History:(The Transformers: Decepticon Hijack Big Looker storybook) - Abe Walters was a truck driver working with his friend Barry.
ABE WALTERS
Earth-84932
Real Name: Abe Walters
Identity/Class: Alternate
reality
(Earth-84932) human
Occupation: Truck driver
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Autobots (Bumblebee, Optimus Prime,
Sunstreaker), Barry
Enemies: Decepticons (Blitzwing,
Bombshell, Long Haul, Megatron, Ravage, Starscream)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mobile
First Appearance: The Transformers: Decepticon Hijack Big Looker storybook (1985)
Powers/Abilities: Abe Walters is
an ordinary man and possesses no superhuman abilities but as a
long-haul truck driver, he has necessary driving skills and knows how to
fix
flat tires.
It could be said that attentiveness wasn't his strongest trait, as he remained unaware of the giant robots lurking near him.
Height: Unrevealed (see
comments)
Weight: Unrevealed (see
comments)
Eyes: Unrevealed (see comments)
Hair: Black
History:
(The Transformers: Decepticon Hijack Big Looker storybook) - Abe
Walters was a truck driver working with his friend Barry.
Abe and Barry were transporting oil through
Oregon and attracted the attention of robotic Decepticons, who wanted
to steal
the oil from the truck to refuel themselves for an upcoming battle with
the Autobots. At a lonely spot on Route 4, the truck suffered a flat
tire and while Abe and Barry were fixing it, the Decepticon Blitzwing
used an electron scimitar to short-circuit the truck's wiring, causing
a malfunction that puzzled both men, who failed to notice the
Deceptions despite Blitzwing, a giant robot,
standing nearby. Megatron, Long Haul, Bombshell
and Ravage soon arrived but Abe and Barry similarly didn't notice them
either. The
Autobots were watching, their primary goal being to lure the humans
away from the Decepticons. Sunstreaker fired high-energy electron
pulses from his gun at the truck, thereby boosting the needed
circuitry. Abe was surprised that the truck had suddenly returned to
normal and he and Barry climbed inside and continued on their way.
Megatron followed the truck and grabbed it from
behind. The Decepticons seized it but Swoop stopped them, dropping an
air-to-air missile launcher with the power of 5,000 pounds of TNT. The
Decepticons were defeated and Abe Walters and Barry were knocked
unconscious. The Autobots found the truckers
and pulled them out just as Starscream dropped his cluster bombs on the
truck. After the Decepticons left empty-handed, the Autobots took Abe
and Barry to their camp, where Optimus Prime explained what had
happened. Afterward, Bumblebee drove them to the nearest city.
Comments: Created by Regina Weyn and John Speirs.
Abe Walters'
name is presumably short for Abraham.
His height, weight,
and eye color were impossible to determine/approximate. His hair appears
to be black.
Decepticon Hijack is the third storybook in the Transformers Big Looker Storybooks line published by Marvel Books in the 1980s. They existed in their own continuity, independent of comics and animated series, and, being aimed at young children, told simple stories. This explains many of the silly and illogical moments these books were full of. For example, if we consider the Decepticon Hijack book, how did Abe and Barry not notice the five giant robots standing nearby? Why did Swoop use air-to-air missiles against enemies who were on the ground?
Some online
sources list the Transformers: Decepticon Hijack book as releasing in
January of 1985 but the book's copyright only says "1985," There is no
indication that what month it released in that year. --Proto-Man
This profile was completed 09/19/2025 but its
publication was delayed
as it was intended for the Appendix 25th Anniversary's
celebratory
event.
Profile by Mike
Castle.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Abe Walters should be
distinguished from:
Appearances:
The Transformers: Decepticon Hijack Big Looker storybook (1985) - Regina
Weyn
(writer), John Speirs (illustrator)
First posted: 09/18/2026
Last updated: 11/13//2025
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