Wheeljack
Wheeljack is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers series.
Contents
Transformers: Generation 1
Books
Ladybird Books
Wheeljack is featured in the 1986 Ladybird Books story Galvatron's Air Attack.[1]
Comics
IDW Publishing
Marvel Comics
Wheeljack performs the same function as in the cartoons, but was more of a background character. He got his first important role in issue #9 of the series when he and Jazz go to negotiate a fuel deal with industrialist G.B. Blackrock, and end up saving him from the Decepticons Starscream and Frenzy; he, in turn, keeps them from getting killed by Circuit Breaker, his former employee-turned-super-powered vigilante with an extreme hatred for robotic life.
Later in issue #32, he completes a geothermal generator to create energon cubes by tapping into the geothermal heat of the Earth's core. He believed this would impress Dinobot commander Grimlock (who had been given command of the Autobots in issue #27), but Grimlock still believed they should take what they need from the humans.
In issue #36, when Grimlock planned to boot a quartet of human children who had befriended Blaster (who had left the Autobots because of Grimlock's command), Wheeljack secretly called in his old friend Sky Lynx to rescue the children. In issue #41, Wheeljack is among the Autobots severely injured in a massive battle against the Decepticons on Earth's moon.
He and many others were out of action until issue #75, where Grimlock revived them with the untested fuel source known as Nucleon, in time to help in the battle against the chaos-bringer Unicron (which he advised against doing, especially in their recently-revived state). He then appears in the last four issues of the series as one of Grimlock and Prowl's trusted confidants.
He nearly meets his end in the final issue (#80), but is revived in that same issue by the legendary Last Autobot.
He would then appear sporadically in the Generation 2 comic series.
Other fiction
Wheeljack is mentioned by the name "Jack" in the biography for the TFClub Gear of War set as the developer of the weapons in the set.
Transformers: Prime
Comics
Fun Publications
References
- ↑ Grant, John (1986). Galvatron's Air Attack. Ladybird Books. ISBN 0-7214-0988-1.
