Dynamo
- Dynamo is a human from the Marvel portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Dynamo is Hector Dialonzo, a member of the superhuman Neo-Knights. He has the power to tap into the Earth to fly, create energy blasts and create earthquakes. He also develops a more limited ability to tap into Cybertron.
Fiction
Marvel The Transformers comics
Hector Dialonzo was an illegal immigrant from Mexico, with the mutant ability to channel the energies of the Earth: something he viewed as a curse. He spent some time on the move, in a world that pushed him around and viewed him as a freak. When his workplace was attacked by the Air Strike Patrol, he finally decided to stand up and used his powers to destroy the Decepticons. He killed Tailwind, Storm Cloud, and Nightflight before Whisper decided to take several of his coworkers hostage, hoisting a fuel tanker overhead and threatening to drop it on the other humans. Enraged at being threatened with "terror tactics," Hector refused to stay his hand and blasted the Decepticon with lightning... almost killing the other workers in the process. Horrified, Hector ran off and vanished, becoming known as 'Mister X'.
Hector was eventually tracked down, and agreed to sit tight in exchange to amnesty and temporary citizenship if he joined up with a team being brought together by G.B. Blackrock. Circuit Breaker got to his coordinates first however, and let him believe that she was representing Blackrock. Before their conversation went anywhere, Starscream ripped open the bar both superhumans were talking in, intent on using Dialonzo for his own agenda. With Starscream gaining the upper hand, Dialonzo offered to surrender himself in exchange for Starscream sparing Circuit Breaker's life. The negotiations were cut short, as Blackrock then arrived on-scene, accompanied by two other superhumans, Thunderpunch and Rapture. All parties involved began to squabble over "ownership" of Dialonzo, until the annoyed man forced everyone to stop and said he'd go with whoever he chose. All three parties made their pitch; Hector was offered world dominance and being viewed as a hero, but ultimately opted to join forces with G.B. Blackrock, who offered him a place to belong and put his powers to good use. Starscream made a last-ditch effort to take Hector by force, only to be shoved down into the nearby surf by Circuit Breaker and Thunderpunch's conjoined efforts. The humans then left together in Blackrock's helicopter. The Human Factor!
He next appeared in costume as a member of the Neo-Knights. Now called Dynamo, he engaged the Decepticons during their brief civil war. Out of Time!
When Unicron attacked Cybertron, he attempted, with limited success, to tap into the power of Cybertron as he did on Earth. On the Edge of Extinction!
After the Autobots and Decepticons abandoned Cybertron, his attunement to the planet led his fellow Neo Knights and the seemingly delusional Hi-Q to the Last Autobot, paving the way for the salvation of the planet. The Last Autobot?
Notes
- Furman and Wildman planned to rework the Knights as Techno-X series; the Transformers would have been just a simulation to train them against real robots. And since they'd run out of ideas for Dynamo, the poor sod was going to be retconned into part of the simulation! Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 41
