Transformers: Generation 2 #1 p.5

The catch phrase "This is not your Father's Autobot!" is truly exemplified on panel one as the Autobot Blades, blows a hole through a Cybertronian aka Second Generation Transformer on planet Nexus-7.

Broadside continues bombing the Cybertronian Exo-Structuring party on 'Outpost B-67' in panel two.

And nothing says Generation 2 more than Sideswipe in panel three! The G1 Sideswipe was a red Lamborghini Countach LP500S. While the G2 version features a color pallet swap of his red and black (dark blue in the comics) colors. The G2 Masterpiece figure included a snarling face with his pearly whites, and as opposed to his G1 weapons, included his G2 weapons from the comic! These include a handheld machine gun and grenade launcher, a pair of articulated, non-rolling spiked wheels that can mount on his shoulders, and a sword, all of which can combine and mount onto his roof.

If any Autobot is the poster-boy or mascot for the new look of G2, it is Sideswipe!

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