Ion Storm

Ion Storm is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Ion Storm is the blue one in the middle.

One of the formidable Rainmakers, Ion Storm is an electrokinetic, able to personally generate EMPs.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

When a group of Autobots (and Chip Chase) journeyed to Cybertron to fetch a cosmitron for a wounded Optimus Prime, Megatron sent the Rainmaker trio to make things difficult for our heroes with some acid rain.

Guess what? They failed. Divide and Conquer

Ask Vector Prime

No, the other blue one. The other other blue one. The other other other blue one.

The Rainmakers were among the deadliest subordinates of Shockwave on Cybertron and Earth in many universal streams. Vector Prime considered himself fortunate to have never encountered an iteration of Ion Storm. Vector Prime noted, though, that in the case of Primax 509.28 Epsilon, if Ion Storm tried to disable all electronics in an area, then Ion Storm's EMP would affect himself as well. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/13

Toys

Generations

• Seeker Acid Storm / Seeker Ion Storm / Seeker Nova Storm (multipack, 2019)
  • ID number: WFC-S
  • Japanese ID number: TBA
  • Japanese release date: TBA
  • Accessories: 6 "HPI Null-Ray Laser Launchers"

This Siege three-pack version of Ion Storm is a redeco of Starscream from the same line, transforming from a heavily Generation 1-inspired robot to a Cybertronian 'tetrajet' based on the Seekers' appearance in "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1" and back; although the jet mode has the robot legs sticking out from the undercarriage. He includes two "HPI Null-Ray Laser Launchers," which can mount on his upper arms, or under the wings in jet mode, and comes with the other Rainmakers, all based on their appearance in "Divide and Conquer". All three feature battle damage and use the smirkless head sculpt used by Starscream.

Bizarrely, his stock photos depict Thundercracker's alt-mode.

This set was made available at general retail in US Target stores without prior announcement from Hasbro. Release venues elsewhere have yet to be announced.

Merchandise

The Loyal Subjects

Make it Rain. (Ion Storm is on the right)

• Rainmakers (2013)
  • Accessories: Pegged wings, blasters

The Loyal Subjects Ion Storm (though he had not received his name yet) is a 3-inch non-transforming vinyl figure designed by Les Schetkoe. He comes in the "Rainmakers" set alongside Acid Storm and Nova Storm. The set comes in a retro box and was released in a limited run of 500 pieces.

Notes

• Despite the many different designations thought up by fans, the yellow and the blue Rainmakers went officially unnamed for over 30 years until a 2015 entry of the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime named the yellow one Nova Storm and the blue one Ion Storm.
• The term "rainmakers" was originally used by Bluestreak as a colloquial description of their actions. However, repeated fan usage has turned this into a widely accepted name for the group, which was eventually made official as such by Hasbro's bio for Acid Storm's Universe toy.