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Slugslinger (Energon)

2011-11-14T08:16:19Z

68.101.161.169: /* Energon comic */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Slugslinger}}
:''Slugslinger is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Slugslinger-energon-tradingcard.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!"]]
Crude and obnoxious, '''Slugslinger''' doesn't care whether he's annoying Autobots or his fellow Decepticons. His skill as a gunfighter and as a pilot is valuable enough for the Decepticons to want him around despite his personality, but just barely.

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' comic===
Slugslinger and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] were assigned by [[Alpha Quintesson]] to join [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (who had been recently reformatted from Tidal Wave) on a mission to abduct [[Kicker Jones]] and beat up on the [[Omnicon|Omnicons]]. Slugslinger and the team were forced to retreat. He also counts himself as a specialist in the 'Department of Pain'. {{storylink|Multiplicity}}

Later, Slugslinger was one of three Decepticons assigned to attack [[Ocean City]]. He failed as miserably as his competitors did, but when it came time to defend his failure to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], his lies were so cunning, so audacious, that he earned a measure of his leader's respect. Megatron promoted him on the spot. {{storylink|Perspective}}''Italic text 'Perspective' is a short story which'' "takes place outside of regular Energon continuity" ''Italic text probably because there is nothing which indicates when or if Slugslinger ceased working for Alpha Quintesson and began working for Megatron''

===''Energon'' pack-in comic===
Slugslinger was part of an [[Eclipse-Team]] mission to steal refined Energon from an [[Autobot]] installation on [[Earth]]. After he and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] snuck in through the sewers, Slugslinger disabled a protective energy fence and an Autobot attack drone. However, the Autobots had planned an ambush, and Slugslinger was shot down by [[Tow-Line (Energon)|Tow-Line]]. {{storylink|Energon Volume 3}}

===Force of Habit===
Slugslinger participated in a [[Decepticon]] attack on the ''[[Iron Hope]]'' during the [[Unicron Singularity]] crisis. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===Energon===
[[Image:Eslugslinger.gif|right|180px|thumb|If the Bat wants to play, we'll play!]]
*'''Slugslinger''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: Slugslinger transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter with two nosecones. His fuselage splits to reveal a spring-loaded missile launcher for "Hyper Mode", which can also be deployed over his shoulder in robot mode. This toy is—of course—an [[Homage|homage]] to the [[Slugslinger (G1)|Generation 1 Decepticon of the same name]].

: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] to make the ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Airazor (BW)#Club07|Chromia 10 Pilot]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Slugslinger/slugslinger.htm More info on Slugslinger at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Slugslinger's original face sculpt was deemed not mean-looking enough by [[Hasbro]]. [[Takara]] resculpted only one side, giving the toy its distinctive "Two-Face" look.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Storm Jet''' (ストームジェット ''Sutōmu Jetto'')

[[Category:Energon Decepticons]]

Slugslinger (Energon)

2011-11-14T08:15:50Z

68.101.161.169: /* Energon comic */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Slugslinger}}
:''Slugslinger is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Slugslinger-energon-tradingcard.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!"]]
Crude and obnoxious, '''Slugslinger''' doesn't care whether he's annoying Autobots or his fellow Decepticons. His skill as a gunfighter and as a pilot is valuable enough for the Decepticons to want him around despite his personality, but just barely.

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' comic===
Slugslinger and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] were assigned by [[Alpha Quintesson]] to join [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (who had been recently reformatted from Tidal Wave) on a mission to abduct [[Kicker Jones]] and beat up on the [[Omnicon|Omnicons]]. Slugslinger and the team were forced to retreat. He also counts himself as a specialist in the 'Department of Pain'. {{storylink|Multiplicity}}

Later, Slugslinger was one of three Decepticons assigned to attack [[Ocean City]]. He failed as miserably as his competitors did, but when it came time to defend his failure to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], his lies were so cunning, so audacious, that he earned a measure of his leader's respect. Megatron promoted him on the spot. {{storylink|Perspective}}''Italic text perspective is a short story which'' "takes place outside of regular Energon continuity" ''Italic text probably because there is nothing which indicates when or if Slugslinger ceased working for Alpha Quintesson and began working for Megatron''

===''Energon'' pack-in comic===
Slugslinger was part of an [[Eclipse-Team]] mission to steal refined Energon from an [[Autobot]] installation on [[Earth]]. After he and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] snuck in through the sewers, Slugslinger disabled a protective energy fence and an Autobot attack drone. However, the Autobots had planned an ambush, and Slugslinger was shot down by [[Tow-Line (Energon)|Tow-Line]]. {{storylink|Energon Volume 3}}

===Force of Habit===
Slugslinger participated in a [[Decepticon]] attack on the ''[[Iron Hope]]'' during the [[Unicron Singularity]] crisis. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===Energon===
[[Image:Eslugslinger.gif|right|180px|thumb|If the Bat wants to play, we'll play!]]
*'''Slugslinger''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: Slugslinger transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter with two nosecones. His fuselage splits to reveal a spring-loaded missile launcher for "Hyper Mode", which can also be deployed over his shoulder in robot mode. This toy is—of course—an [[Homage|homage]] to the [[Slugslinger (G1)|Generation 1 Decepticon of the same name]].

