Garrison Kreiger
| The name or term "Blitz" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Blitz (disambiguation). |
- Kreiger is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Garrison Kreiger, aka General Blitz, is an Axis leader turned terrorist leader of the I.R.O.N. Army, making him two villains in one.
Fiction
Story of Binaltech
According to Agent Faireborne's investigations, General Kreiger and Count von Rani together led the Concurrence, a cabal of humans who planned to drive all Transformers away from Earth, turning the Solar System into a robot-free "resort". To accomplish this, the Concurrence began creating Decepticon Binaltechs to challenge the Autobot Binaltechs. What they would have done with the Decepticons after that is anybody's guess. Expose All of Evil's Designs!
TransTech
During World War II, Kreiger—under his nom de guerre General Blitz—led the I.R.O.N. Army, Kalistan's elite force. Somehow he'd made contact with the Decepticons and was using their super-science to help the Axis-aligned Kalistan in the war, much to the interest of the Allies. 'Blitz' would experiment on that real American hero, Sgt. Savage.
It was he who named Kalistan's team the Invasion, Reconnaissance, Occupation, and Neutralization Army. Hawk has to admit that guy has a flair for the dramatic! Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter, 2016/05/01
IDW Generation 1 Continuity
In WW2, a young 2nd Lieutenant Garrison Kreiger—codenamed "Blitz"—served alongside Master Sergeant Savage and his Screaming Eagles. In 1943, while on a mission in Kalistan, the Screaming Eagles encountered robotic troops fighting for the Germans. One of these robots managed to land a hit on Kreiger, scarring his left eye. But the encounter inspired Kreiger... The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb
Kreiger continued serving with Savage, and as part of the European resistence wound up in Paris, where he and Savage witnessed two metal goliaths battling it out. The victor asked Kreiger and savage to lead him to his ship, so he could die in peace. The trio tracked the ship to Brasnya, where more robotic troops swarmed them. Savage held the machines off as Kreiger and their metallic associate investigated the ship's ruins. Kreiger found evidence of a mysterious "talisman" that he figured had been conjuring the soldiers, sent by Centurion's master. Before Centurion could explain who that master was, there was a loud sound from outside: The remains of Centurion's commanding officer, reanimated by the drones. As Kreiger watched the Eukarian brawl with the creatures, he determined the drones were being controlled by the Talisman. As he did, the drones did something that made the ship and the Sergeant himself vanish without a trace. As he saw a furious Centurion fell his former commander's remains, Kreiger was inspired. He knew the Talisman was on Earth, and he vowed to find it. Of course, with the sergeant gone, he needed a new ally. So he reached out to the devastated Eukarian, offering to help him... Strange Visitors
Over the next several decades, he would spend years hunting down what he knew as "Binaltech", until finding it in an Egyptian pyramid, with the help of Dr. Elliot March, who Kreiger promptly killed. In the ruins, Kreiger found the Talisman, and began using it to animate and control a horde of robots, before sending out a distress beacon. This attracted not only the attention of Joe Colton and his Adventure Team, but also Soundwave. A battle ensued between the team and Soundwave, until the Cybertronian decided to leave, having realized the talisman wasn't his goal. In the aftermath, Kreiger took the device for himself, without giving his "rescuers" so much as a "thank you". According to Richard Ruby, he went on to murder Mike Power. The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb In fact, he hadn't, merely captured his former teammate so he could experiment on him. Strange Visitors
Following that, Kreiger established the "International Robotics Operations Network", The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb as he studied the Talisman in Schleteva, The Iron Klaw before disappearing under mysterious circumstances a few years prior to 2017. The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Unknown to the world, Kreiger had begun working with a consortium of villainous characters to study and utilize the Talisman for their own ends. Some time after his "disappearance", Kreiger found the Predacons, and a way to control them and their combined form of Predaking, via a simulated version of the Talisman. One of those Kreiger was working with was one Count von Rani, a Kalistan native who was also the majority shareholder of I.R.O.N..
Shortly after Garrison Blackrock accidentally stumbled upon the Talisman, Kreiger was in von Rani's castle, when he received a visit from Tomax Paoli, Kreiger's choice to replace him as CEO of I.R.O.N., and his allies's choice of replacement Cobra Commander. The former Cobra leader had caught Blackrock, and brought him to Kreiger so the man could have a look at him, an opportunity Kreiger took, determined to find out why the Talisman reacted to Blackrock. Before he could get started, however, Baron Ironblood noticed an intruder lurking in the shadows. On Ironblood's warning that the former Joe wasn't working alone, Kreiger unleashed the Predacons. With Snake Eyes apparently subdued, Kreiger questioned Paoli about his success working on "Project: Iceman" in San Francisco, at which point Paoli turned out to be the real Snake Eyes, the other being a robot duplicate. Thanks to Snake Eyes, and the actions of his allies, Kreiger lost both Blackrock and the Predacons.
In the aftermath, Baron Ironblood declared they had no choice but to scrub Centurion and Paoli. The Iron Klaw Visiting Paoli in person, Kreiger warned him of the incoming band of "Revolutionaries", telling him he was merely bait, and didn't care what Paoli told them when caught. After Paoli and Centurion were taken in by the team, Kreiger took part in a conference call with his allies, preparing to travel to Brasnya, stating his presence was "needed" to finish what they were planning. Strange Visitors
Notes
- General Garrison Kreiger AKA General Blitz, hails from Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles, an early '90s attempt to rebrand the G.I. Joe toyline to stave off faltering sales. It presented Kreiger as an American soldier in World War II who defected to the I.R.O.N. Army (the main Axis power in that universe) and had become its leader by the modern day.[1] This franchise had a short life, ending when Kenner took over Hasbro's "boys' toys" brands and replaced it with G.I. Joe Extreme. That series continued to feature the Sgt. Savage character, but against a new villain: Count von Rani, aka Iron Klaw, and his paramilitary organization S.K.A.R. The I.R.O.N. Army was referred to in one episode, but not Blitz. It was the TransTech Facebook pages that finally brought more of his backstory into Transformers fiction, as well as inventing a tie between Sgt. Savage's two enemies (previously the I.R.O.N. Army and S.K.A.R. were unrelated).
- In the lone direct-to-video Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles episode, General Blitz is voiced by Transformers alumnus Garry Chalk.
