ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON
FUNCTION: GROUND & AIR COMMANDO

FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 29

“Destroy first, think later.”

Profile: As a Triple Changer, Blitzwing’s ability to rapidly transform
from tank mode to jet fighter mode makes him one of the most lethally effective
Decepticon warriors. Not only are foes confused by his talent, but rarely are
they prepared to fight him in a second form after fighting him in the first
one. And Blitzwing certainly relishes changing form. His favorite tactic is
to dive at a target – living or otherwise – as a jet, change at the last moment
to a tank, and then smash into the target just as he lands. This hardly ever
fails to defeat a foe or amuse Blitzwing. He likes to think of himself as having
a sense of humor, although the things that make him laugh are typically cruel
and harmful to others. He’s loud-mouthed, belligerent and brash – wonderful
qualities for a commando, terrible for all those who have to be around him.

Abilities: As a jet fighter, Blitzwing can fly at Mach 2.7 with a range
of 1500 miles. He carries heat-seeking concussion missiles. As a tank, he can
traverse most terrain, however rugged, and can achieve a speed of 28 mph. His
track-mounted cannon fires an explosive shell 3.5 miles that can level a 5-story
brick building. In robot mode he uses an electron scimitar which can short-circuit
any electrical device with a touch of its blade, and a gyro-blaster rifle, which
disrupts the sense of balance of anyone it hits for 30 minutes.

Weaknesses: Blitzwing sometimes gets his circuits scrambled, which results
in him getting stuck in mid-transformation between forms.