Stormbringer issue 4

2006-11-30T05:49:39Z

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Thunderwing returns to Cybertron. The Predacons prepare to nuke Cybertron in order to destroy Thunderwing. The wreckers fight alongside the predacons until the nuke is ready. Jetfire learns that the more Ultra Energon Thunderwing uses the quicker is runs out. Optimus begins blasting Thunderwing until he runs out of energon and dies. Optimus then begins heading for earth after learning that there is more ultra energon on earth, which is interesting because he had just received a call from Prowl on earth asking for help.<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Infiltration issue 5

2006-11-30T05:30:06Z

68.190.81.14: /* Synopsis */

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'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[EJ Su]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Tom B. Long]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[John Rauch]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor]]<br>

*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Ratchet (G1)#IDW_Comics_continuity|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee_(G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Blitzwing_(G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Skywarp_(G1)|Skywarp]], [[Hunter O'Nion]], [[Jimmy Pink]], [[Verity Carlo]], [[Megatron_(G1)|Megatron]], [[Starscream_%28G1%29#IDW_Comics_continuity|Starscream]], [[Astrotrain]], [[Prowl_(G1)#IDW_Comics|Prowl]], [[Ironhide_(G1)|Ironhide]]
*''Originally published:'' May, 2006

== Synopsis ==

Megatron arrives on Earth and starts bringing his wayward Decepticons into line.

== Errors ==

* None identified yet.

== Items of note ==

[[Category:IDW issues]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Infiltration issue 1

2006-11-30T05:29:07Z

68.190.81.14: /* Synopsis */

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'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[EJ Su]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Robbie Robbins]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[John Rauch]] with [[Josh Burcham]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Dan Taylor]]<br>

*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Hunter O'Nion]], [[Ratchet (G1)#IDW_Comics_continuity|Ratchet]], [[Verity Carlo]], [[Runabout_(G1)#IDW_Generation_1_Comics|Runabout]], [[Runamuck_(G1)#IDW_Generation_1_Comics|Runamuck]], [[Thundercracker_%28G1%29|Thundercracker]], [[Ironhide_(G1)|Ironhide]], [[Jimmy Pink]]
*''Originally published:'' January, 2006

== Synopsis ==

Verity, Hunter and Ratchet go on the run from Thundercracker and the Battlechargers, temporarily hiding at Jimmy Pink's garage.

== Errors ==

* None yet identified.

== Items of Note ==

[[Category:IDW issues]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Thunderwing (G1)

2006-11-26T00:35:15Z

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:''Thunderwing is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[image:Thunderwingboxart.jpg|right|300px|thumbnail|It's some gooood box-art that makes his teeny inner robot look not-crappy.]]

Like many Decepticon leaders, '''Thunderwing''' strikes a delicate balance between calm composure and explosive rage. Thunderwing wants to be admired and respected by his subordinates, but all too often he can be caught in a consuming obsession that leads him down the irreversible path of darkness.

''French-Canadian name'': '''Aérofoudre'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:ThunderwingComic.jpg|left|thumbnail|Si, Senior.]]

''One of Thunderwing's first actions on taking over Decepticon leadership was to abolish neutral territories, making places such as [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] Decepticon-only establishments.''

Thunderwing first appeared (in the US comics) in issue #60 (Yesterday's Heroes) when he orders [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s "[[Mayhem Attack Squad]]" (which consists of Bludgeon, [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and [[Stranglehold (G1)|Stranglehold]]) to find and kill the Autobot Pretenders.

At the beginning of the [[Matrix Quest]], Thunderwing began to take matters into his own hands. After learning of the Matrix from some captured Autobots, he realized that it was the key to power beyond comprehension. His obsession with finding the Creation Matrix caused some concerns for the Decepticons under his command (as they did not know of the Matrix's true power), he even attacked his own troops when accused of taking his personal quest too far.

It was at this time that Thunderwing revealed that he was one of the select few Transformers, and indeed, the only Decepticon, to possess a natural affinity for the Matrix. He was one of the very few who could actually use the powers of The Matrix.

After forming a psychic link with an immense whale-like alien called a [[Kludd]] whom had been restored from the brink of extinction by the Matrix's power, Thunderwing learned where the Matrix was last seen: the third moon of [[Cameron]]. Thunderwing immediately set out to retrieve it, much to the disapproval of his troops.

As it would happen, between the revival of the Kludd and the arrival of Thunderwing, The Creation Matrix had become warped. A dying alien "[[Deathbringer]]" had touched the Matrix, and was fully healed and recreated by its power. This malevolent entity gave The Matrix its first taste of evil. Later, another creature found the Matrix: a parasitic insect which existed purely to kill and destroy. The Matrix, now quite fascinated by the nature of darkness, restored and improved the creature, considering it to be the single most evil creature it had ever seen. This new creature was referred to as the [[Matrix Spawn]] and would serve as its vessel.

Meanwhile, the Autobot Pretenders, having escaped from the Mayhem Attack Squad, arrived on Cameron after hearing the reports of a research team on that moon. The researchers had discovered an incredible power source inside [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s old body -- shortly before being slaughtered by the Matrix Spawn creature. The Autobots could only assume that the described "power source" was the Creation Matrix.

