Blood is a Decepticon Pretender from the Super-God Masterforce portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Carpe Jugulum.

Blood (ブラッド Buraddo) arrived on Earth in the Stone Age when he and his fellow Decepticon Pretenders crash-landed on the planet while being pursued by Metalhawk's crew of Autobots. Like any good Decepticons, their thoughts turned to conquering the planet's population, and they used their Pretender powers to adopt the forms of monstrous creatures, with which they terrorized early man. The Decepticons' battles with the Autobots through the ages inspired many Earthly legends; in particular, when Blood menaced Europe in the Middle Ages, he brought about the myth of the vampire. Ultimately, Blood and the other Decepticons were defeated by the Autobots and imprisoned, with Blood being sealed in a sarcophagus deep inside an Egyptian pyramid. In the present day, however, the evil alien entity Devil Z has liberated Blood and his fellow Pretenders to play a role in his evil plans for humans and Transformers alike.

Blood is easily the cruellest of the Decepticon Pretenders, and it is this organized, focused wickedness that makes him their leader. This doesn't sit well with Dauros, who constantly tries to undermine Blood's authority, although Blood always comes out on top in their arguments. Blood is a fairly angry guy, prone to fits of rage and always willing to hold a grudge, but he's got the skills to back up his bluster, including a hypnotic ability that allows him to entrance human beings with ease. He's a highly skilled fighter under cover of darkness, but he doesn't do so well in the light, and prefers not to be outside in the daylight for too long, if he can avoid it.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Super-God Masterforce cartoon

Voice actor: Kōji Totani (Japanese), Simon Broad (English, Omni Productions dub)

Come to me, my children of the night

Having been freed from imprisonment by Devil Z, Blood and Gilmer set about attempting to draw out the Autobot Pretenders by attacking a cruise ship off the coast of Canada. When this tactic failed to gain any response, Dauros attacked a Japanese city instead; Blood soon arrived to berate him for "playing leader", but Gilmer stopped the pair from fighting before they could start. As it happened, Dauros's approach actually proved successful, as Metalhawk soon arrived and all three Decepticons ganged up on him. Unfortunately for the villains, Metalhawk's fellow Autobot Pretenders also soon arrived, and Blood engaged Phoenix in a dogfight over the city while the others fought below. When Metalhawk destroyed the Seacons that the Decepticons had brought with them, the evil trio elected to retreat. Rise Up!! Pretenders

Blood don't need no phone booth for his costume changes.

Seeking to find a way to infuse human beings with Decepticon power, Blood had Dauros and Gilmer steal corpses from a university medical lab, and channelled energy from Devil Z to transform them into zombie-like "Destroids". These creatures soon proved unstable and short-lived, so Blood decided to use live subjects instead, sending Dauros and Gilmer to round up some test subjects in the Karin Islands. While they were battling the Autobots there, Blood attacked the observatory of the Autobots' human ally, Professor Gō, defeating Lander, demolishing the building and killing the professor. Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt

Seeking a way to improve the Destroid conversion process, Blood began attacking passenger planes from the Republic of Mont Parta, hoping to capture the country's famous biologist, Professor Blanieux. The first jet he attacked did not contain the professor, but he captured the jets' passengers for conversion into Destroids anyway; the second jet, unfortunately for Blood, escaped his clutches and crash-landed in Corsica, drawing the attention of the Autobots. While Metalhawk and company were investigating in Corsica, Blood and the other Decepticons unleashed their newest Destroids in Rome, but fled into the catacombs under the city when the Autobots arrived and subdued the creatures. Blood still refused to give up on the plan, and soon returned to attack the chartered plane containing Blanieux, only to be met with resistance from Metalhawk and Phoenix, who were posing as government investigators to protect the professor. When the two Autobots destroyed the Kraken Seacons he brought as back-up, Blood fled. Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet

