Superion (G1)

The name or term "Superion" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Superion (disambiguation).

Superion is an Autobot combiner from the Generation 1 continuity family.

As the first of the Autobot combiners, Superion is an imperfect warrior at best. In other gestalt Transformers, the mental aspect of combination has famously resulted in instability and insanity, as disparate personalities have been meshed into one mismatched whole. Superion aims to overcome this not by achieving a more thorough melding of the minds, but rather, by shutting out all the different, conflicting personalities of the Aerialbots who compose him. He suppresses absolutely everything save for his dedication to the destruction of the Decepticons, and his rival Menasor in particular—something that he is especially good at, despite the fact that his strangled thought processes leave him struggling to innovate or adapt to new tactics in battle. Other Autobots mistakenly interpret this single-mindedness and inability to engage on a social level as aloofness, as if Superion considered himself to be above his teammates, but he is truly physically and mentally incapable of giving any more of himself.

Superion is made up of the five Aerialbots:

• Silverbolt (torso)
• Slingshot (left arm)
• Air Raid (left leg)
• Fireflight (right arm)
• Skydive (right leg)

In some universes, Airazor or Alpha Bravo replace Slingshot on the team, and Powerglide transforms into Superion's weapon.

Contents 1 Fiction 1.1 Generation 1 cartoon continuity 1.1.1 The Transformers cartoon 1.1.2 Japanese cartoon continuity 1.1.2.1 Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers story pages 1.1.2.2 Scramble City 1.1.2.3 Legends comic 1.1.2.4 Transformers 2010 story pages 1.1.2.5 The Headmasters cartoon 1.1.2.6 Metrowars 1.1.2.7 e-HOBBY comics/Legends 1.1.2.8 Generations Selects Special Comic 1.1.3 TV Magazine comic continuity 1.1.3.1 Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic 1.1.3.2 The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers 1.1.3.3 The Great Transformer War 1.1.4 Full Throttle Scramble Power! 1.1.5 The Animated Movie 1.2 Marvel The Transformers comics 1.2.1 Earthforce 1.2.2 The Big Broadcast of 2006 1.3 The Special Teams 1.4 Ladybird Books continuity 1.5 Toy pack-in material 1.6 Dreamwave Generation One continuity 1.7 Transformers/G.I. Joe 1.8 2005 IDW continuity 1.9 Kre-O online comic 1.10 My Little Pony/Transformers 2 Commercial appearances 2.1 Generation 1 2.2 Generation 2 3 Games 3.1 Miniworld x transformers 3.2 Angry Birds Transformers 3.3 Transformers: Battle Tactics 3.4 Transformers Legends 3.5 Transformers: Devastation 3.6 Transformers: Frontiers 3.7 Transformers: Earth Wars 3.8 Transformers Roleplaying Game 4 Toys 4.1 The Transformers 4.2 Generation 2 4.3 Universe (2008) 4.4 Kre-O 4.5 Combiner Wars 4.6 Unite Warriors 5 Merchandise 5.1 Watchbot 5.2 Transformers Ramune 5.3 Forms Robo 5.4 Collegeville Costumes 5.5 Gaia Scramble/Transformers Gum 5.6 Tiny Titans 5.7 Transformers Trading Card Game 5.8 Transformers Character Card 6 Notes 6.1 Character models and appearance 6.2 Foreign names 7 References

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Frank Welker (English, "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2" only), Ed Gilbert (English), Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese), Francis Lax (European French), Nilton Valério (Portuguese), Mário Monjardim (Portuguese, "War Dawn"), Sílvio Navas (Portuguese, "The Big Broadcast of 2006")

When the five Aerialbots were created on Cybertron and brought to life by Vector Sigma—reactivated through the sacrifice of Alpha Trion—Optimus Prime slyly alluded to Superion's existence by noting that six Autobots had been born that day. The other Autobots soon learned the true meaning of their leader's words when, during a battle back on Earth, the Aerialbots merged to become Superion for the first time to counter the threat posed by Menasor. At first, Superion was able to match Menasor, but the Decepticon combiner's sheer aggression soon turned the tide. Struck by a building and trapped by a landslide, Superion was nearly run through by a factory smokestack until, at the last moment, Omega Supreme appeared to intercept Menasor's attack. Helped free by Omega, Superion joined him in defeating Menasor, sending the Decepticons into retreat. The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2

Weeks later, back on Cybertron, Superion engaged a damaged guardian robot in battle, and found himself tossed around like a rag doll by the giant's immense strength. Summoning up all his power, Superion delivered a punch so explosive that the guardian was hurled up into the air, out of the building they were fighting it, and then shattered into pieces when it crashed back down. War Dawn

During a battle in the Middle East against Bruticus and the Decepticons' new flying fortress, the Aerialbots were at a disadvantage, unable to combine into Superion thanks to the unexplained absence of Fireflight. Fortunately, their missing member soon turned up, and they formed Superion and promptly kicked the fortress out of the air. Turning his attention to Bruticus, Superion found himself flung to the ground, but as Bruticus lunged towards him, he quickly separated into his component parts to get out of the way, sending the Combaticon combiner sprawling. Aerial Assault Soon after, Superion got another crack at defeating Menasor while helping in the Autobot effort to defend the Statue of Liberty. This battle went a lot better for him than their last, as he singlehandedly defeated Menasor and destroyed Megatron's Lightning Bug weapon. Cosmic Rust

In the year 2006, Superion accompanied Rodimus Prime in investigating reports of Quintesson activity on an asteroid. Superion brought his prodigious power to bear against the aliens' starships and forced them into retreat, but this meant the aliens were unable to close the Time Window they had constructed on the asteroid. A robot named A-3 emerged through the window, who was then hurled into space by an explosion caused by the attack of the returning Quintesson force. Superion managed to follow and grab him, but was then pinned down by Quintesson fire, and believe that he was doomed. As time began to unravel thanks to chronal energy leaking from the unclosed time window, A-3 transformed in Superion's very hands into his future self, revealing that he was actually Alpha Trion, whose life Superion had to save, so that his own could come to pass. The effect of the chronal energy then struck Superion himself, causing him to exist in two places at once, giving him double the firepower to repel the Quintessons once again. The duplicate Superion then faded away, and the Autobots soon returned A-3 to his proper place in time and closed the window. Forever Is a Long Time Coming

Hounding Scourge and Cyclonus through an asteroid field, the Aerialbots formed Superion to really bring the pain. The two Decepticons rushed the getalt at the moment of his combination and were able to knock him aside long enough to escape through a nearby vortex. Fight or Flee Later, Superion was part of a team led by Ultra Magnus that prevented the Decepticons from using a comet to destroy Metroplex. After the group was shot down over Eurythma, Superion continued to fight the Decepticons until Soundwave incapacitated all of the Autobots using a harmonic weapon he'd obtained from the natives. Carnage in C-Minor

The Aerialbots were sent to investigate strange activities by the Junkions, and formed Superion after coming under fire from both the Junkions and the Quintessons. Superion shrugged off the Quintesson fire, rammed their ship with his fists and shot through the ship's protective shield, hurting himself in the resulting explosion. The giant Autobot managed to send a distress call to Cybertron and was carried back to the planet with help from Sky Lynx. Just before passing out, Superion warned Rodimus Prime of the Quintesson interference. The Big Broadcast of 2006 Some time later, Superion joined in the Autobot effort to defend Japan against Decepticon attack, separating into his component Aerialbots to blast Astrotrain before he collided with a speeding passenger train. The Burden Hardest to Bear

