New York City

New York City, New York, is a city in the United States of America on Earth.

Marvel Comics

Underbase Saga

Everyone's your friend, in New York City. Except Starscream.

When Starscream absorbed a portion of the Underbase, New York is one of the three cities he chose to destroy. He announced this, of course, out loud, so when he arrived, an army of Autobots and Decepticons led by Blaster and Ratbat were waiting for him.

While in the city, the following Transformers were taken out by Starscream:

• The Aerialbots (Air Raid, Fireflight, Skydive, Silverbolt, Slingshot)
• Hound
• Bluestreak
• Mirage
• Hoist
• Brawn
• Gears
• Goldbug
• Jazz
• The Seacons (Snaptrap, Overbite, Nautilator, Seawing, Skalor, Tentakil)
• Jetfire
• Blaster

Ratbat escaped, leaving Blaster to his doom. Starscream left for his second targeted city, Tokyo.

In a flashback story in UK #268, Prowl is shown surviving Starscream's initial attack, but is deactivated following Starscream's attack on the Seacons.

Micromaster era

Some months later, Decepticon commander Scorponok moved his headquarters to the nearby swamps of northern New Jersey, as part of a plan to harvest energy. The Decepticons erected a storm generator station, creating a massive thunderstorm over the New York City area. An electrostater was to be placed atop the Empire State Building by Iguanis, collecting the storm's energy in one massive lightning bolt which would then be harvested by Scorponok's crew. However, the interference of the Autobot Micromasters under Roadhandler's command resulted in the lightning blasting the bolts out of Iguanis instead.

Roadhandler's crew made themselves at home in the city, going so far as to aprehend human thieves and make an appearance on a talk show based in New York.

The Decepticons kept their base in the area, however. This would have nearly-disastrous consequences for New York when the so-called Decepticon Civil War erupted; a battle between Scorponok and Shockwave spilled over into the area of Battery Park. Optimus Prime and Nightbeat managed to contain the battle briefly, as did the Neo-Knights. After the hostilities ended, the assembled Transformers were suddenly teleported away, leaving only a very puzzled NYPD officer wondering how to write up the indcident.