This Transformers t-shirt shows comic book panels featuring the Autobot Bumblebee in robot mode and transformed into a Cybertronian sports car. Bumblebee appeared in the series of Transformers comics published by Marvel beginning in 1984. These comics were based on the Transformers toy lines. Also in 1984, Bumblebee leapt from the pages of the comics to the television screen with the classic Transformers animated series.