Centurion (IDW) - Revision history

AkibaSilver: /* Generations Comic Edition */

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''~~Generations Comic Edition~~''===		===''Timelines'' (2025)===
	[[File:ComicEditionHOSBumblebee.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.66\|Centurion during his identity crisis.]]		[[File:ComicEditionHOSBumblebee.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.66\|Centurion during his identity crisis.]]
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1\|'''Timelines Bumblebee / Timelines Megatron''' (2025)}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1\|'''Timelines Bumblebee / Timelines Megatron''' (2025)}}</ul>

Primal primus the second: /* Generations Comic Edition */

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Generations Comic Edition

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	===''Generations Comic Edition''===		===''Generations Comic Edition''===
			[[File:ComicEditionHOSBumblebee.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.66\|Centurion during his identity crisis.]]
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1\|'''Timelines Bumblebee / Timelines Megatron''' (2025)}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1\|'''Timelines Bumblebee / Timelines Megatron''' (2025)}}</ul>
	:*''Accessories'': Hammer		:*''Accessories'': Hammer

TitaniumToughGuy: /* Generations Comic Edition */

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Generations Comic Edition

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	: ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Comic Edition\|Timelines Comic Edition]]'' Bumblebee is based on [[Guido Guidi]]'s design for the character in ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'', and transforms from a robot into a yellow tank engine of made-up design. He comes packaged with [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Timelines (2025)\|Megatron]].		: ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Comic Edition\|Timelines Comic Edition]]'' Bumblebee is based on [[Guido Guidi]]'s design for the character in ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'', and transforms from a robot into a yellow tank engine of made-up design. He comes packaged with [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Timelines (2025)\|Megatron]].

	~~{{comingsoontoy}}~~

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Thylacine 2000: /* Generations Comic Edition */

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Generations Comic Edition

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	: ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Comic Edition\|Timelines Comic Edition]]'' Bumblebee is based on [[Guido Guidi]]'s design for the character in ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'', and transforms from a robot into a yellow tank engine of made-up design. He comes packaged with [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#~~Generations Comic Edition~~\|Megatron]].		: ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Comic Edition\|Timelines Comic Edition]]'' Bumblebee is based on [[Guido Guidi]]'s design for the character in ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'', and transforms from a robot into a yellow tank engine of made-up design. He comes packaged with [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Timelines (2025)\|Megatron]].

	{{comingsoontoy}}		{{comingsoontoy}}

Locoman: /* Generations Comic Editions */

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Generations Comic Editions

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''Generations Comic Edition''s===		===''Generations Comic Edition''===
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1\|'''Timelines Bumblebee / Timelines Megatron''' (2025)}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1\|'''Timelines Bumblebee / Timelines Megatron''' (2025)}}</ul>
	:*''Accessories'': Hammer		:*''Accessories'': Hammer

Locoman: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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2005 IDW continuity

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 Centurion returned to Earth, and after making a full recovery he was one of the many heroes who attended Optimus Prime's funeral. {{storylink|Post}}
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 ==Notes==

Saix: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

2024-11-08T14:50:26Z

2005 IDW continuity

Saix: /* 2005 IDW continuity */clean up, replaced: → (2), Action Man → Action Man

2024-07-26T23:22:51Z

2005 IDW continuity: clean up, replaced: → (2), Action Man → Action Man

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	[[File:WhenEaglesScream-CenturionCapturesBugly.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]		[[File:WhenEaglesScream-CenturionCapturesBugly.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px]]

	In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.		In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.

	Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}		Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}
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	Together, Tomax and Centurion undertook a mission to [[San Francisco]] to retrieve data from Kreiger's "[[Project Ice Man\|Project: Ice Man]]" experiments on Mike Power. In the meantime, said heroes had launched an attack on [[Iron Klaw\|Count van Rani]]'s [[Iron Castle]] and stole data on Tomax's recent activities. Their secret plans threatened with exposure, Ironblood decided to scrub Tomax and Centurion and abandon the Ice Man data — something that Krieger was unhappy with, considering his Cybertronian ally to be an irreplaceable asset. {{storylink\|The Iron Klaw}}		Together, Tomax and Centurion undertook a mission to [[San Francisco]] to retrieve data from Kreiger's "[[Project Ice Man\|Project: Ice Man]]" experiments on Mike Power. In the meantime, said heroes had launched an attack on [[Iron Klaw\|Count van Rani]]'s [[Iron Castle]] and stole data on Tomax's recent activities. Their secret plans threatened with exposure, Ironblood decided to scrub Tomax and Centurion and abandon the Ice Man data — something that Krieger was unhappy with, considering his Cybertronian ally to be an irreplaceable asset. {{storylink\|The Iron Klaw}}