After the failure of the Destroid scheme, the Decepticons decided that it was time to unleash their Headmaster Juniors—human beings bonded to transtectors that they had stolen from an Autobot cargo ship some time previously. Blood and Gilmer ordered the three Juniors, Wilder, Cancer and Bullhorn to run wild in Tokyo, while the former observed from a rooftop. When the Autobots arrived, Blood was once again engaged by Metalhawk and Phoenix, and opted to make himself scarce, rather than prolong the fight. Birth! Headmaster Jrs Blood and the other Headmasters watched from their base as the three Decepticon Juniors made short work of the Cool Guys, after which he told Wilder to encourage them to join the Decepticons and that he doesn't need to hold back if the Autobot Juniors show up. Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules Blood would later lecture the Decepticon Juniors on the three types of Chōkon Power, prompting them to experiment with unbalance them for the Decepticons' goals. Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland

In his next plan to destabilize the natural balance of Earth, Blood had the Decepticons cause wild animal stampedes across Africa, despite grumbles from Dauros and stinging barbs from the Headmaster Juniors. Channelling more of Devil Z's energy, Blood incited a herd of elephants to stampede, directing the Decepticons to ride on top of the animals to prevent the Autobots from attacking them. The Autobots instead had to settle for stopping the panicking pachyderms with a scrum formation, and with his plan foiled, Blood led the Decepticons in retreating once again. Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!

Oddly heroic looking.

At the command of Devil Z, Blood brought the Pretenders and Headmasters Juniors to a remote island to meet with the other Decepticons under the alien's command. Upon arrival, they were attacked by two armored figures who pummelled them rather badly, but before Blood could open fire on the pair, two more mysterious individuals appeared on the scene to explain: the armored pair were Hydra and Buster, who served under the second duo, Mega and Giga. All four were a powerful new breed of warrior named Godmasters, and Blood took an immediate dislike to Buster and Hydra after being told they were more powerful than he was. Challenging them to prove their strength, Blood joined with Buster and Hydra in attacking the Mt Fuji Foothills Hang Gliding Competition Tournament, in which, as bad luck would have it, the Autobot Headmaster Juniors happened to be participating. The other Autobots came to the aid of their imperilled young team-mates, and Blood and the Godmaster brothers decided to retreat. Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers

Blood actually seemed surprisingly okay with relinquishing his command position and falling into service under Giga and Mega, but he still really hated being ranked below Hydra and Buster. As such, when Mega commented that in the grand scheme of things, even the Headmaster Juniors were more important than the Pretenders, he immediately rounded up the other Pretenders and led them in joining in the Decepticons' attack on Viscas Island. The ensuing battle was not the Pretenders' finest hour, and they were defeated by Metalhawk and the Autobot Headmaster Juniors. A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble

Blood and the Pretenders took a back seat in the battles that ensued, during which time the Autobots recruited their own Godmaster, Ginrai. After a failed attempt to destroy Ginrai that involved kidnapping children Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai, Blood and the Pretenders were recruited by Hydra and Buster to help them track Ginrai down as he searched for more Godmasters around the world. While scouring North America, Blood found Ginrai getting directions as a gas station, but kept this discovery a secret from Hydra and Buster, intending to finish Ginrai off himself and raise the Pretenders' standing in Giga and Mega's eyes.

Do humans have a wishbone?

By the time Gilmer and Dauros had arrived to back Blood up, Ginrai had completed his journey and discovered a new Autobot Godmaster named Lightfoot, who he was in the process of walking through his transformations when the Decepticon Pretenders attacked. Blood grappled with Lightfoot while Dauros and Gilmer summoned King Poseidon to the battlefield, but when Ginrai defeated the combiner, the villains made themselves scarce. Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter

When the wandering Six Changer Sixknight arrived on Earth seeking to join the Decepticons, Blood and Gilmer exploited his anger at being turned down by Giga and Mega by suggesting that he destroy Ginrai in order to prove himself. The pair watched the ensuing battle from afar, but when Ginrai gained they upper hand, they decided to step in by seizing Minerva, forcing Ginrai to stay his hand. While Blood and Gilmer were arguing over who got to hold her, however, Sixknight turned his weapons on them, disgusted at their dishonourable interference in the fight. Minerva was freed and Sixknight ultimately lost the fight; Blood and Gilmer were not impressed. A Powerful Foe!! Sixknight the Wanderer

Righty tighty, lefty loosey.