When attempting to recover Optimus Prime's body, the Aerialbots were infected with the Hate Plague. While infected, they combined into Superion, who smashed a hole through the roof of the lab they had entered. Kup led a team of Autobots to attempt to subdue Superion, but they were shot down by the raging gestalt. Later, Defensor was helping evacuate a bridge when Superion attacked. Defensor was able to knock Superion away, but he bounced off the bridge cables, making contact with Defensor and spreading the infection further. The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1 Superion was cured when the resurrected Optimus Prime unleashed the power of the Matrix to neutralize the plague. The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2

Japanese cartoon continuity

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers story pages

Around the time the Autobots initiated their "Scramble City" initiative to construct a mobile battle fortress, Superion battled Astrotrain and Blitzwing, easily overpowering the two Triple Changers with his massive hands. Story page #7 The combiner did not fare so well in his next battle, against Menasor, but managed to achieve victory by dividing into the Aerialbots and binding the Stunticon gestalt, allowing him to be bombarded by Scramble City's arsenal. Story page #8

Scramble City

Voice actor: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese)

As the Autobots' Scramble City project was nearing completion, the location of the secret cavern in which they were finishing the battle station's construction was discovered by the Decepticons. The Aerialbots repelled the Constructicons with an aerial barrage, but when the Stunticons came rolling onto the scene, they merged into Superion to deal with their old foes. A single kick from Superion tore up the ground beneath them and briefly buried the Stunticons, but they soon extricated themselves and formed Menasor to fight back. Tackled to the ground by the Stunticon combiner, Superion deftly separated into his component 'bots to avoid being stomped, then re-combined in an alternate configuration for more power. Menasor seized Superion out of the air as he attempted a flying kick and hurled him aside, so the Aerialbots tried switching configurations again, only for Fireflight to forget which limb he was supposed to be forming and fall off. Menasor exploited the opportunity to have Wildrider forcibly combine with Superion as the Autobot's missing leg, crippling him with great pain. A timely blast from Optimus Prime removed the Stunticon, allowing Fireflight to rejoin Superion, but the arrival of the Combaticons proceeded to tip the battle in the Decepticons' favor. Restrained by Menasor and pummelled by Bruticus, Superion had to eventually give up and split back into the Aerialbots to escape, but thankfully, Defensor and Metroplex soon showed up to win the day. Scramble City: Mobilization

Legends comic

Following Metroplex's arrival, Superion watched as he battled Trypticon. LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter

Transformers 2010 story pages

Superion and Defensor did not fare well against the Decepticons' newest combiner, Predaking. Story page #2 They probably would have preferred to enact a hypothetical scenario that proposed what would happen if the Autobot combiners could make peace with the Decepticons; in this "imaginary tale", Superion sported Blades for a right arm, Drag Strip as his left arm, Wildrider as his right leg, and Brawl for his left leg. Story page #5

The Headmasters cartoon

Voice actor: Ken Yamaguchi (Japanese)

During the Decepticon invasion of Cybertron in the year 2011, the Aerialbots assembled as Superion to defend the planet against Galvatron's forces. Superion fought fiercely against Abominus, and was almost shot in the back by the underhanded Devastator, but luckily, Optimus Prime was watching out for the giant warrior and Abominus wound up on the receiving end of the shot instead. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky As the battle continued, Superion, Defensor and Raiden came under heavy fire from the Decepticon combiners until the Battleship Maximus dropped from the skies to rain down terror and artillery fire on the Decepticons. The battle proceeded to spread to Earth as the Decepticons endeavored to stop Hot Rod from recovering the missing Matrix of Leadership; Superion engaged Menasor in the Arctic to keep him from interfering with the young Autobot's quest. The Mystery of Planet Master

Sometime later, Superion fought with Bruticus outside Trypticon, staging a distraction so that Twincast could break into the Decepticon base and retrieve vital information. The Great Cassette Operation

He was formed again, on Cybertron, during the Decepticon raid for the new super-metal cybertonuron, this time scattering the Stunticons like tenpins. Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1 During the fight, he again clashed with Abominus (again) until Devastator accidentally shot his comrade (again). Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2

When Scorponok attempted to usurp command of the Decepticons following the disappearance of Galvatron, the Aerialbots were among the Autobot forces who attacked his leadership rally on Earth's moon. They formed Superion to enter the fight, but the tide turned when Galvatron made an unexpected return and galvanized his troops to strike back, resulting in Superion getting zapped hard and fleeing with the other Autobots. Return of the Immortal Emperor

Superion joined the entire Autobot army in journeying to the North Pole for a climactic battle with Scorponok. He fought against the evil combiners as the battle raged. Along with all the other Autobots present, Superion lent his energies to the Headmasters' Head Formation to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

Metrowars

Superion was stationed at Scramble City while it was under reconstruction after an attack from Metrotitan. When Metrotitan and the Decepticons attacked again, the reborn Metroplex transformed and Superion manned one of Metroplex's cannons with First Aid's help. With Metroplex's firepower, the Decepticons were sent retreating. Metrowars

e-HOBBY comics/Legends

When the war began anew in the wake of the Cybertron Alliance's collapse, the Aerialbots adopted new bodies and fought with Bruticus in the form of Superion. Bonus Edition Vol. EX

In the 2030s, Superion was charging into a battle against the Decepticons when the dimensional intruder Grand Scourge dropped in via a tear in space-time and forcefully combined with four of the Stunticons. Recognizing that the new arrival was a dire threat, Superion attempted to take him down, only to be thoroughly trounced by the rogue Decepticon. Decepticon Dark Commander Grand Scourge He was saved by the arrival of Broadside, who loosened Grand Scourge's grip and allowed the Aerialbots to split apart and escape. Bonus Edition Vol. 53

Generations Selects Special Comic

In 2050, a battle raged against the Quintessons' creation, the Terrorcons. The Aerialbots formed Superion when the Terrorcons first arrived, bombing the area with metal-eating gas. Volcanicus comic 2 Later, Superion, Defensor and Computron tried to triple-team the Terrorcon combiner, Abominus, but were blown apart by the creature's mastery of Angolmois Energy. Abominus comic 2

TV Magazine comic continuity

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic

When the Stunticons and Combaticons began tearing up a baseball stadium, Kenji, the Autobots' young human ally, used his Superion wrist-communicator to call for help from the airborne combiner himself, as well as the Protectobots. The Protectobots were first on the scene, but Superion soon came swooping in to back them up, only for Bruticus to join the fight as well. On Kenji's advisement, Superion blew the leg combination joints out from under the Decepticon combiners with his rifle, allowing the Protectobots to forcibly link up with them as new legs, flying the evil gestalts off and dropping them in the ocean. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5

The Aerialbots' powers of flight made them the ideal choice to speed to the aid a group of Autobots in need of reinforcement on an island the Decepticons were using as a staging base for the launch of their counter to Scramble City, Trypticon. Charged predominantly with protecting the local wildlife, the Aerialbots were joined in the mission by Protectobot medic First Aid (replacing a miffed Slingshot), who took up position as Superion's left leg to fly to the island. The combiner was nearly crushed by Trypticon, but the saurian city was distracted by the sudden appearance of Metroplex, Scramble CIty's robot form. Superion detached Air Raid, who buzzed Trypticon and taunted him into attacking Metroplex... who turned out to be a giant hologram courtesy of Hound and Perceptor, through which Trypticon fell into the ocean. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6

The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers

Superion joined Defensor and Omega Supreme in battling Menasor, Bruticus and Devastator on the planet Feminia, but were powerless before the Decepticons' trump card, Predaking. The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5

The Great Transformer War

The Aerialbots were deployed to rescue the alien scientist Dalton from captivity within Trypticon, forming Superion on approach. Unfortunately for them, the battle-station modes that Onslaught and Motormaster had adopted to hook up to Trypticon's city mode allowed them to launch the Stunticons and Combaticons into battle so rapidly that Superion was torn limb from limb mere moments after his combination. The Great Transformer War #1

Full Throttle Scramble Power!