	In the meantime, Centurion had chauffeured Tomax to the [[I.R.O.N.]] building in San Francisco when [[Ayana Jones\|Mayday]], [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]], [[G.B. Blackrock\|Garrison Blackrock]], and [[Action Man]] stormed the building. Centurion initially chose to remain undercover until Kup revealed himself; mistaking the elderly Autobot for a Maximal straggler, Centurion opened fire on Kup and their brawl threatened to collapse the skyscraper. Shortly afterwards, however, Blackrock accessed Kreiger's files and learned the truth about Centurion's history. Admitting that he was also a lost servant of Onyx Prime, Blackrock and Kup explained that Centurion was not the last of his kind as he had thought, and that there were many other Cybertronians out in the cosmos. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}} Feigning a change of heart in order to fool his enemies, {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} Centurion stood down and travelled with the team to [[Buenos Aires]], asking if he could meet the ''real'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] on the way. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}		In the meantime, Centurion had chauffeured Tomax to the [[I.R.O.N.]] building in San Francisco when [[Ayana Jones\|Mayday]], [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]], [[G.B. Blackrock\|Garrison Blackrock]], and [[Ian Noble\|Action Man]] stormed the building. Centurion initially chose to remain undercover until Kup revealed himself; mistaking the elderly Autobot for a Maximal straggler, Centurion opened fire on Kup and their brawl threatened to collapse the skyscraper. Shortly afterwards, however, Blackrock accessed Kreiger's files and learned the truth about Centurion's history. Admitting that he was also a lost servant of Onyx Prime, Blackrock and Kup explained that Centurion was not the last of his kind as he had thought, and that there were many other Cybertronians out in the cosmos. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}} Feigning a change of heart in order to fool his enemies, {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} Centurion stood down and travelled with the team to [[Buenos Aires]], asking if he could meet the ''real'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] on the way. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}

	Following the capture of Garrison Kreiger and a reunion with a time-displaced Sgt. Savage, Kup had taken it upon himself to teach the amnesiac Transformer about [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. Centurion politely listened while hacking the Onyx facility's defense systems to create a diversion, firing on an incoming G.I. Joe air unit as a distraction. Deploying an arsenal of hidden weaponry, Centurion apologized for fooling the Autobot and opened fire. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} The two Cybertronians grappled with each other until their fight was interrupted by a swarm of [[Dire Wraith]] hybrids that Action Man released as a distraction. The horde chased Centurion through the halls of the building and managed to bring him down before Blackrock successfully reversed the Wraith mutation using a burst of Talisman energy, turning them back into [[human]]s.		Following the capture of Garrison Kreiger and a reunion with a time-displaced Sgt. Savage, Kup had taken it upon himself to teach the amnesiac Transformer about [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. Centurion politely listened while hacking the Onyx facility's defense systems to create a diversion, firing on an incoming G.I. Joe air unit as a distraction. Deploying an arsenal of hidden weaponry, Centurion apologized for fooling the Autobot and opened fire. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} The two Cybertronians grappled with each other until their fight was interrupted by a swarm of [[Dire Wraith]] hybrids that Action Man released as a distraction. The horde chased Centurion through the halls of the building and managed to bring him down before Blackrock successfully reversed the Wraith mutation using a burst of Talisman energy, turning them back into [[human]]s.

	[[File:GhostInTheMachine-CenturionReborn.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px]]		[[File:GhostInTheMachine-CenturionReborn.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px]]

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	Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}		Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}

	A decade later, Kreiger joined Joe Colton (as "Baron Ironblood") as a key member of the [[Iron Ring]], an cabal of villains aiming to gather resources and weaponry required for a full-scale invasion of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. {{storylink\|First Strike issue 0\|First Strike #0}} Following the loss of the Talisman to a quartet of heroes, Centurion accompanied Ironblood and [[Doctor X]] to visit [[Tomax and Xamot\|Tomax Paoli]], current CEO of [[I.R.O.N.]], to warn him that their enemies would be after him next, urging him to take up the mantle of [[Cobra Commander]] and providing Centurion as a bodyguard. {{storylink\|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}		A decade later, Kreiger joined Joe Colton (as "Baron Ironblood") as a key member of the [[Iron Ring]], an cabal of villains aiming to gather resources and weaponry required for a full-scale invasion of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. {{storylink\|First Strike issue 0\|First Strike #0}} Following the loss of the Talisman to a quartet of heroes, Centurion accompanied Ironblood and [[Mercy Gale\|Doctor X]] to visit [[Tomax and Xamot\|Tomax Paoli]], current CEO of [[I.R.O.N.]], to warn him that their enemies would be after him next, urging him to take up the mantle of [[Cobra Commander]] and providing Centurion as a bodyguard. {{storylink\|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}

