Bomb-Burst (G1)
- Bomb-Burst is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
There are legends on many worlds of unnatural predators, monsters who hunt in the darkness, sucking the life from any unfortunate victims to cross their path. Bomb-Burst is that dark legend given life. A figure of Cybertronian myth, Bomb-Burst is all too real and all too terrifying. He hunts Autobots alone and in perfect silence, picking them off one at a time, snatching them away to the shadows and then draining all the energy from their bodies through his specially designed fangs. Sometimes the victim is found, drained, dead, and mangled the next morning; sometimes they simply vanish, never to be seen again.
Bomb-Burst's hovercraft mode can move in near silence and features dual lasers that he can also wield as a robot, but he is at his most deadly inside his monstrous Pretender shell. The shell's touch causes a rust-rash on contact and it features serrated fangs to punch through a victim's armor. The more energon Bomb-Burst drains, the stronger he becomes. His shell wields a corrosive slime shooter and a dual-bladed energo-axe.
Bomb-Burst cannot relate socially to most other Decepticons. He is at heart not a soldier in a war, after all, but a lone predator in the night. Powerful and intelligent, he excels at this. He is not invulnerable, however; his shell is highly energy-inefficient, requiring him to drain large numbers of victims, and his optic are very sensistive to light. Yet as a creature of the night, Bomb-Burst is unsurpassed.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
IDW comics continuity
Bomb-Burst was a member of a cult-like group, led by Bludgeon, that worshipped the lifeless chassis of Thunderwing on the ruined planet of Cybertron. They ambushed Jetfire, Scattershot, Lightspeed, and Strafe, capturing them and taking them to their subterranean base. Using the latter three as 'raw materials' to construct their Pretender shells, Bomb-Burst and the others unleashed Thunderwing's remote-controlled carcass on Nebulos. However, before their plans could be realized, Optimus Prime and the Wreckers invaded their base. In the brief battle that ensued, Bomb-Burst and Skullgrin were blown away by one of Springer's grenades.
Toy
- Bomb-Burst (Pretender, 1988)
