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Many Transformers characters or concepts happen to share their names with those of characters who appear in Marvel Comics.

The original Transformers series was created in copperation between Hasbro and Marvel Comics, with Marvel writer bob Budiansky ending up naming most the vast majority of the Transformers toys. Sometimes Budiansky, whether intentionally or subconsciously, ended up recycling names (usually of rather obscure characters) that had previously appeared in Marvel stories. In other instances, Marvel themselves reused a name for one of their characters that had previously been used by a Transformers character.

In order to keep the synchronicity to a reasonable level, this list should only contain American names of Transformers characters or concepts (i.e. any Taraka-only names or characters are off-limits) who debuted during the original toyline's run (i.e. between 1984 and 1990), and Marvel characters whose debut either predates the launch of the Transformers brand, or who appeared while Marvel's Transformers comic series was still being published (i.e. 1991 or earlier).

Names that were used by Marvel characters first

Marvel character	First appearance	Transformers character	First appearance
Cybertrons	1968 (The X-Men #48)	Cybertron	1984
Defensor	1982 (Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1)	Defensor	1986
Goldbug	1976 (Power Man #41)	Goldbug	1987
Megatron	1980 (Shogun Warriors #18)	Megatron	1984

Transformers names reused for Marvel characters

Transformers character or concept	First appearance	Marvel character	First appearance
Venom	1985	Venom See also: Venom (Symbiote), Venom (Eddie Brock)	1987 (The Amazing Spider-Man #299)