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Kickback

Series: G1 1985, Fight! Super Robot Life
Faction: Decepticon
Subgroup: Insecticons

Tech Specs

Charming, but cruelly clever... makes friends so he can influence them to do his bidding by digging up facts he can hold against them. Humans particularly susceptible to this Insecticon. In insect mode can jump 40 ft. for a distance of .1 miles... kick a hole in 1/4 inch steel. In robot mode can fly 30mph up to 100 miles. Sub-machine gun fires 300 rounds per minute. Very vulnerable as insect and flying in high winds.

Total:	46
Strength:	3.0
Intelligence:	9.0
Speed:	4.0
Endurance:	4.0
Rank:	7.0
Courage:	6.0
Firepower:	5.0
Skill:	8.0

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Marvel's Transformers Universe Profile

Profile: Kickback is as charming a guy as you'll ever meet- but it is a charm rooted in an uncommonly cruel cleverness. The singular purpose of any friendship that this Insecticon begins is to dig up embarrassing facts about the other robot or person so that Kickback can influence his "friend" into doing his bidding. Humans are particularly susceptible to his seductive talents, but even Autobots have been known to succumb. The only thing Kickback enjoys more than recruiting these unwilling double agents is destroying them after he's exhausted their usefulness.

Abilities: In his insect mode, Kickback can use his powerful leg modules to propel him up to heights of 40 feet and over distances of a tenth of a mile. Although small in this form, a single kick of his can punch a hole in a 1/4" steel plate. In robot form he can use his wings to fly at speeds up to 30 mph for distances up to 100 miles. He carries a sub-machine gun that can shoot up to 300 rounds per minute of armor-piercing titanium-coated bullets.

Weaknesses: Kickback's lack of weaponry makes him extremely vulnerable in insect mode. The nature of his leaping and flying abilities hampers his mobility in moderate winds.

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Comic Book Appearances

Kickback appeared in the following 54 comic books:

The Transformers #17 - "Return To Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool!"

The Transformers #21 - "Aerialbots Over America!"

The Transformers #22 - "Heavy Traffic!"

The Transformers #31 - "Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash Of Doom"

The Transformers #39 - "The Desert Island of Space!"

The Transformers #41 - "Totaled!"

Transformers (UK) #66 - "The Smelting Pool"

Transformers (UK) #67 - "The Smelting Pool"

Transformers (UK) #68 - "The Bridge To Nowhere"

Transformers (UK) #69 - "The Bridge To Nowhere"

Transformers (UK) #82 - "Target 2006 (Part 4)"

Transformers (UK) #88 - "Target 2006 (Epilogue)"

Transformers (UK) #89 - "Aerialbots Over America"

Transformers (UK) #90 - "Aerialbots Over America"

Transformers (UK) #93 - "The Gift"

Transformers (UK) #159 - "Desert Island Of Space"

Transformers (UK) #174 - "Totaled"

Transformers (UK) #175 - "Totaled"

Transformers (UK) #276 - "Bugged"

Transformers (UK) #279 - "Divide And Conquer"

Transformers (UK) Annuals #1985 - "Plague Of The Insecticons!"

Transformers Universe #2 - "GRO - RAM"

Transformers #5 - "Prime Directives (Part 5)"

Transformers: Generation One #7 - "Infestation"

Transformers: Generation One #8 - "Extermination"

More Than Meets The Eye: Transformers G1 #3 - "GRA - MEG"

Transformers: The War Within #2 - "Transformers War Within"

Transformers: The War Within #3 - "Transformers War Within"

Transformers - The War Within, Vol. 2: The Dark Ages #6 - "Conflagration"

Transformers - The War Within, Vol. 3: The Age of Wrath #1 - "The Age of Wrath (Part 1)"

G.I.Joe vs. Transformers II #3 - "G.I. Joe vs. Transformers II"

Transformers: All Hail Megatron #4 - "Transformers: All Hail Megatron"

Transformers: All Hail Megatron #6 - "Transformers: All Hail Megatron"

Transformers: All Hail Megatron #7 - "Transformers: All Hail Megatron"

Transformers: All Hail Megatron #8 - "Transformers: All Hail Megatron"

Transformers: All Hail Megatron #10 - "Transformers: All Hail Megatron"

Transformers: All Hail Megatron #11 - "Transformers: All Hail Megatron"

Transformers: All Hail Megatron #12 - "Transformers: All Hail Megatron"

Transformers: All Hail Megatron #13 - "Uneasy Lies The Head"

The Transformers: Megatron Origin #4 - "Megatron: Origin"

Transformers Evolutions: Hearts of Steel #1 - "Evolutions: Hearts of Steel #1"

Transformers Evolutions: Hearts of Steel #2 - "Evolutions: Hearts of Steel #2"

Transformers Evolutions: Hearts of Steel #3 - "Evolutions: Hearts of Steel #3"

Transformers: Generations #5 - "The Smelting Pool"

Transformers: Generations #12 - "Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash Of Doom"

Transformers: Animated Movie Adaptation #1 - "Transformers Animated Movie Adaptation"

Transformers: Animated Movie Adaptation #2 - "Transformers Animated Movie Adaptation"

The Transformers: Target 2006 #3 - "The Transformers: Target 2006"

The Transformers: Target 2006 #5 - "The Transformers: Target 2006"

Transformers (Ongoing) #7 - "Transformers"

Transformers (Ongoing) #28 - "Transformers"

Transformers (Ongoing) #31 - "Pax Cybertronia"

Transformers: Galaxies #2 - "Constructicons Rising Part 2"

Transformers: Galaxies #4 - "Constructicons Rising Part 4"

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Kickback

Tech Specs

Marvel's Transformers Universe Profile

Comic Book Appearances

Cartoon Appearances

Transformers News

Transformers and More @ The Seibertron Store

Twincast / Podcast #383:
"Dealing With It"

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