The Aerialbots formed Superion to stop Menasor from stealing energy from a power plant, but the Decepticons had an extra trick up their sleeves: their new Omega Wave Cannon, which threatened to shut down the Autobot combiner's whole body with its deadly electromagnetic beams. Though by all rights the two direct hits he took from the weapon should have knocked him offline, Superion's components redistributed their power to keep on fighting, hitting Menasor with a full-power blow. Unfortunately, the damage done by the Omega Wave Cannon had weakened Superion enough that Menasor was able to withstand his attack, and worse still, he was unable to change his limb configuration to counter Menasor's follow-up attack. Fortunately, Metroplex and the other Autobots soon arrived, and the sight of the giant city-bot left Menasor momentarily stunned, allowing Superion to get the upper hand. Disengaging Slingshot, Superion had him knock Wildrider loose from Menasor and take his place, immobilizing the Decepticon combiner so that Superion could stomp him into defeat. Full Throttle Scramble Power!

The Animated Movie

During the Battle of Autobot City in 2005, Superion was unable to come to the aid of the stricken city, as he was defending Autobot Headquarters alongside Omega Supreme and Defensor against an attack by Menasor and Bruticus. The Animated Movie trade paperback

Marvel The Transformers comics

Superion was first depicted in a series of visions experienced by Buster Witwicky, the Autobots' human friend who had once contained the Creation Matrix itself within his brain. After a particularly serious nightmare, Buster subconsciously drew the image of a five-jet combiner robot, a design far more sophisticated than what had been achieved by Cybertronian science up 'til that point. Devastation Derby! Another series of surreal dream images from Buster's mind saw the jet combiner in action, first destroying the Decepticon commander Shockwave who had recently bedeviled Buster, and then fighting against a new car-robot combiner. Realizing these dreams were in fact unfocused visions from the Creation Matrix itself, Optimus Prime decided to mind-link with Buster during his next bout of REM sleep, guiding the visions into a more coherent stream of information. The link was successful, and Prime and Buster observed Superion fighting alongside his fellow combiner Defensor against their Decepticon opposite numbers, Menasor and Bruticus at the Pullen Power Plant. Relating this information to Wheeljack, Optimus and his chief engineer began planning on how to make these dreams into reality. Second Generation! The Special Teams Have Arrived

Using information recorded on the combination sequence of the Decepticons' Devastator, Wheeljack reverse-engineered and refined the process to create the Aerialbots. Unfortunately, the team was called into action at Hoover Dam before any of its members, save Silverbolt, had their personality programming completed. When the Aerialbots were forced to combine in order to destroy a massive energy drill sent over by the space bridge, Superion was confronted with a human pawn named Ricky Vasquez carrying Megatron in gun mode, infused with a cerebro-shell that forced him to obey the Decepticons' will. Still, Vasquez had begun to fight the Decepticons' control over him, and he tried to resist Megatron's order to shoot Superion. Seeing the human as a danger to his mission, Superion attempted to crush Vasquez and end the threat, but Silverbolt loudly cried out against that course of action inside his head. Strangely, Vasquez and Superion ended up not fighting each other, but themselves, frozen in mid-action as they fought against their own inner drives. Ultimately, Silverbolt forcibly disengaged Superion rather than risk harming an innocent life. Aerialbots over America!

Following the near fatality at Hoover Dam, the Autobots erased the Aerialbots' programming and memories, reconstructing their minds from scratch and giving them an infusion of Matrix energy to start over again. Superion next saw action against the Decepticon combiner known as Menasor, fighting to protect his comrade Skids and their human ally, Donny Finkleberg. Their fight was cut short, however, when the monomaniacal RAAT agent named Circuit Breaker used her powers to overload Superion's circuitry, leaving him open to a blast from Menasor's cyclone gun. The RAAT agents managed to dismantle the combiner into his separate Aerialbot bodies and took them all captive along with several other Autobots. Heavy Traffic! The Autobots were only released after Circuit Breaker was forced to make a deal with them in order to end the threat of the rampaging Battlechargers. Decepticon Graffiti!

When Optimus Prime determined that a new human construction named Power Station Alpha might tempt the Decepticons into action, he sent Bumblebee to attend the unveiling as a precautionary surveillance measure. Sure enough, Bombshell made an appearance, and so Optimus sent Silverbolt and the Aerialbots as back-up. They arrived just in time to see Bumblebee being blown away by the G.I. Joe team guarding Power Station Alpha. Assuming their Superion form, the Aerialbots attempted to threaten the humans into allowing them to retrieve Bumblebee's body. Blood on the Tracks An intense but one-sided conflict raged between Superion and the Joes until he received a signal from Blaster, conveying the horrific news that Optimus Prime had died in battle while the Aerialbots were on their mission. Superion immediately disengaged and returned to the Ark. Power Struggle A short time later, the Autobots joined forces with both G.I. Joe and Cobra against the Decepticons, who planned to use Power Station Alpha to destroy the world. The Aerialbots entered the battle and became Superion to pit their strength against the mighty Devastator. Superion eventually scored the winning shot when his stress fracture cannon caused a malfunction in Devastator's coupling links, forcing him back into his individual Constructicon modes. ...All Fall Down!

Later, the Aerialbots confronted Menasor again, only this time their fusion into Superion let slip Silverbolt's secret shame: the mental merging allowed the other Aerialbots to learn of their leader's fear of heights. Horrified at being found out, Silverbolt caused Superion to lash out at Menasor with such savagery that they very nearly harmed the very humans they had come to save. ...Perchance to Dream

Still doubting the Aerialbots because of their various neuroses, Optimus placed Jetfire in temporary command of the unit and had him psychologically test them in the field. When Jetfire was gunned down by Decepticons, they formed Superion: once again, he was left crippled by the combination of personality flaws and could only concentrate on combat, tearing into the enemy and causing plenty of collateral damage. When a bystander screamed at him to realise what he was doing, the giant proved incapable of computing anything beyond his mission to destroy his enemies. However, because Jetfire had been offline at the time, he remained unaware of the issues with Superion. The Return of the Transformers

Earthforce

At one point after the Aerialbots joined Earthforce, Superion was struck with a cerebro-shell, courtesy of the Insecticon named Bombshell, and he began to run amok, crashing through sparsely populated areas on a beeline towards major human population centers. The Autobots were unable to stop him through sheer force, so they enlisted the help of a human reporter named Irwin Spoon, giving him instructions on how to infiltrate Superion's exo-structure and manually pull the cerebro-shell out of his circuitry. Spoon succeeded in the nick of time, freeing Superion's thought processes right as he reached a local township. Inside Story! Bombshell reported these events back to Soundwave and Starscream, prompting them to send in the Stunticons. Front Line!

