.