King Atlas

King Atlas is a Combatronian Autobot from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family (via the 2003 Universe series).

Not in a gay way, but in a manly, Viking kinda way.

King Atlas is a colossal Autobot, once the commander of the army of Combatron, who now fights alongside Optimus Primal against the hordes of Unicron.

Fiction

Force of Habit

King Atlas was the commander of the Transformer army based on the planet Combatron, stationed as part of the efforts to construct a galaxy-wide Space Bridge. Long ago, he inexplicably vanished, and the result was an endless planetary civil war all across Combatron. Force of Habit

These walls suddenly cannot contain me!

When Trailbreaker and Silverbolt cut the security systems that kept Unicron's prisoners in their cells, King Atlas was part of the swarm of Cybertronians who made their escape. Escape Following his escape he joined Optimus Primal and the Children of Primus in battling Unicron's minions in what would become known as the Universe War. Homecoming

King Atlas would later team up with Depth Charge to set up an underground network to free Unicron's captives from the Cauldron. Universe Depth Charge profile

You're carrying me? Who's carrying you?!

At what would be the end of the Universe conflict, Optimus Primal led his Children of Primus against the Minions of Unicron within Unicron himself. Unicron began falling apart beneath them, and so King Atlas and the others were forced to escape. King Atlas grabbed Trailbreaker and Roulette, intending to carry them to safety through a dimensional portal presumably leading back to Primal's technorganic Cybertron. Revelations Part 2

King Atlas and Sentinel Maximus later replaced Rodimus and Magnaboss as Matrix Templars. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/18

Ask Vector Prime

In Aurex 1104.30-JM Zeta, it was Whirl rather than King Atlas who was abducted by Unicron to fight in the Cauldron. Thus, King Atlas survived to the present day to lead his forces in aid of the Autobots during the hunt for the Omega Lock. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/23

Toys

Universe (2003)

The final toy had less black on the engine sections than this promo picture suggests.

• King Atlas (Ultra, 2004)
  • Accessories: 6 missiles

A redeco of the Generation 1 Decepticon Predator Skyquake, King Atlas transforms into a large jet bomber of made-up model, though it may have been at least partially inspired by the Rockwell B-1 Lancer and/or Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Like the other U.S. release of this mold, Machine Wars Starscream, it lacks the original spring-loaded missile launcher hand-weapon due to there being no way in hell it would pass U.S. safety testing. It does retain the "carpet bombing" gimmick in its wings, plus the light-pipe and "periscope" gimmicks.

• More information on King Atlas at TFU.info

Notes

• Hasbro Transformers Design Director Aaron Archer said that this figure was deliberately colored to resemble Dai Atlas. With the lack of any bio information for the toy, King Atlas could conceivably have been a new form of Dai Atlas, until "Force of Habit" made him a distinct Unicron Trilogy character.
• Proposed but unrealized Fun Publications BotCon exclusives included redecoes of Universe Silverbolt into Skyquake/Scrash and Dai Atlas/King Atlas.
• The name of King Atlas was previously used for a Micronauts villain, who was one of Baron Karza's generals.

Foreign names

• Japanese: King Atlas (キングアトラス Kingu Atorasu)