The Big Broadcast of 2006

After receiving reports from Sky Lynx that the Quintessons were up to no good on the planet of Junk, Rodimus Prime sent the Aerialbots to investigate. Encountering a Quintesson Cruiser above the planet, they formed Superion, who fired his jets at the ship's force fields. The resultant explosion not only damaged the Quintesson craft but also knocked Superion unconscious. He was recovered by Sky Lynx, who returned him to Cybertron for repairs. The Big Broadcast of 2006

The Special Teams

The Aerialbots were created on Cybertron by Vector Sigma, but briefly defected to the Decepticons upon arrival on Earth. When they returned to the Autobot ranks, Megatron compensated for the loss of Superion's power by creating the Stunticons. The two teams clashed in battle over the Pullen Power Plant, each assuming their combined form; Superion was able to deal Menasor a crippling blow with his stress fracture cannon, forcing him to withdraw. The Aerialbot combiner then disengaged to pursue Starscream, who had been observing the fight, but the Decepticon Air Commander outpaced Superion's components. The Special Teams

Ladybird Books continuity

When an Autobot salvage expedition was unexpectedly ambushed by Decepticons, Ultra Magnus became concerned that the Cons had developed a new form of surveillance. Silverbolt suggested his men perform a full scan of the area for any spy installation. The Aerialbots were unable to locate any sites on the ground, but a ghost of a radar contact at high altitude caught their attention. Forming Superion, they flew as high as possible and confirmed that something was out there in the upper atmosphere. Galvatron's Air Attack

Toy pack-in material

Superion participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base. Though he tried to shoot down Cyclonus, he wasn't able to get a bead on his target.Decipher the Decepticon

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

The Aerialbots were among the Transformers on the Ark II when it crashed in 1999 thanks to the machinations of Robert Hallo and Adam Rook, but were not among those unfortunates that Rook subsequently rounded up and reprogrammed. Having apparently merged into Superion prior to the craft's impact, they and a handful of other Autobots lay deactivated at the bottom of the ocean until 2002, when they were reawakened by Optimus Prime, emerging from the waters in their combined form. Prime Directive #2

Superion assured Prime he would be part of the coming battle. Soon after, while Superion and the other Autobots engaged the Decepticons in battle in the frozen wilderness of Canada, the US government dropped a bomb on both factions. Prime Directive #3 Ironically enough, it was a metallic cyber-virus unleashed by Megatron's virus that saved them, solidifying around the dome of the explosion; Wheeljack was concerned about the amount of effort it would take to extricate Superion from the metal dome, but the combiner put his worries to rest by punching his way out with sheer force.

Superion proceeded to fly the Autobots to San Francisco on his back, for a final showdown with Megatron's forces. Superion took on Devastator during the city-shaking battle, but was forced back into his component robots by an airstrike courtesy of the Seekers and their unstoppable triangle formation. Prime Directive #4

The conflict came to an end when Hallo launched a nuclear missile at the city in an attempt to destroy all the Transformers; seeing no other recourse, the Aerialbots assembled into Superion and sacrificed their lives by flying straight into the missile, detonating it over the Pacific Ocean. Prime Directive #6

Superion's faceplate was recovered from the ocean depths and incorporated into Hugo Fortuna's private collection of Cybertronian and Cybertronian-derived technology. Fortuna's collection was uncovered by Spike Witwicky and Franklin Townsend while they were investigating the mysterious disappearance of several Transformers. Hardwired Like Devastator, Superion's remains were later taken in by the Earth Defense Command for study. Generation 1 #0

Transformers/G.I. Joe

After the Aerialbots awoke in 1939, they formed Superion during the battle against Cobra and the Decepticons on the Fera Islands. The giant saved Grimlock and Roadblock from falling off a cliff to their doom, before being sent onwards to the front lines. Wolves Superion waded towards the Terrordrome, but was ordered to halt when Optimus Prime noticed that Cobra were using their slaves as a human shield. Cobra used this opportunity to open fire on Superion with Shockwave's massive cannon mode. Trenches However, Superion stood strong, shielding his allies against enemy fire for as long as he could. He was eventually destroyed, but his sacrifice gave G.I. Joe a chance to rescue the slaves and get into the Terrordrome. The Iron Fist

2005 IDW continuity

• First Appearance: Transformers: Robots in Disguise #9; Transformers: Windblade vol. 2 #1 (with Powerglide & Alpha Bravo)

Dissatisfied with Bumblebee's governance of the rebuilt Iacon following the reformatting of Cybertron, the Aerialbots seceded from his ranks and left the city, venturing out into the untamed wilderness the rest of the planet had become. Stick Together There, they were found by Megatron, who elected to use them as test subjects, exposing them to the mysterious energies that had previously been responsible for creating the "Deceptigod" combiner. Before the Dawn The Aerialbots first succumbed to rage and madness, but then, the four smaller 'bots began to unify in purpose, hunting down Silverbolt, who resisted the process for longer. Night and the City To cope, the Aerialbots' minds and bodies—like those who combined into the Deceptigod before them—spontaneously reconfigured of their own accord, fusing the five Autobots together into "The Superion". Second Exodus Dismissing the newborn combiner as insane, Megatron left Superion in the wilderness, using the data he had gained from the experiment to perfect the combination process and create a new version of Devastator. Before the Dawn

When Ironhide and the Dinobots came looking for the missing Aerialbots, the prehistoric Autobots soon succumbed to the energy's effects as well. Ironhide fled, following a recording message from Silverbolt that led him to Superion, who rescued him from his pursuers. Night and the City With a sufficiently large number of Transformers now in one place, the energies Megatron was broadcasting became too diluted to have any effect, restoring everyone to their right minds, Second Exodus and Ironhide then led them all back to Iacon to help save the city from Megatron. Before the Dawn Superion grappled with the new Devastator and was able to bring him down after the death of Bombshell, who was controlling him from afar, caused his mind to shut down. However, as Superion turned his attention elsewhere, the Decepticon combiner rose again under the control of himself and attacked the Aerialbot combiner from behind, tearing him in half and killing Slingshot in the process. Plan for Everything The rest of the Aerialbots, still fused into Superion, were carried to a makeshift medical center in Iacon, where they were placed on emergency life-support. Three Monologues

After Megatron's defeat, Starscream seized control of Iacon and exiled those who would not renounce their factions from the city. The injured Superion was allowed to remain in the city until he was repaired enough to make a decision for himself. Second Exodus Once the Constructicons became loyal to Prowl, however, Starscream realized that all major factions now had access to combiners except the neutrals, and decided to make Superion theirs, drafting the two volunteers Powerglide and Alpha Bravo into the team to replace Slingshot. Starscream revived and recruited Wheeljack, who agreed to rebuild the combiner. The World of Tomorrow The Enigma of Combination accelerated the repair job. First Contact

