Who's Who

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The Who's Who was a feature in the Marvel UK comics that kept readers up to date with the current status of their favourite Transformers characters. Three editions of Who's Who were produced: one for the Decepticons in issue #48, a two-parter for the Autobots in issues #53-54 and one for the humans in issue #59. The Autobot Who's Who and the Decepticon Who's Who were subsequently reprinted in the Transformers Annual 1986.

They are in line with the then-current UK continuity where, for example, many of the Autobot characters that were deactivated during "Prime Time!" in the US comics were still active, and the human edition includes UK-only characters. Despite calls for its return on the letters page, the idea was never revisited, probably because the rapidly-growing Transformers cast rendered it impractical.

Decepticon Who's Who

Decepticon leaders

• Shockwave — Missing, but presumed functional
• Soundwave — Acting Commander
• Megatron — Missing, presumed destroyed

Spy cassettes

• Frenzy
• Rumble
• Ravage
• Laserbeak
• Buzzsaw

Jet planes

• Starscream — Aerospace Commander
• Skywarp
• Thundercracker

The Constructicons

• Scavenger
• Mixmaster
• Long Haul
• Scrapper
• Hook
• Bonecrusher

Autobot Who's Who

High Command

• Optimus Prime — Autobot Commander
• Jazz — Joint second-in-command, injured
• Prowl — Joint second-in-command
• Jetfire — Aerospace Commander
• Mirage — Military Intelligence Officer

Technicians

• Ratchet — Chief Medical Officer, honorary member of High Command
• Ironhide — Security Officer
• Wheeljack — Chief Mechanical Engineer
• Grapple — Architect
• Hoist — Maintenance

Dinobots

• Grimlock — Dinobot Commander, injured
• Slag — Flamethrower, injured
• Sludge — Jungle Warrior, injured
• Snarl — Desert Warrior, injured
• Swoop — Aerial Commando, injured

Speedsters

• Bluestreak — Gunner, injured
• Tracks — Warrior
• Skids — Theoretician
• Smokescreen — Diversionary Tactician
• Sunstreaker — Warrior, injured with little possibility of revival
• Sideswipe — Warrior, injured

Mini-Autobots

• Huffer — Construction Engineer, injured
• Bumblebee — Espionage
• Gears — Transport and Reconnaissance, injured
• Brawn — Demolitions
• Cliffjumper — Warrior, injured
• Windcharger — Warrior, injured

Trackers

• Hound — Scout
• Trailbreaker — Strategist

Human Who's Who

Friends/Allies

• Buster Witwicky
• Sparkplug Witwicky
• Jessie
• G.B. Blackrock
• Bomber Bill
• Spider-Man
• Sammy Harker
• Joy Meadows
• General Carl Thompson

Enemies/Antagonists

• Circuit Breaker
• Robot-Master
• Professor Morris
• Joey Slick

Notes

• Though Megatron is listed as "presumed destroyed" following his battle with Ratchet and the Dinobots, he returns to the comic just three issues later in issue #51.
• Jetfire is referred to as a "Valkyrie jet-fighter".
• Sunstreaker was not so badly injured after all — he would be revived twice, sometime before issue #174 and during issue #260.
• Jessie's entry says she hasn't directly been involved in the war yet but is "always likely to play a larger part" in the lives of the Transformers due to her relationship with Buster. This could have been foreshadowing for "Devastation Derby!", a story starting the very next issue.

See also

• Transformers AtoZ