Ion Storm

Ion Storm is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Ion Storm is the blue one in the middle.

One of the formidable Rainmakers, Ion Storm is an electrokinetic, able to personally generate EMPs.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

When a group of Autobots (and Chip Chase) journeyed to Cybertron to fetch a cosmitron for a wounded Optimus Prime, Megatron sent the Rainmaker trio to make things difficult for our heroes with some acid rain.

Guess what? They failed. Divide and Conquer

Ask Vector Prime

No, the other blue one. The other other blue one. The other other other blue one.

The Rainmakers were among the deadliest subordinates of Shockwave on Cybertron and Earth in many universal streams. Vector Prime considered himself fortunate to have never encountered an iteration of Ion Storm. Vector Prime noted, though, that in the case of Primax 509.28 Epsilon, if Ion Storm tried to disable all electronics in an area, then Ion Storm's EMP would affect himself as well. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/13

2019 IDW continuity

During the War of the Threefold Spark, the Rainmakers were a military unit including Acid Storm, Ion Storm, and Nova Storm.

When the Ascenticon Guard chose to swell their ranks in the modern era, Ion Storm and Nova Storm reconnected with the existing guardsman Acid Storm, a reunion that would be seen as foreboding to some. Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down

Toys

Generations

Disregard the vehicle photo on the right.

• Seeker Acid Storm / Seeker Ion Storm / Seeker Nova Storm (Multi-pack, 2019)
  • ID number: WFC-S53
  • Accessories: 6 "HPI Null-Ray Laser Launchers"

This Siege three-pack version of "Seeker Ion Storm" is a redeco of Starscream from the same line, transforming from a heavily Generation 1-inspired robot to a Cybertronian 'tetrajet' based on the Seekers' appearance in "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1" and back; although the jet mode has the robot legs sticking out from the undercarriage. He includes two "HPI Null-Ray Laser Launchers," which can mount on his upper arms, or under the wings in jet mode, and comes with "Seeker Acid Storm" and "Seeker Nova Storm", all based on their appearance in "Divide and Conquer". All three feature battle damage and use the smirkless head sculpt used by Starscream.

Stock photos provided by Hasbro erroneously recycle the alt-mode shot of Thundercracker.

This set was made available at general retail in US Target stores without prior announcement from Hasbro. Release venues elsewhere have yet to be announced.

Merchandise

The Loyal Subjects

Make it Rain. (Ion Storm is on the right)

• Rainmakers (2013)
  • Accessories: Pegged wings, blasters

The Loyal Subjects Ion Storm (though he had not received his name yet) is a 3-inch non-transforming vinyl figure designed by Les Schetkoe. He comes in the "Rainmakers" set alongside Acid Storm and Nova Storm. The set comes in a retro box and was released in a limited run of 500 pieces.

Transformers Trading Card Game

• Raider Ion Storm, Infantry-Rainmaker (2019)
  • Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I
  • Rarity: CT
  • Card Number: T30/T48
  • Stars: 12

Private Stakeout, Infantry-Communications is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the Transformers Trading Card Game, War for Cybertron: Siege I.

Raider Ion Storm, Infantry-Rainmaker features original cartwor, with line-art by Dan Khanna and colors by Volta.

Notes

• Despite the many different designations thought up by fans, the yellow and the blue Rainmakers went officially unnamed for over 30 years until a 2015 entry of the Facebook edition of "Ask Vector Prime" by Betsy Blackie and Brandy Dixon named the yellow one Nova Storm and the blue one Ion Storm.
• The term "rainmakers" was originally used by Bluestreak as a colloquial description of their actions. However, repeated fan usage turned this into a widely accepted name for the group, which was eventually made official as such by Hasbro's bio for Acid Storm's Universe toy.