The new team of Aerialbots were deployed over Caminus to combat the similarly rebuilt Menasor, who had teamed up with Swindle and were planning to rob the planet blind. Superion's greater mental stability and dexterity allowed him to outwit his rival, even splitting his body around one of Menasor's devastating haymaker punches, stumbling the Decepticon and allowing Superion to pummel him. Superion was glad to help the Camiens, although he mused that they should have called him sooner. The Sum and Its Parts Starscream later showed off "his" new combiner to the Camiens as part of his opening remarks. During the reconstruction process, Superion chatted with Optimus Prime about Starscream's political ambitions and what it was like to be a combiner, although Superion was unable to articulate his feelings on the latter. The Possible Light Things quickly took a turn for the worse when Prowl and the Constructicons came knocking and merged into Devastator, aiming to shut down the Space Bridge and cut off contact with the colonies. Superion moved to stop him, but the Autobot combiner and his modular limbs were no match for Devastator's brute strength. Devastator dragged his quarry back through the Space Bridge, but was distracted by Chromia, Ironhide, and the Decepticons. In the meantime, Starscream resuscitated his warrior with the Enigma, and created a new combiner—Defensor—from a group of nearby Autobots. Together the duo were able to temporarily take down Devastator. Mistakes and Mayhem

In the aftermath, Starscream stationed Superion and Defensor on Caminus, guarding the vital spacebridge to Cybertron. Much to Optimus Prime's concern, Superion had not willingly separated himself since his first fight with Menasor; Prowl commented that for all intents and purposes Superion was the new default form for the Aerialbots. Eventually, Menasor attacked once again, and he was joined by a rebuilt Devastator. Believing that Devastator, who now incorporated Scoop, was still loyal to Prowl, Defensor tried to fight him, sparking a brawl between the combiners. The battle sent all four combiners hurtling through the damaged space bridge and onto a distant alien planet. The quartet battled until a new combiner arrived, promising to put a stop to the mayhem once and for all. You, Me, and the Universe This was easier said than done, and Defensor and Superion had to protect an uncertain Optimus Maximus from a berserk Devastator, even as Superion tried to remind Devastator of Scoop's loyalty to Starscream. Optimus Maximus finally managed to reach a consensus with his components, and the three combiners battled Devastator and Menasor in a fight that spanned across the colony worlds. Optimus, Defensor, and Superion managed to surround Devastator and tear him back into his component parts after the gang reappeared at Caminus. With Prowl in custody, Superion was saddened to think that Optimus Maximus might never form again. All That Remains

Superion later resumed his post at Caminus's spacebridge, intending to safely transport Devastator offworld. Now and On Earth He later travelled to Devisiun with Starscream; his presence impressed the natives and inspired them to join Starscream's Council of Worlds. Windblade vol. 2 #6

When Decepticons raided the space bridge chamber, Optimus Prime summoned Superion for crowd control. Despite Starscream's efforts to remain in command of the combiner, Superion followed Optimus Prime to Earth as a show of force to annex the planet for the Council of Worlds and prevent Galvatron and the Decepticons from seizing it for themselves. Perihelion

Superion and the Autobots engaged the Decepticon invaders, but Galvatron's forces were mostly conquered by the mindbomb effect controlled by Earth Defense Command. Galvatron then teleported away via Skywarp, leaving the Autobots to deal with the unhappy Chinese defense forces. Prime's aide Aileron retrieved his Skyroller from Cybertron, and the Autobots loaded aboard, taking the Space Bridge with them as they fled. Superion and Prime's forces relocated to Thundercracker's old residence while considering their next move. Once Upon a Time on Earth

Superion subsequently accompanied the combined Autobot/Decepticon strikeforce as they moved on Galvatron's underwater base in the Indian Ocean. While Superion initially held up well against the onslaught of Seeker clones, tag-teaming them alongside Victorion, the two combiners were unprepared for Galvatron's ace in the hole: thanks to the machinations of G.B. Blackrock and his Onyx software, Galvatron had hijacked the Enigma of Combination and spread its powers across the Earth. Superion was thus caught by surprise when Galvatron began mish-mashing the combatants together, creating a combiner of his own in the form of Galvatronus. Seconds later, Victorion was taken out of action by Galvatron's newfound ability to forcibly de-combine combiners through the Enigma, leaving Superion alone and facing down Galvatronus and Sky Reign. It's Beginning To And Back Again

Galvatron then tried to turn the Enigma's power on Superion—however, Superion had not been created through the energies of the Enigma, allowing him to fend off the mental assault and stay together. As the other Autobots watched, Superion struggled to deactivate the Engima's adaptive code before coming up with a solution; by overwriting part of the source code into his own cortex, he could harness the Enigma's energies for his own, using it to force the other comibners to separate at he cost of losing control of his mass displacement, temporarily growing even larger and using his super-size to smash the Nemesis apart.

The threat vanquished, Superion separated; by de-combining, Superion had deactivated a vital part of the source code and nullified the power of the Earth-Enigma... so long as he never re-formed. Upon splitting, Silverbolt officially declared that Superion was "dead". As Above...So Below

Years later, however, Superion was called back into action during Unicron's attack on the galaxy; following the destruction of Cybertron, the Aerialbots escaped to Earth with the other Transformer refugees, Superion was unleashed to tap into the powers of the Enigma once more. As the battle for Earth raged, however, Superion was forced to go up against Monstructor, mutated by the power of Ore-11, but after joining forces with Victorion the pair successfully brought him down for good, with Superion blasting a hole through the evil combiner's torso as Victorion rammed her fist through his head.

Using the powers of both Enigmas and Stardrive's magic, Soundwave was able to tap into the afterlife, communing with the spirits of the deceased and using them to bolster Optimus Prime as he struggled against Unicron's creator in infraspace. When the battle had been won, Superion rejoined Metroplex and the other heroes as the assembled Cybertronians gazed out at their new homeworld. Ceremony

Kre-O online comic

The Aerialbots formed Superion in order to defend the Autobot base from Devastator, Bruticus, and Predaking, but the Decepticons knew his weakness and began tossing him into the air, making him too scared to fight back. In response, the Aerialbots separated and re-combined at ground level, where Superion could safely roll into the Decepticons' legs and defeat them. Unfortunately he couldn't stop, and was still rolling off into the distance even as Optimus Prime was trying to thank him. Kre-O Micro-Changers Combiners comic

My Little Pony/Transformers

When King Sombra was unleashed on Cybertron, he cast his mind-control spell on the Aerialbots, enthralling them to his will. When they combined into Superion, the result was the combiner being singularly focused on enforcing Sombra's will. When Superion began beating down the Dinobots, Spike appealed to the individuality of each Aerialbot, allowing them to break free of Sombra's control and decombining. The Mightiest Dinobot

Commercial appearances

Generation 1

• The Aerialbots formed Superion to engage Menasor in battle on a rocky landscape, exchanging a ferocious volley of laser blasts before closing for hand-to-hand combat. Menasor flipped Superion, but as he moved in to finish him off, the Aerialbot combiner quickly countered with a blow that sent the Decepticon crashing backward into a cliff-face. As Menasor was buried beneath the rocks, Superion roared in triumph. Aerialbots and Stunticons commercial
• The Aerialbots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that Menasor was wrecking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." They combined into Superion to better combat the Decepticon, who posed heroically after Menasor's defeat. Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials

Generation 2

Voice actor: Garry Chalk (English)

• Attacked by Bruticus in a suburban area, the Aerialbots merged into Superion and opened fire on the enemy combiner, downing him only long enough to give himself time to move the unnamed human cheering him on back to safety. As Bruticus launched back into action, Superion shoved him away, and the pair exchanged some explosive punches. Generation 2 Aerialbots and Combaticons commercial

