Whisper (G1)
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- Whisper is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Whisper is the leader of the Air Strike Patrol, a position he holds by being braver than Nightflight, smarter than Storm Cloud, and bolder than Tailwind. In fact, if he wasn't completely despicable, he'd probably make a good Autobot. Pity the position's taken.[1]
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Nightflight and his patrolmates were the first Decepticon Micromasters to be created after Thunderwing's scientists reverse engineered the process from the captive Autobot Battle Patrol. When the Race Car Patrol infiltrated Thunderwing's base with a bomb to destroy the Battle Patrol they were ambushed by the Air Strike Patrol but Roadhandler was able to trick them into fleeing with the aid of the deactivated bomb. A Small War!
When Roadhandler became an overnight wrestling sensation on Earth, Scorponok called in help to end the Autobot's growing public adulation, and an unknown Decepticon sent the Air Strike Patrol. Whisper got to threaten physical harm against small children to force Roadhandler to take a dive against Storm Cloud, though he and his teammates were ultimately sent packing by the Race Car Patrol. The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!
Unknown to Scorponok, the patrol's secret employer was Megatron, who then sent the team on a mission to MacDill Air Force Base to capture the B-204 refueling plane. When the Autobots inevitably arrived, the team contacted Scorponok to tell him that they were under attack. Back from the Dead Skin Deep After a brief confrontation with Optimus Prime and the arrival of Scorponok's Decepticons, the Air Strike Patrol fled, their mission completed. The Resurrection Gambit!
They appear to have gone AWOL from the Decepticons after this, as Whisper was next seen as a private assassin with an open-ended contract to kill key Autobots. This in turn made Whisper a target of the Autobot Rescue Patrol, who damaged his wings and chased him into an Earthen forest. His patrolmates came to his aid, and the Rescue Patrol were called back by Optimus to stop the forest being destroyed. The Greatest Gift of All!
Whisper led his team across the southern United States, finally attacking an oil refinery. This was the same oil refinery where Hector Dialonzo, a human with extraordinary powers, was working, and he single-handedly destroyed the Air Strike Patrol. Whisper was the last to fall, quickly realising Hector's power and deciding to threaten workers to get him to back off. This just pissed Hector off and made him attack anyway! The Human Factor!
Marvel UK future timelines
In an alternate timeline, the Air Strike Patrol took Megatron's side in a Decepticon Civil War against factions led by Scorponok and Shockwave. They had a chance to kill a beaten Scorponok in 1991 but were stopped by the Autobots, as their battle was destroying a human city. Aspects of Evil!
Transformers Comic-Magazin
As the Decepticons arrived on Earth, Whisper and the Air Strike Patrol were among the first to engage their Autobot enemies. New York — A City Sinking in Terror
When a dimension bridge opened up connecting several points in time and space, the Autobots and Decepticons fought over control of the bridge. The Air Strike Patrol engaged the Autobot Pretender, Skyhammer. The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Whisper was one of the legions of Dead Universe Micromasters who pursued Hardhead and Nightbeat on Gorlam Prime. He survived to confront Hardhead with the Jhiaxus-controlled Nightbeat in the planet's subterranean tunnels, but failed to prevent the Autobot from escaping into the Dead Universe. Spotlight: Hardhead
Commercial appearances
When Zarak Maximus attempted to stomp Micropolis, Whisper was among innumerable Autobot and Decepticon Micromasters that swarmed and toppled the colossus. Micromaster transports commercial
Games
Transformers Legends
Dreadwind and the Air Strike Patrol conquered Garrus-9, though their triumph was short-lived as the Wreckers arrived a bit later and liberated it. The Wreckers
Toys
Generation 1
- Air Strike Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)
- Whisper transforms into a black Stealth fighter jet loosely based on the apocryphal "F-19" design. He was available only as part of a 4-bot Patrol with his teammates Nightflight, Storm Cloud, and Tailwind.
- This toy was sold in Japan without changes as the Autobot Whisper from Zone. It was redecoed to make Groundshaker.
Notes
- Whisper is gang molded with his teammate Storm Cloud and they share plastic colors.
- Whisper's vehicle mode appears to have been directly "inspired" by a 1988 Revell model kit of the proposed F-19 Stealth Fighter.
Foreign names
- French: Soupir (Canada)
- Italian: Ombra
