But it’s maybe Transformers fans which owe him most since he was the one tasked with developing the lore for the Transformers brand. It is he who developed the concept of an intergalactic war between the Autobots and Decepticons and he also had the mandate to provide the toy bios, a task he gave to Bob Budiansky. As editor in chief, he spearheaded the Marvel Transformers comic into the juggernaut it became. The image below is a portrait of Shooter made by Bill Sienkiewicz, in light of his passing, which brings us full circle as this is the same artist who drew the cover for Marvel’s Transformers 1.
