Submarauder is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers storyline. He should not be confused with Gilmer.

Contents 1 Transformers: Generation 1 1.1 Marvel Comics 1.2 Dreamwave Productions 1.3 Toys 2 Transformers: Animated 3 Transformers: Timelines 3.1 Fun Publications 3.2 Toys 4 References

[edit] Transformers: Generation 1

Submarauder

Submarauder box art
Decepticon
Sub-group	Pretenders
Function	Undersea Warfare
Motto	"Conquer the seas and the rest will fall!"
Alternate Modes	Cybertronian Submarine
Series	Transformers: Generation 1

As silent and mysterious as the ocean depths. Sly and sinister. Roams the sea in solitary contentment. Angers easily, exploding into a furious frenzy. Serrated claws can shred a battleship like paper. Transforms into deep sea attack submarine, armed with proton cannon. Inside shell, wields torpedo rifle and unbreakable, organic-steel sword that eats metal on contact.

[edit] Marvel Comics

Submarauder made few appearances in the Marvel adaptation. He debuted with the rest of the Decepticon Pretenders in issue #40 "Pretender to The Throne." He made only cameo appearances throughout the remainder of the series.

Submarauder appeared in issue #54, "King Con!" In this story the Decepticon Pretenders were assigned to protect a power converter Scorponok was building in the meadowlands of New Jersey.

Submarauder served as Lord Zarak's personal transport when he was leaving New York City to the secret undersea Decepticon base to devise a plan to defeat the Autobot Micromasters.

[edit] Dreamwave Productions

Submarauder was a member of Ratbat's Ultracon faction in the third War Within series from Dreamwave Productions. He seemed to be pre-Pretender.

[edit] Toys

• Generation 1 Pretender Submarauder (1988)

This toy is identical to the Gilmer toy. ^[1]

[edit] Transformers: Animated

Submarauder

None
Alternate Modes	None
Series	Transformers: Animated

In the Transformers: Animated episode "Survival of the Fittest", one of the villain Meltdown's mutated humans bears a resemblance to Submarauder's Pretender Shell but with a crab claw and tentacles for hands. The mutant first appeared in "Survival of the Fittest" and later "Black Friday".

[edit] Transformers: Timelines

Submarauder

Astro-Sinker/Submarauder toy
Decepticon
Sub-group	Micromasters
Partner	Astrotrain, Fasttrack, Stonecruncher & Tailwind
Alternate Modes	Submarine
Series	Transformers: Timelines

Submarauder is one of the Micromaster partners to Astrotrain. He is a heroic Decepticon.

[edit] Fun Publications

Submarauder appeared in the fiction Dungeons & Dinobots, a text based story from Fun Publications. Astrotrain and his Micromasters were used to transport supplies and energon rods from the Arch-Ayr fuel depot to the Deception base at Darkmount.

Submarauder appeared in the story Do Over by Fun Publications. He among the crew of the Nemesis, which followed the Autobot's Ark to Earth. When the Nemesis was uable to close in on the Ark Astrotrain and his partners were sent to disable its weapons.

In Eye in the Sky the Decepticons lamented the fact that they did not know where Astrotrain and his Mircomaster partners had gone down on Earth. The Decepticons could use their help in defeating a human militaty satellite the Autobots had gained control of and were using to take over the Earth.

[edit] Toys

Submarauder appears to be identical to the toy for Astro-Sinker, who is a redeco of Cybertron Deepdive. ^[2]

[edit] References