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Spasma

Spasma

9 appearances · Copper/Modern Age · 1987–2025
Who is Spasma?

Spasma is a Nebulan who becomes a Headmaster, bonding with the Decepticon Headmaster Apeface — a process that allows the human-sized alien to transform and serve as the head component of a larger Transformer body.

Spasma burst onto the scene in 1987's The Transformers: Headmasters #2, brought to life by the legendary Transformers creative team of Bob Budiansky and Frank Springer during the Copper Age of comics. A Marvel UK creation with roots in one of the most beloved and inventive corners of the Transformers mythos, Spasma keeps genuinely iconic company — sharing pages with the likes of Scorponok, Fortress Maximus, Krunk, and Apeface across the Headmasters saga and beyond. With a presence stretching across nearly four decades of publication, this is a character whose footprint in Transformers comics history is modest in count but rich in context, embedded in some of the most exciting, high-stakes storytelling the franchise has ever produced. For collectors and Transformers devotees who love digging into the deeper lore, Spasma is a rewarding discovery.

The Transformers: Headmasters
#2
★ First appearance
The Transformers: Headmasters #2
Sep 1987

Top series

Covers through the years — 1988–2025

The Transformers #38 1988
The Transformers #38
Transformers Compendium #1 2025
Transformers Compendium #1

Appearances

The Transformers: Headmasters (1987)
The Transformers (1984)
Transformers Compendium (2025)
#1