Games

Miniworld x transformers

Mini world: Superion appears as a playable character as a collaboration of the miniworld game with the transformers, it can be obtained by paying with coins

Angry Birds Transformers

Main article: Mighty Eagle#As Superion

Superion appears as the second Combiner, unlockable in Challenge Events or with a gem purchase. His head is Mighty Eagle’s. Angry Birds Transformers

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Superion participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all five of his components were at max level. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Transformers Legends

The Aerialbots merged into Superion in order to fight back against Menasor when the Decepticons attempted to transform Earth into a new Cybertron using the power of the Key to Vector Sigma. Superion was victorious and the Decepticons were sent fleeing. Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2

Transformers: Devastation

Voice actor: Jamieson Price (English)

Following the destruction of the Ferrotaxis, Defensor and Superion contacted Optimus via Teletraan-1 to show support for his new plan to finally end the Great War. Transformers: Devastation

Transformers: Frontiers

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Transformers: Earth Wars

Silverbolt, along with his team of Alpha Bravo, Air Raid, Skydive, Firefly, and Powerglide arrived on Earth at relatively the same time.

When Optimus Prime got the Enigma of Combination, he combined the latter bunch into Superion. Superion then smashed many Decepticon outposts. After another Decepticon base was destroyed, Wheeljack and Perceptor thought Megatron was acting aloof, and that the minerals they found in the destroyed base were strange. The next outpost they attacked had Devastator show up, and Superion had a LARGE scale fight with the green bozo. After their battle, Superion had expended too much of the Autobots' energon reserves, so they had to find a new potent fuel to better give Superion more energy. Transformers: Earth Wars - Combiner Wars Campaign

To permanently obtain Superion, one had to collect all six three- or four-star Aerialbots and combine them in the Combiner Lab.

• Class: Combiner
• Abilities:
  • Rush and Smash: Rush into combat smashing walls along the way. Deals heavy damage to the final target.
  • Rocket Swarm: Fire a swarm of rockets dealing damage over a large area.
  • Death Ray: Fire a powerful beam that deals massive damage to a single target. Cannot be used on the HQ.

Superion at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki

Transformers Roleplaying Game

Superion was the first Autobot combiner. Although he was a powerful and dedicated fighter, his single-track mind meant that he struggled to adjust to changing battlefield variables. The Enigma of Combination

Toys

The Transformers

• Superion (1986–87, 1990, 1991)
  • Japanese ID number: C-55
  • Accessories: Head, left & right fists, left & right feet, "blast shield" chest plate, "blast deflector" waist plate, Silverbolt's "electrostatic discharger rifle", ramp, small Aerialbots' individual guns

• Known designers: Kōjin Ōno (TakaraTomy)

Superion is formed out of all five Aerialbot toys, with Silverbolt serving as the central body component, and the four smaller team members as limbs, using additional attachments for Superion's hands and feet. A helmet covers Silverbolt's head and a red waist plate attaches onto his chest piece. He carries Silverbolt's electrostatic discharger rifle, though his own bio describes his weapon as a "stress fracture cannon". As a "Scramble City"-style combiner, Superion's limbs are fully interchangeable; any of his limb-components, or any members of the other compatible combiner teams, are able to form either an arm or leg for the giant.

Due to Silverbolt forming his torso, his design weaknesses are carried over to Superion. Additionally, as Silverbolt has rather thin legs, this leads to Superion having very thin thighs. His height coupled with the weight of his limbs can make Superion lean back, putting stress upon Silverbolt's weak and flimsy waist hinges.

Along with Metroplex, Menasor, Bruticus, and Defensor, Superion was designed for an aborted Diaclone subline that would have been called Jizai Gattai (自在合体 "Limitless Combination"), which was shelved to make way for the Transformers line. Based on the extent to which the combination process detailed in Superion's patent design^[1] differs from the finished toy (to say nothing of the fact that Silverbolt appears as a fighter jet like the other Aerialbots, rather than a passenger plane), it is fair to assume that he was the first "Scramble City"-style combiner to be designed.

In his original release year of 1986, Superion's five Aerialbot components could be purchased either individually, or in a giftset. The individual Aerialbots were later reissued in Europe as part of the Classics series in 1990, and were offered as mail-in promotional figures in Japan during 1991's Return of Convoy line.

• More information on G1 Superion at TFU.info

• Superion (Action Master, unproduced)
  • Accessories: Gun, jetpack

Artwork for an unmade Superion Action Master was featured in Transformers Generations. As with all Action Masters, this non-transforming figurine of Superion was based on a combination of his animation model and his toy, and would have been armed with a gun and a winged jetpack. Superion would have been included with a motorcycle based on Prowl's Turbo Cycle that combined with Superion's accessories to form a gun emplacement he could have manned.

Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Generation 2

• Superion (1994)
  • Accessories: Head, left & right fists, left & right feet, "blast shield" chest plate, "deflector shield" waist plate, Silverbolt's "electrostatic discharger rifle", 2 missile launchers, 3 missiles, ramp, small Aerialbots' individual guns

As part of Generation 2, Superion was redecoed in colours deemed popular in products of the time, or something like that. Silverbolt's white is replaced by light blue, Slingshot is gold, Fireflight a much darker red, Skydive silver and Air Raid blue. In addition to still wielding Silverbolt's handgun, Superion was now armed with two spring-loaded missile launchers that came with Silverbolt, which he could either carry in his fists, or could mount jauntily on his hips by plugging into ports on Silverbolt's wings.

Because Slingshot is so notorious for having Gold Plastic Syndrome you might be better off not merging this guy at all. Or throw Afterburner in there as a limb. Or even paint a G1 Slingshot gold and add the G2 decals. That might work better, yeah.

Unlike his original release, Generation 2 Superion was only available by purchasing all five Aerialbots separately.

• More information on G2 Superion at TFU.info

Universe (2008)

• Superion (Multi-pack, 2008)
  • Accessories: Four energon stars, four energon weapons

Universe Superion is a redeco of Energon Superion Maximus, formed from his components in the classic "Scramble City" manner, with individual multi-configuration energon weapons forming a hand or foot for each of his limbs. Although most of the original Aerialbot characters return in this set, Airazor replaces Slingshot; while the brief character description on the back of the box fits Slingshot, Hasbro stated in a Q&A session that Airazor is a new character designed "in memorium" [sic]. Superion's components suffer some mostly safety-related mold changes, including the severe blunting of Air Raid and Airazor's nosecones.

Like the simultaneously released Bruticus Maximus, Superion was initially intended as a Universe Target exclusive, but these plans were cancelled in favor of releasing the toy in the Revenge of the Fallen toyline instead, now representing the separate character of Revenge of the Fallen Superion by this wiki's standards. A few non-American markets such as Australia and Singapore did receive the toy in Universe packaging, however, so it manages to make it onto this article.

• More information on Universe Superion at TFU.info

Kre-O

• Superion (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
  • Set number: A2226
  • Pieces: 75

• Known designers: Ed Masiello (Hasbro)

One of the first Kreon Micro-Changer combiner sets. The four component Kreons, Silverbolt, Air Raid, Skydive, and Firestrike, can be rebuilt into their alternate modes. They can also be rebuilt into Superion by taking them apart and combining their pieces.

Quickslinger can be combined with Superion if you have any sense of creativity.

