

Using their lack of knowledge about the current situation as an excuse, Dealer contacted Optimus Prime and suggested that the Magnificence could be the solution to their problems. When the Autobots were faced with the growing threat of Nemesis Prime and his expansion project, Dealer saw opportunity in the chaos. He's a chicken, I tell you! A giant chicken! Devastation #2 The traitor maintained contact with Banzaitron, selling him bits of information such as the existence of Transformer combiner warriors discovered by the Autobots, which the Decepticon used to track them to the penitentiary on Garrus-9, staging a full-scale assault to acquire this revolutionary technology. "Doubledealer" attempted to persuade Hot Rod into bribing or coercing others into getting the two-faced double agent reassigned to Earth, but Hot Rod responded noncommittally.

Banzaitron, learning of his hire's double cross, renamed him Doubledealer. With the Magnificence stored in a location known only by Hot Rod, he befriended the Autobot with designs to learn its hiding place. Dealer was an undercover agent working for the Decepticon mercenary Banzaitron and in that capacity had sabotaged Hot Rod's equipment and staged the ambush. Unbeknownst to the young Autobot, however, Dealer was the true reason for the loss of Hot Rod's team. Though Hot Rod was at first uneasy around Dealer, considering their history, Dealer explained that he understood Hot Rod's need to complete the mission and leave without him and that he wished to become friends. Stricken with guilt, Hot Rod infiltrated the Decepticon Penal Colony Styx and evacuated Dealer. In Memory of EarthĪ part of Hot Rod's first command, the Autobot called Dealer was left to face a Decepticon ambush alone while Hot Rod, having already lost the rest of his team, escaped with the mission's objective, the Magnificence. The Troy Principle Those events were recorded on a videotape that was later found and watched by Autobots on Cybertron after a nuclear disaster in Kalis. The "Powermaster Spy" attended the celebration in New York held by Megatron where a statue of Snaptrap was gifted to the city. (Double) Deal of the Century! Transformers Comic-Magazin Surprise! The mystery figure was both Autobot and Decepticon, both Double and Dealer! Having conned each side from both the Energon cubes and the Autobot plans, he took to the air in triumph. Optimus Prime, the Race Car Patrol, and Chainclaw left, leaving Double alone. He told of how Dealer had taken both his energon and the plans, and pleaded for his forgiveness. Meanwhile, Dealer presented the Autobot plans to Scorponok and left.ĭouble arrived back to the Autobots with Chainclaw, but he appeared severely damaged.

After Roadhandler scanned his Autobrand for authenticity and Optimus Prime granted him energon cubes for the mission, Double left to redeem himself. A mysterious Autobot named Double immediately offered his services, explaining that it was his fault that Dealer got away with Chainclaw. Little does Roadhandler know that you can get faction symbols at .Ī Decepticon named Dealer escaped with both Chainclaw and the secret Autobot plans he was carrying, despite the Micromaster Race Car Patrol's efforts.
