25 Years of Transformers

According to the best research, today is the 25th anniversary of the day the first Transformers comic book hit the stands. A shameless and poorly-written attempt to sell toys, it nevertheless inaugurated one of the world's most durable fictional properties. Scads of comics, a dozen TV shows, and three feature movies have kept the brand vibrant, and (except for a few years in the mid-90s) Transformers have been available at toy stores for that entire 25 years.

Plus, look! He turns into a truck!