When Thunderwing arrived on Cameron, he attacked the Autobot Pretenders. The battle was pre-empted by the arrival of the Matrix Spawn however. Thunderwing, possessing a natural affinity for The Matrix, managed to catch The Spawn off guard, causing it to flee with Thunderwing in pursuit.

The Spawn fled straight to the Matrix, where it met Thunderwing in mortal combat. The Spawn was defeated, and the Matrix was Thunderwing's prize.

[[Image:Thunderwing_with_matrix.jpg|right|thumb|I HAVE THE POWERRRRR!.]]In the final issue of the Matrix Quest mini-series, Thunderwing, using his new found power as a result of having the Matrix, moved to the [[Ark]] with the intention of destroying the Autobots.

After nearly beating Optimus Prime to death with his bare hands, the other Decepticons under Thunderwing's command realized how completely Thunderwing had fallen, and turned against him. After being damaged by one of the Pretenders, the true scope of relationship between The Matrix and Thunderwing was revealed. The Matrix's newly found evil influence was even enough to dwarf Thunderwing's own judgement, and was controlling him!

After Thunderwing (or "The Vessel" as the Matrix called him) was damaged, The Matrix manifested itself as an immense spectral demon. This new entity proved to be too much for both Autobots and Decepticons to handle. After seeing what he had become, Thunderwing struggled to break free of The Matrix's control. While the Thunderwing/Matrix demon was distracted, the course of the battle shifted.

During the turmoil, the Autobots who had been captured by Thunderwing earlier in the Matrix Quest story-line had gotten free. [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] managed to fire the Decepticon ship's grappling hook into Thunderwing's shoulder. They then launched the ship out of the Ark, and detonated it, apparently destroying both Thunderwing and the Matrix. This saved all the Transformers on board, but left no method for defending themselves from the coming threat of [[Unicron]]

Only when Unicron finally arrived on Cybertron, did The Corrupted Matrix and Thunderwing reappear. Despite now being corrupted and enraptured by the nature of darkness, The Matrix was created to destroy Unicron. It could not deny this aspect of its existence.

Sensing its ancient nemesis, The Matrix rebuilt Thunderwing, who promptly sped to Cybertron. Unfortunately, ''because'' the Matrix was now a product of evil, it had no effect upon Unicron, who destroyed the Decepticon completely with a massive burst of energy, ending Thunderwing's career permanently.

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
An alternate version of Thunderwing appeared briefly as one of [[Unicron]]'s heralds, along with [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. He was blown up when [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] detonated the Decepticon headquarters that they had taken over.

=== IDW comics continuity ===
[[Image:Thunderwingwhathaveyoudone.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Moral of ''Stormbringer'': Pretenders ruined ''Transformers''.]]Seven hundred years ago, during the height of the Autobot-Decepticon war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Thunderwing was a Decepticon scientist who alerted both sides to the damage that the ongoing conflict was doing to their planet and the resultant danger of an impending catastrophic event. According to [[Bludgeon_(G1)|Bludgeon]], his warnings were ignored, even by [[Jetfire_(G1)|Jetfire]].

Subsequently, Thunderwing took action on his own, subjecting himself to a "grafting" process of his own design, one that had previously been summarily rejected by Megatron as "unnatural" and "ill-concieved." This process, of grafting tissue culled from living subjects onto a Transformer to create an armored symbiotic carapace, somehow also appears to have made him the avatar of the very apocalypse he had warned against. The process drove Thunderwing insane but made him invulnerable; even the combined might of the Autobots and Decepticons coudn't stop him. In the end, he was swallowed whole by Cybertron itself, leaving the planet completely uninhabitable.

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When [[Shockwave]] went missing, Megatron assigned Bludgeon to dig into his research and find out what he was up to. An indeterminate time later, Thunderwing's resting place was discovered by a group of Decepticons led by Bludgeon, who planned to continue where Thunderwing left off. The project was completed in the present day, using a combinaton of "[[Ultra Energon]]" (culled from Shockwave's research) and a set of imprinted commands. Thunderwing was thus resurrected, and immediately departed for [[Nebulos]] following Bludgeon's plans to sacrifice that world to somehow restore Cybertron. There, Thunderwing was engaged by the Decepticon Infiltration team in place, which did not want to see Nebulos completely destroyed. After Thunderwing totalled [[Crankcase]], [[Ruckus]], and [[Roadgrabber]], the survivors, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], [[Darkwing]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], abandoned the planet, leaving Thunderwing alone. However, after the destruction of Bludgeon's control harness, Thunderwing changed course - back towards Cybertron. There he revealed a third "Ultra" robot configuration. Thanks to the [[Wreckers]], the Decepticons, a speech from Optimus Prime, and the instability of Ultra Energon, he was stopped dead in his tracks. Presumably his innanimate form was taken into custody by the Autobots. {{storylink|Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Thunderwing''' (Mega Pretender, 1989)

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Black Shadow]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Thunderwing/thunderwing.htm Thunderwing at TFU.info]

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Talk:Fortress Maximus (G1)

2006-10-13T20:45:41Z