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Death's Head (G1)

2013-12-07T05:01:20Z

Jack-Pumpkinhead:

{{factions|unicron}}
{{disambig2|the <s>bounty hunter</s> freelance peacekeeping agent from Generation 1|the starship from ''Animated''|Death's Head (Animated)}}
:''Death's Head is a <s>bounty hunter</s> freelance peacekeeping agent from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]], yes?''

[[File:Deathshead113heardofme.jpg|300px|thumb|Said I was handsome, right?]]

Hrn. '''Death's Head''' is the name. I'm a "Freelance Peacekeeping Agent". Some call me a "bounty hunter," but never twice, yes? Handsome, resourceful, deadly—all words used to describe me. Modest too, eh? In the past I've been accused of ending statements as questions.<ref>This happened in an interview with Death's Head and Simon Furman(!) in issue 13 of ''Strip Magazine''. (As in "Comic Strip Magazine"—sheesh, get your minds out of the gutter.)</ref> Never could understand why, right?

Learned a long time ago that if a mechanoid is to survive in this life, you've got to respect the economy. Money is everything. Still, it's also nice to enjoy one's job, yes? Use a wide range of weapons, most of which (unlike my plasma rifle) I can use in place of my right hand. Missiles, [[titanium shott blaster]]—but sometimes it's just more satisfying to use a good old-fashioned axe, hrn?

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel UK====
[[File:Deathshead113bartab.jpg|left|thumb|One must always settle one's tab, eh?]]

First got involved with the Transformers on [[Elpasos]], around Earthdate 2007, yes? Mission 531, according to my log. Was just picking up some oil when I noticed a bounty on the head of some mechanoid named [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. [[Elpasos barkeep|Bartender]] filled me in on the details. An Autobot named [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]<ref>Death's Head never met Optimus Prime, so Rodimus Prime is '''his''' Prime.</ref> had put a 10,000-[[Shanix]] reward on the Decepticon's head. Lot of money, hrm? So I settled my account with the bar and went after the two Decepticons most likely to know Galvatron's whereabouts—his lieutenants, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]].

Scourge quickly learned he shouldn't call me a bounty hunter, thanks to my plasma rifle.

Cyclonus decided he'd rather talk and told me where to find Galvatron. Wasn't long before I was using the Decepticon leader's time travel platform to transport myself to 1987, eh? Time jump-displaced [[First Aid (G1)|some Autobot]] to limbo during the [[Mass substitution|mass exchange]]. Also had to destroy his [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|companion.]] Didn't want any witnesses at that stage, right? {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

Information is always the first key to a mission. Knew '''when''' Galvatron was, needed to find out where. Who better than the local Decepticons? Gambled they'd be keeping track of a... hrn... loose cannon. Ambushed [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and beat the information out of him—had to down his [[Laserbeak (G1)|pet bird]] in the process. Good times, yes?

Should have known it wouldn't last, right?

[[File:Deathshead117laserbash.jpg|thumb|Ahh, yes. Definitely good times, no?]]

When I found Galvatron, he was in the throes of battle with Rodimus Prime. Hrn, hate it when a client decides he can do the job himself, eh? Usually means they don't intend to pay. Bad form, if you ask me. Allowed my annoyance with Prime to distract me—that let Galvatron blast me with his [[particle cannon]]. Sloppy. Had to retreat and make repairs. Cost me some precious time. {{storylink|Hunters}}

Still, some things never change—when I returned, Galvatron and Prime were at it again.<ref>Though Ultra Magnus and Death's Head were both big players in this ongoing arc, they never met. Instead, every time DH saw Galvatron, he was fighting Rodimus Prime. The closest Magnus and DH came to meeting was when the Freelance Peacekeeping Agent passed by Magnus' unconscious body during his initial retreat.</ref> Luckily Prime wasn't doing very well, so I finally had my chance against Galvatron, eh? Had better fights. Lost a very nice mace, then an arm to which I was particularly attached. Then [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] triggered a time jump, sending us all back to 2007, all except Galvatron. Turned out the Decepticon leader had prepared for such an eventuality and rigged his time jump trigger device so he couldn't be sent back forcibly.

[[File:Deathshead120armless.jpg|left|thumb|Ouch, yes?]]

Typical, yes? Would have simply extracted my lost fee from Rodimus Prime's hide then and there, if not for the garrison of Autobots waiting for us at the other end of the time jump. {{storylink|Fire on High!}}

Next time I dealt with the Transformers, I was working out of [[Scarvix]]. Some stinky little peon named [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] walked into my office with an offer. Name couldn't have suited him better, eh? Still, his offer was enticing—10,000 Shanix to kill Rodimus Prime. Jumped at the chance. Revenge doesn't pay the bills, but it's a satisfying fringe benefit, yes?

Decepticons gave me free passage to Cybertron and pointed me in the right direction. What I didn't know at the time was that Decepticon commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was using me, right? I attacked Prime in one of his trenches and was moments from the killing blow, when the ground collapsed underneath us. Ended up in the sewers, yes? Hrn, worse than that, lost my trusty axe in the fall. Frustrating, right?

Still, [[titanium shott blaster]] would have done just as well, except moments before I could kill Prime, I was shot in the back by Scourge. Told you Shockwave was using me, eh? He tricked Cyclonus and Scourge into going after Prime too, hoping I'd eliminate them as well. And for free!

Shield took the brunt of the blow. Still, Prime got away in the process. Pursued him up a ladder, only to find he'd led me straight into Autobase, eh? Hate how he always does that. On the other hand, got to love his business acumen. Rather than throw me out, he sent me off with 10,000 Shanix in advance and a contract to kill Cyclonus and Scourge.<ref>This is the only time that Death's Head actually made any money in his dealings with the Transformers.</ref> {{storylink|Headhunt}}

[[File:Deathshead150unicronsmind.jpg|100px|thumb|Not good times, right?]]

Caught up with Cyclonus and Scourge New Year's Day, Earth Year 2008. Hrn. The events that followed were not pleasant, right? So much killing, for absolutely no profit.

[[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] was under the thrall of a giant head calling itself [[Unicron]]. The Junkions were busy trying to build their planet into Unicron's new body. Worse still, Unicron put Cyclonus, Scourge and myself under his thrall. Stopped me completing my contract, huh? Yes, those were unpleasant times. Unicron used me to kill the Decepticon leader at the time, Shockwave, and put Cyclonus and Scourge in charge as the new leaders of the Decepticons. Distasteful work, killing without profit. Especially against a foe who deserved better, right?

[[File:Deathshead151portaldash.jpg|left|thumb|Last time I had to deal with any Transformers, hrn?]]

Unicron was playing all the angles—had Cyclonus and Scourge start a campaign against the Autobots that neither side could win, huh? Even had the Junkions build a giant time portal so he'd be able to fetch Galvatron from the past to tie up that loose end.

The mental power of Unicron was incredible, yes? Once I was back on Junk, I was forced to fight Wreck-Gar. Have no particular liking for the Junkion—he's cost me my fee in the past—but I defied Unicron and allowed Wreck-Gar to escape. Punishment followed...but still, it was a small victory, eh?

Also realised a weakness in Unicron's control: The mind link he used to control me was a two-way street. Destroyed a couple of his Junkion stooges, forcing him to punish me and establish the link. This allowed an attack on the astral plane, psychically assaulting him. At the time, I thought that would even the odds. After all, he's just a big robot, right?

Hrn.

Sometimes even I can be a little bit wrong, yes?

