Pretenders (Transformers) Pretenders (Transformers) Pretenders is a subline within the Transformers toy line, introduced in 1988. The concept behind the toy was that the Transformers were capable of disguising their robotic forms through the use of synthetic organic outer shells. While the Autobots' outer shells all resemble human beings clad in armor, the Decepticons' shells are all in the form of monstrous animalistic creatures. The robot figure is contained entirely within the shell, invisible to the outsider observer. After the shell splits apart to release it, the shell can be recombined for a second figure. Although the first set of Pretenders was
The Transformers: Revelation as interior art for the Hardhead issue. Longtime Hasbro Transformers Collectors Club artist Dan Khanna provided art for the Doubledealer issue. Su returned for art on the final issue, in addition to coloring it himself. "The Transformers" The Transformers: Revelation The Transformers: Revelation is a comic book miniseries, published by IDW Publishing, based on the Transformers and following on from "". Unlike previous IDW G1 titles, which were 6 issues each, "Revelation" consists of four interrelated "" issues focused on Cyclonus, Hardhead, Doubledealer, and Sideswipe respectively. Returning to Cybertron on a mission from Nemesis Prime, Cyclonus becomes enraged at the