Grax
- Grax is a Decepticon-allied Nebulan Headmaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
A ruthless businessman and industrialist, Grax was willing to do whatever it took to solidify his place at the top of Nebulan business world. Not that he needed much convincing to undergo the binary bonding process to combine with Skullcruncher in order to eliminate his business rivals, the Decepticon methods of utterly and cruelly absorbing all foes were just more literally bloody versions of Grax's own. Skullcruncher didn't see the similarity though, Nebulan corporate types were barely even a snack...
Grax adds considerably to the somewhat slow mind of Skullcruncher, which admittedly isn't hard, but still finds most of his suggestions ignored unless they involve either eating the corpses of your enemies or inventive noises to make when grinding your teeth.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Grax began as an industrialist / lackey of Lord Zarak. In order to push Zarak's anti-robot agenda on Nebulos, he had some hired thugs instigate a riot during the Nebulan demonstrations against the Autobots. After their partner, Vorath, copied some Cybertronian transmission signals, Grax also had one of his communications complexes in the remote Plains of Thok completely retrofitted to serve as an intergalactic broadcasting antenna. Unfortunately for them, Zarak's group was successful in reaching other Cybertronians — Scorponok and the Decepticons arrived in Thok, taking Grax, Zarak and the other Nebulans captive while they began their campaign against Fortress Maximus's Autobots. Broken Glass! After a series of failures against the new Autobot Headmasters, however, Scorponok agreed to form a partnership with Lord Zarak, duplicating the procedure with his Decepticons. Grax was binary bonded to one of Scorponok's top operatives, Skullcruncher. Love and Steel! Impressed with his newfound power, Grax initially considered using it to wipe out his business competitors on Nebulos, Brothers in Armor!! but he was soon convinced to sit quietly on Skullcruncher's shoulders and never be acknowledged again.
Cartoon continuity
- Voice actor: Milt Jamin (English), Eiji Itō (Japanse)
Grax was among several Hive members who were rebuilt as Headmasters in order to match the firepower of the Hive's rivals and their new Autobot allies. Despite the new power and mobility granted to him as a Headmaster, Grax wondered if it was a bad investment after seeing the slovenly Skullcruncher he was to bond with. The Rebirth, Part 2
Toys
Generation 1
- Skullcruncher with Grax (Headmaster, 1987)
- Grax transforms from an armored humanoid into a robot head. Though he only came with his partner Skullcruncher, in head mode he is compatible with any other Headmaster body. On the larger Headmasters, he gives three of Skullcruncher's Tech Spec stats in their display window, but the smaller ones still display their normal heads' stats due to their construction.