Unicron's mind was unfathomable. Impossible to describe it—an infinite swirling miasma of...hrn, I'm not a poet, I'm a hired killer, right? Suffice to say, trying to comprehend him on the astral plane, let alone battle him, was beyond even my abilities. Unicron revealed the reason for it, too—turns out he was a '''dark god of chaos''' bent on destroying the entire universe. Some vendetta with the Transformers' planet or something. Which is why he's afraid of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], eh? No, I don't understand it either, and I was '''in''' Unicron's mind.

Still, the net result is that when Rodimus Prime attacked, we joined forces. Used the mindlink to let Prime attack Unicron directly—and shortly after that, I discovered that Wreck-Gar had planted enough explosives under Unicron to destroy him. Dark god or not, I knew he was finished. So did he, so he recalled Cyclonus and Scourge from Cybertron, and I saw a chance to complete my most recent contract, yes?

Only problem was that the explosives started a little sooner than expected, so I grabbed Cyclonus and Scourge and dived through the time portal with them. Kill them another time, hrn? Too bad it didn't work out that way. No idea what happened to Cyclonus and Scourge, but I ended up careening through the time vortex. Inconvenient, yes? {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

[[File:Deathshead151matrixholder.jpg|center|350px|thumb|Hrn. Haven't really got the hang of these funny captions on this wiki. Can't think of anything amusing to say here, yes?]]

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Getting blown through time portal not a pleasant experience, right? Spent some time ricocheting around the multiverse; ran into the Transformers again when I had a stop-over in another universe and bumped into [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]. Think I made an impression on him, yes? {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Impactor's Autopedia article}}

==Merchandise==
===Heroclix===

[[File:Heroclix-Deaths-Head.jpg|thumb| Pretty good likeness, yes? But what are all those numbers & paragraphs for?]]

Apparently, there is a game called Heroclix out there, yes? A recent set themed around [[Iron Man]] has finally had the sense to include me as a figure. Not bad, eh?

==Notes==
===Transformers notes===
Ahhh, my time with the Transformers, eh? Here's a few juicy tidbits about my relationship with them.

[[File:Deathshead147shockdeath.jpg|thumb|Why do the captions have to be funny anyway? Stupid policy, right? Not very informative.]]

*Turns out I was the centre of a difference between the Transformers reality chronicled by Marvel US and the reality chronicled by Marvel UK. Hrn. Alternate realities can be a pain. There was an Autobot who was always destined to die and be reborn as a mechanoid named [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]. In one reality, he was killed by some human team called [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. In the much more interesting timeline I was a part of, it was I who killed him. Clearly, this was the superior timeline, in that case, right?
*When fighting Transformers, I recommend a swift strike to the [[neural cluster]], eh? Weakest spot on any mechanoid from Cybertron.<ref>Death's Head tried to deliver just such a blow to Galvatron, only to have his mace blasted to atoms before he could do it.</ref>
*When I killed Shockwave, I did a thorough job. Even if I wasn't getting paid, huh? Transformers' brains are the key to their life—at least in the timeline I visited. Shockwave's was particularly large for a Transformer, but I still crushed it between thumb and forefinger, yes?
*Including Shockwave, killed only five Transformers in all my dealings with them, eh?
*Only ever got paid once by any Transformer, and I never finished that contract. Hrn. Dealing with them was a nightmare, right?

===External notes===
[[File:Deathshead113timejump.jpg|left|thumb|My first time jump. Who knew what I was getting myself into?]]

Hrm. What else to tell you about myself? So much of it has nothing to do with the Transformers, right? That's why I've separated it off into this additional segment.

*Was years later, give or take—it's tricky to judge actually when there's so much time travel involved—that I discovered my origin. Turns out I was originally built as a new body for some other-dimensional wizard named Lupex, right? His consort, Pyra, gave me a personality, so I'd kill Lupex. Parents. Typical, eh?
*Unicron's time gate left me flying through the [[wikia:tardis:Time Vortex|time vortex]] where I bumped, quite literally, into a miscreant being calling itself the [[Doctor]]. [[wikia:tardis:Death's Head|Had a few encounters with him]]: First he shrank me to human size, then he transported me to 8162 in a timeline without Transformers. Not all bad, right? More frustrating when he later dumped me on the roof of the Baxter Building.
*The [[Fantastic Four]] were just the first super heroes I met, eh? Iron Man 2020, She-Hulk, [[Thor]], [[Spider-Man]], even the original [[Iron Man]]. Met 'em all, no? Though according to this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieron_Gillen Kieron Gillen] chap, I actually met some of them before I went to the Transformers' universe.<ref>In Gillen's ''S.W.O.R.D.'' in 2009, we meet a Death's Head who is still Transformer-sized and picks up the term "freelance peacekeeper" from Hank McCoy.</ref> Why didn't I recognise them later, you ask? Can't remember ''everyone'' I beat up, yes? Be here all day.
*Hrn. Then there's the matter of that possible future (well, relatively speaking for a time traveller such as myself, right?) where I take over the body of the AIM-created monstrosity ''Minion'', becoming the cyborg some have dubbed Death's Head II. Let's...not talk of that further, eh?
*There's another possible future where I kill Minion and don't die myself. Much prefer that one, right?<ref>In ''What If?'' Volume 2, issue 54. The last Death's Head collaboration between Simon Furman and Geoff Senior, his creators. This is also the only Death's Head appearance where he uses his face tusks in battle.</ref>
*As to the comic books which have chronicled my exploits, nearly all my tales had been recounted by [[Simon Furman]], until his untimely death,<ref>Remember that interview we told you about? When both Furman and the interviewer stopped listening to DH, he killed Simon Furman, effectively ending the interview. We can only assume that the Simon Furman seen since that time is actually some sort of [[Cloning|clone]] or [[facsimile construct]].</ref> and the first artist to draw me was [[Geoff Senior]]. Marvel liked me so much that they published a one-page story about me (drawn by some fleshling named [[Bryan Hitch]]) in various Marvel mags to prevent [[Hasbro]] from securing the rights to my adventures. Have to admire that kind of mercenary cunning, right?
*There's reportedly a third creature called Death's Head out there. Hrn, they were a legion of alien robots that bothered the [[Hulk|Incredible Hulk]] on the planet Sakaar. On an alternate future Earth, one of these robots was bonded to a synthetic duplicate of the sentient energy-force known as the Uni-Power—he was Death's Head 3.0. Reportedly, he also understood the importance of freelance peacekeeping, yes? Apparently, his adventures were also penned by the fleshling known as Furman.
*Made a ''big'' impression on ''Transformers'' readers who became writers, you know? That Gillen says “if Impactor was our Jean Grey, Death's Head was our [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]”. (Obviously better than him, not all that weird hair, right?) That's why I just keep coming back, yes? <ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/18988-deaths-head-is-cool-yes-marvels-uk-import-poised-for-push.html Newsarama: "DEATH’S HEAD Is Cool, Yes? Marvel’s UK Import Poised for Push"], and as well as the X-Men comparison, Gillen adds "Who didn't love Death's Head? He was great."</ref>

==External links==
* [[wikia:c:Marveldatabase:Death's Head (Lupex)|Death's Head(s) at Marvel Database]]
* [[wikia:c:tardis:Death's Head|Death's Head at the ''Doctor Who'' wiki]]
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/deathsheadfpa.htm Death's Head I and II info at the Marvel Universe Appendix]

==Footnotes==
<references/>

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Death's Head (G1)

2013-12-07T04:58:43Z

Jack-Pumpkinhead:

{{factions|unicron}}
{{disambig2|the <s>bounty hunter</s> freelance peacekeeping agent from Generation 1|the starship from ''Animated''|Death's Head (Animated)}}
:''Death's Head is a <s>bounty hunter</s> freelance peacekeeping agent from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]], yes?''