Carrying out a complex plan formulated by Hydra and Buster, Blood and the Pretenders captured doctors from all over the world and held them captive on Atlan Island in the South Pacific. The Autobot Godmasters arrived to save the day, and Blood battled Road King during the fight, which concluded when the Godmasters unleashed their special powers and sent the Decepticon Pretenders back to their base in disgrace. Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters

Later, when Mega was posing as a fortune teller and horrifying the world with predictions of disaster, Blood and the Pretenders later helped to make these "predictions" come true by trying to blow up Watson Dam, although they lacked the firepower to accomplish the task, forcing a disgusted Giga to step up. Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap! A little later, still desperately trying to get out of their leaders' bad books, Blood and Gilmer managed to discover that the Autobots were constructing a secret project in a British Motors factory and raced to tell Giga and Mega about it. Unfortunately, Hydra and Buster coerced the information out of them and stole all the credit. Blood, Gilmer and Dauros all participated in the subsequent attack on the factory, but the fight was definitely a low point for the evil Pretenders, who were beaten so badly by Lightfoot and Ranger that they lost several limbs between them. Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?

After dropping off the radar for a lengthy period of time, Blood and the Decepticon Pretenders were later seen battling the Autobot Pretenders in Latin America God Ginrai - Save Cancer!? and were at the Decepticon headquarters when Ginrai was lured there to rescue his captive comrade Shūta Gō, God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base and when the Autobots initiated an all-out attack on the base. The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform During this battle, Devil Z and BlackZarak fused together and the Decepticon base was destroyed, following which Blood relocated with the rest of the villains to the Grand Canyon for an attack on North America. When Autobots pursued them, the Decepticon Pretenders battled Road King and Lightfoot, although Blood was nearly knocked out of the air by the grandstanding Hydra and Buster. Autobots! Desperate Attack!!

All now regulars on the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers".

With the attack on North America complete, the Decepticons moved to the Alps to attack Europe. Again, the Autobots gave chase, and Blood, Gilmer and Dauros observed the heroes' approach, reporting on it to Overlord and BlackZarak. When Hydra and Buster were defeated once again in battle by Ginrai, BlackZarak unleashed his full fury upon them, and the terrified Pretenders fled the scene, fearing what would happen if BlackZarak turned his anger on them. A Battle... and Then...

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Generations Selects Special Comic

While battling Star Convoy in the Precursor World, Turtler remembered how Blood and the other Decepticons showed their lack of respect for him. Seacons comic 5

Super-God Masterforce comic

You're one of those right? Can't stand sunlight or garlic or silver things? You know, the masters of the night with tons of weaknesses for some reason?

After being freed by Devil Z, Blood, Gilmer and Dauros reintroduced themselves to the modern world by attacking the Karin Islands. The islands' prince, Cab, made a vain attempt at battling the Decepticons, but the tide turned when the Autobot hero Metalhawk arrived and stripped away the shadows that cloaked the villains. Metalhawk evaded a "Bloody Moon" attack from Blood, and sent the Decepticons packing with his "Shining Arrow". Gods? Demons? The Pretenders

After unleashing a Lobclaw on Ginza, Tokyo The Birth of the Junior Headmasters Blood battled Metalhawk in the dead of night, keeping him occupied while the Decepticons' newly created Headmaster Juniors battled the Autobots' own Junior warriors. The Decepticon Juniors were defeated, after which Blood explained to them about Chōkon Power, and prepared them to meet the Decepticon Godmasters, Giga, Mega, Hydra and Buster. The Battle of Destiny - Children of Good and Evil

Blood and the Pretenders were with Giga, Mega and the Headmaster Juniors while Hydra and Buster had their first battled with the Autobot Godmaster Ginrai, On Scene! Our Savior's Name Is Ginrai! and later, when the Seacon combiner King Poseidon was defeated by Super Ginrai, the battered Turtler escaped to report his failure to the Pretenders. Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!

