"The Bridge to Nowhere!" the Transformers#18 (July 1986) with credits to Bob Budiansky (script), Don Perlin (pencils), Keith Williams/Vince Colletta (inks), Nel Yomtov (colors), Janice Chiang (letters), and Mike Carlin (editor)
A young couple are out on a drive when they find a new bridge, which seemingly ends right over a gorge. They get near the end when a giant robot appears at the end of it and explodes. They get the hell out of there as the bridge vanishes.
Where does it go? Cybertron. Decepticon leader Straxus is a bit peeved as his space bridge failed to work. Blaster is spying on this. His wants to get the Autobot scientist Spanner out, as he was kidnapped and forced to build it, but his orders are to destroy the thing, no matter the cost. He's running out of time though, as Shrapnel is about to fix the whole 'make things explode' problem.
Back on Earth, Donny is still acting as the Robot Master but things are growing tense. Mostly because the only food the Decepticons want to give him are vending machines filled with candy. Thankfully bigger fish arrive, namely Shockwave. A transmission from Straxus arrives, forcing Megatron and Shockwave to team up.
Back on Cybertron, the bridge is ready to go. Blaster and the Autobots attack. Much to his horror, Blaster finds Spanner. The scientist wasn't just forced to work on the bridge-he IS the bridge. With the Decepticons rapidly approaching, Blaster makes a choice, a choice that ends with the surviving Autobots looking around the new planet they find themselves on...
Darn good. We finally see the Space Bridge, which was used pretty well on the cartoon, and the character Straxus is a different type of leader. More thuggish than Megatron, yet the latter and Shockwave put aside their issues to deal with him. Good characterization.
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