[[File:Deathshead113heardofme.jpg|300px|thumb|Said I was handsome, right?]]

Hrn. '''Death's Head''' is the name. I'm a "Freelance Peacekeeping Agent". Some call me a "bounty hunter," but never twice, yes? Handsome, resourceful, deadly—all words used to describe me. Modest too, eh? In the past I've been accused of ending statements as questions.<ref>This happened in an interview with Death's Head and Simon Furman(!) in issue 13 of ''Strip Magazine''. (As in "Comic Strip Magazine"—sheesh, get your minds out of the gutter.)</ref> Never could understand why, right?

Learned a long time ago that if a mechanoid is to survive in this life, you've got to respect the economy. Money is everything. Still, it's also nice to enjoy one's job, yes? Use a wide range of weapons, most of which (unlike my plasma rifle) I can use in place of my right hand. Missiles, [[titanium shott blaster]]—but sometimes it's just more satisfying to use a good old-fashioned axe, hrn?

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel UK====
[[File:Deathshead113bartab.jpg|left|thumb|One must always settle one's tab, eh?]]

First got involved with the Transformers on [[Elpasos]], around Earthdate 2007, yes? Mission 531, according to my log. Was just picking up some oil when I noticed a bounty on the head of some mechanoid named [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. [[Elpasos barkeep|Bartender]] filled me in on the details. An Autobot named [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]<ref>Death's Head never met Optimus Prime, so Rodimus Prime is '''his''' Prime.</ref> had put a 10,000-[[Shanix]] reward on the Decepticon's head. Lot of money, hrm? So I settled my account with the bar and went after the two Decepticons most likely to know Galvatron's whereabouts—his lieutenants, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]].

Scourge quickly learned he shouldn't call me a bounty hunter, thanks to my plasma rifle.

Cyclonus decided he'd rather talk and told me where to find Galvatron. Wasn't long before I was using the Decepticon leader's time travel platform to transport myself to 1987, eh? Time jump-displaced [[First Aid (G1)|some Autobot]] to limbo during the [[Mass substitution|mass exchange]]. Also had to destroy his [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|companion.]] Didn't want any witnesses at that stage, right? {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

Information is always the first key to a mission. Knew '''when''' Galvatron was, needed to find out where. Who better than the local Decepticons? Gambled they'd be keeping track of a... hrn... loose cannon. Ambushed [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and beat the information out of him—had to down his [[Laserbeak (G1)|pet bird]] in the process. Good times, yes?

Should have known it wouldn't last, right?

[[File:Deathshead117laserbash.jpg|thumb|Ahh, yes. Definitely good times, no?]]

When I found Galvatron, he was in the throes of battle with Rodimus Prime. Hrn, hate it when a client decides he can do the job himself, eh? Usually means they don't intend to pay. Bad form, if you ask me. Allowed my annoyance with Prime to distract me—that let Galvatron blast me with his [[particle cannon]]. Sloppy. Had to retreat and make repairs. Cost me some precious time. {{storylink|Hunters}}

Still, some things never change—when I returned, Galvatron and Prime were at it again.<ref>Though Ultra Magnus and Death's Head were both big players in this ongoing arc, they never met. Instead, every time DH saw Galvatron, he was fighting Rodimus Prime. The closest Magnus and DH came to meeting was when the Freelance Peacekeeping Agent passed by Magnus' unconscious body during his initial retreat.</ref> Luckily Prime wasn't doing very well, so I finally had my chance against Galvatron, eh? Had better fights. Lost a very nice mace, then an arm to which I was particularly attached. Then [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] triggered a time jump, sending us all back to 2007, all except Galvatron. Turned out the Decepticon leader had prepared for such an eventuality and rigged his time jump trigger device so he couldn't be sent back forcibly.

[[File:Deathshead120armless.jpg|left|thumb|Ouch, yes?]]

Typical, yes? Would have simply extracted my lost fee from Rodimus Prime's hide then and there, if not for the garrison of Autobots waiting for us at the other end of the time jump. {{storylink|Fire on High!}}

Next time I dealt with the Transformers, I was working out of [[Scarvix]]. Some stinky little peon named [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] walked into my office with an offer. Name couldn't have suited him better, eh? Still, his offer was enticing—10,000 Shanix to kill Rodimus Prime. Jumped at the chance. Revenge doesn't pay the bills, but it's a satisfying fringe benefit, yes?

Decepticons gave me free passage to Cybertron and pointed me in the right direction. What I didn't know at the time was that Decepticon commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was using me, right? I attacked Prime in one of his trenches and was moments from the killing blow, when the ground collapsed underneath us. Ended up in the sewers, yes? Hrn, worse than that, lost my trusty axe in the fall. Frustrating, right?

Still, [[titanium shott blaster]] would have done just as well, except moments before I could kill Prime, I was shot in the back by Scourge. Told you Shockwave was using me, eh? He tricked Cyclonus and Scourge into going after Prime too, hoping I'd eliminate them as well. And for free!

Shield took the brunt of the blow. Still, Prime got away in the process. Pursued him up a ladder, only to find he'd led me straight into Autobase, eh? Hate how he always does that. On the other hand, got to love his business acumen. Rather than throw me out, he sent me off with 10,000 Shanix in advance and a contract to kill Cyclonus and Scourge.<ref>This is the only time that Death's Head actually made any money in his dealings with the Transformers.</ref> {{storylink|Headhunt}}

[[File:Deathshead150unicronsmind.jpg|100px|thumb|Not good times, right?]]

Caught up with Cyclonus and Scourge New Year's Day, Earth Year 2008. Hrn. The events that followed were not pleasant, right? So much killing, for absolutely no profit.

[[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] was under the thrall of a giant head calling itself [[Unicron]]. The Junkions were busy trying to build their planet into Unicron's new body. Worse still, Unicron put Cyclonus, Scourge and myself under his thrall. Stopped me completing my contract, huh? Yes, those were unpleasant times. Unicron used me to kill the Decepticon leader at the time, Shockwave, and put Cyclonus and Scourge in charge as the new leaders of the Decepticons. Distasteful work, killing without profit. Especially against a foe who deserved better, right?

[[File:Deathshead151portaldash.jpg|left|thumb|Last time I had to deal with any Transformers, hrn?]]

Unicron was playing all the angles—had Cyclonus and Scourge start a campaign against the Autobots that neither side could win, huh? Even had the Junkions build a giant time portal so he'd be able to fetch Galvatron from the past to tie up that loose end.

The mental power of Unicron was incredible, yes? Once I was back on Junk, I was forced to fight Wreck-Gar. Have no particular liking for the Junkion—he's cost me my fee in the past—but I defied Unicron and allowed Wreck-Gar to escape. Punishment followed...but still, it was a small victory, eh?

Also realised a weakness in Unicron's control: The mind link he used to control me was a two-way street. Destroyed a couple of his Junkion stooges, forcing him to punish me and establish the link. This allowed an attack on the astral plane, psychically assaulting him. At the time, I thought that would even the odds. After all, he's just a big robot, right?

Hrn.

Sometimes even I can be a little bit wrong, yes?

Unicron's mind was unfathomable. Impossible to describe it—an infinite swirling miasma of...hrn, I'm not a poet, I'm a hired killer, right? Suffice to say, trying to comprehend him on the astral plane, let alone battle him, was beyond even my abilities. Unicron revealed the reason for it, too—turns out he was a '''dark god of chaos''' bent on destroying the entire universe. Some vendetta with the Transformers' planet or something. Which is why he's afraid of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], eh? No, I don't understand it either, and I was '''in''' Unicron's mind.

