Heatwave (Timelines)
- Heatwave is a heroic Decepticon in the Shattered Glass continuity.
Heatwave has a unique affinity for machinery. His strange powers allow him to converse—literally—with non-sentient devices, as if they were a fellow 'bot. He can learn their status, make requests of them, and possibly even effect repairs, all with a simple touch of his hands. The strangeness of this gift doesn't quite register with the quirky, cheerful Heatwave, who casually talks to and about unliving machines as if they were his drinking buddies. Amid the strangeness that is the Shattered Glass universe, this bizarre talent hardly seems out of place, and his heroic Decepticon allies just shake their heads at his oddities.
Heatwave's gifts are but a hint of a greater destiny that he is likely unaware of—he is the torso piece of Nexus Maximus, created by Primus at the dawn of time to guard the multiverse's Rarified Energon.
Fiction
Shattered Glass
Heatwave joined Megatron's forces in attacking the Ark, a ship the Autobots built to help them conquer other worlds. Shattered Glass
Heatwave later joined the crew of the Nemesis, and made use of his abilities to help save the vessel's crew as it crashed on Earth. He himself was among the last to make it off the ship. Do Over
After arriving on Earth, Heatwave tracked Soundwave's stasis pod to a human tourist attraction. After helping his comrade to repair himself, the two set out to find the Nemesis and reunite with the other Decepticons. The Desert Heat!
Toys
Timelines
- Heatwave (club freebie, 2009)
- Heatwave is a retool of Energon Barricade with a new combiner robot head. Heatwave transforms into an eight-wheeled multiple launch rocket system with a rear-mounted (non-firing) missile rack that turns and elevates. He also forms the torso to Nexus Maximus along with Skyfall, Landquake, Breakaway, and Topspin. He is also capable of combining with any "Powerlinx Combiner" limb-robot combination thanks to the universal connector points used for the Air Team, Destruction Team and Construction Team toys.
- Heatwave has a minor flaw in that the new combiner head is slightly too tall for the space it is supposed to occupy in Heatwave's robot mode. Due to this, the back chunk no longer pegs securely in place. Thankfully, the hinges are strong enough to hold it up anyway.
- As a club freebie, Heatwave came with a membership card with a lenticular image on the front showing an illustration by Tom Whalen of Heatwave from "Eye in the Sky"), and Heatwave's bio on the back.
