Shadowhawk: Difference between revisions

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Shadowhawk is a Decepticon from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

You can't see me!

_{This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.}

Shadowhawk is an associate of Swindle, which probably doesn't bode well for his being a law-abiding member of society.

When Swindle was apprehended in a simultronics bust conducted by Orion Pax and Jetfire, Shadowhawk was among the associates he ratted out. Post

Shadowhawk and Marauder are likely references to the tabletop wargame BattleTech. John Barber had looked into licensing a BattleTech comic book run at IDW Publishing in 2013, and the Shadow Hawk and Marauder are two extremely iconic Battlemechs. The fact that neither character is pictured is another potential reference, as the original artwork for both mechs was removed from the game in the 1990s due to a lawsuit over copyright violation.
Separately, "Shadowhawk" was the 2004 Japanese Super Link name for Energon Divebomb.

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 ==Notes==
-*"Shadowhawk" was the Japanese-market name for ''Energon'' [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]].
+* Shadowhawk and [[Marauder (G1)|Marauder]] are likely references to the tabletop wargame ''{{w|BattleTech}}''.  John Barber had looked into licensing a ''BattleTech'' comic book run at [[IDW Publishing]] in 2013, and the Shadow Hawk and Marauder are two extremely iconic Battlemechs.  The fact that neither character is pictured is another potential reference, as the original artwork for both mechs was removed from the game in the 1990s due to a lawsuit over copyright violation.
-* Shadowhawk and Marauder are potentially references to the tabletop wargame Battletech.  John Barber had looked into licensing a Battletech comic book run at IDW in 2013, and the Shadow Hawk and Marauder are two extremely iconic Battlemechs.  The fact that neither character is pictured is another potential reference, as the original artwork for both mechs was removed from the game in the 1990s due to a lawsuit over copyright violation.
+* Separately, "Shadowhawk" was the [[2004]] Japanese ''Super Link'' name for ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]].
 [[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]]
 [[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]