: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] to make the ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Airazor (BW)#Club07|Chromia 10 Pilot]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Slugslinger/slugslinger.htm More info on Slugslinger at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Slugslinger's original face sculpt was deemed not mean-looking enough by [[Hasbro]]. [[Takara]] resculpted only one side, giving the toy its distinctive "Two-Face" look.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Storm Jet''' (ストームジェット ''Sutōmu Jetto'')

[[Category:Energon Decepticons]]

Slugslinger (Energon)

2011-11-14T08:14:17Z

68.101.161.169: /* Energon comic */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Slugslinger}}
:''Slugslinger is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Slugslinger-energon-tradingcard.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!"]]
Crude and obnoxious, '''Slugslinger''' doesn't care whether he's annoying Autobots or his fellow Decepticons. His skill as a gunfighter and as a pilot is valuable enough for the Decepticons to want him around despite his personality, but just barely.

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' comic===
Slugslinger and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] were assigned by [[Alpha Quintesson]] to join [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (who had been recently reformatted from Tidal Wave) on a mission to abduct [[Kicker Jones]] and beat up on the [[Omnicon|Omnicons]]. Slugslinger and the team were forced to retreat. He also counts himself as a specialist in the 'Department of Pain'. {{storylink|Multiplicity}}

Later, Slugslinger was one of three Decepticons assigned to attack [[Ocean City]]. He failed as miserably as his competitors did, but when it came time to defend his failure to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], his lies were so cunning, so audacious, that he earned a measure of his leader's respect. Megatron promoted him on the spot. {{storylink|Perspective}}''Italic text this is a short story which'' "takes place outside of regular Energon continuity" ''Italic text probably because there is nothing which indicates when or if Slugslinger ceased working for Alpha Quintesson and began working for Megatron''

===''Energon'' pack-in comic===
Slugslinger was part of an [[Eclipse-Team]] mission to steal refined Energon from an [[Autobot]] installation on [[Earth]]. After he and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] snuck in through the sewers, Slugslinger disabled a protective energy fence and an Autobot attack drone. However, the Autobots had planned an ambush, and Slugslinger was shot down by [[Tow-Line (Energon)|Tow-Line]]. {{storylink|Energon Volume 3}}

===Force of Habit===
Slugslinger participated in a [[Decepticon]] attack on the ''[[Iron Hope]]'' during the [[Unicron Singularity]] crisis. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===Energon===
[[Image:Eslugslinger.gif|right|180px|thumb|If the Bat wants to play, we'll play!]]
*'''Slugslinger''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: Slugslinger transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter with two nosecones. His fuselage splits to reveal a spring-loaded missile launcher for "Hyper Mode", which can also be deployed over his shoulder in robot mode. This toy is—of course—an [[Homage|homage]] to the [[Slugslinger (G1)|Generation 1 Decepticon of the same name]].

: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] to make the ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Airazor (BW)#Club07|Chromia 10 Pilot]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Slugslinger/slugslinger.htm More info on Slugslinger at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Slugslinger's original face sculpt was deemed not mean-looking enough by [[Hasbro]]. [[Takara]] resculpted only one side, giving the toy its distinctive "Two-Face" look.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Storm Jet''' (ストームジェット ''Sutōmu Jetto'')

[[Category:Energon Decepticons]]

Night of the Combaticons

2011-11-08T10:29:35Z

68.101.161.169: /* Items of note */

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave) |''The Transformers:<br />Generation One'']] #1
|prev=Generation One issue 0
|next=Black Sunshine
|title="Night of the Combaticons"
|image=G1 Vol.3 Issue1 1.jpg
|caption="Well, I'm just Prime."
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[February 24]], 2004
|coverdate=January, 2004
|story=[[Brad Mick]]
|pencils=[[Don Figueroa]]
|inks=[[Elaine To]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]], [[Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters=[[Ben Lee]]
|chronology=[[Dreamwave timeline|Modern era]]
|continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave continuity]]
}}
'''Bruticus is unleashed on Earth by Starscream, while on Cybertron, something far deadlier awakens.'''

==Synopsis==
In [[Oregon]], Starscream basks in victory, lamenting how Megatron is unavailable to witness Starscream's defeat of the Autobots. Jazz interrupts Starscream's celebration, but Bruticus squeezes Jazz into silence. Counting the bodies of his defeated foes, Starscream notices the absence of Ratchet and Brawn.

The two remaining Autobots, damaged after the fight, race back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. But due to a malfunction, the two have to dance around shots fired from the Ark's haywire defense systems. A quick drive-by from Brawn allows Ratchet to stumble inside, but leaves Brawn staring directly into one of the cannons.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Runabout and Runamuck have fun burning [[Mini-spies]] as they raid one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s laboratories. Stumbling into a room full of containers full of inactive Transformer bodies, Runamuck's interest is drawn to one chamber glowing very brightly. While Runamuck peers inside the chamber, a hand suddenly reaches out and grabs his neck. Outside, Runabout suddenly feels fatigued and falls in the presence of the same glowing hand. Praying to the [[Oracle Tank|Oracle]] for inspiration, the unleashed, radiant figure congeals a large orb of energy around himself and bursts out of the lab into space.