Still, the net result is that when Rodimus Prime attacked, we joined forces. Used the mindlink to let Prime attack Unicron directly—and shortly after that, I discovered that Wreck-Gar had planted enough explosives under Unicron to destroy him. Dark god or not, I knew he was finished. So did he, so he recalled Cyclonus and Scourge from Cybertron, and I saw a chance to complete my most recent contract, yes?

Only problem was that the explosives started a little sooner than expected, so I grabbed Cyclonus and Scourge and dived through the time portal with them. Kill them another time, hrn? Too bad it didn't work out that way. No idea what happened to Cyclonus and Scourge, but I ended up careening through the time vortex. Inconvenient, yes? {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

[[File:Deathshead151matrixholder.jpg|center|350px|thumb|Hrn. Haven't really got the hang of these funny captions on this wiki. Can't think of anything amusing to say here, yes?]]

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Getting blown through time portal not a pleasant experience, right? Spent some time ricocheting around the multiverse; ran into the Transformers again when I had a stop-over in another universe and bumped into [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]. Think I made an impression on him, yes? {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Impactor's Autopedia article}}

==Merchandise==
===Heroclix===
Apparently, there is a game called Heroclix out there, yes? A recent set themed around [[Iron Man]] has finally had the sense to include me as a figure. Not bad, eh?

[[File:Heroclix-Deaths-Head.jpg|thumb| Pretty good likeness, yes? But what are all those numbers & paragraphs for?]]

==Notes==
===Transformers notes===
Ahhh, my time with the Transformers, eh? Here's a few juicy tidbits about my relationship with them.

[[File:Deathshead147shockdeath.jpg|thumb|Why do the captions have to be funny anyway? Stupid policy, right? Not very informative.]]

*Turns out I was the centre of a difference between the Transformers reality chronicled by Marvel US and the reality chronicled by Marvel UK. Hrn. Alternate realities can be a pain. There was an Autobot who was always destined to die and be reborn as a mechanoid named [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]. In one reality, he was killed by some human team called [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. In the much more interesting timeline I was a part of, it was I who killed him. Clearly, this was the superior timeline, in that case, right?
*When fighting Transformers, I recommend a swift strike to the [[neural cluster]], eh? Weakest spot on any mechanoid from Cybertron.<ref>Death's Head tried to deliver just such a blow to Galvatron, only to have his mace blasted to atoms before he could do it.</ref>
*When I killed Shockwave, I did a thorough job. Even if I wasn't getting paid, huh? Transformers' brains are the key to their life—at least in the timeline I visited. Shockwave's was particularly large for a Transformer, but I still crushed it between thumb and forefinger, yes?
*Including Shockwave, killed only five Transformers in all my dealings with them, eh?
*Only ever got paid once by any Transformer, and I never finished that contract. Hrn. Dealing with them was a nightmare, right?

===External notes===
[[File:Deathshead113timejump.jpg|left|thumb|My first time jump. Who knew what I was getting myself into?]]

Hrm. What else to tell you about myself? So much of it has nothing to do with the Transformers, right? That's why I've separated it off into this additional segment.

*Was years later, give or take—it's tricky to judge actually when there's so much time travel involved—that I discovered my origin. Turns out I was originally built as a new body for some other-dimensional wizard named Lupex, right? His consort, Pyra, gave me a personality, so I'd kill Lupex. Parents. Typical, eh?
*Unicron's time gate left me flying through the [[wikia:tardis:Time Vortex|time vortex]] where I bumped, quite literally, into a miscreant being calling itself the [[Doctor]]. [[wikia:tardis:Death's Head|Had a few encounters with him]]: First he shrank me to human size, then he transported me to 8162 in a timeline without Transformers. Not all bad, right? More frustrating when he later dumped me on the roof of the Baxter Building.
*The [[Fantastic Four]] were just the first super heroes I met, eh? Iron Man 2020, She-Hulk, [[Thor]], [[Spider-Man]], even the original [[Iron Man]]. Met 'em all, no? Though according to this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieron_Gillen Kieron Gillen] chap, I actually met some of them before I went to the Transformers' universe.<ref>In Gillen's ''S.W.O.R.D.'' in 2009, we meet a Death's Head who is still Transformer-sized and picks up the term "freelance peacekeeper" from Hank McCoy.</ref> Why didn't I recognise them later, you ask? Can't remember ''everyone'' I beat up, yes? Be here all day.
*Hrn. Then there's the matter of that possible future (well, relatively speaking for a time traveller such as myself, right?) where I take over the body of the AIM-created monstrosity ''Minion'', becoming the cyborg some have dubbed Death's Head II. Let's...not talk of that further, eh?
*There's another possible future where I kill Minion and don't die myself. Much prefer that one, right?<ref>In ''What If?'' Volume 2, issue 54. The last Death's Head collaboration between Simon Furman and Geoff Senior, his creators. This is also the only Death's Head appearance where he uses his face tusks in battle.</ref>
*As to the comic books which have chronicled my exploits, nearly all my tales had been recounted by [[Simon Furman]], until his untimely death,<ref>Remember that interview we told you about? When both Furman and the interviewer stopped listening to DH, he killed Simon Furman, effectively ending the interview. We can only assume that the Simon Furman seen since that time is actually some sort of [[Cloning|clone]] or [[facsimile construct]].</ref> and the first artist to draw me was [[Geoff Senior]]. Marvel liked me so much that they published a one-page story about me (drawn by some fleshling named [[Bryan Hitch]]) in various Marvel mags to prevent [[Hasbro]] from securing the rights to my adventures. Have to admire that kind of mercenary cunning, right?
*There's reportedly a third creature called Death's Head out there. Hrn, they were a legion of alien robots that bothered the [[Hulk|Incredible Hulk]] on the planet Sakaar. On an alternate future Earth, one of these robots was bonded to a synthetic duplicate of the sentient energy-force known as the Uni-Power—he was Death's Head 3.0. Reportedly, he also understood the importance of freelance peacekeeping, yes? Apparently, his adventures were also penned by the fleshling known as Furman.
*Made a ''big'' impression on ''Transformers'' readers who became writers, you know? That Gillen says “if Impactor was our Jean Grey, Death's Head was our [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]”. (Obviously better than him, not all that weird hair, right?) That's why I just keep coming back, yes? <ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/18988-deaths-head-is-cool-yes-marvels-uk-import-poised-for-push.html Newsarama: "DEATH’S HEAD Is Cool, Yes? Marvel’s UK Import Poised for Push"], and as well as the X-Men comparison, Gillen adds "Who didn't love Death's Head? He was great."</ref>

==External links==
* [[wikia:c:Marveldatabase:Death's Head (Lupex)|Death's Head(s) at Marvel Database]]
* [[wikia:c:tardis:Death's Head|Death's Head at the ''Doctor Who'' wiki]]
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/deathsheadfpa.htm Death's Head I and II info at the Marvel Universe Appendix]

==Footnotes==
<references/>

[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:Marvel properties]]
[[Category:Robots]]

Death's Head (G1)

2013-12-07T04:53:32Z

Jack-Pumpkinhead: I feel since Death's Head was put into the recent Invincible Iron Man heroclix set, & it's his classic look, it needs to be mentioned here. I'll try to add a picture of him.

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{{disambig2|the <s>bounty hunter</s> freelance peacekeeping agent from Generation 1|the starship from ''Animated''|Death's Head (Animated)}}
:''Death's Head is a <s>bounty hunter</s> freelance peacekeeping agent from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]], yes?''

[[File:Deathshead113heardofme.jpg|300px|thumb|Said I was handsome, right?]]

