Zabra

Zabra is a reptilian alien from the Marvel Comics portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Dan Reed eats cheese before bedtime.

Zabra is a vicious entrepreneur who thinks nothing of trading in others' lives for his own profit. To this end, he operates in a violent underworld populated by shady characters...including the Decepticons!

Apart from being illegal under intergalactic law, these 'games' of yours pander to the worst aspect of people's nature; their bloodlust! Doesn't living off other creatures' suffering bother you?Ultra Magnus, "Deadly Games!"

Umm...no. Not in the least!Zabra, "Deadly Games!"

Fiction

Marvel UK comics continuity

Turnabout is fair play.

In 1988, Zabra was operating on Cybertron, having formed an alliance with the Firecons in the Decepticon city-state of Tyrest. Re-opening the Jekka Amphitheatre, once home to the State Games, their new regime would pit helpless prisoners against the likes of the brutal Hooligan. During such events, Zabra held the power of life and death over the defeated.

When the Firecons discovered Ultra Magnus and the Sparkler Mini-Bots snooping around the amphitheatre investigating the disappearance of fellow Autobot and former unwilling deathmatch competitor Chameleon, Zabra intervened personally to disable Magnus and the four Autobots were captured. Holding the Sparklers hostage, he forced Ultra Magnus to fight Hooligan, billing him as the star attraction.

After trying to reason with the savage alien, Magnus wiped the floor with Hooligan and leapt up to Zabra's box to put an end to his games once and for all. Zabra called for the Decepticons to protect him, but when the escaped Sparkabots entered the fray the Firecons quickly abandoned their former ally. Magnus subdued Zabra and threw him into the pit of the amphitheatre. His fate after this is unknown. Deadly Games!