Like the entire Micro Changer combiner sets, Superion comes with only one Kre-O display brick, and a sticker sheet composed of his leg detailing & a Kre-O logo. Due to the leg stickers being slightly transparent, applying them into the black-colored leg parts can render the details being semi-transparent. The instructions also did not mention on where you should put the Kre-O logo sticker. Also, Superion's combined mode's waist part is somehow prone to falling off from the assembly while posing, and he has a problem standing straight due to how the legs are constructed.

Superion happens to be the only Wave 1 Micro-Changer Combiner who doesn't need 'flak jacket' parts on any of his components. Even Quickslinger (who's not included in this set) doesn't have one, because Superion is that awesome.

• More information on Superion at TFU.info

• Combiner Robot Mega Pack (3-pack, 2016)
  • Set number: ???
  • Pieces: 245

3 years later, the 3 Micro-Changer combiners, Superion, Bruticus, and Menasor were reissued and released as a 3-pack. The toys were unchanged from their individual releases.

Combiner Wars

• Air Raid (Deluxe Class, 2015)
• Skydive (Deluxe Class, 2015)
• Silverbolt (Voyager Class, 2015)
• Alpha Bravo (Deluxe Class, 2015)

• Quickslinger (Deluxe Class, 2015)

• Firefly (Deluxe Class, 2015)
• Autobot Powerglide (Legends Class, 2015)
  • Accessories: Rifle, individual Aerialbots guns/fists/feet

• Known designers: John Warden (Hasbro), Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)

Released under the Combiner Wars subline, Generations Superion is new combiner consisting of a set of new sculpts, namely a Voyager Class leader/torso (Silverbolt) and four Deluxe Class limbs, each sold separately. Initially, new member Alpha Bravo replaced Slingshot and was released as part of the general retail Deluxe Class assortment in the same wave as teammates Skydive and "Firefly" (Fireflight renamed for trademark reasons). Air Raid, a retool of Skydive, was released in the subsequent wave. Designed in the "Scramble City" style, they can, once again, be combined into Superion, with each Deluxe alternatively serving as an arm or a leg. Each comes with a double-barrelled gun that can transform into either a foot or a fist to complete the limb, dubbed a "hand/foot/gun" (or "HFG" for short) by fans. The toys' packaging places Skydive and Air Raid as the left and right arms and Firefly and Alpha Bravo as the left and right legs. On top of that, the concurrently released Legends Class Powerglide has a third "weapon" mode, which can be held by Superion, using Powerglide's front landing gear as a handle; unfortunately, his overall weight makes it largely impossible for him to be held by any combiner in a firing pose without falling over or pulling the arm down.

As Air Raid was not released part of the first wave, the figures' instructions and packaging depicted Decepticon Dragstrip in his place as right arm, while one of Superion's two stock photos depicted him with a second Firefly as his other arm. The individual numbering the figures received, however, made it clear that a fifth Aerialbot would be coming in later waves to complete the "proper" Superion formation. Even later than that, "Quickslinger" (Slingshot renamed for trademark reasons similar to "Firefly") was announced and subsequently released as part of a "shared online exclusive" promotion named "May Mayhem", serving as an alternate limb for Superion and completing the original Aerialbot roster.

Oddly, the hand-painted prototype of Superion on display at San Diego Comic-Con 2014 featured some coloring and detailing differences from the final product that are unique to that one sample. Even the hand painted prototype used for early stock photos is closer to the final figure. Notably, Superion's hips (which are formed out of Silverbolt's shoulders) were painted red, with the trapezoid sections in the center painted silver. Another difference shared with the prototype from the stock photos is that the Autobot insignia on the side of his chest was smaller and colored red with a white outline, rather than entirely white.

Unlike the original Generation 1 toy, Combiner Wars Superion is designed to have his legs attached with the aircraft fuselage facing forward as opposed to backwards. While the legs can be attached backwards to achieve a look similar to the G1 design, Silverbolt's fists necessitate untabbing the nose cones (or in Alpha Bravo's case, his tailfin) in order to fit, in addition to the fact doing so will rob Superion of his functional knees.

As a part of the first and second wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the Aerialbots and Stunticons was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Superion was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.^[2] These sticker sheets did not include stickers for Quickslinger or Powerglide, however.

• More information on Combiner Wars Superion at TFU.info

• Superion (Collection Pack, 2016)
  • Accessories: Rifle, individual Aerialbots guns/fists/feet

Generation 2-themed redecos of the Combiner Wars Aerialbots including Quickslinger instead of Alpha Bravo, as well as Powerglide (sporting a new, made-up deco), were released as a giftset, including a collector card and a cardstock poster (of Combiner Wars Superion in his original, Generation 1-inspired colors). Though Quickslinger doesn't seem to crumble like Generation 2 Slingshot did, there are scattered reports of Silverbolt having some breakage problems due to his thin combiner head joint.

He is a thing of glorious, eye-searing 90's beauty.

Similar to the "May Mayhem" single release of Quickslinger, the Superion "Collection Pack" was also a "shared exclusive" between various online retailers and the online storefronts of major "big box" retailers in the United States, but was available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets.

• More information on Combiner Wars Superion at TFU.info

Unite Warriors

• Superion (giftset, June 27, 2015 (reissued February 23, 2019))
  • ID number: UW-01
  • Accessories: Rifle, individual Airbots' guns/hands/feet

• Known designers: Hisashi Yuki and Hisao Nishimoto (TakaraTomy)

Released as part of the Unite Warriors lineup, Takara's iteration of Combiner Wars Superion features a more cartoon-accurate paint scheme. He includes Sling (alternatively also named "Slingshot" on his bilingual packaging) instead of Hasbro's Alpha Bravo. Despite being announced shortly before Hasbro's Quickslinger, he was ultimately released later. Printed on his instructions is the first chapter of Unite Warriors Offshot. Powerglide is not included in the set as Unite Warriors does not include Legends Class molds.

The giftset included a collector coin when purchased in markets outside Japan. Superion was also released in Australia, as a Toys"R"Us exclusive.

Unite Warriors Superion was re-released by TakaraTomy on February 23, 2019. Unfortunately, the rerelease did not include a retooled head piece to resolve the earlier breakage issue.

Merchandise

Watchbot

• Superion (1986, 1993)
  • Japanese ID number: W-1

• Known designers: Takashi Matsuda (TakaraTomy)

Superion was one of three characters released as digital watches in Japan by Takara in 1986 to promote the Scramble City toyline (the others being Ultra Magnus & Galvatron). Cross-promoted in TV Magazine's manga as a wrist-communicator (see above), "Watchbot" (ウォッチボット) Superion is a small representation of the combiner with a clock in his chest. With the push of a lever he "transformed" into a full tiny figure complete with legs, standing up on the watch band. The figure cannot be removed from the watch, but the arms do rotate.

Takara originally planned a North American release of the Superion watch toy in 1986 and photographs of it were shown in their 1986 US product catalog. For unknown reasons, its intended 1986 release in the US was cancelled.

Superion and the other watches were later re-released in 1993 as part of an expanded line of Transformers watches that was sold directly in North America by Takara as Generation 2 merchandise.