	[[File:StrangeVisitors-CenturionGun.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|"Now is coward-killing time!"]]		[[File:StrangeVisitors-CenturionGun.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|"Now is coward-killing time!"]]
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	The curative pulse had the side effect of releasing a copy of [[Atomic Man]]'s consciousness that had been preserved inside the Talisman's systems, which somehow found its way to Centurion's body. The resulting combination created a composite being: though still calling himself "Centurion", this new Transformer contained the memories of both the Maximal and the human. With an angry [[Metrotitan (G1)\|Metrotitan]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] bearing down on them, Colton's alliance retreated, leaving Centurion behind — but not the Talisman, which [[Doctor X]] and [[Tempest (G.I. Joe)\|Storm Shadow]] took with them. The energies released by the Talisman's teleportation threatened to unleash another wave of mutative energy, and Centurion threw himself into the Talisman, seemingly perishing. Seconds later, however, he returned to life and explained his recent rebirth to the assembled Revolutionaries and [[Verenya]]ns. Though not all the Verenyans had survived their time as Dire Wraiths, Centurion reassured them that they should count their recent adventure as a victory. {{storylink\|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)\|Ghost in the Machine}} Centurion's unique life had repeatedly brought him into contact with the Talisman, and as a result the "new" Centurion possessed an almost symbiotic connection to the artifact, able to sense its movements and even channel its power. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}}		The curative pulse had the side effect of releasing a copy of [[Atomic Man]]'s consciousness that had been preserved inside the Talisman's systems, which somehow found its way to Centurion's body. The resulting combination created a composite being: though still calling himself "Centurion", this new Transformer contained the memories of both the Maximal and the human. With an angry [[Metrotitan (G1)\|Metrotitan]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] bearing down on them, Colton's alliance retreated, leaving Centurion behind — but not the Talisman, which [[Mercy Gale\|Doctor X]] and [[Tempest (G.I. Joe)\|Storm Shadow]] took with them. The energies released by the Talisman's teleportation threatened to unleash another wave of mutative energy, and Centurion threw himself into the Talisman, seemingly perishing. Seconds later, however, he returned to life and explained his recent rebirth to the assembled Revolutionaries and [[Verenya]]ns. Though not all the Verenyans had survived their time as Dire Wraiths, Centurion reassured them that they should count their recent adventure as a victory. {{storylink\|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)\|Ghost in the Machine}} Centurion's unique life had repeatedly brought him into contact with the Talisman, and as a result the "new" Centurion possessed an almost symbiotic connection to the artifact, able to sense its movements and even channel its power. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}}

	[[File:Dusk-Centurionaltmode.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px]]		[[File:Dusk-Centurionaltmode.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px]]

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	In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.		In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.

	Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch ~~cutosdy~~, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}		Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}

	A decade later, Kreiger joined Joe Colton (as "Baron Ironblood") as a key member of the [[Iron Ring]], an cabal of villains aiming to gather resources and weaponry required for a full-scale invasion of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. {{storylink\|First Strike issue 0\|First Strike #0}} Following the loss of the Talisman to a quartet of heroes, Centurion accompanied Ironblood and [[Doctor X]] to visit [[Tomax and Xamot\|Tomax Paoli]], current CEO of [[I.R.O.N.]], to warn him that their enemies would be after him next, urging him to take up the mantle of [[Cobra Commander]] and providing Centurion as a bodyguard. {{storylink\|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}		A decade later, Kreiger joined Joe Colton (as "Baron Ironblood") as a key member of the [[Iron Ring]], an cabal of villains aiming to gather resources and weaponry required for a full-scale invasion of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. {{storylink\|First Strike issue 0\|First Strike #0}} Following the loss of the Talisman to a quartet of heroes, Centurion accompanied Ironblood and [[Doctor X]] to visit [[Tomax and Xamot\|Tomax Paoli]], current CEO of [[I.R.O.N.]], to warn him that their enemies would be after him next, urging him to take up the mantle of [[Cobra Commander]] and providing Centurion as a bodyguard. {{storylink\|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}

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	In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.		In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.

	Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}		Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}
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	Together, Tomax and Centurion undertook a mission to [[San Francisco]] to retrieve data from Kreiger's "[[Project Ice Man\|Project: Ice Man]]" experiments on Mike Power. In the meantime, said heroes had launched an attack on [[Iron Klaw\|Count van Rani]]'s [[Iron Castle]] and stole data on Tomax's recent activities. Their secret plans threatened with exposure, Ironblood decided to scrub Tomax and Centurion and abandon the Ice Man data — something that Krieger was unhappy with, considering his Cybertronian ally to be an irreplaceable asset. {{storylink\|The Iron Klaw}}		Together, Tomax and Centurion undertook a mission to [[San Francisco]] to retrieve data from Kreiger's "[[Project Ice Man\|Project: Ice Man]]" experiments on Mike Power. In the meantime, said heroes had launched an attack on [[Iron Klaw\|Count van Rani]]'s [[Iron Castle]] and stole data on Tomax's recent activities. Their secret plans threatened with exposure, Ironblood decided to scrub Tomax and Centurion and abandon the Ice Man data — something that Krieger was unhappy with, considering his Cybertronian ally to be an irreplaceable asset. {{storylink\|The Iron Klaw}}

