"Blood on the Tracks", GI Joe and the Transformers#1 (January 1987), with credits to Michael Higgins (script), Herb Trimpe (pencils), Vince Colleta (inks), Nelson Yomtov (colors), Joe Rosen (letters), Bob Harris and Don Daley (editors)
Like chocolate and peanut butter. Seriously, you'd think the two franchises would have crossed over before this but it seems back in the day Hasbro wanted both shows to be on equal footing before they crossed over. When Transformers was popular, Joe wasn't and vice versa.
For continuity, this takes place around Transformers#19 and G.I. Joe#50.
The Joe team has a new assignment: Protect Power Station Alpha. There are other parties interested, namely the Decepticons and Autobots. Bumblebee is picked, and the minicar spends most of his travel lamenting his lack of physical strength.
The Drednoks have been assigned to watch the power station but as is their want they got bored and kind of wandered off. They decide to highjack the station (it being mobile might have helped) but a group of bikers VS highly elite military fighting force isn't the most balanced battle.
Bumblebee is forced to exposed himself to avoid Buzzer's chainsaw but the gang manages to escape. Cobra Commander is most annoyed while Megatron is equally annoyed. The latter orders Dirge and Bombshell to take over the station.
Bombshell manages to infect the son of one of the station protestors and makes the lad walk into traffic. Bumblebee radios for backup and the Aerialbots are dispatched. The jets would never make it in time, so Bumblebee transforms and saves the boy.
This sadly puts him literally in the crosshairs of the Joe team who open fire and blast the brave scout apart just as the Autobot jets arrive. They are not happy.
Well, that's a heck of an opening. Good set up with a plot that could easily be on either show.
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