• More information on watch Superion at TFU.info

Transformers Ramune

• Superion (1986)
  • ID number: 1

An unpainted figurine of Superion was available as part of the second range of Kabaya's line of Transformers Ramune candy toys, tying in with the Scramble City toyline. Like all figures in the series, Superion was sold in a blindpacked box with fizzy "ramune" candy, and featured a main body was made of hard red plastic, with soft grey PVC limbs articulated at the hips and shoulders.

• Superion (1986)

Later in 1986, in the third Ramune wave, Superion was among the characters immortalized as a soft rubber figurine, known as a keshigomu in Japan. He was available in either red, blue or yellow colors, and as before, came blindpacked with ramune candy. While similar to the separate range of keshigomu figures released by Takara that would later be imported by Hasbro as part of their Decoy promotion, Superion and his wave-mates saw no American release.

Forms Robo

• Superion (1986)

Superion was also part of the small Forms Robo collection of larger keshigomu, with this chunkier version of the character standing at around twice the height of his Ramune figure. Like the other figures in this series, Superion was packaged in an individual baggie and was available in red, blue, green and yellow.

Collegeville Costumes

• Superion Halloween costume (1986)

However odd his selection to receive the honor may seem, Superion was one of a small number of Transformers characters upon whom Collegeville Costumes based a Halloween costume. This two-piece affair adhered to the crappy time-worn tradition of consisting of a sculpted thin plastic mask held over the wearer's face with elastic, and a smock with a picture of Superion and his name on it.

• Superion mask (1986)

Collegeville also immortalized Superion in their line of Transformers masks. Made from flat styrofoam, the mask featured a hinge that allowed the wearer to lift it up and down, transforming from kid to robot in the blink of an eye!

Gaia Scramble/Transformers Gum

• Superion (2013)

This incarnation of Superion is formed by combining the separate Aerialbots available in two of Kabaya's lines of candy toys: Slingshot, Air Raid, Fireflight and Skydive were available as part of the Gaia Scramble line, while Silverbolt was released through the Transformers Gum line. All five figures are snap-together model kits that use stickers for details and come with a stick of gum; Fireflight and Slingshot share a mold, as do Air Raid and Skydive, each kit affecting slight differences in how they are assembled to differentiate the figures beyond color.

Tiny Titans

• Superion (Tiny Titans, 2015)
  • Series: 2
  • Number: 4/12

Part of the second assortment of Tiny Titans blindpacks, this version of Superion is a very small, soft-plastic figure of the Aerialbot combiner.

He includes a collectible card that renders him in the 2015 Robots in Disguise styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the Robots in Disguise mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

This wave saw fairly minimal release at "big box" retailers, but unlike other waves, was not picked up by drug stores and the like later, making them particularly hard to find.

• More information on Tiny Titans Superion at TFU.info

Transformers Trading Card Game

• Superion, Sky Protector (2019)
  • Air Raid, Fearless Flyer
  • Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops
  • Fireflight, Sky High Recon
  • Silverbolt, Aerialbot Leader
  • Skydive, Air Warfare Specialist
  • Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners
  • Stars: 25

One of the titular combiners from the Transformers Trading Card Game Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners, Superion, Sky Protector can be formed by playing the Action card Aerialbot Enigma while the Character cards for all five Aerialbots are in Bot Mode while on the battlefield and/or the KO area.

Superion, Sky Protector's art is based on the Combiner Wars version of Superion, with Alpha Bravo replacing Slingshot.

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Transformers Character Card

• Superion & Menasor Set (February 6, 2023)
  • ID number: 37 & 38

Released as part of the sixth wave of the e-HOBBY exclusive Transformers Character Card series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Superion and Menasor along with character profiles and tech specs.

• Translation of Superion's Transformers Character Card

Notes

• 'Superion' is a partial Latinization of Hyperion (Ὑπερίων), the name of a Titan in Greek mythology associated with the sun. The fully Latinized form would be 'Superio'. If following classical pronunciation, the last syllable of 'Superion' should be pronounced 'own', not 'on'.
• Marvel UK is notable in how it really ran with Superion's tech spec, and its description of him having limited, "kill the enemy" mentality and being a "fierce and frightful machine". Of the four times he appeared in UK strips, three times have him turning out to be an uncontrollable threat (and the other time was a dream sequence!).
• Superion appears on the cover of Metrodome's 2003 edition of The Transformers: The Movie but he isn't in it. Yay...
• A preliminary or alternative packaging mural by Takara for 1985 featuring many oddities (such as the black Honda City Turbo), includes the preliminary design for Superion (at right).

Character models and appearance

• Being made up of very similar-looking planes did not help Superion when it came to firmly establishing which member of the team formed which of his limbs. Unlike the other combiner teams, with their unique modes and shapes, when simplified down for Superion's character model, the Aerialbots' limb forms are essentially identical, differentiated only by color, which in turn made errors very easy to make as well (as you can see from our sampling of Marvel Comics images). Broadly speaking, most depictions of Superion—the Generation 1 cartoon paramount among them—replicate his appearance as seen in his box art. In an odd quirk, however, the team's combination sequence in the cartoon would often show the individual members moving into position in accordance with the toy's instructions—Fireflight and Slingshot as the legs, and Air Raid and Skydive as the arms—only for them to change colors to match the "box art" layout at the moment of linking up, as shown in the sequence from "War Dawn" illustrated at right.
  • Japanese media was a little more thorough on this, with "Scramble City: Mobilization" animating the combination in much more detail that clearly showed the correct Aerialbots moving into place, and a diagram in issue #5 of the TV Magazine comic labeling the limbs as such. However, that did not stop Studio OX from creating a mix-and-match Superion model that made Slingshot and Air Raid the arms, and Fireflight and Skydive the legs which they used through their works, and which you see at the head of this article.
• In terms of animation, Superion has an astonishingly inconsistent character model. The colors on his arms and legs leap and jump about all over the place—they're vaguely consistent, in that, uh, the right arm is mostly red and the left arm is mostly white, but the specific details are constantly shifting around from shot to literal shot. The same goes for the boxes on the fronts of his legs, and it's a toss-up whether or not they'll remember to color in his black "shorts" or not. Check out our screen captures in the cartoon sections of this article—literally no two are alike!
  • But it's hard to blame the animators when his character model is as badly drawn as it is, with various areas of impenetrable visual gibberish around his gun, torso, and left shoulder that don't seem able to logically exist in three-dimensional space. In particular, his rifle is so clumsily drawn that it has become a forearm-mounted cannon, leading to nearly all material that uses the model illustrating it the same way.
  • If his model wasn't baffling enough, the wings on his left forearm are positioned differently between the front and back views. From the front, the wings appear to be folded against his arm, but from the back, they are drawn wide open. As this was a similar issue with Fireflight's character model, the animators would often draw the wings on that arm in both configurations from scene to scene. Fireflight's left arm also appears to be missing from Superion's model.
• Superion's appearance varies in media. The Generation 1 toy's head has a sculpted mouth which is absent in most depictions, replaced by a boxy mouthplate. Studio Ox and various Japanese illustrations retain the mouth and colored the face silver. The Combiner Wars version of Superion splits the difference, keeping the faceplate but painting it silver.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Superion (スペリオン)
• Hungarian: Szuperion, Superion (Marvel Comics)
• Italian: Pentajet (toy line and season 3)
• Mandarin: Superion (Taiwan, 速伯利昂 Sùbólìáng), Dàwú​wèi​ (China, 大无畏, "Great Dauntless")
• Portuguese: Superior (Brazil comic)

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