Highbrow (Transformers)
Highbrow is a fictional character from the Transformers series.
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Transformers: Generation 1
Books
Highbrow is among the Autobots who appeared in the 1988 audio book Decepticons at the Pole by John Grant.[1]
Highbrow is among the Autobots who appeared in the 1988 Ladybird Books story Autobots Strike Oil by John Grant.[2]
Highbrow was among the Autobots featured in the 1988 book and audio adventure Autobot Hostage by Ladybird Books. While on solo patrol, Highbrow is captured by the Decepticon Tentakil. Scorponok sends a message to the Autobots promising to release him if Optimus Prime gives himself up. Optimus Prime surrenders but also smuggles Hosehead and Fizzle into the Decepticon base. As expected, Scorponok fails to keep his side of the bargain but the two Autobots manage to free both Optimus Prime and Highbrow and after a brief battle they make their escape.[3][4]
Comics
Fun Publications
Spark commands an Autobot shuttle crewed by Blaze, Hubcap, Sideswipe, Streetstar and Windbreaker into space where they intercept a distress call from Spike Witwicky on the planet Nebulos. When the Autobots arrive on Nebulos they meet Spike and Carly Witwicky, Chip Chase and the Autobots Brainstorm, Chromedome, Crosshairs and Highbrow who inform them that the Nebulan scientist Hi-Q is missing. They learn from Hi-Q's assistant Hi-Test that Hi-Q had security monitors and through them discover the scientist was kidnapped by the Decepticons Runabout and Runamuck.[5]
Marvel Comics
Cloudburst, Crosshairs, Getaway, Highbrow and Stakeout were among the Autobots who backed Optimus Prime when Grimlock challenged him for leadership of the Autobots in the issue #263 of the Marvel UK comics, "Break-Away!"
Gallery
Chromedome and Highbrow on the cover of Autobots Strike Oil
References
- ↑ Grant, John (1988). Decepticons at the Pole. Ladybird Books. ISBN 0721410685.
- ↑ John Grant (1988). Autobots Strike Oil. Ladybird Books. ISBN 0721410693.
- ↑ http://www.green-ranger.com/stuff/ladybird/09-hostage/
- ↑ John Grant (1988). Autobot Hostage. Ladybird Books. ISBN 0721411185.
- ↑ Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair (June/July 2012). "A Flash Forward Part 3". Transformers Collectors Club Magazine 1 (45): 6-11.
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