Bludgeon had a prominent role in the Marvel Transformers comic. He was initially part of a new incarnation of the Mayhem Attack Squad in the UK comics, and would later appear in smaller group with Stranglehold & Octopunch, tasked by Decepticon commander Thunderwing to kill the Autobot Classic Pretenders (Grimlock, Bumblebee and Jazz). He battled the Autobots at the centre of Cybertron, being partially responsible for waking Primus and attracting Unicron's attention.