Hrn. '''Death's Head''' is the name. I'm a "Freelance Peacekeeping Agent". Some call me a "bounty hunter," but never twice, yes? Handsome, resourceful, deadly—all words used to describe me. Modest too, eh? In the past I've been accused of ending statements as questions.<ref>This happened in an interview with Death's Head and Simon Furman(!) in issue 13 of ''Strip Magazine''. (As in "Comic Strip Magazine"—sheesh, get your minds out of the gutter.)</ref> Never could understand why, right?

Learned a long time ago that if a mechanoid is to survive in this life, you've got to respect the economy. Money is everything. Still, it's also nice to enjoy one's job, yes? Use a wide range of weapons, most of which (unlike my plasma rifle) I can use in place of my right hand. Missiles, [[titanium shott blaster]]—but sometimes it's just more satisfying to use a good old-fashioned axe, hrn?

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel UK====
[[File:Deathshead113bartab.jpg|left|thumb|One must always settle one's tab, eh?]]

First got involved with the Transformers on [[Elpasos]], around Earthdate 2007, yes? Mission 531, according to my log. Was just picking up some oil when I noticed a bounty on the head of some mechanoid named [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. [[Elpasos barkeep|Bartender]] filled me in on the details. An Autobot named [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]<ref>Death's Head never met Optimus Prime, so Rodimus Prime is '''his''' Prime.</ref> had put a 10,000-[[Shanix]] reward on the Decepticon's head. Lot of money, hrm? So I settled my account with the bar and went after the two Decepticons most likely to know Galvatron's whereabouts—his lieutenants, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]].

Scourge quickly learned he shouldn't call me a bounty hunter, thanks to my plasma rifle.

Cyclonus decided he'd rather talk and told me where to find Galvatron. Wasn't long before I was using the Decepticon leader's time travel platform to transport myself to 1987, eh? Time jump-displaced [[First Aid (G1)|some Autobot]] to limbo during the [[Mass substitution|mass exchange]]. Also had to destroy his [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|companion.]] Didn't want any witnesses at that stage, right? {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

Information is always the first key to a mission. Knew '''when''' Galvatron was, needed to find out where. Who better than the local Decepticons? Gambled they'd be keeping track of a... hrn... loose cannon. Ambushed [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and beat the information out of him—had to down his [[Laserbeak (G1)|pet bird]] in the process. Good times, yes?

Should have known it wouldn't last, right?

[[File:Deathshead117laserbash.jpg|thumb|Ahh, yes. Definitely good times, no?]]

When I found Galvatron, he was in the throes of battle with Rodimus Prime. Hrn, hate it when a client decides he can do the job himself, eh? Usually means they don't intend to pay. Bad form, if you ask me. Allowed my annoyance with Prime to distract me—that let Galvatron blast me with his [[particle cannon]]. Sloppy. Had to retreat and make repairs. Cost me some precious time. {{storylink|Hunters}}

Still, some things never change—when I returned, Galvatron and Prime were at it again.<ref>Though Ultra Magnus and Death's Head were both big players in this ongoing arc, they never met. Instead, every time DH saw Galvatron, he was fighting Rodimus Prime. The closest Magnus and DH came to meeting was when the Freelance Peacekeeping Agent passed by Magnus' unconscious body during his initial retreat.</ref> Luckily Prime wasn't doing very well, so I finally had my chance against Galvatron, eh? Had better fights. Lost a very nice mace, then an arm to which I was particularly attached. Then [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] triggered a time jump, sending us all back to 2007, all except Galvatron. Turned out the Decepticon leader had prepared for such an eventuality and rigged his time jump trigger device so he couldn't be sent back forcibly.

[[File:Deathshead120armless.jpg|left|thumb|Ouch, yes?]]

Typical, yes? Would have simply extracted my lost fee from Rodimus Prime's hide then and there, if not for the garrison of Autobots waiting for us at the other end of the time jump. {{storylink|Fire on High!}}

Next time I dealt with the Transformers, I was working out of [[Scarvix]]. Some stinky little peon named [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] walked into my office with an offer. Name couldn't have suited him better, eh? Still, his offer was enticing—10,000 Shanix to kill Rodimus Prime. Jumped at the chance. Revenge doesn't pay the bills, but it's a satisfying fringe benefit, yes?

Decepticons gave me free passage to Cybertron and pointed me in the right direction. What I didn't know at the time was that Decepticon commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was using me, right? I attacked Prime in one of his trenches and was moments from the killing blow, when the ground collapsed underneath us. Ended up in the sewers, yes? Hrn, worse than that, lost my trusty axe in the fall. Frustrating, right?

Still, [[titanium shott blaster]] would have done just as well, except moments before I could kill Prime, I was shot in the back by Scourge. Told you Shockwave was using me, eh? He tricked Cyclonus and Scourge into going after Prime too, hoping I'd eliminate them as well. And for free!

Shield took the brunt of the blow. Still, Prime got away in the process. Pursued him up a ladder, only to find he'd led me straight into Autobase, eh? Hate how he always does that. On the other hand, got to love his business acumen. Rather than throw me out, he sent me off with 10,000 Shanix in advance and a contract to kill Cyclonus and Scourge.<ref>This is the only time that Death's Head actually made any money in his dealings with the Transformers.</ref> {{storylink|Headhunt}}

[[File:Deathshead150unicronsmind.jpg|100px|thumb|Not good times, right?]]

Caught up with Cyclonus and Scourge New Year's Day, Earth Year 2008. Hrn. The events that followed were not pleasant, right? So much killing, for absolutely no profit.

[[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] was under the thrall of a giant head calling itself [[Unicron]]. The Junkions were busy trying to build their planet into Unicron's new body. Worse still, Unicron put Cyclonus, Scourge and myself under his thrall. Stopped me completing my contract, huh? Yes, those were unpleasant times. Unicron used me to kill the Decepticon leader at the time, Shockwave, and put Cyclonus and Scourge in charge as the new leaders of the Decepticons. Distasteful work, killing without profit. Especially against a foe who deserved better, right?

[[File:Deathshead151portaldash.jpg|left|thumb|Last time I had to deal with any Transformers, hrn?]]

Unicron was playing all the angles—had Cyclonus and Scourge start a campaign against the Autobots that neither side could win, huh? Even had the Junkions build a giant time portal so he'd be able to fetch Galvatron from the past to tie up that loose end.

The mental power of Unicron was incredible, yes? Once I was back on Junk, I was forced to fight Wreck-Gar. Have no particular liking for the Junkion—he's cost me my fee in the past—but I defied Unicron and allowed Wreck-Gar to escape. Punishment followed...but still, it was a small victory, eh?

Also realised a weakness in Unicron's control: The mind link he used to control me was a two-way street. Destroyed a couple of his Junkion stooges, forcing him to punish me and establish the link. This allowed an attack on the astral plane, psychically assaulting him. At the time, I thought that would even the odds. After all, he's just a big robot, right?

Hrn.

Sometimes even I can be a little bit wrong, yes?

Unicron's mind was unfathomable. Impossible to describe it—an infinite swirling miasma of...hrn, I'm not a poet, I'm a hired killer, right? Suffice to say, trying to comprehend him on the astral plane, let alone battle him, was beyond even my abilities. Unicron revealed the reason for it, too—turns out he was a '''dark god of chaos''' bent on destroying the entire universe. Some vendetta with the Transformers' planet or something. Which is why he's afraid of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], eh? No, I don't understand it either, and I was '''in''' Unicron's mind.

