Steeljaw (IDW)

The name or term "Steeljaw" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Steeljaw (disambiguation).

Steel Jaw is a Transformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Resistance field commander Steel Jaw leads the Pack, a crack team of operatives responsible for the siege of Tesarus. His slashed insignia reveals his unorthodox approach to leadership, believing that those under his command should be more loyal to him than to Lio Convoy.

Fiction

Beast Wars: Uprising

Steel Jaw commanded the Pack in contested Tesarus during the Grand Uprising, hunkered down opposite the Micromaster 74th led by Erector. His unique leadership style had his troops mark their Maximal insignia with three slashes, identifying the Pack as loyal to him first, all other loyalties second. His second-in-command, Ramulus, had been with him since the earliest days of the revolution, before even Lio Convoy's proclamation.

All of which explains why he seriously considered disobeying Lio Convoy's orders to advance on Iacon without delay. Abandoning the slow, methodical push through Builder territory to charge the fortifications all at once would be a death sentence for many, if not most, of his men. Still, Steel Jaw accepted the intelligence reports of the Vehicon horde at the back, and decided to make his stand.

The Pack began an artillery bombardment of the Micromaster 74th to shake them up, and then ordered the frontal assault. In truth, a fifth of the Pack was killed in the first few cycles crossing the Builders' mine field. Nevertheless, enough remained for Steel Jaw to rally the Pack and take advantage of the surprise. They charged Erector's lines to break through the Micromasters trying to fortify the position.

In the end, the Pack won, but Steel Jaw was not around to see it, as he was felled by a stray shot. Two-thirds of the Maximals died in the advance, but the road to Iacon was open. Derailment

2005 IDW continuity

Steeljaw was one of Onyx Prime's Maximals. When this bestial horde invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling Arcee. Endless Forever

Last Bot Standing

Steeljaw is the commander of a new group of amoral Cybertronian survivors, who landed on the planet Donnokt.

Toys

(pre-Beast Upgrade appearance pictured)

Notes

• The narration notes that by the time of "Derailment", Beast Wars: Uprising Steel Jaw has adopted a luponoid beast mode, although it also states that he used to be an off-road vehicle in reference to his Robots in Disguise counterpart.
• Steel Jaw's defaced insignia also references his Robots in Disguise incarnation, who slashed the Decepticon insignias of those under his command.