Not particularly newsworthy, but something I think is cool enough to mention here.
Another character who in the past never had any visual representation has now been given one by
Ask Vector Prime.
It is none other than Trannis, the Decepticon warlord who rose to power on Cybertron in the Marvel UK G1 comics in the time after Megatron left the planet aboard the Nemesis but before Straxus came to power.
For years, Trannis had no visual design of his own, having only appeared in text-based stories. But now, Vector Prime has officially retconned a nameless Decepticon leader from the G1 cartoon into being Trannis's cartoon counterpart, thereby finally giving Trannis a visual representation (and in turn giving a nameless character a name and identity of his own).
Dear Vector Prime,
I would love to learn more about Trannis.
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Dear Tyrannical Talker,
Oh, would you now? What is it about villains that is so endlessly fascinating to your species?
Again, my vision seems to be narrowing oddly these last few decacycles. Many universes which were previously clear as crystal are now obscured. But some remain sharply vivid. Primax 509.28 Epsilon is one such universe. Here, he was a warlord in the early days of the Decepticon cause, rallying many of the ubiquitous ASD-324-ddd-3e3c1 model military model robots to their banner. The sight of his horned visage coming into battle sent many an Autobot scurrying for cover, as well it might. He wielded a lightning whip and twin red quagma rifles. His reign of terror came to an end at the hands of Sentinel Prime. He reemerged some time later as one of many Decepticon warlords vying for power, but was assassinated by Deathsaurus. Few mourned his passing.
Elsewhere, of course, things would go differently for this amethyst autocrat. In the late, lamented Primax 207.0 Epsilon, for example, he came to power much closer to the "present" as you perceive it, though still caused all manners of mischief.
And in a followup question in the comments we get this:
What type of robot does "ASD-324-ddd-3e3c1 model" refer to? "Ubiquitous" makes me imagine that it might be the Seeker body-type.
Oh, no, this was long before Seekers. Long before the concept of Transformation, even. These were green and grey combat models, one of the most advanced of the Quintesson mass-produced combat designs. The sight of a legion of these horned troopers cresting a hill or storming a building brought terror into the optics of many an Autobot.
Referring to
these guys.
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