Still, the net result is that when Rodimus Prime attacked, we joined forces. Used the mindlink to let Prime attack Unicron directly—and shortly after that, I discovered that Wreck-Gar had planted enough explosives under Unicron to destroy him. Dark god or not, I knew he was finished. So did he, so he recalled Cyclonus and Scourge from Cybertron, and I saw a chance to complete my most recent contract, yes?

Only problem was that the explosives started a little sooner than expected, so I grabbed Cyclonus and Scourge and dived through the time portal with them. Kill them another time, hrn? Too bad it didn't work out that way. No idea what happened to Cyclonus and Scourge, but I ended up careening through the time vortex. Inconvenient, yes? {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

[[File:Deathshead151matrixholder.jpg|center|350px|thumb|Hrn. Haven't really got the hang of these funny captions on this wiki. Can't think of anything amusing to say here, yes?]]

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Getting blown through time portal not a pleasant experience, right? Spent some time ricocheting around the multiverse; ran into the Transformers again when I had a stop-over in another universe and bumped into [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]. Think I made an impression on him, yes? {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Impactor's Autopedia article}}

==Merchandise==
===Heroclix===
Apparently, there is a game called Heroclix out there, yes? A recent set themed around [[Iron Man]] has finally had the sense to include me as a figure. Not bad, eh?

==Notes==
===Transformers notes===
Ahhh, my time with the Transformers, eh? Here's a few juicy tidbits about my relationship with them.

[[File:Deathshead147shockdeath.jpg|thumb|Why do the captions have to be funny anyway? Stupid policy, right? Not very informative.]]

*Turns out I was the centre of a difference between the Transformers reality chronicled by Marvel US and the reality chronicled by Marvel UK. Hrn. Alternate realities can be a pain. There was an Autobot who was always destined to die and be reborn as a mechanoid named [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]. In one reality, he was killed by some human team called [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. In the much more interesting timeline I was a part of, it was I who killed him. Clearly, this was the superior timeline, in that case, right?
*When fighting Transformers, I recommend a swift strike to the [[neural cluster]], eh? Weakest spot on any mechanoid from Cybertron.<ref>Death's Head tried to deliver just such a blow to Galvatron, only to have his mace blasted to atoms before he could do it.</ref>
*When I killed Shockwave, I did a thorough job. Even if I wasn't getting paid, huh? Transformers' brains are the key to their life—at least in the timeline I visited. Shockwave's was particularly large for a Transformer, but I still crushed it between thumb and forefinger, yes?
*Including Shockwave, killed only five Transformers in all my dealings with them, eh?
*Only ever got paid once by any Transformer, and I never finished that contract. Hrn. Dealing with them was a nightmare, right?

===External notes===
[[File:Deathshead113timejump.jpg|left|thumb|My first time jump. Who knew what I was getting myself into?]]

Hrm. What else to tell you about myself? So much of it has nothing to do with the Transformers, right? That's why I've separated it off into this additional segment.

*Was years later, give or take—it's tricky to judge actually when there's so much time travel involved—that I discovered my origin. Turns out I was originally built as a new body for some other-dimensional wizard named Lupex, right? His consort, Pyra, gave me a personality, so I'd kill Lupex. Parents. Typical, eh?
*Unicron's time gate left me flying through the [[wikia:tardis:Time Vortex|time vortex]] where I bumped, quite literally, into a miscreant being calling itself the [[Doctor]]. [[wikia:tardis:Death's Head|Had a few encounters with him]]: First he shrank me to human size, then he transported me to 8162 in a timeline without Transformers. Not all bad, right? More frustrating when he later dumped me on the roof of the Baxter Building.
*The [[Fantastic Four]] were just the first super heroes I met, eh? Iron Man 2020, She-Hulk, [[Thor]], [[Spider-Man]], even the original [[Iron Man]]. Met 'em all, no? Though according to this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieron_Gillen Kieron Gillen] chap, I actually met some of them before I went to the Transformers' universe.<ref>In Gillen's ''S.W.O.R.D.'' in 2009, we meet a Death's Head who is still Transformer-sized and picks up the term "freelance peacekeeper" from Hank McCoy.</ref> Why didn't I recognise them later, you ask? Can't remember ''everyone'' I beat up, yes? Be here all day.
*Hrn. Then there's the matter of that possible future (well, relatively speaking for a time traveller such as myself, right?) where I take over the body of the AIM-created monstrosity ''Minion'', becoming the cyborg some have dubbed Death's Head II. Let's...not talk of that further, eh?
*There's another possible future where I kill Minion and don't die myself. Much prefer that one, right?<ref>In ''What If?'' Volume 2, issue 54. The last Death's Head collaboration between Simon Furman and Geoff Senior, his creators. This is also the only Death's Head appearance where he uses his face tusks in battle.</ref>
*As to the comic books which have chronicled my exploits, nearly all my tales had been recounted by [[Simon Furman]], until his untimely death,<ref>Remember that interview we told you about? When both Furman and the interviewer stopped listening to DH, he killed Simon Furman, effectively ending the interview. We can only assume that the Simon Furman seen since that time is actually some sort of [[Cloning|clone]] or [[facsimile construct]].</ref> and the first artist to draw me was [[Geoff Senior]]. Marvel liked me so much that they published a one-page story about me (drawn by some fleshling named [[Bryan Hitch]]) in various Marvel mags to prevent [[Hasbro]] from securing the rights to my adventures. Have to admire that kind of mercenary cunning, right?
*There's reportedly a third creature called Death's Head out there. Hrn, they were a legion of alien robots that bothered the [[Hulk|Incredible Hulk]] on the planet Sakaar. On an alternate future Earth, one of these robots was bonded to a synthetic duplicate of the sentient energy-force known as the Uni-Power—he was Death's Head 3.0. Reportedly, he also understood the importance of freelance peacekeeping, yes? Apparently, his adventures were also penned by the fleshling known as Furman.
*Made a ''big'' impression on ''Transformers'' readers who became writers, you know? That Gillen says “if Impactor was our Jean Grey, Death's Head was our [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]”. (Obviously better than him, not all that weird hair, right?) That's why I just keep coming back, yes? <ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/18988-deaths-head-is-cool-yes-marvels-uk-import-poised-for-push.html Newsarama: "DEATH’S HEAD Is Cool, Yes? Marvel’s UK Import Poised for Push"], and as well as the X-Men comparison, Gillen adds "Who didn't love Death's Head? He was great."</ref>

==External links==
* [[wikia:c:Marveldatabase:Death's Head (Lupex)|Death's Head(s) at Marvel Database]]
* [[wikia:c:tardis:Death's Head|Death's Head at the ''Doctor Who'' wiki]]
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/deathsheadfpa.htm Death's Head I and II info at the Marvel Universe Appendix]

==Footnotes==
<references/>

[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:Marvel properties]]
[[Category:Robots]]

Sandstorm (G1)

2013-05-12T23:35:21Z

Jack-Pumpkinhead: I updated the info on Voyager Sandstorm with a brief description gleaned from the images on tfw2005.

