Iguanus

Transformers character
Iguanus box art
Name	Iguanus
Decepticon
Series	Transformers: Generation 1
Information
Alternate modes	Cybertronian motorcycle
Sub-group	Pretenders

Iguanus is a fictional character from the Transformers series.

Transformers: Generation 1

Fictional biography

Biography: Skullgrin began his tenure as a Decepticon warrior with great promise. He was an incredibly powerful and intelligent war machine, but his reliance on logic became a detriment in his function as a siege warrior. His commanders demanded a more spontaneous, brutal approach, which the rigid and calculating Skullgrin couldn't comply with. The solution came when Skul!grin adopted a Pretender shell. The armor itself contained a "shell" program to bring out Skullgrin's basest most savage combat instincts. The program worked so well that Skullgrin is a completely different being when in his shell. The formerly calm and collected field commander of the Decepticon Pretender unit becomes a snarling and unstoppable beast that will stop at nothing to destroy his foes.

Weapons/abilities: Subject is incredibly strong and highly intelligent He is an expert military planner and tactician as well as a capable warior. His Pretender shell amplifies his strength even further; in this mode, he wields a vibro sword that creates the optimum vibrational frequency for tearing through the armor of whatever target it is locked onto. In robot mode, subject transforms into an assault tank that fires shrapnel bursts from its turrets, whlich are also useable in robot mode. Subject also wields two "slagmaker" laser cannons in both modes; they can be combined to form a double-barreled cannon useable by the Pretender shell.

Weaknesses: In his shell, subject gradually loses his capacity for rational thinking. His wild fighting when he degrades into this state is formidable, but his ability to lead or plan strategy is greatly reduced.

Comics

Marvel Comics

Iguanus and the other Decepticon Pretenders were presumably with the Scorponok's Decepticons through The Transformers: Headmasters series, but were not depicted.

His first appearance was in issue #40 of the US comic in a story called "Pretender to the Throne", where Scorponok created the first six Decepticon Pretenders.

The Decepticon Pretenders Bomb-Burst, Iguanus and Skullgrin were sent to steal from an oil rig in the "Gulf of New Mexico" in the 1989 UK Annual story "The Chain Gang." They were opposed and captured by the Autobot Pretenders Cloudburst, Landmine and Splashdown.

Transformers: Mosaic

Iguanus appeared in the Transformers: Mosaic story "History Repeats" by Franco Villa.

Iguanus appeared in the Transformers: Mosaic story "Butcher of the Bogs" by Optimutt.

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