Inside the Ark, Brawn wipes off the frothy, white coolant that Ratchet sprayed in his face to mask Brawn from the malfunctioning auto-guns. Joking with Ratchet about the close call, the two notice the defeated Decepticons who were earlier stashed in one of the Ark's prisons. Passing the captives, the two radio for assistance as Bruticus proceeds to tear into the Ark's defenses, ripping right into the cells where the Decepticons were being held.

Bumblebee receives Brawn's distress call while en route to [[Earth]] with a small crew in the Autobot ship ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''. Brawn recaps how each faction on Earth had captured most of the other faction. When the signal is cut, Bumblebee orders hyperthrusters engaged.

The transmission was halted by a large piece of metal paneling wedged into the computer by Bruticus. Brawn throws the panel back into Bruticus' face as Ratchet activates the Ark's self-destruct sequence. The two are blown out of the Ark, astonished that Bruticus survived the destruction. Starscream blasts the two Autobots out of commission and berates the Combaticons for the destruction of the Ark.

Just outside of Earth, the ''Orion'' pulls itself out of orbit, only to find almost colliding with the radiant figure who escaped Shockwave's lab: the glorious [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (2)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (3)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (4)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (5)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (7)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (8)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (9)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (17)
* [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] (18)
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (19)
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (20)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (21)
|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (6)
* [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (10)
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (11)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (12)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (13)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (14)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (15)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (22)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (23)
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (24)
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (25)
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (26)
* [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] (27)
}}

==Quotes==
Quotes needed.

==Items of note==
[[Image:NightoftheCombaticons-MagnificusSoundblasterRicochet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|MISB]]
* Much happened between this issue and the [[War and Peace|previous series]]. Portions of the gap are described eventually—most of the attack on the Autobots is recapped by Brawn, and the return of the Decepticons to Earth is expanded on in the [[Black Sunshine|next issue]].
* Starscream's imagined attire which he sees in his reflection and portions of his dialog are lifted from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* Language on Starscream's HUD reads sideways (and mirrored), "the eye", "Cliffjumper", and "Red Alert". However, Shockwave, Red Alert, and Cliffjumper are not on the same planet as Starscream at the time, so it may be an error.
- a guess from a different contributor I believe "the eye" may be part of "Transformers more that meets the eye" - I can see some more corresponding letters on his HUD
* Brawn has fuzzy dice in his cabin.
* Shockwave's laboratory contains a clone of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s body—but in the colors of [[Diaclone]] Powered Convoy/Movie Preview Magnus. The other tanks contain clones of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] ([[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]]), [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] ([[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]), [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (in [[Microman]] colors, which would later be labeled [[Magnificus (G1)|Magnificus]]) and Jazz ([[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]]).
* The back door that Brawn and Ratchet run out of after activating the ''Ark'''s self-destruct sequence is reminiscent of the doors installed by the [[Maximal|Maximals]] when they took up residence in the ''Ark'' during third season of the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]]. It even has half of a Maximal symbol on it.
* Bruticus' HUD reads "Megatron, I reserv (?) Vector Sigma."
* The Autobot [[Orion|Supply Vessel ''Orion'']] is identical to [[Galaxy Shuttle]].
* Brawn attaches a protective faceplate, which makes him closer resemble his original toy.
* The "[[Wavelengths]]" page has an article from the desk of [[Rob Ruffolo]].
* Instead of reader mail, the "Prime Transmissions" section contained the results of the Dreamwave Student Artist Search contest, won by Apollo Okamura.

===Covers (6)===
* "Heavy Metal War" double-page cover
* Regular cover with Bruticus grabbing Jazz, art by [[Don Figueroa]]
* Dealer incentive variant featuring Sunstorm; Retailers could purchase one version of this cover for every 25 regular covers ordered
* [[Unofficial conventions|Transformerscon]] exclusive cover, featuring the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] raining from the sky
* [[Dynamic Forces]] exclusive cover, limited to 2500 copies. Also a gold foil cover (title and laser blasts in foil), limited to 1000 copies.
* Silver Snail exclusive with art by a ghost artist (credited to [[Pat Lee]]), limited to 1000 copies

<center><gallery>
Image:G1 Vol.3 Issue1 1 full.jpg|Full wraparound cover
Image:G1 Vol.3 Issue1 2.jpg|Bruticus cover
Image:G1 Vol.3 Issue1 DI.jpg|Dealer Incentive cover
Image:transv3_issue1_convention.jpg|Transformerscon cover
Image:transv3_issue1_dforces_foil.jpg|Dynamic Forces gold foil cover
Image:transv3_issue1-silversnail.jpg|Silver Snail cover
</gallery></center>

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