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{{disambig3|Sandstorm}}
:''Sandstorm is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:G1AutobotSandstorm boxart.jpg|300px|thumb|DEEP HURTING]]
'''Sandstorm''' gets bored easily, and has a very hard time concentrating on humdrum tasks. He craves excitement, and since the [[Transformer]]s apparently don't have the X-Games (though they do have [[Optimus Primal|skateboarding apes]]), he goes in for fighting the [[Decepticon]]s. The ever-present threat of deactivation or maiming doesn't frighten him, but he does fear that the war might end any chance for him to enjoy life. For Sandstorm, war may not be heaven, but it's a hell of an adventure.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[File:Triplechangerstarget2006.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"Think how great a first impression we'd make if I shot him in the crotch!"]]
''Sandstorm was one of three [[Triple Changer]]s recruited by [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] to back up the [[Wrecker]]s in [[Operation: Volcano]], replacing [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] after he went missing. In order to make a good first impression on [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], their new commander, Sandstorm and his buddies beat the titanium-coated stuffing out of him, thus proving that they'd fit right in with the Wreckers.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''As a member of the Heroic Wreckers, Sandstorm's resume includes beating up Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]],'' {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} ''beating up Autobot scientist [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] and destroying his life's work,'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}} ''NOT beating up [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and letting him escape unmolested on Earth,'' {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} ''and routinely scaring humans and destroying entire towns.'' {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}} ''In an alternate future, he murdered an [[Triton|unarmed fellow Autobot]], starting a new Cybertronian Civil War between the Wreckers and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].'' {{storylink|Peace}} ''He was also in the immediate vicinity when his leader Impactor died, and did nothing to stop it. Twice.''

''Eh...hrm. Let's spruce up the old resume a bit, shall we?''

''As a member of the Heroic Wreckers, Sandstorm's resume includes capturing a potential spy who looked like Optimus Prime,'' {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} ''stopping an evil genius and his army of zombies from destroying the world,'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}} ''sacrificing personal glory to save his leader [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] from the [[Cyclonus (G1)|Decepticon]] [[Scourge (G1)|Targetmasters]],'' {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} ''and routinely interacting with the locals while assigned to Earth.'' {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}} ''In an alternate future, he was personally responsible for destroying the last living Decepticon in the universe.'' {{storylink|Peace}} ''He also respected Impactor a great deal, in life and in death.''

''Ah. Much better. Meanwhile...''

[[File:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|300px|thumb|Aren't you with the Wreckers? In space?]]
Oppressed under [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s tyrannical rule, Sandstorm and several others on board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] pleaded for [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] to usurp Grimlock as leader of the Autobots. No one knows how Sandstorm got there. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

''After being assigned to Earth duty and reporting to Cybertron about Galvatron amassing resources, Sandstorm joined a joint task force of Wreckers and [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhems]] in confronting the evil Decepticon from the future. They were strong. They were numerous. They were annihilated. Galvatron's [[particle cannon]] ended up obliterating Sandstorm while the task force was in full retreat after losing more than half their members.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
In [[2012]], twenty-one years after the apparent end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and reoccupation of Cybertron, Sandstorm and the other Wreckers joined [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] in going AWOL to investigate the "loose ends" of the conflict on other planets such as Earth and [[Nebulos]].

Unfortunately, they only made it as far as a devastated Earth before they were apparently blown out of the sky by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jerry Houser]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese), [[Héctor Vieyra]] (Latin American), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Fight or Flee''), [[Imo Heite]] (German, ''Starscreams Ghost''), [[Frank Röth]] (German, Generation 2 Dub)

[[File:SandstormAutobot1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Autobot Creamsicle]]
Sandstorm is a native of [[Paradron]]. His Autobot ancestors fled Cybertron during what he called [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|the Fourth Great War]] and ventured through a strange vortex, where they discovered a habitable world. There, they founded an energon-rich, democratic colony dedicated to non-violence.

But this came to an end when [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] stumbled through the vortex and crashed on Paradron. They had no idea where they were, but they knew it was a land ripe for the picking. They literally pushed the welcoming Paradronians around, then alerted [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to the planet's existence. Sandstorm tried to rally his fellows against the two Decepticons, but no one wanted to fight. And he was proven terribly right in the middle of a speech, when Cyclonus abruptly shot him as Galvatron's invasion force descended from the sky.

Sandstorm was jailed, and the Decepticons forced the Paradronians into labor, building weapons. However, Sandstorm escaped rather easily and took an old shuttle back through the vortex. He put out a distress call and was found by the [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] [[Autobot]]s, whom he convinced to mount a counterstrike against Galvatron.

[[File:Sandstorm ThiefInTheNight.jpg|200px|thumb|Technically you're not supposed to be here either, but at least we can say the episodes were just out of order.]]
The Autobots infiltrated Paradron and took guerrilla action. They freed a group of Paradronians, and though the pacifists were still wary of Sandstorm's pleas to fight, they did finally take up arms. Despite this victory, though, the Decepticons still presented a daunting battle. Sandstorm gave little objection to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s order to detonate the planet's energon core, destroying the world to keep it out of Galvatron's hands. In fact, he seemed downright happy to get some use out of the planetary escape pods. The Paradronians departed thusly while Sandstorm and Ultra Magnus planted a bomb on what Magnus called the most beautiful thing in the entire galaxy.

When it detonated five minutes later, Sandstorm and the Paradronians stood alongside the Autobots and watched their homeworld's destruction. "It's as beautiful in death as it was in life," Sandstorm eulogized simply. Rodimus openly mocked him and told him Cybertron was better. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}

[[File:SandstormOctane BFF.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"Like the rest of my people, I deplore violins. Why that stopped us from fighting you guys, I have no idea."]]
Maybe that's why he went to Earth instead. Though he was still on the abusive Rodimus' team investigating [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s theft of famous monuments. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} Interestingly, it was as a result of that caper that [[Octane]] was excommunicated from Galvatron's army. And then Sandstorm and Octane soon started hanging out, joyriding in and around [[Autobot City]].

When the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] tried to assassinate Octane, he and Sandstorm fled to a space station somewhere and had lunch. There, a [[Skuxxoid]] in Galvatron's employ tried to kill Octane several times but was comically thwarted by circumstance. Believing it would be safer, Sandstorm and Octane then went to Cybertron. But while Octane was alone there, he finally ''was'' captured by the Decepticons.

As he was being hauled away, Sandstorm tried to rescue him. And failed. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
Alongside [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], Sandstorm was sent from [[Athenia]] to Cybertron in order to defend against a major Decepticon assault. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} The Triple Changers then traveled to Earth, where they helped [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] sneak into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] by keeping their Decepticon counterparts busy with a dogfight. Apparently, Sandstorm wasn't on friendly terms with Octane anymore. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[File:DWColdWar Sandstormdies.jpg|left|200px|thumb|That's not healthy...]]
Sandstorm served under Springer as part of the Wreckers faction during the [[Dark Ages]]. They were primarily interested in keeping [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and the [[Ultracon]]s from gaining control of the [[Tagan Heights]], the primary manufacturing region of Cybertron. The Wreckers once fought a major battle in the Heights alongside the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] against the combiner known as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Originally only able to transform into a ground vehicle, Sandstorm received an additional flight mode after the [[Great Shutdown]], when Shockwave put him through Triple Changer engineering as part of the Pax Cybertronia between the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|New World Order}} Despite serving with Shockwave's Triple Changer Strike Force, Sandstorm and his partner [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] grew uneasy about Shockwave's ultimate intentions, and allied themselves with the Autobot underground resistance. Sandstorm was killed by an assassin, [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], while secretly leading Optimus Prime through the [[Old Slave Trails]] to make contact with the resistance. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:ArtofWar3 Sandstorm Springer.jpg|200px|thumb|So bored he's talking to himself.]]
When a number of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] vanished while chasing [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Sandstorm and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] were sent out to look for them. Unfortunately, Serpent O.R. jammed their radars, and they didn't find a thing. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4-SquadronX.jpg|thumb|300px|There I am, tiny in the upper left corner!]]
Sandstorm was part of the elite Wreckers unit operating under [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]'s command. He participated in the final showdown between the Wreckers and [[Squadron X]] on [[Pova]], dogfighting with [[Crosscut (Decepticon)|Crosscut]] and [[Ferak]] in the air. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} However, after the Decepticons were defeated and imprisoned, the Wreckers were told to release them due to Pova being neutral territory. The increasingly deranged Impactor refused, and chose to personally execute every single member of Squadron X rather than let them go. Like most of the Wreckers, Sandstorm only looked away in shame and did nothing to stop him. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}}

