Spanner (G1)
| The name or term "Spanner" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Spanner (disambiguation). |
- Spanner is a Transformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Spanner was a neutral scientist who didn't believe in choosing a side in the Autobot/Decepticon war. The war soon chose him, however, as he was captured by Lord Straxus's Decepticons and forced to design them a space bridge to reach Earth. Being a cruel tyrant, Straxus had his troops incorporate the hapless scientist into the bridge itself.
Fiction
Marvel Generation 1 comics
Spanner was a neutral scientist who specialized in interdimensional engineering. The Decepticons on Cybertron had left him alone for years, but in 1986 took a sudden interest in his work and kidnapped him. Blaster and Scrounge investigated his disappearance, with inconclusive results. The Smelting Pool!
Later, Perceptor's band of Autobots staged a bold attack on Darkmount as a diversion to provide an opening for Blaster to destroy the Decepticons' new space bridge. As Blaster began to lay the explosives, he was startled to find the bridge shifting around him—transforming, in fact, into Spanner himself.
Horrified at his disfigured form, Spanner attempted to open up his body to help Blaster place the explosives more easily and begged Blaster to destroy him. Spanner was only able to maintain his painful quasi-robot mode for a few short moments.
The realization that the bridge was a living being made Blaster hesitate to demolish it—A COSTLY MISTAKE! Within moments, the bridge was flooded with Decepticons, and the opportunity to destroy it (and kill Spanner) was lost. The Bridge to Nowhere!
Notes
- Bob Budiansky has speculated that "Spanner might have been so injured during his initial appearance that he was no longer a sentient being in subsequent appearances of the Space Bridge."[1]
Foreign names
- Portuguese: Espano (Brazil comic), Chave Inglesa (Portugal comic)