	In the meantime, Centurion had chauffeured Tomax to the [[I.R.O.N.]] building in San Francisco when [[Ayana Jones\|Mayday]], [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]], [[G.B. Blackrock\|Garrison Blackrock]], and [[Action Man]] stormed the building. Centurion initially chose to remain undercover until Kup revealed himself; mistaking the elderly Autobot for a Maximal straggler, Centurion opened fire on Kup and their brawl threatened to collapse the skyscraper. Shortly afterwards, however, Blackrock accessed Kreiger's files and learned the truth about Centurion's history. Admitting that he was also a lost servant of Onyx Prime, Blackrock and Kup explained that Centurion was not the last of his kind as he had thought, and that there were many other Cybertronians out in the cosmos. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}} Feigning a change of heart in order to fool his enemies, {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} Centurion stood down and travelled with the team to [[Buenos Aires]], asking if he could meet the ''real'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] on the way. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}		In the meantime, Centurion had chauffeured Tomax to the [[I.R.O.N.]] building in San Francisco when [[Ayana Jones\|Mayday]], [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]], [[G.B. Blackrock\|Garrison Blackrock]], and [[Ian Noble\|Action Man]] stormed the building. Centurion initially chose to remain undercover until Kup revealed himself; mistaking the elderly Autobot for a Maximal straggler, Centurion opened fire on Kup and their brawl threatened to collapse the skyscraper. Shortly afterwards, however, Blackrock accessed Kreiger's files and learned the truth about Centurion's history. Admitting that he was also a lost servant of Onyx Prime, Blackrock and Kup explained that Centurion was not the last of his kind as he had thought, and that there were many other Cybertronians out in the cosmos. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}} Feigning a change of heart in order to fool his enemies, {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} Centurion stood down and travelled with the team to [[Buenos Aires]], asking if he could meet the ''real'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] on the way. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}

	Following the capture of Garrison Kreiger and a reunion with a time-displaced Sgt. Savage, Kup had taken it upon himself to teach the amnesiac Transformer about [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. Centurion politely listened while hacking the Onyx facility's defense systems to create a diversion, firing on an incoming G.I. Joe air unit as a distraction. Deploying an arsenal of hidden weaponry, Centurion apologized for fooling the Autobot and opened fire. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} The two Cybertronians grappled with each other until their fight was interrupted by a swarm of [[Dire Wraith]] hybrids that Action Man released as a distraction. The horde chased Centurion through the halls of the building and managed to bring him down before Blackrock successfully reversed the Wraith mutation using a burst of Talisman energy, turning them back into [[human]]s.		Following the capture of Garrison Kreiger and a reunion with a time-displaced Sgt. Savage, Kup had taken it upon himself to teach the amnesiac Transformer about [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. Centurion politely listened while hacking the Onyx facility's defense systems to create a diversion, firing on an incoming G.I. Joe air unit as a distraction. Deploying an arsenal of hidden weaponry, Centurion apologized for fooling the Autobot and opened fire. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} The two Cybertronians grappled with each other until their fight was interrupted by a swarm of [[Dire Wraith]] hybrids that Action Man released as a distraction. The horde chased Centurion through the halls of the building and managed to bring him down before Blackrock successfully reversed the Wraith mutation using a burst of Talisman energy, turning them back into [[human]]s.

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	Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}		Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}

	A decade later, Kreiger joined Joe Colton (as "Baron Ironblood") as a key member of the [[Iron Ring]], an cabal of villains aiming to gather resources and weaponry required for a full-scale invasion of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. {{storylink\|First Strike issue 0\|First Strike #0}} Following the loss of the Talisman to a quartet of heroes, Centurion accompanied Ironblood and [[Doctor X]] to visit [[Tomax and Xamot\|Tomax Paoli]], current CEO of [[I.R.O.N.]], to warn him that their enemies would be after him next, urging him to take up the mantle of [[Cobra Commander]] and providing Centurion as a bodyguard. {{storylink\|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}		A decade later, Kreiger joined Joe Colton (as "Baron Ironblood") as a key member of the [[Iron Ring]], an cabal of villains aiming to gather resources and weaponry required for a full-scale invasion of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. {{storylink\|First Strike issue 0\|First Strike #0}} Following the loss of the Talisman to a quartet of heroes, Centurion accompanied Ironblood and [[Mercy Gale\|Doctor X]] to visit [[Tomax and Xamot\|Tomax Paoli]], current CEO of [[I.R.O.N.]], to warn him that their enemies would be after him next, urging him to take up the mantle of [[Cobra Commander]] and providing Centurion as a bodyguard. {{storylink\|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}