In order to cover up Impactor's crime, a new story was written for the official records. In this version of the events, Squadron X broke out of their bonds and injured Sandstorm, who collapsed after limping to warn his fellow Wreckers. The Wreckers were then forced to destroy Squadron X in a grand battle. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

[[File:Stormbringer3 Sandstorm.jpg|left|166px|thumb|My face! What did you do with my beautiful face?!]]
Many years later, while Sandstorm and the other aerial Wreckers were assaulting the Decepticon Siege Mode Armature on [[Varas Centralus]], Springer was ordered by Operations-Command to pull out and return to Cybertron to deal with the resurrection of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2}} Sandstorm participated in the short assault that crushed Bludgeon's cult, {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3}} and fought against Thunderwing himself when the creature was recalled to Cybertron. During the battle, he reported that their weapons were being shut down by Thunderwing charging the atmosphere and tried to tell Springer to get away, but he (along with several other Wreckers) were blasted away by the creature's microwave pulse. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4}}

Sandstorm and his fellow Wreckers were later dispatched to [[Corata-Vaz]] to gain control of the [[Nega-Core]] in place on that world, but had serious trouble getting past its watchdog, Thunderwing. They had a brief reprieve when [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] used the old [[axis cradle]] to remotely shut down the Pretender, but Jetfire was soon distracted and the battle was renewed. The Jumpstarters worked on overriding the Nega Core's programming while Sandstorm and the others held back Thunderwing. Eventually the Nega Cores were disabled and the Transformers of the [[Dead Universe]] defeated, causing Thunderwing to shut down once more. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:Sandstorm Seasons In Flight.jpg|100px|thumb|'''AGGGGGH!!! CHANGE IT BACK! CHANGE IT BACK!''']]
During the Decepticons' devastating attack against the Autobots across the galaxy, Sandstorm was one of several Autobots who had been captured by [[Turmoil]]. When the ship made a stop at a neutral alien world, two attacks on the Decepticons occurred simultaneously: the Autobot veteran [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] led the remaining Wreckers to blast their way into the ship, while the factionless swordsman who called himself [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] snuck into the ship and helped the Autobots free their compatriots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

Sometime later, after the defeat of the Decepticons in [[New York City]], Springer remarked that Sandstorm was deep behind enemy lines. Why he was there, and if it was by his own choosing, is unknown. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Eventually, Sandstorm was one of the many Autobots seen stranded on Earth. After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] turned himself in to [[Skywatch]], Sandstorm decided to leave the Autobots along with Hot Rod. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} When Ultra Magnus had located Hot Rod's group, Sandstorm was one of the first Autobots to welcome him. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}}

Sandstorm was among the Autobots poised to fight against [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s army on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Led by [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], he and the other Autobot fliers attacked [[Kimia Facility]] and fought with the many [[Sweep]]s defending it. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}} After the Chaos war, Sandstorm presumably left Cybertron aboard the [[Lost Light]] which would search for the mystical [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Sandstorm toy.jpg|250px|thumb|He's like one of those kids that wears a propeller hat.]]
*'''Sandstorm''' (Triple Changer, 1986/1991)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-83'''
**''Accessories:'' "Sandblaster gun"

:As a [[Triple Changer]], Sandstorm can transform from a robot to a "sand rail" dune buggy to a Sikorsky S-62 amphibious transport helicopter and back. Like many 1986 Transformers, there are two different versions; the initial releases use painted [[die-cast]] metal for his front bumper/robot-mode feet, while the more common later releases have orange-colored plastic.

:He was re-released in the European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] line in 1991, this time with black plastic feet painted orange.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Sandstorm/sandstorm.htm More information on Sandstorm at TFU.info]''

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===Machine Wars===
[[File:MachineWars Sandstorm toy.jpg|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Sandstorm''' (Mega, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' 2 cannons, rotor blade

:A [[redeco]] of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] toy, ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' Sandstorm transforms into a Cybertronian helicopter with a US Air Force roundel added to his helicopter mode. Due to the small missiles of Rotorstorm failing US [[For safety reasons|choke gate]] tests, the turbine launchers were retooled into non-firing cannons, with no missiles included. A button on the back of the rotor housing drops down both engines/cannons for an "attack mode" feature. In robot mode, Sandstorm has quite restricted articulation, and holds his turbine launchers in his hands. He can also hold his rotor blade as a somewhat odd sword.

:This mold was later redecoed (and given further-retooled launchers) to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Autobot/Sandstorm/sandstorm.htm More information on Machine Wars Sandstorm at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-SandstormGDO.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Sandstorm''' (Scout, 2012)

:''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Sandstorm is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], transforming into a vehicle based on the [[Sector Seven]] dune buggies seen in the [[Transformers (film)|2007 ''Transformers'' film]], which were heavily modified Chenowth Desert Patrol Vehicles (DPV) with added protective armor. This same vehicle also served as the basis for the [[Movie (toyline)|2007 movie toyline's]] [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]. The twin gatling guns mounted on Sandstorm's roof/shoulders have multi-jointed armatures for different firing positions.

: Originally developed by Hasbro Asia for release in their territories, Sandstorm was brought over with many other toys as [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] exclusives for the 2012 holiday season.

:This mold was also used to make ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Beachcomber (ROTF)|Beachcomber]] and [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']]'s [[Crankstart (TF 2010)|Crankstart]] and [[Rollbar (RPM)|Rollbar]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GDOSandstorm/sandstorm.htm More information on ''Generations'' Sandstorm at TFU.info]''

*'''Sandstorm''' (Voyager, 2013)

:Sandstorm is a heavily retooled version of Voyager [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], who appears to transform from robot mode to a VTOL Helicopter and a dune buggy.

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sandstorm''' (サンドストーム ''Sandosutōmu'')
*''French:'' '''Siroco''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Ghibli'''
*''Russian:'' '''Zatvor''' (Затвор, "Shutter")

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sandstorm Sandstorm's Universe profile at NTFA.net.]

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Hub Network

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[[Image:Thehubnetworklogo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Beware of director of programming [[Liege Maximo]].]]

'''The Hub''', previously known as the '''Hasbro-[[wikipedia:Discovery Communications|Discovery Communications]] Joint Venture Network''', is a cable television network in the [[United States of America|United States]] owned by the '''[[Hasbro]]-Discovery Communications Joint Venture'''<ref>
Margaret Loesch is President of "Hasbro-Discovery Communications Joint Venture." A bit like inventing "New Technology #3" in Sid Meyers Civilization., isn't it?</ref>. It began broadcasting [[October 10]], [[2010]], replacing the channel formerly known as Discovery Kids.

The Hub is the outlet for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship is Magic'' and ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Renegades'' cartoons. In the 2011-12 season, ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' also joined the network's line-up. Its management team is headed up by [[Margaret Loesch]], a veteran of the Transformers brand who worked on [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]], which airs weeknights on the channel.

Hub broadcasts of the original cartoon are placed in the "[[Huboom!]]" programming block, while ''Prime'' is aired in the [[Saturday Mash Up]] block.

Starting July 6, The Hub will also be adding [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]]

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://hubworld.com/ HubWorld.com, the official website for The Hub]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9QPN5BP70I Commercial for The Hub]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPaS-jjasmY&feature=related The Adventures of Copier and Fax Machine, from Huboom]

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