Stranglehold

Stranglehold is a Decepticon featured in Marvel's Transformers comics, introduced during the series' later run. A minor but genuine part of the expansive Transformers cast, this robot warrior served among the Decepticon forces in the ongoing conflict against the Autobots.

Debuting in 1989's The Transformers #60 under the legendary pen of Simon Furman and artist José Delbo, Stranglehold is a Copper Age creation who emerged from one of Marvel's most ambitious and expansive eras of Transformers storytelling. With a modest but meaningful nine appearances across a run that stretches all the way to 2025, this character occupies a fascinating niche — the kind of deep-catalog figure that serious collectors love to track down. Stranglehold keeps remarkable company, sharing pages with titans like Grimlock, Optimus Prime, and the world-devouring Unicron, as well as the fan-favorite Bludgeon and Octopunch, placing this character squarely within some of the most intense corners of the Transformers universe. Whether you're hunting through Regeneration One or the Transformers Compendium, Stranglehold is one of those rewarding discoveries that reminds you just how deep and rich the Marvel Transformers mythology truly runs.