	[[File:StrangeVisitors-CenturionGun.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|"Now is coward-killing time!"]]		[[File:StrangeVisitors-CenturionGun.jpg\|thumb\|left\|250px\|"Now is coward-killing time!"]]
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	The curative pulse had the side effect of releasing a copy of [[Atomic Man]]'s consciousness that had been preserved inside the Talisman's systems, which somehow found its way to Centurion's body. The resulting combination created a composite being: though still calling himself "Centurion", this new Transformer contained the memories of both the Maximal and the human. With an angry [[Metrotitan (G1)\|Metrotitan]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] bearing down on them, Colton's alliance retreated, leaving Centurion behind — but not the Talisman, which [[Doctor X]] and [[Tempest (G.I. Joe)\|Storm Shadow]] took with them. The energies released by the Talisman's teleportation threatened to unleash another wave of mutative energy, and Centurion threw himself into the Talisman, seemingly perishing. Seconds later, however, he returned to life and explained his recent rebirth to the assembled Revolutionaries and [[Verenya]]ns. Though not all the Verenyans had survived their time as Dire Wraiths, Centurion reassured them that they should count their recent adventure as a victory. {{storylink\|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)\|Ghost in the Machine}} Centurion's unique life had repeatedly brought him into contact with the Talisman, and as a result the "new" Centurion possessed an almost symbiotic connection to the artifact, able to sense its movements and even channel its power. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}}		The curative pulse had the side effect of releasing a copy of [[Atomic Man]]'s consciousness that had been preserved inside the Talisman's systems, which somehow found its way to Centurion's body. The resulting combination created a composite being: though still calling himself "Centurion", this new Transformer contained the memories of both the Maximal and the human. With an angry [[Metrotitan (G1)\|Metrotitan]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] bearing down on them, Colton's alliance retreated, leaving Centurion behind — but not the Talisman, which [[Mercy Gale\|Doctor X]] and [[Tempest (G.I. Joe)\|Storm Shadow]] took with them. The energies released by the Talisman's teleportation threatened to unleash another wave of mutative energy, and Centurion threw himself into the Talisman, seemingly perishing. Seconds later, however, he returned to life and explained his recent rebirth to the assembled Revolutionaries and [[Verenya]]ns. Though not all the Verenyans had survived their time as Dire Wraiths, Centurion reassured them that they should count their recent adventure as a victory. {{storylink\|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)\|Ghost in the Machine}} Centurion's unique life had repeatedly brought him into contact with the Talisman, and as a result the "new" Centurion possessed an almost symbiotic connection to the artifact, able to sense its movements and even channel its power. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}}

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	In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.		In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.

	Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch ~~cutosdy~~, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}		Twelve years later, Kreiger and Centurion joined Joe Colton and [[Skywatch]] in [[Project Hot House\|Project: Hot House]], an effort to renovate an abandoned Decepticon bunker located inside [[Mount St. Helens]] and develop new forms of anti-Transformer weaponry using the Talisman as a starting point. Through the Talisman's energy, Kreiger was able to bring [[Bugly (G1)\|Bugly]] back online, but the Decepticon managed to escape the perimeter. Centurion was dispatched to bring Bugly back into Skywatch custody, and he found and subdued the runaway Decepticon in front of Sgt. Savage and several members of the newly founded [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]]. Dragging the struggling Decepticon behind him, Centurion returned Bugly to Skywatch custody, chaining him to Talisman as part of an experiment involving [[Ore-13]]. When Savage objected to Centurion's ruthlessness, the Maximal simply tossed him into the path of the Talisman's beam as it blew Bugly apart — Colton's goal had always been to lure Savage, saturated with Talisman energy, into the base to use him as a test subject. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}}

	A decade later, Kreiger joined Joe Colton (as "Baron Ironblood") as a key member of the [[Iron Ring]], an cabal of villains aiming to gather resources and weaponry required for a full-scale invasion of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. {{storylink\|First Strike issue 0\|First Strike #0}} Following the loss of the Talisman to a quartet of heroes, Centurion accompanied Ironblood and [[Doctor X]] to visit [[Tomax and Xamot\|Tomax Paoli]], current CEO of [[I.R.O.N.]], to warn him that their enemies would be after him next, urging him to take up the mantle of [[Cobra Commander]] and providing Centurion as a bodyguard. {{storylink\|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}		A decade later, Kreiger joined Joe Colton (as "Baron Ironblood") as a key member of the [[Iron Ring]], an cabal of villains aiming to gather resources and weaponry required for a full-scale invasion of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. {{storylink\|First Strike issue 0\|First Strike #0}} Following the loss of the Talisman to a quartet of heroes, Centurion accompanied Ironblood and [[Doctor X]] to visit [[Tomax and Xamot\|Tomax Paoli]], current CEO of [[I.R.O.N.]], to warn him that their enemies would be after him next, urging him to take up the mantle of [[Cobra Commander]] and providing Centurion as a bodyguard. {{storylink\|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}

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	{{first\|[[The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb\|''Revolutionaries'' #3]]}}		{{first\|[[The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb\|''Revolutionaries'' #3]]}}

