Heatwave (Timelines)

Heatwave is a heroic Decepticon in the Shattered Glass continuity.

Is it my torso? It is! My precious torso!

Heatwave has a unique affinity for machinery. His strange powers allow him to converse—literally—with non-sentient devices, as if they were a fellow 'bot. He can learn their status, make requests of them, and possibly even effect repairs, all with a simple touch of his hands. The strangeness of this gift doesn't quite register with the quirky Heatwave, who casually talks to and about unliving machines as if they were his drinking buddies. Amid the strangeness that is the Shattered Glass universe, this bizarre talent hardly seems out of place, and his heroic Decepticon allies just shake their heads at his oddities.

Heatwave's gifts are but a hint of a greater destiny that he is likely unaware of—he is the torso piece of a combiner robot, specifically a Prime, created by Primus at the dawn of time to guard the multiverse's Rarified Energon.

Fiction

Shattered Glass

Heatwave joined Megatron's forces in attacking the Ark, a ship the Autobots built to help them conquer other worlds. Shattered Glass

Heatwave later joined the crew of the Nemesis, and made use of his abilities to help save the vessel's crew as it crashed on Earth. He himself was among the last to make it off the ship. Do Over

After arriving on Earth, Heatwave tracked Soundwave's stasis pod to a human tourist attraction. After helping his comrade to repair himself, the two set out to find the Nemesis and reunite with the other Decepticons. The Desert Heat!

Eye in the Sky

Toys

Shattered Glass

• Heatwave (club freebie, 2009)

Heatwave is a retool of Energon Barricade with a new combiner robot head. Heatwave transforms into an eight-wheeled multiple launch rocket system with a rear-mounted (non-firing) missile rack that turns and elevates. He also forms the torso to a yet-unnamed combiner robot along with Skyfall, Landquake, Breakaway, and Topspin. He is also capable of combining with any "Powerlinx Combiner" limb-robot combination thanks to the universal connector points used for the Air Team, Destruction Team and Construction Team toys. The finished product will have translucent blue parts.

This mold, pre-retool, was also used to make Universe Onslaught and Movie Onslaught.