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When Mega and Giga rolled their transtectors into battle for the first time, Blood and the Pretenders came along for the ride, clinging to the top of the Megajet. God Ginrai's Amazing Divine Combination! Not long after, when the Decepticons captured the Autobot Headmaster Juniors Cab and Shūta Gō, Blood delighted in torturing the two boys in an attempt to force them to join the Decepticons, but the pair were soon rescued by their fellow Autobots. The Good and Evil Families of Earth Later still, Blood, Gilmer and Dauros all helped to make decorations for the Decepticon base to celebrate the New Year. The Great Turnabout of the Autobots

Blood, Gilmer and Dauros were the only Transformers that did not participate in the final battle against Devil Z when he turned on the other Decepticons and attempted to absorb their Jinchōkon. After all the other Transformers joined their energies in the "Perfect Transform Attack" and destroyed Devil Z once and for all, the Autobots' and Decepticons' transtectors were brought to life by the alien's death and departed Earth to rejoin their respective factions in space. Watching as their once-comrades left the planet, Blood, Gilmer and Dauros were last seen running off into the distance, deciding that they should learn to transform into humans too. The Birth of the Super Life-Forms

2005 IDW continuity

During the Great War, Blood, Skidmark, and Morsa crushed a pre-spaceflight civilization on a desert planet. Forever Is a Long Time Coming

After the war ended, Blood and his friends became regulars of Gutcruncher's bar, where they were killed in an explosion Fight or Flee by Sandstorm for their crimes. Forever Is a Long Time Coming

Toys

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

No, I'm the other guy.

• Blood (Pretender, 1988)

• ID number: D-201
• Accessories: 2-part Pretender shell, left & right shoulder pads, belt, 2 "Double Shoulder Lasers", "Death Hammer"
• Known designers: Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Released in the fourth year of Takara's Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers line under the Super-God Masterforce banner, Pretender Blood is identical to the Hasbro-release Bomb-Burst, transforming into a blue and grey Cybertronic VTOL jet, with wings formed from his two "Double Shoulder Laser" rifles.

In robot mode, Blood fits inside his larger two-part Pretender shell, a monstrous humanoid bat-creature, adorned with a two removable bat-winged shoulder pads. A gray belt helps secure the two pieces when locked together. The shell can hold Blood's Double Shoulder Lasers which can combine to form a super-weapon, which also leaves his other hand open to hold his "Death Hammer" scythe weapon (which robot-Blood cannot handle, sadly).

• More information on Blood/Bomb-Burst at TFU.info

Merchandise

Transformers Gum

• Blood (1988)
  • Accessories: Pretender shell, 2 "Double Shoulder Lasers", "Death Hammer"

A scaled down copy of his regular toy, Blood is fully transformable and features his weapons and pretender shell. Like the rest of the wave 8 he was cast in red, blue, and light grey plastic.

Notes

• In the 2005 IDW continuity, Blood and Bomb-Burst are distinguished by Blood having their classic inner robot design while Bomb-Burst is initially drawn as a mechanical version of their Pretender shell design.

Foreign names

• English: Bomb-Burst (Omni Productions dub, Shout! Factory sub)
• Italian: Lobos
• Mandarin: Biānfú Xuèimó (蝙蝠血魔, "Bat Blood Demon")
• Russian: Stervyatnik (Стервятник, "Vulture")
• Spanish: Bat (America)