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	Ten million years ago, Centurion was one of the many Maximals who followed "[[Onyx Prime]];" unaware or uncaring that this member of the [[Thirteen\|Thirteen Primes]] was a cover identity used by a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]]. Following the end of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], Onyx and his Maximals departed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] for good and established a base on the barren planet [[Antilla]]. In time, Onyx would uncover the artifact he dubbed the "[[Talisman (G1)\|Talisman]]", part of an ancient doomsday weapon responsible for the planet's destruction.		Ten million years ago, Centurion was one of the many Maximals who followed "[[Onyx Prime]];" unaware or uncaring that this member of the [[Thirteen\|Thirteen Primes]] was a cover identity used by a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]]. Following the end of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], Onyx and his Maximals departed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] for good and established a base on the barren planet [[Antilla]]. In time, Onyx would uncover the artifact he dubbed the "[[Talisman (G1)\|Talisman]]", part of an ancient doomsday weapon responsible for the planet's destruction.

	[[File:StrangeVisitors-CenturionAmnesia.jpg\|thumb~~\|right\|250px~~\|Sure looks like he could deliver an actual [[Bug Bite (GoBots)\|bug bite]].]]		[[File:StrangeVisitors-CenturionAmnesia.jpg\|thumb\|Sure looks like he could deliver an actual [[Bug Bite (GoBots)\|bug bite]].]]

	Twenty thousand years ago, Centurion was part of an expedition under the command of [[Domitius Major]], at the behest of "Onyx"; as part of his larger goals, Onyx decided to have the Talisman relocated to [[Earth]], and assigned the crew of the starship ''[[Axalon (BW)\|Axalon]]'' to do so. {{storylink\|Our Finest}} Centurion and his shipmates were evidently not aware of the full scope of "Onyx's" plans, nor the paradoxical nature of their impending voyage; they reached [[Ice Age]] Earth solely by accident, having been drawn off-course to refuel their ship after a ten-thousand year voyage. While preparing to land, however, their ship was intercepted by the younger Shockwave, who had come to investigate his [[Regenesis]] project. Shockwave confused the crew aboard with a bounced broadcast of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] before easily shooting them down and causing their ship to crash in prehistoric Europe. In the crash, the [[Talisman (G1)\|Talisman]] aboard the ''Axalon'' scrambled the memories of the crew.		Twenty thousand years ago, Centurion was part of an expedition under the command of [[Domitius Major]], at the behest of "Onyx"; as part of his larger goals, Onyx decided to have the Talisman relocated to [[Earth]], and assigned the crew of the starship ''[[Axalon (BW)\|Axalon]]'' to do so. {{storylink\|Our Finest}} Centurion and his shipmates were evidently not aware of the full scope of "Onyx's" plans, nor the paradoxical nature of their impending voyage; they reached [[Ice Age]] Earth solely by accident, having been drawn off-course to refuel their ship after a ten-thousand year voyage. While preparing to land, however, their ship was intercepted by the younger Shockwave, who had come to investigate his [[Regenesis]] project. Shockwave confused the crew aboard with a bounced broadcast of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] before easily shooting them down and causing their ship to crash in prehistoric Europe. In the crash, the [[Talisman (G1)\|Talisman]] aboard the ''Axalon'' scrambled the memories of the crew.
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	Centurion was the first of them to awaken, and, disoriented, briefly glimpsed the transmission of Optimus he had seen earlier. His brief confusion over his identity led him to wonder aloud if he ''was'' Bumblebee... which inspired the nearby Shockwave to use the amnesiac explorers in a twisted experiment. By replacing the lost memories of the ''Axalon'' crew with data on the Cybertronian Autobots and Decepticons, Shockwave convinced the stranded beast-bots that they were warriors in the [[Great War (G1)\|Great War]] and pitted them against one another in a series of simulated wargames in order to study their tactics for his own use. After Shockwave was entombed in lava by the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dynobot]]s, "Bumblebee" and the other Maximals fought on amongst each other until they finally ran low on Energon and went into stasis underground. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}		Centurion was the first of them to awaken, and, disoriented, briefly glimpsed the transmission of Optimus he had seen earlier. His brief confusion over his identity led him to wonder aloud if he ''was'' Bumblebee... which inspired the nearby Shockwave to use the amnesiac explorers in a twisted experiment. By replacing the lost memories of the ''Axalon'' crew with data on the Cybertronian Autobots and Decepticons, Shockwave convinced the stranded beast-bots that they were warriors in the [[Great War (G1)\|Great War]] and pitted them against one another in a series of simulated wargames in order to study their tactics for his own use. After Shockwave was entombed in lava by the [[Dinobot (G1)\|Dynobot]]s, "Bumblebee" and the other Maximals fought on amongst each other until they finally ran low on Energon and went into stasis underground. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}

	[[File:BeeandJohnHenry-HOS2.jpg\|thumb\|left~~\|250px~~]]		[[File:BeeandJohnHenry-HOS2.jpg\|thumb\|left]]

