Silverbolt

 Silverbolt was the leader of the Aerialbots and formed the main body of Superion. Although a good warrior, Silverbolt was actually afraid of heights and, more importantly, afraid of a situation where the other Aerialbots might find out. This sometimes impaired his performance in battle.

Cartoon Bio (US):

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Cartoon Bio (Japan):

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Comic Bio (US):

Silverbolt and his fellow Aerialbots first appeared on the planet Earth, where they were constructed using stolen "gestalt" technology and given life by Optimus Prime. On their first assignment, they successfully defeated the Insecticons and the Seekers Thrust, Ramjet, and Dirge. During the battle, Silverbolt's fear of heights appeared when Dirge's engines activated it. However, he recovered enough to allow Slingshot to land on his wing. As Superion, the Aerialbots were about to kill a human under Bombshell's mind control when Silverbolt decided to save his life by seperating. At this point, the human was able to regain enough control over his mind to avoid shooting Silverbolt with Megatron. After this, the Aerialbots were all reprogrammed to place a greater value on human life.

Along with the other Aerialbots, Silverbolt was captured by the human organization RAAT when Circuit Breaker intervened in a battle between Superion and Menasor. By firing a massive electrical blast that depleted her reserves, she distracted Superion long enough for Menasor's cyclone gun to deliver the knockout punch. He and the other captured Autobots were released after helping Circuit Breaker to defeat the Decepticon Battlechargers.

The Aerialbots were among the first Autobots to battle the GI Joe team when they were sent in to retrieve Bumblebee's body. Superion eventually retreated without accomplishing his objective when Blaster radioed him with the news of Optimus's death [Ed: Technically, Blaster said that Prime was assassinated, which was untrue.].

Silverbolt lost his life battling Starstream, who was empowered by the Underbase at the time.

The Aerialbot leader was revived by the Nucleon which Grimlock pumped into all the stasis pods aboard the Ark. Silverbolt can later be seen in a line of Autobots ready to jump out of the Ark to fight Unicron.

Later, Silverbolt was seen training alongside the Aerialbots and Groove.

With contribuitions by Joel King.

Comic Bio (UK):

Silverbolt was revived by Galvatron's dream scanning device.

Article submitted by Joel King.



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