	"Bumblebee" awoke in the 19th century to the sound of [[human]] workers building a railroad line over their cave. Shedding his original [[beast mode]], he disguised himself as a small steam locomotive with no control cab and a built in steam-hammer for driving spikes. {{storylink\|Hearts of Steel issue 1\|Hearts of Steel #1}} Initially, he directly competed with steel-driving legend [[John Henry]]. After "Bumblebee" revealed himself in robot form to Henry, Henry set aside his mistrust of automation after realizing that "Bumblebee" was a living being (not just a machine) who wanted to put in a fair day's work. {{storylink\|Hearts of Steel issue 2\|Hearts of Steel #2}}		"Bumblebee" awoke in the 19th century to the sound of [[human]] workers building a railroad line over their cave. Shedding his original [[beast mode]], he disguised himself as a small steam locomotive with no control cab and a built in steam-hammer for driving spikes. {{storylink\|Hearts of Steel issue 1\|Hearts of Steel #1}} Initially, he directly competed with steel-driving legend [[John Henry]]. After "Bumblebee" revealed himself in robot form to Henry, Henry set aside his mistrust of automation after realizing that "Bumblebee" was a living being (not just a machine) who wanted to put in a fair day's work. {{storylink\|Hearts of Steel issue 2\|Hearts of Steel #2}}
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	John Henry would later tell his family about his encounter with "Bumblebee". {{storylink\|Primeless, Part 1}}		John Henry would later tell his family about his encounter with "Bumblebee". {{storylink\|Primeless, Part 1}}

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	Several years later, "Bumblebee" had adopted a streetcar alternate mode and was one of a handful of Maximals who awoke to warn his ally [[Tobias Muldoon]] about the threat of an [[Elder God]]. This menace required more firepower; as a result, the "Autobots", with the help of [[Nikola Tesla]], awoke Domitius Major—Centurion's old commander, now conditioned into believing he was Optimus Prime. {{storylink\|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1\|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} "Optimus" succeeded in driving off the eldritch horror, but pledged that his forces would remain alert should its like resurface. {{storylink\|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2\|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}		Several years later, "Bumblebee" had adopted a streetcar alternate mode and was one of a handful of Maximals who awoke to warn his ally [[Tobias Muldoon]] about the threat of an [[Elder God]]. This menace required more firepower; as a result, the "Autobots", with the help of [[Nikola Tesla]], awoke Domitius Major—Centurion's old commander, now conditioned into believing he was Optimus Prime. {{storylink\|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1\|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} "Optimus" succeeded in driving off the eldritch horror, but pledged that his forces would remain alert should its like resurface. {{storylink\|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2\|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}
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	Though Kreiger would come to learn more about Centurion's heritage and the circumstances surrounding his arrival on [[Earth]], he chose to keep the truth from Centurion himself, believing that the knowledge would erode the Maximal's fealty to him. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}} {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}		Though Kreiger would come to learn more about Centurion's heritage and the circumstances surrounding his arrival on [[Earth]], he chose to keep the truth from Centurion himself, believing that the knowledge would erode the Maximal's fealty to him. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}} {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}

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	In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.		In 1994, Centurion was present in Kreiger's [[Project Ice Man\|Brasnyan base]] during Kreiger's experiments on Mike Power, the "[[Atomic Man]]." Through this experimentation, Power managed to interface with the Talisman, somehow summoning the lost ''Axalon''... and with it, Sergeant Savage. Second later, [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team\|Adventure Force]] stormed the base, though Kreiger ordered his Cybertronian asset to avoid attacking the intruders in the ensuing standoff.
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	Following the capture of Garrison Kreiger and a reunion with a time-displaced Sgt. Savage, Kup had taken it upon himself to teach the amnesiac Transformer about [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. Centurion politely listened while hacking the Onyx facility's defense systems to create a diversion, firing on an incoming G.I. Joe air unit as a distraction. Deploying an arsenal of hidden weaponry, Centurion apologized for fooling the Autobot and opened fire. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} The two Cybertronians grappled with each other until their fight was interrupted by a swarm of [[Dire Wraith]] hybrids that Action Man released as a distraction. The horde chased Centurion through the halls of the building and managed to bring him down before Blackrock successfully reversed the Wraith mutation using a burst of Talisman energy, turning them back into [[human]]s.		Following the capture of Garrison Kreiger and a reunion with a time-displaced Sgt. Savage, Kup had taken it upon himself to teach the amnesiac Transformer about [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]. Centurion politely listened while hacking the Onyx facility's defense systems to create a diversion, firing on an incoming G.I. Joe air unit as a distraction. Deploying an arsenal of hidden weaponry, Centurion apologized for fooling the Autobot and opened fire. {{storylink\|When Eagles Scream}} The two Cybertronians grappled with each other until their fight was interrupted by a swarm of [[Dire Wraith]] hybrids that Action Man released as a distraction. The horde chased Centurion through the halls of the building and managed to bring him down before Blackrock successfully reversed the Wraith mutation using a burst of Talisman energy, turning them back into [[human]]s.

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	The curative pulse had the side effect of releasing a copy of [[Atomic Man]]'s consciousness that had been preserved inside the Talisman's systems, which somehow found its way to Centurion's body. The resulting combination created a composite being: though still calling himself "Centurion", this new Transformer contained the memories of both the Maximal and the human. With an angry [[Metrotitan (G1)\|Metrotitan]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] bearing down on them, Colton's alliance retreated, leaving Centurion behind — but not the Talisman, which [[Mercy Gale\|Doctor X]] and [[Tempest (G.I. Joe)\|Storm Shadow]] took with them. The energies released by the Talisman's teleportation threatened to unleash another wave of mutative energy, and Centurion threw himself into the Talisman, seemingly perishing. Seconds later, however, he returned to life and explained his recent rebirth to the assembled Revolutionaries and [[Verenya]]ns. Though not all the Verenyans had survived their time as Dire Wraiths, Centurion reassured them that they should count their recent adventure as a victory. {{storylink\|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)\|Ghost in the Machine}} Centurion's unique life had repeatedly brought him into contact with the Talisman, and as a result the "new" Centurion possessed an almost symbiotic connection to the artifact, able to sense its movements and even channel its power. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}}		The curative pulse had the side effect of releasing a copy of [[Atomic Man]]'s consciousness that had been preserved inside the Talisman's systems, which somehow found its way to Centurion's body. The resulting combination created a composite being: though still calling himself "Centurion", this new Transformer contained the memories of both the Maximal and the human. With an angry [[Metrotitan (G1)\|Metrotitan]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] bearing down on them, Colton's alliance retreated, leaving Centurion behind — but not the Talisman, which [[Mercy Gale\|Doctor X]] and [[Tempest (G.I. Joe)\|Storm Shadow]] took with them. The energies released by the Talisman's teleportation threatened to unleash another wave of mutative energy, and Centurion threw himself into the Talisman, seemingly perishing. Seconds later, however, he returned to life and explained his recent rebirth to the assembled Revolutionaries and [[Verenya]]ns. Though not all the Verenyans had survived their time as Dire Wraiths, Centurion reassured them that they should count their recent adventure as a victory. {{storylink\|Ghost in the Machine (IDW)\|Ghost in the Machine}} Centurion's unique life had repeatedly brought him into contact with the Talisman, and as a result the "new" Centurion possessed an almost symbiotic connection to the artifact, able to sense its movements and even channel its power. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}}
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	Colditz broke into Centurion's quarters and offered him the opportunity to return to Kreiger's ranks. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dawn}} Tired of Kreiger and disgusted by his plans to harm Cybertron, Centurion saw in Colditz's words a way to get close to his former benefactor and kill him in revenge for two lifetime's worth of manipulation and abuse. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}} Pretending to return to his old ways, Centurion absconded with the villains and kidnapped Blackrock as they left. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dawn}}		Colditz broke into Centurion's quarters and offered him the opportunity to return to Kreiger's ranks. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dawn}} Tired of Kreiger and disgusted by his plans to harm Cybertron, Centurion saw in Colditz's words a way to get close to his former benefactor and kill him in revenge for two lifetime's worth of manipulation and abuse. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}} Pretending to return to his old ways, Centurion absconded with the villains and kidnapped Blackrock as they left. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dawn}}

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	Joined by some [[Red Shadows]], Colditz and Centurion soon left the outskirts of the city and set up a camp in the wilds while Colditz tried to contact Kreiger. Blackrock learned of Centurion's plan before Kup and [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Arcee]] caught up with them, prompting Colditz to detonate his explosives and Kreiger to remotely transmit a destructive surge of Talisman energy through Centurion's systems. Realizing that this was a deliberate bid to kill Centurion, Blackrock managed to convince Centurion to rein in the out of control energy at the cost of leaving him comatose in [[stasis lock]]. Deprived of their best chance to end the invasion of Cybertron, the heroes returned Centurion's unconscious body to Iacon. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}}		Joined by some [[Red Shadows]], Colditz and Centurion soon left the outskirts of the city and set up a camp in the wilds while Colditz tried to contact Kreiger. Blackrock learned of Centurion's plan before Kup and [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Arcee]] caught up with them, prompting Colditz to detonate his explosives and Kreiger to remotely transmit a destructive surge of Talisman energy through Centurion's systems. Realizing that this was a deliberate bid to kill Centurion, Blackrock managed to convince Centurion to rein in the out of control energy at the cost of leaving him comatose in [[stasis lock]]. Deprived of their best chance to end the invasion of Cybertron, the heroes returned Centurion's unconscious body to Iacon. {{storylink\|Unification Day: Dusk}}